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Old 07-12-2007, 05:52 AM
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July 12th
1536 ~ Death of Erasmus, Dutch Writer & Philosopher.

1690 ~ William of Orange's army won the Battle of the Boyne.

1730 ~ Birthday of Josiah Wedgwood, English Potter.

1773 ~ Death of Johann Joachim Quantz, German Flutist & Composer.

1817 ~ Birthday of Henry David Thoreau, American Writer & Philosopher.

1862 ~ Medal of Honor authorized by the U.S. Congress.

1933 ~ U.S. Congress passes the first federal minimum wage law in the U.S.

1943 ~ Turning point of CITADEL (Battle of Kursk).

1984 ~ Walter Mondale named Geraldine Ferraro his Vice Presidential running mate.

1990~ Russian republic president Boris Yeltsin resigned from the Communist Party.
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