July 12 - Party Time!

Party Time!

Family Birthdays

Cousin Gillian Schurr

This Day In History

927

Æthelstan, King of England, secures a pledge from Constantine II of Scotland that the latter will not ally with Viking kings, beginning the process of unifying Great Britain.

1493

Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.

1543

King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.

1862

The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.

1962

The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London.

1970

A fire consumes the wooden home of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably destroys about 90 percent of his output.

Famous Birthdays

1730

Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (d. 1795)

1817

Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher (d. 1862)

1824

Eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)

1854

George Eastman, American inventor (d. 1932)

1864

George Washington Carver, American botanist (d. 1943)

1884

Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920)

1895

Buckminster Fuller, American systems theorist, architect, engineer, author, designer, inventor, and futurist (d. 1983)

Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist (d. 1960)

1908

Milton Berle, American comedian (d. 2002)

1917

Andrew Wyeth, American artist (d. 2009)

1934

Van Cliburn, American pianist

1937

Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor

1943

Michael Shea, American fantasy, horror, and science fiction author

1971

Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater

1976

Anna Friel, British actress

1978

Michelle Rodriguez, American actress