Talk: July 12
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- 1862 - The U.S. Army Medal of Honor was authorized by the U.S. Congress.
- 1904 Birth of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, Nobel Literature Prize winner in Parral, Chile.
- 1967 - Four days of race riots began in Newark, New Jersey that claimed the lives of 27 people.
- 1975 - São Tomé and Príncipe declared independence from Portugal
- 1993 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake off the shore of Hokkaido, Japan launched a devastating tsunami, killing 202 on the small island of Okushiri
Recent days: July 11 – July 10 – July 9
Excuse my ignorance, but the following birth
- 1987 - Shakeer Rahman, actor
is unverifiable for me. Found nothing, not even for "Shakir Rahman". Nothing in Google, IMDb, nor at the Bollywood Movie Database. Maybe some Bollywood actor? Or a prank entry? Lupo 08:44, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Charles Kingsley: Most sites say his birthday is June 12.
I'm as big a proponent of open-source as anyone else, but I'm sorry; the release of KDE 1.0 is not of significant historic import. Vertigo 19:02, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Snagged from news.scotsman.com 2004
- BIRTHDAYS: Frank Windsor, actor, 77; Sir Alastair Burnet, former ITN newsreader, 76; Kathy Staff, actress, 76; Roy Barraclough, actor, 69;
Bill Cosby, comedian, 67;Christine McVie, rock singer, 61;Gareth Edwards, former rugby player, 57;Cheryl Ladd, actress, 53; Leah Bracknell, actress, 40;Gaby Roslin, TV presenter, 40;Annabel Croft, tennis player, 38;Richard Herring, comedian, 37;Anna Friel, actress, 28;Gareth Gates, singer, 20.
Verify and Wikify: those already present have been struck through. --Phil | Talk 08:04, Jul 13, 2004 (UTC)
