Historical Events
- 1st televised tennis match
Famous Birthdays
- Barbara Cowsill, American singer and rock band mother (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "We Can Fly"), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1985)
- Elias James Corey, American organic chemist (Nobel 1990), born in Methuen, Massachusetts
- Hayden White, American "literary criticism" historian (Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe), born in Martin, Tennessee (d. 2018)
- Kathy Staff [Minnie Higginbottom], British actress (Mary Reilly, Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours), born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (d. 2008)
- Sir Alastair Burnet [James William Alexander Burnet], British journalist and broadcaster (News at Ten), Born in Sheffield, England (d. 2012)
About July 12, 1928
Day of the Week: Thursday
How Long Ago? 95 years, 9 months and 20 days
Leap Year: Yes
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Dragon
Star Sign: Cancer
Greatest Generation
Silent Generation
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Generation X
Millennial
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