1979
Jul 12, Pop singer Minnie Riperton (b.1947), famed for her three-octave range, died of cancer. "Lovin’ You," Riperton’s international blockbuster, topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975. She was a member of Stevie Wonder's backup group, Wonderlove, in 1973.

1984
Jul 12, Madonna's "Like a Virgin" video premiered on MTV and became an instant hit.

1996
Jul 12, A divorce settlement between Lady Diana Spencer and Charles, the Prince of Wales was agreed upon. Diana would be called "Her Royal Highness" and would receive about $22.5 mil plus an annual $600,000 to maintain her private office.

2001 Jul 12, In Virginia a woman
delivered 5 boys and 2 girls by C-section. This was only the 3rd set of septuplets known to have survived birth.

2002
Jul 12, In Indonesia a woman was killed and four men were wounded when a bomb exploded near Poso, Central Sulawesi.


2004
Jul 12, A Sri Lankan woman was beheaded in the Saudi capital for murdering her employer. Bader el-Nisaa Mibari had been convicted of killing Sara bint Mohammed al-Haqeel, a Saudi woman, after trying to rob her with the help a male companion.

2008
Jul 12, In central Afghanistan Taliban militants executed two women just outside Ghazni city after accusing them of working as prostitutes on a US base. A soldier serving with ISAF died of wounds caused by an explosion in northern Afghanistan. NATO troops killed Bismullah Akhund, an insurgent leader in Helmand's Naw Zad district.

2012
Jul 12, In Oakland, Ca., Tianna Leui (19) was shot and killed by her love-vendor after she expressed a desire to leave him and the world of prostitution. Andre Moncreuse was arrested two month later and in 2014 was convicted of second-degree murder.