July 12 in history: Moscow Peace Treaty, deadly Pune floods and more
| Updated: Jul 12, 2020, 09:16 AM IST
From smoking being linked to lung cancer to paper bag manufacturing machine being patented, here's a look at what happened on this day in history.
1859
Paper bag manufacturing machine patented
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1862
Medal of Honour authorised by the US government
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1920
Moscow Peace Treaty
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1957
Smoking linked with lung cancer
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1961
Pune floods dislocate 100,000 families, kills 2000