WikiPedia:Selected anniversaries/July 12
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- 1862 - The U.S. Army Medal of Honor was authorized by the U.S. Congress.
- 1904 - Nobel Literature Prize winner Pablo Neruda was born in Parral, Chile.
- 1967 - Four days of race riots began in Newark, New Jersey, United States, during which 27 lives were lost.
- 1975 - São Tomé and Príncipe declared independence from Portugal.
- 1993 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake off the shore of Hokkaido, Japan launched a devastating tsunami, killing 202 on the small island of Okushiri.
