July 12, British journalist Robert Fisk born

1191 – Britain’s King Richard, the Lionheart manages to enter Akka .

1917 – The Germans uses mustard gas for the first time during world war I .

1921 – The start of revolution in Morocco, led by  Abdelkrim El Khattabi against the Spanish and French occupations.

100 BC-  Julius Caesar was born in Rome.