Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
July 12
| 1096 | Crusaders under Peter the Hermit reach Sofia in Hungary. | |
| 1691 | William III defeats the allied Irish and French armies at the Battle of Aughrim, Ireland. | |
| 1794 | British Admiral Lord Nelson loses his right eye at the siege of Calvi, in Corsica. | |
| 1806 | The Confederation of the Rhine is established in Germany. | |
| 1941 | Moscow is bombed by the German Luftwaffe for the first time. | |
| 1954 | President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposes a highway modernization program, with costs to be shared by federal and state governments. | |
| 1957 | The U.S. surgeon general, Leroy E. Burney, reports that there is a direct link between smoking and lung cancer. | |
| 1974 | G. Gordon Liddy, John Ehrlichman and two others are convicted of conspiracy and perjury in connection with the Watergate scandal. | |
| 1984 | Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale chooses Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. | |
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| 100 BC | Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman. | |
| 1817 | Henry David Thoreau, essayist, naturalist and poet (Walden). | |
| 1854 | George Eastman, photography pioneer. | |
| 1884 | Amadeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor. | |
| 1895 | Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer. | |
| 1895 | R. Buckminster Fuller, architect and engineer. | |
| 1904 | Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and political activist (Residence on Earth). | |
| 1908 | Milton Berle, comedian, actor. | |
| 1917 | Andrew Wyeth, American painter. | |
| 1934 | Van Cliburn, American concert pianist. | |
| 1937 | Bill Cosby, comedian, actor. | |
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