Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 12
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Lambeth Bridge
Saint Basil's Cathedral
Saint Basil's Cathedral
Medal of Honor from years 1862 to 1895
Congressional Medal of Honor
Catherine Parr
Prince Albert II
German tanks at Prokhorovka- Japanese battleship Kawachi
The Rolling Stones in 2015
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Independence Day in Kiribati (1979)and São Tomé and Príncipe (1975) | Kiribati: refimprove; Sao Tome: refimprove section |
| ; The Twelfth in Northern Ireland | refimprove section |
| 1493 – The Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, was first published. | refimprove section |
| 1543 – King Henry VIII of England married Catherine Parr, his sixth and last wife, at Hampton Court Palace. | refimprove sections, undue weight |
| 1580 – The Ostrog Bible, the first Bible in Old Church Slavonic, was printed in Ostroh, Ukraine, by Ivan Fyodorov. | no footnotes |
| 1789 – French Revolution: Journalist Camille Desmoulins gave an impassioned speech protesting the dismissal of finance minister Jacques Necker the day before, inspiring listeners to storm the Bastille two days later. | refimprove section |
| 1790 – The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was passed, a law that subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government. | unreferenced section |
| 1806 – Sixteen German states left the Holy Roman Empire and formed the Confederation of the Rhine. | refimprove |
| 1843 – Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, is said to have received a revelation recommending plural marriage. | Too much uncited |
| 1862 – The Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government, was first authorized by Congress. | outdated |
| 1917 – Vigilantes forcibly deported about 1,300 striking American mine workers, their supporters, and bystanders from Bisbee, Arizona, to New Mexico. | page numbers needed |
| 1967 – Race riots began in Newark, New Jersey, leading to 27 deaths in four days. | referencing issues (e.g. page numbers missing) |
| 1986 – The Homosexual Law Reform Act, which decriminalised consensual homosexual sex, became law in New Zealand. | Date not given in article |
| 2005 – Albert II was enthroned as the current reigning prince of Monaco. | Lots of cn |
| Bahlul Khan Lodi |d|1489| | Date not cited |
| Margherita Piazzola Beloch |b|1879| | Date not cited |
| File:YitzhakRabin1948.png | PD only in Israel, but not worldwide |
Eligible
- 927 – King Æthelstan of England secured the submission of four northern rulers: Constantine II of Scotland, Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred I of Bamburgh, and Owain ap Dyfnwal of Strathclyde, leading to seven years of peace.
- 1488 – Choe Bu, an official of the Joseon dynasty, returned to Korea after months of shipwrecked travel in China.
- 1561 – Saint Basil's Cathedral (pictured), located in Red Square, Moscow, was consecrated.
- 1801 – French Revolutionary Wars: A squadron of British ships of the line defeated a larger squadron of Spanish and French vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar.
- 1916 – First World War: Second Lieutenant Kléber Dupuy defeated a German attack on Fort Souville at a key moment of the Battle of Verdun.
- 1918 – An explosion in the ammunition magazine of the Japanese battleship Kawachi resulted in the deaths of more than 600 officers and crewmen.
- 1943 – World War II: German and Soviet forces engaged each other at the Battle of Prokhorovka (tanks pictured), one of the largest tank battles in military history.
- 1962 – The English rock band the Rolling Stones (pictured) played their first concert at the Marquee Club in London.
- 1963 – Sixteen-year-old Pauline Reade, the first victim of serial killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, disappeared in Gorton, England.
- 1979 – Rowdy fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago stormed the field during a Major League Baseball promotional event at which a crate of disco records was blown up.
- 2006 – Hezbollah forces crossed the Israel–Lebanon border and attacked Israeli military positions while firing rockets and mortars at Israeli towns, sparking a five-week war.
- Born/died: | Bertrada of Laon |d|783| John Komnenos|d|1067| Margaret Theresa of Spain |b|1651|Charles Chalmot de Saint-Ruhe |d|1691| Alexander Hamilton|d|1804| George Eastman |b|1854| Mary Glen-Haig |b|1918| Gertrude Bell |d|1926| Anne-Sophie Pic |b|1969| Eila Campbell |d|1994| Malala Yousafzai|b|1997| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander |b|1998| Mau Piailug|d|2010|
Notes
- The Stones in the Park appears on July 5, so the Stones should not appear in the same year
- First Battle of Algeciras appears on July 6, so Second Battle should not appear in the same year
- Jacques Necker appears on July 11 and Storming of the Bastille appears on July 14, so Camille Desmoulins should not appear in the same year
- Burr–Hamilton duel appears on July 11 so Alexander Hamilton should not appear in the same year
An AH-64 Apache helicopter
- 1913 – Second Balkan War: The Serbian Army began the Siege of Vidin, which they abandoned six days later when an armistice between the Serbs and Bulgarians was signed.
- 1920 – The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty was signed, with Soviet Russia agreeing to recognize an independent Lithuania.
- 1948 – Arab–Israeli War: Israel Defense Forces officer Yitzhak Rabin signed an order to expel Palestinians from the towns of Lydda and Ramle.
- 1997 – Hayao Miyazaki's animated film Princess Mononoke is released, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japan for a few months.
- 2007 – Two U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters (pictured) conducted a series of air-to-ground attacks in Baghdad.
- Josiah Wedgwood (b. 1730)
- Elsie de Wolfe (d. 1950)
- Sanjay Manjrekar (b. 1965)
- Mylène Jampanoï (b. 1980)