Today in History
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1984 Walter F. Mondale Names Geraldine A. Ferraro as Running Mate in Presidential Elections
New York Congressperson, Geraldine A. Ferraro, became the first woman to run for office on a major p
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1975 São Tomé and Príncipe gains independence from Portuguese rule
The island nation was discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century. For over 200 y
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1967 Race riots break out in Newark, New Jersey, killing 26 people and injuring several others
The violence began when two white policemen arrested a black cab driver.
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1962 First performance of the Rolling Stones
The British rock band performed for the first time as a group at the Marquee Club in London.
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1920 Moscow Peace Treaty is signed
Also known as the Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty, the treaty was signed between Lithuania and the So
Births On This Day,
July, 12
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1997 Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani activist
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1937 Bill Cosby
American comedian, actor, producer, author
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1904 Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate
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1884 Amedeo Modigliani
Italian painter, sculptor
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1817 Henry David Thoreau
American writer, philosopher
Deaths On This Day,
July, 12
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2013 Amar Bose
American sound engineer, entrepreneur
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2010 Harvey Pekar
American author
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1926 Gertrude Bell
British government administrator, writer, spy, archaeologist
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1804 Alexander Hamilton
Nevisian/American economist, politician, philosopher, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury
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1536 Desiderius Erasmus
Dutch theologian, priest
