July 12
People born on this day are Cancer.
- 1975
São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
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The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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Chinese seismologists successfully predict the 1995 Myanmar–China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11.
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The Ulster Volunteer Force attack a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
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France win their first World Cup title, defeating defending champions Brazil 3–0.
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Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station.
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A cross-border raid by Hezbollah militants starts the 2006 Lebanon War.
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U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are killed; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
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Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.
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Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.
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Gazpromavia Flight 9608 crashes in Russia's Kolomensky District near Kolomna, killing three.
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A bar fire kills 33 people in Bangkok, Thailand.
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2002Nico Williams, Spanish footballer
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2001Kaylee McKeown, Australian swimmer
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2000Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer
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2000Veronica Burton, American basketball player
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1998Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Canadian basketball player
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1997Claire Chicha, French Korean singer-songwriter known by the stage name Spill Tab
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1997Jean-Kévin Duverne, French footballer
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1997Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1996Moussa Dembélé, French footballer
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1995Luke Shaw, English footballer
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1995Moses Simon, Nigerian footballer
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1995Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast
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