Today in History
12 July
240 births · 111 deaths · 48 events recorded
Notable Births
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Nico Williams
b. 2002
Spanish footballer (born 2002)
Kaylee McKeown
b. 2001
Australian swimmer (born 2001)
Vinícius Júnior
b. 2000
Brazilian footballer (born 2000)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
b. 1998
Canadian basketball player (born 1998)
Spill Tab
b. 1997
French Korean musician (born 1997)
Jean-Kévin Duverne
b. 1997
Haitian footballer (born 1997)
Malala Yousafzai
b. 1997
Pakistani education activist (born 1997)
William Osler
b. 1849
Canadian physician and co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital (1849–1919)
Notable Deaths
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Tonke Dragt
d. 2024
Dutch children's writer and illustrator (1930–2024)
Bill Viola
d. 2024
American video and installation artist (1951–2024)
Ruth Westheimer
d. 2024
German-American sex therapist (1928–2024)
Evan Wright
d. 2024
American writer (1964–2024)
Noriko Ohara
d. 2024
Japanese voice actress (1935–2024)
Kelly Preston
d. 2020
American actress (1962–2020)
Wim Suurbier
d. 2020
Dutch footballer (1945–2020)
Gertrude Bell
d. 1926
English writer, traveller, political officer, and archaeologist
On This Day in History
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2024
Gazpromavia Flight 9608 crashes in Russia's Kolomensky District near Kolomna, killing three.
Gazpromavia Flight 9608
2013
Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.
Brétigny-sur-Orge train crash
2012
Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.
Syrian civil war
2012
A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
List of tank truck fires and explosions
2007
U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are killed; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
United States Army
2006
The 2006 Lebanon War begins.
2006 Lebanon War
2001
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle program
1998
The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
Ulster Volunteer Force