July 12

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July 12 is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

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Events

927 – King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accepted the overlordship of King Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north.

1191 – Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre.

1470 – The Ottomans capture Euboea.

1493 – Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.

1527 – Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.

1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.

1561 – Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.

1562 – Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred books of the Maya.

1580 – The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.

1690 – Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar): The armies of William III defeat those of the former James II.

1691 – Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.

1776 – Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.

1789 – In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.

1790 – The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.

1799 – Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire).

1801 – British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.

1804 – Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel.

1806 – Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.

1812 – The American Army of the Northwest briefly occupies the Upper Canadian settlement at what is now at Windsor, Ontario.

1862 – The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.

1913 – Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.

1917 – The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.

1918 – The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.

1920 – The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.

1943 – German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.

1948 – Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.

1960 – Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.

1961 – Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.

1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at London's Marquee Club.

1963 – Pauline Reade (16 years old) disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.

1967 – Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.

1971 – The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.

1973 – A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.

1975 – São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.

1979 – The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

2006 – Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise.

2006 – Lebanon-Israel war begins.

2007 – U.S. Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.

2012 – The Turaymisah massacre kills 250 people during a Syrian military operation in a village within the Hama Governorate.

2012 – A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.

2013 – Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.

Births

1394 – Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441)

1468 – Juan del Encina, Spanish poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1530)

1477 – Jacopo Sadoleto, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)

1596 – Michael I of Russia (d. 1645)

1628 – Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (d. 1684)

1675 – Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1742)

1730 – Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (d. 1795)

1803 – Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)

1807 – Thomas Hawksley, English engineer and academic (d. 1893)

1813 – Claude Bernard, French physiologist and academic (d. 1878)

1817 – Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1862)

1821 – D. H. Hill, American general and academic (d. 1889)

1824 – Eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)

1828 – Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (d. 1889)

1849 – William Osler, Canadian physician and author (d. 1919)

1850 – Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (d. 1912)

1852 – Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Argentina (d. 1933)

1854 – George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (d. 1933)

1855 – Ned Hanlan, Canadian rower, academic, and businessman (d. 1908)

1857 – George E. Ohr, American potter (d. 1918)

1861 – Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1906)

1863 – Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (d. 1933)

1863 – Paul Drude, German physicist and academic (d. 1906)

1868 – Stefan George, German poet and translator (d. 1933)

1870 – Louis II, Prince of Monaco (d. 1949)

1872 – Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1945)

1876 – Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic (d. 1944)

1878 – Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1930)

1879 – Margherita Piazzola Beloch, Italian mathematician (d. 1976)

1880 – Tod Browning, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1962)

1884 – Louis B. Mayer, Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (d. 1957)

1884 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920)

1886 – Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (d. 1956)

1892 – Bruno Schulz, Ukrainian-Polish author and painter (d. 1942)

1895 – Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (d. 1962)

1895 – Buckminster Fuller, American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère (d. 1983)

1895 – Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and songwriter (d. 1960)

1902 – Günther Anders, German philosopher and journalist (d. 1992)

1904 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)

1907 – Weary Dunlop, Australian colonel and surgeon (d. 1993)

1908 – Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (d. 2002)

1908 – Alain Cuny, French actor (d. 1994)

1908 – Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002)

1909 – Joe DeRita, American actor (d. 1993)

1909 – Motoichi Kumagai, Japanese photographer and illustrator (d. 2010)

1909 – Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, designed Fernsehturm Stuttgart (d. 1999)

1909 – Herbert Zim, American naturalist, author, and educator (d. 1994)

1911 – Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (d. 1993)

1913 – Willis Lamb, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)

1914 – Mohammad Moin, Iranian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1971)

1916 – Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974)

1917 – Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014)

1917 – Andrew Wyeth, American artist (d. 2009)

1918 – Mary Glen-Haig, English fencer (d. 2014)

1920 – Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2004)

1920 – Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2015)

1920 – Paul Gonsalves, American saxophonist (d. 1974)

