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On This Day In History for July 12, 2017
This is the 193rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining in 2017.
- It was on this date in 1493, that Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published..
- July 12, 1543, King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace..
- That same date in 1561, Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated..
- Also today in 1776, Captain James Cook begins his third voyage..
- It was on this date in 1804, that Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel..
- July 12, 1962, The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at London’s Marquee Club..
- That same date in 1971, The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time..
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- English civil engineer of the 19th century, Thomas Hawksley, born on this date in 1807. He was particularly associated with water engineering projects.
- Otto Schoetensack, the German paleoanthropologist was born 167 years ago today.
- George Eastman, American entrepreneur, inventor and photographer was born on that same date in 1854.
- Albert Calmette, the French scientist was born 154 years ago today.
- Born July 12, 1863, German physicist specializing in optics Paul Drude.
- Margherita Piazzola Beloch, the Italian mathematician was born 138 years ago today.
- American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist, Buckminster Fuller was born 122 years ago today.
- American comedian and actor, Milton Berle, born on this date in 1908.
- German engineer, Fritz Leonhardt was born 108 years ago today.
- Willis Lamb, American Physicist was born on that same date in 1913.
- American chemist, Elias James Corey, born on this date in 1928.
- Van Cliburn, American pianist was born on that same date in 1934.
- American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist, Bill Cosby, born on this date in 1937.
- British rock singer, Christine McVie is 74 today.
- American exercise instructor, Richard Simmons, born on this date in 1948.
- Also born on that same date in 1951, actress, Cheryl Ladd.
- Rick Husband, American astronaut was born on that same date in 1957.
- American Businesswomen, Vice President and Managing director of Facebook EMEA, Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields is 55 today.
Listener Birthdays
- 12 – Shadowbird712 of Shadowbird Studios (http://shadowbirdsrandomcrap.blogspot.com/) (Sorry for the cheap plug, y’all)
- 12 – François Pominville nickname: Bookaroo (Year: 11110110001, Canada)
- 13 – Ben Ragunton of TGGeeks
- 18 – Lord Doomicus
- 18 – Nikolai from Dancing With Elephants
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 12, 2017
News
- Mike Pence Touches NASA Equipment Labeled ‘Do Not Touch’, Becomes Instant Meme
- Mars Might Not Be The Potato Utopia We Hoped
Hacks & Strange Stories
- Fly Trapped in a 3D Printed Block Is a 21st Century Fossil
- Archaeologists Unearth ‘Grave of Giants’ in China
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