{"id":27625,"date":"2016-07-12T08:22:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27625"},"modified":"2016-07-12T08:22:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T13:22:47","slug":"today-in-history-219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27625","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Tuesday, July\u00a0 12, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn July 12, 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale named New York Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro his running mate, making her the first woman to run on a major party ticket.
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100 B.C.<\/td>\nJulius Caesar was born in Rome.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1543<\/td>\nEngland’s King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1690<\/td>\nProtestant forces led by William of Orange defeated the Roman Catholic army of James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1862<\/td>\nCongress authorized the Medal of Honor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1895<\/td>\nBroadway lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II was born in New York City.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1908<\/td>\nComedian Milton Berle was born Mendel Berlinger in New York City.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>\nGeorge McGovern won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Miami Beach.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nAbner Louima, a Haitian immigrant tortured in a New York City police station, agreed to an $8.7 million settlement.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nPrince Albert II of Monaco acceded to the throne.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nHezbollah guerrillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others in a cross-border raid; Israel sent ground troops into Lebanon in response.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nRoman Polanski was declared a free man, no longer confined to house arrest in his Alpine villa, after Swiss authorities rejected a U.S. request for the Oscar-winning director’s extradition because of a 32-year-old sex conviction.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actor-comedian Bill Cosby turns 79 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Christine McVie<\/td>\nRock singer, musician (Fleetwood Mac)<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walter Egan<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Simmons<\/td>\nFitness guru<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jay Thomas<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brian Grazer<\/td>\nProducer<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cheryl Ladd<\/td>\nActress (“Charlie’s Angels”)<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mel Harris<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lisa Nicole Carson<\/td>\nActress (“Ally McBeal”)<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristi Yamaguchi<\/td>\nFigure skater<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anna Friel<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Topher Grace<\/td>\nActor (“That 70’s Show”)<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Erik Per Sullivan<\/td>\nActor (“Malcom in the Middle”)<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Michelle Rodriguez (“Avatar,” “Lost”) turns 38 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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