What are the important events that happened on July 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 12: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 12 is the 194^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 29, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 477,984 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontatetragon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 201 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,221 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 12 Historical Events

• 1191 –
  Third Crusade: Saladin’s garrison surrenders to Conrad of Montferrat, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
• 1561 –
  Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.
• 1562 –
  Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatan, burns the sacred books of the Maya.
• 1804 –
  Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel.
• 1913 –
  Second Balkan War: Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
• 1920 –
  The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed. Soviet Russia recognises independent Lithuania.
• 1961 –
  Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams. Half of Pune is submerged, more than 100,000 families need to be relocated and the death tally exceeds 2,000.
• 1971 –
  The Australian Aboriginal flag is flown for the first time.
• 1973 –
  A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
• 2006 –
  The Hezbollah initiate Operation True Promise.

Who were born on July 12?

• 1807 –
  Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (d. 1893)
• 1817 –
  Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher (d. 1862)
• 1909 –
  Curly Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (d.1993)
• 1928 –
  Elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1938 –
  Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer
• 1944 –
  Denise Nicholas, American actress and activist
• 1957 –
  Taso N. Stavrakis, American actor and stuntman
• 1972 –
  Jake Wood, English actor
• 1979 –
  Chris Campbell, American author
• 1983 –
  Megumi Kawamura, Japanese volleyball player

Who died on July 12?

• 1910 –
  Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (b. 1887)
• 1926 –
  Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1935 –
  Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (b. 1859)
• 1961 –
  Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (b. 1879)
• 1971 –
  Yvon Robert, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1914)
• 1979 –
  Minnie Riperton, American soul singer (b. 1947)
• 1983 –
  Chris Wood, British saxophonist (Traffic) (b. 1944)
• 1990 –
  João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (b. 1917)
• 2007 –
  Stan Zemanek, Australian radio personality (b. 1947)
• 2008 –
  Bobby Murcer, American baseball player (b. 1946)