In the present day is Saturday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2024. There are 172 days left within the 12 months.
In the present day in historical past:
On July 12, as an offended response to the recognition of disco music, the Chicago White Sox held the “Disco Demolition Evening” promotion, by which a crate of disco information was blown up on the sector between video games of a double-header; the following riot and injury to the sector prompted the White Sox to forfeit the second recreation.
Additionally on this date:
In 1543, England’s King Henry VIII married his sixth and closing spouse, Catherine Parr.
In 1812, United States forces led by Gen. William Hull entered Canada in the course of the Warfare of 1812 in opposition to Britain. (Nonetheless, Hull retreated shortly thereafter to Detroit.)
In 1862, in the course of the Civil Warfare, President Abraham Lincoln signed a invoice authorizing the Military Medal of Honor.
In 1909, the Home of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the sixteenth Modification to the U.S. Structure, permitting for a federal revenue tax, and submitted it to the states. (It was declared ratified in February 1913.)
In 1962, the Rolling Stones performed their first present, on the Marquee Membership in London.
In 1967, rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey, over the police beating of a Black taxi driver; 26 individuals had been killed within the 5 days of violence that adopted.
In 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale introduced his alternative of U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his working mate; Ferraro was the primary girl to run for vp on a major-party ticket.
In 1991, Japanese professor Hitoshi Igarashi, who had translated Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses,” was discovered stabbed to dying, 9 days after the novel’s Italian translator was attacked in Milan.
In 1994, President Invoice Clinton, visiting Germany, went to the japanese sector of Berlin, the primary U.S. president to take action since Harry Truman.
In 2003, the united statesRonald Reagan, the primary provider named for a residing president, was commissioned in Norfolk, Virginia.
In 2012, a scathing report by former FBI Director Louis Freeh stated the late Joe Paterno and different prime Penn State officers had buried youngster sexual abuse allegations in opposition to Jerry Sandusky greater than a decade earlier to keep away from unhealthy publicity.
In 2022, Twitter sued Elon Musk to drive him to finish the $44 billion acquisition of the social media firm after Musk stated he was backing off his settlement to purchase the corporate. (He would ultimately develop into Twitter’s proprietor three months later.)
In the present day’s Birthdays:
- Author Delia Ephron is 81.
- Singer Walter Egan is 77.
- Author-producer Brian Grazer is 74.
- Actor Cheryl Ladd is 74.
- Gospel singer Ricky McKinnie (The Blind Boys of Alabama) is 73.
- Gospel singer Sandi Patty is 69.
- Actor Mel Harris is 69.
- Boxing champion Julio Cesar Chavez is 63.
- Rock singer Robin Wilson (Gin Blossoms) is 60.
- Actor Lisa Nicole Carson is 56.
- Olympic gold medal determine skater Kristi Yamaguchi is 54.
- Actor Anna Friel is 49.
- R&B singer Tracie Spencer is 49.
- Actor Topher Grace is 47.
- Actor Michelle Rodriguez is 47.
- Nation singer-musician Kimberly Perry (The Band Perry) is 42.
- Actor Natalie Martinez is 41.
- Actor Ta’Rhonda Jones is 37.
- Actor Rachel Brosnahan is 35.
- Olympic gold medal gymnast Jordyn Wieber is 30.
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai is 28.
- NBA guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is 27.