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An abandoned Soviet T-34 tank at Prokhorovka
Lambeth Bridge
Catherine Parr
Medal of Honor from years 1862 to 1895
Congressional Medal of Honor
Saint Basil's Cathedral
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1580 – The
Ostrog Bible , the first Bible in
Old Church Slavonic , was printed in
Ostroh , Ukraine, by
Ivan Fyodorov .
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1690 –
Williamite forces defeated
Jacobite troops at the
Battle of the Boyne just outside
Drogheda , Ireland, marking a turning point in the
Williamite War .
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1790 – The
Civil Constitution of the Clergy was passed, a law that subordinated the
Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government.
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1806 – Sixteen
German states left the
Holy Roman Empire and formed the
Confederation of the Rhine .
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1967 –
Race riots
began in
Newark, New Jersey , leading to 27 deaths in four days.
neutrality disputed
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1493 – The
Nuremberg Chronicle , one of the best-documented
early printed books , was first published.
1543 –
King Henry VIII of England married
Catherine Parr , his
sixth and last wife , at
Hampton Court Palace .
1561 –
Saint Basil's Cathedral , located at the geographic center of Moscow, was consecrated.
1843 –
Joseph Smith, Jr. , founder of the
Latter Day Saint movement ,
proclaimed a revelation recommending
polygamy .
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.
1862 – The
Medal of Honor , the highest military decoration awarded by the
United States government , was first authorized by the
U.S. Congress .
1918 – An explosion in the ammunition
magazine of the
Japanese battleship Kawachi resulted in the loss of over 600 officers and crewmen.
1920 – The
Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty was signed, with
Soviet Russia agreeing to recognize an independent Lithuania.
1943 –
World War II : German and Soviet forces engaged each other at the
Battle of Prokhorovka , one of the largest tank battles in military history.
1948 –
Arab–Israeli War :
Israeli Defense Force officer
Yitzhak Rabin signed the order to
expel Palestinians from the towns of
Lod and
Ramla .
1962 – British rock band
The Rolling Stones played their first concert at the
Marquee Club in London.
1963 – In
Gorton , England, 16-year-old Pauline Reade disappeared, the first victim of serial killers
Ian Brady and Myra Hindley .
1979 – Rowdy fans at
Comiskey Park in Chicago stormed the field during a
promotional event in which a crate of
disco records was
blown up .
1986 – The
Homosexual Law Reform Act became law in New Zealand, decriminalising consensual homosexual sex.
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 .
2007 – Two
US Army
AH-64 Apache helicopters conducted
a series of air-to-ground attacks in
Baghdad ;
classified cockpit gunsight footage was released to the Internet in 2010.
July 12 :
Independence Day in
Kiribati (
1979 ) and
São Tomé and Príncipe (
1975 );
The Twelfth in Northern Ireland
927 –
Æthelstan ,
King of England , secured a pledge from
Constantine II of Scotland that the latter would not ally with
Viking kings.
1801 –
French Revolutionary Wars : A squadron of British
Royal Navy
ships of the line
defeated a larger squadron of ships from the
Spanish Navy and
French Navy in the
Gut of Gibraltar .
1917 – Vigilantes
forcibly deported about 1,300 striking mine workers, their supporters, and innocent bystanders from
Bisbee, Arizona , US, to
New Mexico .
1971 – The
Australian Aboriginal Flag (pictured) , one of the official flags of Australia, was flown for the first time.
2005 –
Prince Albert II was enthroned as the current reigning monarch of Monaco.