Calendar page - What happened on July 12th?
Current Calendar Page for July 12, 2024
Birthdays
Felix, Johannes, Sigisbert
Historical Data
2022 - For the first time since 2002, the Euro falls exactly to one Dollar and reaches parity.
1994 - The Federal Constitutional Court declares military and humanitarian interventions of the Bundeswehr on behalf of the United Nations permissible and initiates a new orientation of foreign and security policy.
1989 - The romantic comedy "Harry and Sally" by Rob Reiner, starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, starts in American cinemas.
1984 - A heavy hailstorm makes parts of Upper Bavaria a disaster area within half an hour. Three hundred people are injured by tennis ball-sized hailstones, three die. Two hundred thousand damaged cars and 70,000 damaged buildings make the hailstorm the largest damage case to date for German insurers.
1929 - The Dornier "Do X" seaplane, developed by Claudius Dornier, starts its first test flights over Lake Constance. The twelve-engine aircraft is the largest and heaviest aircraft in the world at the time.
Birthdays
1959 - King Tupou VI. (65), King of Tonga since 2012
1954 - Wolfgang Dremmler (70), German football player (FC Bayern Munich 1979-1986)
1939 - Erwin Kräutler (85), Austrian clergyman, Bishop of Xingu/Brazil 1981-2015, Alternative Nobel Prize 2010 for his efforts for indigenous peoples and the protection of the Amazon rainforest
1904 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean writer ("Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair", "The Great Song"), Nobel Prize for Literature 1971, died 1973
Deaths
2023 - Heide Simonis (79), German politician (SPD), Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein 1993-2005, born 1943.
In 1994, a significant decision was made by the German Federal Constitutional Court, allowing the Bundeswehr to engage in military and humanitarian interventions on behalf of the United Nations, thereby shaping the nation's foreign and security policy. This event took place during the tenure of Rob Reiner, who was directing the beloved romantic comedy "Harry and Sally" starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, which was captivating moviegoers in America at the same time. Fast forward to 2024, as you glance at the calendar page for July 12, you might ponder on the history and changes that have unfolded since the Federal Constitutional Court's ruling in Berlin, Germany. The United Nations, too, has played a crucial role in global politics throughout history.
