Talk:July 12
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July 12: The Twelfth, commemoration of the Battle of the Boyne (1690) in Northern Ireland
- 1543 - King Henry VIII of England married Catherine Parr (pictured), his sixth and last wife, at Hampton Court Palace.
- 1580 - Ostrog Bible, the first Bible in Old Church Slavonic, was printed in Ostroh, Ukraine by Ivan Fyodorov.
- 1806 - Sixteen German imperial states left the Holy Roman Empire and formed the Confederation of the Rhine.
- 1862 - The U.S. Army Medal of Honor was first authorized by the U.S. Congress.
- 1975 - São Tomé and Príncipe declared independence from Portugal.
- 1979 - The Gilbert Islands gained independence and became known as Kiribati.
Recent days: July 11 – July 10 – July 9
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Excuse my ignorance, but the following birth
- 1987 - Shakeer Rahman, actor
is unverifiable for me. Found nothing, not even for "Shakir Rahman". Nothing in Google, IMDb, nor at the Bollywood Movie Database. Maybe some Bollywood actor? Or a prank entry? Lupo 08:44, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Charles Kingsley: Most sites say his birthday is June 12.
I'm as big a proponent of open-source as anyone else, but I'm sorry; the release of KDE 1.0 is not of significant historic import. Vertigo 19:02, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Snagged from news.scotsman.com 2004
- BIRTHDAYS: Frank Windsor, actor, 77; Sir Alastair Burnet, former ITN newsreader, 76; Kathy Staff, actress, 76; Roy Barraclough, actor, 69;
Bill Cosby, comedian, 67;Christine McVie, rock singer, 61;Gareth Edwards, former rugby player, 57;Cheryl Ladd, actress, 53; Leah Bracknell, actress, 40;Gaby Roslin, TV presenter, 40;Annabel Croft, tennis player, 38;Richard Herring, comedian, 37;Anna Friel, actress, 28;Gareth Gates, singer, 20.
Verify and Wikify: those already present have been struck through. --Phil | Talk 08:04, Jul 13, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] No Rain Day
No Rain Day in the Salem, Oregon (USA)
It hasn't rained on July 12 in the Salem, Oregon (USA) since the beginning of weather logging 113 years ago.
1988 - Shawn Smith, God of the world. 1990 - Max Dishler, Supreme Master of the Universe
Is it just me or is this wrong. Shawn Smith seems to be a singer, I can't find anything on Max Dishler.
