Public Holidays on August 12

• 🌍 วันเฉลิมพระชนมพรรษาสมเด็จพระบรมราชชนนีพันปีหลวง; วันแม่แห่งชาติ (Thailand)

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On This Day in History — August 12

• 2015 — At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
• 2000 — The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
• 1994 — Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
• 1992 — Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
• 1990 — Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
• 1985 — Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.

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Notable Births on August 12

• 1999 — Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer
• 1996 — Julio Urías, Mexican baseball player
• 1993 — Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
• 1992 — Cara Delevingne, English model and actress
• 1992 — Isabella Escobar, Guatemalan tennis player
• 1992 — Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player

Notable Deaths on August 12

• 2017 — Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1942)
• 2015 — Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and academic (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Stephen Lewis, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Meshulim Feish Lowy, Hungarian-Canadian rabbi and author (b. 1921)
• 2015 — John Scott, English organist and conductor (b. 1956)
• 2014 — Lauren Bacall, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1924)

Religious Observances on August 13

• Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Elul ראש חודש אלול

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On This Day in History — August 13

• 2015 — At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq.
• 2008 — South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
• 2004 — One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
• 1978 — One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
• 1977 — Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
• 1969 — The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City.[3] That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.[4]

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Notable Births on August 13

• 1998 — Dalma Gálfi, Hungarian tennis player
• 1996 — Antonia Lottner, German tennis player
• 1994 — Filip Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1993 — Moses Mbye, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 — Lucas Moura, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 — Katrina Gorry, Australian football player

Notable Deaths on August 13

• 2016 — Kenny Baker, English actor and musician (b. 1934)
• 2016 — Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian Hindu leader (b. 1921)
• 2015 — Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Interior (b. 1952)
• 2015 — Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1920)
• 2015 — Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (b. 1928)
• 2014 — Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (b. 1934)