Historical Events for 12th July 2023

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1878 - Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500
1901 - Striking Canadian salmon fishermen on the Pacific coast, resentful of the non-union Japanese who continue to fish, maroon and imprison 47
1940 - Frederick McKinley Jones receives a patent for an air conditioning unit for trucks, helping to change long-haul carriage of food and blood
1943 - World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka - Russians defeat German forces in one of the largest ever tank battles
1943 - National Committee Freies Deutschland forms
1954 - Major League Baseball Players Association founded
1955 - 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw
1966 - Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson voted MLB All Star game MVP
1985 - "Singin' in the Rain", musical adaptation of the 1952 film, opens at Gershwin Theater, NYC; runs for 367 performances
2018 - World's longest fingernails cut off; Shridhar Chillal's nails measured 909.6cm after growing for 66 years

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