Today is Thursday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2018. There are 172 days left in the year.
1543 — England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th & last wife)
1691 — Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II
1774 — Citizens of Carlisle, Penn. pass a declaration of independence
1859 — Paper bag manufacturing machine patented by William Goodale
1862 — Congress authorizes Medal of Honor
1874 — Ontario Agricultural College founded
1876 — Paul Henry discovers asteroid #164 Eva
1906 — Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France
1909 — 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes)