July 12^th is

Different Colored Eyes Day

Pecan Pie Day

Simplicity Day

Night of Nights

Barbershop Music Appreciation Day

NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD

India – Kharchi Puja

Mongolia – Manly Games/Naadam Holiday – Day 2

Northern Ireland – Battle of the Boyne

Sao Tome and Principe – Independence Day

On This Day in HISTORY

1562 –Acting Bishop of Yucatán Diego de Landa burns the Mayan sacred books

1730 – Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood China Company

1817 –  Henry David Thoreau, future cabin-in-the-woods philosopher, is born

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1884 – Louis B. Mayer, future MGM Movie Mogul, is born

1862 – The Medal of Honor is authorized by U.S. Congress

1870 – William W. Lyman patents the first rotary can opener with a cutting wheel

1917 – Bisbee Arizona striking miners are kidnapped and deported by vigilantes

1933 – The U.S. Minimum wage is established: 40 cents an hour

1957 – Surgeon General Leroy Burney warns direct link between smoking and cancer

1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their first concert at London’s Marquee Club

1965 – The Beach Boys release “California Girls”

2000 – X-Men movie premieres in NYC