1920 – Randolph Quirk, Manx linguist and academic

1920 – Beah Richards, American actress (d. 2000)

1922 – Mark Hatfield, American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Oregon (d. 2011)

1923 – René Favaloro, Argentine surgeon and cardiologist (d. 2000)

1924 – Faidon Matthaiou, Greek basketball player and coach (d. 2011)

1925 – Albert Lance, Australian-French tenor (d. 2013)

1925 – Roger Smith, American businessman (d. 2007)

1927 – Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 1993)

1927 – Conte Candoli, American trumpet player (d. 2001)

1927 – Jack Harshman, American baseball player (d. 2013)

1927 – Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman (d. 2011)

1928 – Alastair Burnet, English journalist (d. 2012)

1928 – Elias James Corey, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1928 – Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (d. 2013)

1929 – Monte Hellman, American director and producer

1930 – Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter

1931 – Eric Ives, English historian and academic (d. 2012)

1931 – Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013)

1932 – Otis Davis, American sprinter

1933 – Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (d. 2012)

1933 – Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2008)

1934 – Van Cliburn, American pianist and composer (d. 2013)

1935 – Satoshi Ōmura, Japanese biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1936 – Jan Němec, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2016)

1937 – Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

1937 – Mickey Edwards, American lawyer and politician

1937 – Lionel Jospin, French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France

1937 – Robert McFarlane, American colonel and diplomat, 13th United States National Security Advisor

1937 – Guy Woolfenden, English composer and conductor

1938 – Ron Fairly, American baseball player and sportscaster

1938 – Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer

1939 – Phillip Adams, Australian journalist and producer

1941 – Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2007)

1942 – Roy Palmer, English cricketer and umpire

1942 – Billy Smith, Australian rugby player and coach

1943 – Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

1943 – Paul Silas, American basketball player and coach

1944 – Simon Blackburn, English philosopher and academic

1944 – Delia Ephron, American author, playwright, and screenwriter

1947 – Loren Coleman, American cryptozoologist, author, and academic

1947 – Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster

1947 – Wilko Johnson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1947 – Richard C. McCarty, American psychologist and academic

1948 – Ben Burtt, American director, screenwriter, and sound designer

1948 – Walter Egan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1948 – Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor

1949 – Simon Fox, English drummer

1949 – Rick Hendrick, American businessman, founded Hendrick Motorsports

1950 – Eric Carr, American drummer and songwriter (d. 1991)

1950 – Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1951 – Joan Bauer, American author

1951 – Brian Grazer, American screenwriter and producer, founded Imagine Entertainment

1951 – Cheryl Ladd, American actress

1951 – Piotr Pustelnik, Polish mountaineer

1951 – Jamey Sheridan, American actor

1952 – Voja Antonić, Serbian computer scientist and journalist, designed the Galaksija computer

1952 – Irina Bokova, Bulgarian politician, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs

1952 – Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (d. 1995)

1954 – Eric Adams, American singer-songwriter

1954 – Robert Carl, American pianist and composer

1954 – Wolfgang Dremmler, German footballer and coach

1955 – Timothy Garton Ash, English historian and author

1955 – Jimmy LaFave, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 – Mel Harris, American actress

1956 – Sandi Patty, American singer and pianist

1956 – Mario Soto, Dominican baseball player

1957 – Rick Husband, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)

1957 – Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1958 – J. D. Hayworth, American politician and radio host

1958 – Tonya Lee Williams, English-Canadian actress and producer

1959 – David Brown, Australian meteorologist

1959 – Karl J. Friston, English psychiatrist and neuroscientist

1961 – Heikko Glöde, German footballer and manager

1961 – Shiva Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer

1962 – Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer

1962 – Luc De Vos, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)

1962 – Joanna Shields, American-English businesswoman

1962 – Dean Wilkins, English footballer and manager

1964 – Gaby Roslin, English television host and actress

1965 – Sanjay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster

1965 – Robin Wilson, American singer and guitarist

1966 – Jeff Bucknum, American race car driver

1966 – Annabel Croft, English tennis player and sportscaster

1966 – Taiji, Japanese bass player and songwriter (d. 2011)

1967 – Richard Herring, English comedian and screenwriter

1967 – Mac McCaughan, American singer and guitarist

1967 – John Petrucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1967 – Bruny Surin, Canadian sprinter

1968 – Catherine Plewinski, French swimmer

1969 – Chantal Jouanno, French politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

1969 – Anne-Sophie Pic, French chef

1969 – Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (d. 2006)

1970 – Aure Atika, Portuguese-French actress, director, and screenwriter

1970 – Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor, singer, and dancer

1971 – Andriy Kovalenco, Ukrainian-Spanish rugby player

1971 – Loni Love, American comedian, actress, and talk show host

1971 – Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater

1972 – Travis Best, American basketball player

1973 – Christian Vieri, Italian footballer

1974 – Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer-songwriter

1974 – Stelios Giannakopoulos, Greek footballer and manager

1976 – Dan Boyle, Canadian ice hockey player

1976 – Anna Friel, English actress

1976 – Tracie Spencer, American singer-songwriter and actress

1977 – Neil Harris, English footballer and manager

1977 – Steve Howey, American actor

1977 – Brock Lesnar, American mixed martial artist and wrestler

1977 – Francesca Lubiani, Italian tennis player

1978 – Michelle Rodriguez, American actress

1979 – Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player

1979 – Maya Kobayashi, Japanese journalist

1980 – Kristen Connolly, American actress

1981 – Adrienne Camp, South African singer-songwriter

1981 – Pradeepan Raveendran, Sri Lankan director, producer, and screenwriter

1982 – Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer

1984 – Gareth Gates, English singer-songwriter

1984 – Jonathan Lewis, American football player

1984 – Natalie Martinez, American actress

1984 – Michael McGovern, Irish footballer

1984 – Sami Zayn, Canadian professional wrestler

1985 – Paulo Vitor Barreto, Brazilian footballer

1985 – Gianluca Curci, Italian footballer

1985 – Keven Lacombe, Canadian cyclist

1985 – Ismael Londt, Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer

1986 – Didier Digard, French footballer

1986 – Hannaliis Jaadla, Estonian footballer

1986 – JP Pietersen, South African rugby player

1986 – Simone Laudehr, German footballer

1988 – Natalie La Rose, Dutch singer and dancer

1988 – LeSean McCoy, American football player

1988 – Inbee Park, South Korean golfer

1989 – Nick Palmieri, American ice hockey player

1990 – Bebé, Portuguese footballer

1991 – Salih Dursun, Turkish footballer

1991 – James Rodríguez, Colombian footballer

1992 – Bartosz Bereszyński, Polish footballer

1994 – Kanako Momota, Japanese singer-songwriter

1995 – Luke Shaw, English footballer

1995 – Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast

1996 – Moussa Dembélé, French footballer

1996 – Jordan Romero, American mountaineer

1997 – Daniel Lawrence, English cricketer

1997 – Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths

524 – Viventiolus, Archbishop of Lyon (b. 460)

783 – Bertrada of Laon (b. 720)

1067 – John Komnenos, Byzantine general (b. ca. 1015)

1441 – Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)

1441 – Kyōgoku Takakazu, Japanese noble

1489 – Bahlul Lodi, sultan of Delhi

1536 – Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch priest and philosopher (b. 1466)

1584 – Steven Borough, English navigator and explorer (b. 1525)

1645 – Michael I of Russia (b. 1596)

1664 – Stefano della Bella, Italian illustrator and engraver (b. 1610)

1682 – Jean Picard, French priest and astronomer (b. 1620)

1693 – John Ashby, English admiral (b. 1640)

