History of 12th july

1.  Crusaders under Peter the Hermit reach Sofia in Hungary.on July 12 1096

2.  William III defeats the allied Irish and French armies at the Battle of Aughrim, Ireland.on July 12 1691

3.  British Admiral Lord Nelson loses his right eye at the siege of Calvi, in Corsica.on July 12 1794

4.  The Confederation of the Rhine is established in Germany.on July 12 1806

5.  Moscow is bombed by the German Luftwaffe for the first time.on July 12 1941

6.  President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposes a highway modernization program, with costs to be shared by federal and state governments.on July 12 1954

7.  The U.S. surgeon general, Leroy E. Burney, reports that there is a direct link between smoking and lung cancer.on July 12 1957

8.  G. Gordon Liddy, John Ehrlichman and two others are convicted of conspiracy and perjury in connection with the Watergate scandal.on July 12 1974

9.  Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale chooses Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate.on July 12 1984