Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar (July 12, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC)
On this day in 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F.
Mondale named U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be
his running mate. Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice
president on a major party ticket.
Russian republic president Boris N. Yeltsin (above) announced
his resignation from the the Soviet Communist Party on this day
in 1990.
George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932)
George Eastman was an American entrepreneur who
founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized
the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the
mainstream.
George Eastman taking pictures with his Kodak
camera, 1926.
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II
(July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960)
Oscar Hammerstein was an American music writer,
theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre
director of musicals for almost forty years. He won
eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for
Best Original Song.