since the end of World War II. The ruling allowed German troops to join in United Nations and NATO peace-keeping missions. On July 14, German military units marched in Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, the first appearance of German troops there since World War II.
Birthday- British pottery designer Josiah Wedgwood( 1730-1795) was born in Burslem, Staffordshire, England.
Birthday- American philosopher Henry David Thoreau( 1817-1862) was born in Concord, Massachusetts. At Walden Pond he wrote, " I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines."
July 12
Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was born, 100 B. C.
First Lady Dolly Madison died, 1849
Congress authorized the Medal of Honor, 1862
George Eastman, was born in Waterville, New York, 1854