1712 – Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (b. 1626)

1742 – Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1675)

1749 – Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, French navy officer and politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1671)

1773 – Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (b. 1697)

1804 – Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)

1845 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)

1850 – Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)

1855 – Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)

1870 – John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)

1892 – Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)

1910 – Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)

1926 – Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)

1926 – Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)

1929 – Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)

1931 – Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

1934 – Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (b. 1877)

1935 – Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (b. 1859)

1944 – Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887)

1945 – Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1871)

1945 – Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)

1946 – Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist and author (b. 1870)

1947 – Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)

1949 – Douglas Hyde, Irish scholar and politician, 1st President of Ireland (b. 1860)

1950 – Elsie de Wolfe, American actress, author, and interior decorator (b. 1865)

1961 – Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1879)

1962 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, American composer and bandleader (b. 1907)

1965 – Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (b. 1898)

1966 – D. T. Suzuki, Japanese philosopher and author (b. 1870)

1969 – Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (b. 1885)

1971 – Yvon Robert, Canadian wrestler (b. 1914)

1973 – Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (b. 1906)

1975 – James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (b. 1887)

1979 – Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)

1982 – Kenneth More, English actor (b. 1914)

1983 – Chris Wood, English saxophonist (b. 1944)

1990 – João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (b. 1917)

1992 – Caroline Pafford Miller, American journalist and author (b. 1903)

1993 – Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (b. 1970)

1996 – John Chancellor, American journalist (b. 1927)

1997 – François Furet, French historian and author (b. 1927)

1998 – Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1907)

1998 – Arkady Ostashev, Russian engineer and educator (b. 1925)

1998 – Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (b. 1941)

2000 – Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1908)

2001 – Fred Marcellino, American author and illustrator (b. 1939)

2003 – Benny Carter, American trumpet player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1907)

2003 – Mark Lovell, English race car driver (b. 1960)

2004 – Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the National Ballet School of Canada (b. 1918)

2005 – John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, English businessman (b. 1917)

2007 – Robert Burås, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1975)

2008 – Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1946)

2008 – Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (b. 1955)

2010 – Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (b. 1922)

2010 – James P. Hogan, English-American author (b. 1941)

2010 – Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1932)

2010 – Pius Njawé, Cameroonian journalist (b. 1957)

2010 – Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (b. 1939)

2011 – Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916)

2012 – Alimuddin, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1930)

2012 – Eddy Brown, English footballer and manager (b. 1926)

2012 – Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American author and illustrator (b. 1920)

2012 – Roger Payne, English mountaineer (b. 1956)

2012 – Hamid Samandarian, Iranian director and playwright (b. 1931)

2012 – George C. Stoney, American director and producer (b. 1916)

2013 – Amar Bose, American businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (b. 1929)

2013 – Takako Takahashi, Japanese author (b. 1932)

2013 – Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist (b. 1925)

2014 – Jamil Ahmad, Pakistani author (b. 1931)

2014 – Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1924)

2014 – Emil Bobu, Romanian politician (b. 1927)

2014 – Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (b. 1919)

2014 – Kenneth J. Gray, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)

2014 – Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1950)

2015 – D'Army Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and actor (b. 1941)

2015 – Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwean journalist, author, and poet (b. 1956)

2015 – Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, Tibetan monk and activist (b. 1950)

2015 – Cheng Siwei, Chinese engineer, economist, and politician (b. 1935)

Holidays and observances

Birthday of the Heir to the Crown of Tonga (Tonga)

Christian feast day:

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Eastern Orthodox)

Hermagoras and Fortunatus

Jason of Thessalonica (Catholic Church)

John Gualbert

Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin

Nabor and Felix

Nathan Söderblom (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA))

Veronica

Viventiolus

July 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kiribati from the United Kingdom in 1979.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of São Tomé and Príncipe from Portugal in 1975.

The second day of Naadam (Mongolia)

The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen's Day (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Newfoundland and Labrador)

References

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