HISTORY AT A GLANCE

TODAY is Thursday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2018. There are 172 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date:

1971 – The Australian Aboriginal Flag is

flown for the first time. 1975 – São Tomé and Príncipe declare

independence from Portugal. 1979 – The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from United Kingdom. 2006 – Hezbollah initiates Operation True

Promise. 2007 – US Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet. 2012 – The Turaymisah massacre kills 250 people during a Syrian military operation in a village within the Hama Governorate.