Vero - Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 12

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• Lambeth Bridge
  Lambeth Bridge
• An AH-64 Apache helicopter
  An AH-64 Apache helicopter
• Saint Basil's Cathedral
  Saint Basil's Cathedral
• Medal of Honor from years 1862 to 1895
  Medal of Honor from years 1862 to 1895
• Congressional Medal of Honor
  Congressional Medal of Honor
• Catherine Parr
  Catherine Parr
• Prince Albert II
  Prince Albert II
• German tanks at Prokhorovka
  German tanks at Prokhorovka
• Japanese battleship Kawachi
  Japanese battleship Kawachi
• The Rolling Stones in 2015
  The Rolling Stones in 2015

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
Independence Day in Kiribati (1979)and São Tomé and Príncipe (1975)	Kiribati: refimprove; Sao Tome: refimprove section
; The Twelfth in Northern Ireland	refimprove section
1493 – The Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, was first published.	refimprove section
1543 – King [[Henry VIII of England|Template:Nowrap of England]] married Catherine Parr, his sixth and last wife, at Hampton Court Palace.	refimprove sections, undue weight
1580 – The Ostrog Bible, the first Bible in Old Church Slavonic, was printed in Ostroh, Ukraine, by Ivan Fyodorov.	no footnotes
1789 – French Revolution: Journalist Camille Desmoulins gave an impassioned speech protesting the dismissal of finance minister Jacques Necker the day before, inspiring listeners to storm the Bastille two days later.	refimprove section
1790 – The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was passed, a law that subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government.	unreferenced section
1806 – Sixteen German states left the Holy Roman Empire and formed the Confederation of the Rhine.	refimprove
1843 – Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, is said to have received a revelation recommending plural marriage.	Too much uncited
1862 – The Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government, was first authorized by Congress.	outdated
1917 – Vigilantes forcibly deported about 1,300 striking American mine workers, their supporters, and bystanders from Bisbee, Arizona, to New Mexico.	page numbers needed
1967 – Race riots began in Newark, New Jersey, leading to 27 deaths in four days.	referencing issues (e.g. page numbers missing)
1986 – The Homosexual Law Reform Act, which decriminalised consensual homosexual sex, became law in New Zealand.	Date not given in article
2005 – Albert II was enthroned as the current reigning prince of Monaco.	Lots of cn
Bahlul Khan Lodi |d|1489|	Date not cited
Margherita Piazzola Beloch |b|1879|	Date not cited
File:YitzhakRabin1948.png	PD only in Israel, but not worldwide

Eligible

• 927 – King Æthelstan of England secured the submission of four northern rulers: Constantine II of Scotland, Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred I of Bamburgh, and Owain ap Dyfnwal of Strathclyde, leading to seven years of peace.
• 1488 – Choe Bu, an official of the Joseon dynasty, returned to Korea after months of shipwrecked travel in China.
• 1801 – French Revolutionary Wars: A squadron of British ships of the line defeated a larger squadron of Spanish and French vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar.
• 1913 – Second Balkan War: The Serbian Army began the Siege of Vidin, which they abandoned six days later when an armistice between the Serbs and Bulgarians was signed.
• 1916 – First World War: Second Lieutenant Kléber Dupuy defeated a German attack on Fort Souville at a key moment of the Battle of Verdun.
• 1918 – An explosion in the ammunition magazine of the Japanese battleship Kawachi resulted in the deaths of more than 600 officers and crewmen.
• 1920 – The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty was signed, with Soviet Russia agreeing to recognize an independent Lithuania.
• 1943 – World War II: German and Soviet forces engaged each other at the Battle of Prokhorovka (tanks pictured), one of the largest tank battles in military history.
• 1948 – Arab–Israeli War: Israel Defense Forces officer Yitzhak Rabin signed an order to expel Palestinians from the towns of Lydda and Ramle.
• 1962 – The English rock band the Rolling Stones (pictured) played their first concert at the Marquee Club in London.
• 1997 – Hayao Miyazaki's animated film Princess Mononoke is released, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japan for a few months.
• 2007 – Two U.S. Army [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|Template:Nowrap Apache]] helicopters (pictured) conducted a series of air-to-ground attacks in Baghdad.
• Born/died: | Bertrada of Laon |d|783| John Komnenos|d|1067| Margaret Theresa of Spain |b|1651|Charles Chalmot de Saint-Ruhe |d|1691| Josiah Wedgwood |b|1730| George Eastman |b|1854| Mary Glen-Haig |b|1918| Gertrude Bell |d|1926| Elsie de Wolfe |d|1950| Catherine Connolly |b|1957| Sanjay Manjrekar |b|1965| Anne-Sophie Pic |b|1969| Mylène Jampanoï|b|1980| James Rodríguez |b|1991| Eila Campbell |d|1994|

Notes

• The Stones in the Park appears on July 5, so the Stones should not appear in the same year
• First Battle of Algeciras appears on July 6, so Second Battle should not appear in the same year
• Jacques Necker appears on July 11 and Storming of the Bastille appears on July 14, so Camille Desmoulins should not appear in the same year
• Burr–Hamilton duel appears on July 11 so Alexander Hamilton should not appear in the same year

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• 1561 – Saint Basil's Cathedral (pictured), located in Red Square, Moscow, was consecrated.
• 1963 – Sixteen-year-old Pauline Reade, the first victim of serial killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, disappeared in Gorton, England.
• 1979 – Rowdy fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago stormed the field during a Major League Baseball promotional event at which a crate of disco records was blown up.
• 1998 – France defeated the defending champions Brazil 3–0 to win their first FIFA World Cup title.
• 2006 – Hezbollah forces crossed the Israel–Lebanon border and attacked Israeli military positions while firing rockets and mortars at Israeli towns, sparking a five-week war.