July 1912 calendar

July 1912
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 1912.
The US president was William Howard Taft (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was H. H. Asquith (Liberal), Pope Pius X was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on July 1912: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1912?

Events

04 Jul 1912 Jack Johnson TKOs Jim Flynn in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
06 Jul 1912 5th Olympic games in Stockholm opens
08 Jul 1912 G E V Crutchley (Oxford) 99 retired measles vs. Cambridge
10 Jul 1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record 5000m
12 Jul 1912 United States release of Sarah Bernhardt's film ''Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth'' is influential on the development of the movie feature. Adolf Zukor, who incorporates Paramount Pictures on May 8, 1914, launches his company as the distributor. Paramount celebrates its centennial in 2012.
14 Jul 1912 Kenneth McArthur runs Olympic record marathon
15 Jul 1912 British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect.
16 Jul 1912 Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patented by B.A. Fiske.
17 Jul 1912 IAF (International Amateur Athletic Federation) forms in Sweden
18 Jul 1912 Chicago Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings
19 Jul 1912 In Holbrook, Arizona, USA 14,000 meteorite stones fall; no injuries reported.
22 Jul 1912 5th Olympic games in Stockholm closes
25 Jul 1912 Comoros proclaimed a French colonies
30 Jul 1912 Emperor Meiji of Japan dies. He is succeeded by his son Yoshihito who becomes Emperor Taishō. In Japanese History, the event marks the end of the Meiji era and the beginning of the Taishō era.
31 Jul 1912 RBC soccer team forms in Roosendaal

Famous Birthday

Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter and musician whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and...
Milton Friedman
American economist, statistician, and writer who taught at the University of Chicago for more than three decades.
Viviane Romance
French actress on-screen from 1931, a popular star of French films often cast in vamp and coquette roles.
Olga Wormser
Art Linkletter
Canadian entertainer.
Rodolfo Gucci
Italian noted family, one of two sons of Guccio Gucci who established the saddlery that gradually evolved into a famous fashion empire.
Heinrich Harrer
Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006).
Toluca (Mexico)
Armi Ratia
Finnish designer, an artist in fabric and textile designer.
Luigi di Bella
Clara Darr
American pro astrologer, one of the supporters and bulwarks of AFA for many years.
David Brower
American activist, ecologist and conservationist, director of The Sierra Club and founder of Friends of the Earth.
Michael Wilding
England, United Kingdom -- Actor (Courtney Affair, World of Suzie Wong).
Irene Manning
Folco Lulli
Italian film actor and noted family member, his brother Piero Lulli was also a film actor.
Bill Brown (cricketer)
Robert Rocca
French singer, actor and comedian, who performed in cabarets, on radio and on television.
Sergiu Celibidache
Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996).
John Dacie
Hematologist.
Frederick Ferrari
Crazy Gang Member.
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