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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 12 July.

1. England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th & last wife).
2. Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne Protestant victory in Ireland
3. US forces led by Gen. Hull invade Canada (War of 1812).
4. Congress authorizes Medal of Honor
5. Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs
6. 1st televised tennis match.
7. Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33› per hour).
8. US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned
9. Yankee Allie Reynolds no hits Indians 1-0
10. 1st President to fly in helicopter - Dwight Eisenhower
11. Echo I 1st passive satellite launched.
12. USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs.
13. Cosmonaut Popovich in space 1st time 2 manned craft in space
14. 5th Mayor's Trophy Game Mets beat Yanks 4-0
15. Sao Tom‚ e Pr¡ncipe gains independence from Portugal (Nat'l Day).
16. 1st free flight test of Enterprise.
17. Sun Bank Building opens
18. Kiribati (Gilbert & Ellice Is.) gains independence from Britain.
19. Minnie Ripperton dies of cancer at 30
20. Geraldine Ferraro NY became 1st woman major-party VP candidate
21. Drs discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan's large intestine

These famous people were born on 12 July.

1. 0100 - Julius C‘sar, born B.C. - Roman Emperor
2. 1730 - Josiah Wedgewood, English pottery designer, manufacturer.
3. 1817 - Henry David Thoreau, Naturalist-author in Concord Mass
4. 1849 - Sir William Osler, Canadian physician, teacher, author.
5. 1854 - George Eastman, invented Kodak camera in Waterville NY
6. 1868 - Stefan George, German lyric poet.
7. 1895 - Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers
8. 1895 - R Buckminster Fuller, architect (invented geodesic dome)
9. 1904 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet (Residence on Earth) (Nobel 1971).
10. 1908 - Milton Berle, (Uncle Miltie-Mr Television)
11. 1917 - Andrew Wyeth, American painter.
12. 1922 - Mark Hatfield, (R-Ore-Sen)
13. 1934 - Van Cliburn, Pianist
14. 1937 - Bill Cosby, Actor, comedian.
15. 1944 - Denise Nichols, in Detroit