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RWH24
07-12-19, 16:37
1962 First performance of the Rolling Stones
The British rock band performed for the first time as a group at the Marquee Club in London.

I wasn't there, but I bet a buttload of females were. :lol::lol:
SteyrAUG
07-12-19, 16:59
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night

Disco Demolition Night was an ill-fated baseball promotion on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. At the climax of the event, a crate filled with disco records was blown up on the field between games of the twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. Many of those in attendance had come to see the explosion rather than the games and rushed onto the field after the detonation. The playing field was so damaged by the explosion and by the fans that the White Sox were required to forfeit the second game to the Tigers.
Diamondback
07-12-19, 17:09
Business related:

1801 – British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Algeciras

Not:

1943 – German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time. (Battle of Prokhorovka) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Prokhorovka

Today's birthdays: Julius Caesar, Thoreau, George Eastman, Buckminster Fuller, Oscar Hammerstein, Milton Berle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_12

Before my semi-retirement, this was the kind of thing I did a lot of at RedState...
BoringGuy45
07-12-19, 19:32
I was born!
prepare
07-12-19, 20:05
I was born!

Happy Birthday!
chadbag
07-12-19, 20:24
1943 – German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time. (Battle of Prokhorovka) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Prokhorovka


Which was part of the "Battle of Kursk" which was the German "Operation Citadel", a German offensive that ended up being a disaster for them.
BoringGuy45
07-12-19, 20:28
Happy Birthday!

Thank you! It's actually turned out to be a family birthday. I share July 12 with my grandmother, father-in-law, and my wife's grandmother (who is 99 today!).