July 12
1543 - England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr.
1690 - Protestant William of Orange defeated Roman Catholic James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1812 - United States forces led by Gen. William Hull entered Canada during the War of 1812 against Britain.
1862 - Congress and President Abraham Lincoln authorized the creation of the Medal of Honor.
1909 - The House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax, and submitted it to the states for ratification. (It was declared ratified in February 1913.)
1960 - The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale.
1962 - The Rolling Stones played their first show at the Marquee Club in London.
1967 - Rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey, over the police beating of a Black taxi driver; 26 people were killed in the five days of violence that followed.
1979 - Kiribati, formerly known as the Gilbert Islands, gained independence from Britain.
1984 - Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale announced Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate, the first woman ever featured on a major party presidential ticket.
1991 - Japanese professor Hitoshi Igarashi, who had translated Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses,” was found stabbed to death, nine days after the novel’s Italian translator was attacked in Milan.
1994 - President Bill Clinton, visiting Germany, went to the eastern sector of Berlin, the first U.S. president to do so since Harry Truman.
2003 - The USS Ronald Reagan, the first carrier named for a living president, was commissioned in Norfolk, Virginia.
2022 - Twitter sued Elon Musk to force him to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media company after Musk said he was backing off his agreement to buy the company. (He would eventually become Twitter’s owner three months later.)
Birthdays
29 - Jordyn Wieber (gymnast)
31 - Bryana Holly (model)
34 - Rachel Brosnahan (actress)
35 - Phoebe Tonkin (actress)
36 - Inbee Park (golfer)
36 - Melissa O'Neil (actress)
40 - Natalie Martinez (actress)
40 - Sami Zayn (professional wrestler)
41 - Kimberly Perry (singer)
45 - Brooke Baldwin (TV host)
46 - Michelle Rodriguez (actress)
46 - Topher Grace (actor)
47 - Brock Lesnar (professional wrestler/MMA fighter)
48 - Tracie Spencer (singer)
48 - Anna Friel (actress)
53 - Kristi Yamaguchi (figure skater)
55 - Lisa Nicole Carson (actress)
62 - Julio Cesar Chavez (boxer)
68 - Mel Harris (actor)
73 - Cheryl Ladd (actress)
76 - Richard Simmons (fitness guru)
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Today in Sports History - July 12
1901 - Cy Young (Boston Red Sox) got his 300th career victory. He ended his career with 511 wins.
1931 - A major league baseball record for doubles was set as the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs combined for a total of 23.
1954 - The Major League Baseball Players Association is founded.
1979 - As an angry reaction to the popularity of disco music, the Chicago White Sox held the “Disco Demolition Night” promotion, in which a crate of disco records was blown up on the field between games of a double-header; the ensuing riot and damage to the field caused the White Sox to forfeit the second game.
1984 - Steve Carlton (Philadelphia Phillies) recorded his 100th strikeout for the 18th consecutive season.
1996 - Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins announces his retirement from baseball.
1996 - Michael Jordan signs a record one-year contract with the Chicago Bulls worth $30.1 million.
1998 - France defeats Brazil 3-0 to win their first World Cup.
2012 - A scathing report by former FBI Director Louis Freeh said the late Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials had buried child sexual abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky more than a decade earlier to avoid bad publicity.
1543 - England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr.
1690 - Protestant William of Orange defeated Roman Catholic James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1812 - United States forces led by Gen. William Hull entered Canada during the War of 1812 against Britain.
1862 - Congress and President Abraham Lincoln authorized the creation of the Medal of Honor.
1909 - The House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax, and submitted it to the states for ratification. (It was declared ratified in February 1913.)
1960 - The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale.
1962 - The Rolling Stones played their first show at the Marquee Club in London.
1967 - Rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey, over the police beating of a Black taxi driver; 26 people were killed in the five days of violence that followed.
1979 - Kiribati, formerly known as the Gilbert Islands, gained independence from Britain.
1984 - Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale announced Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate, the first woman ever featured on a major party presidential ticket.
1991 - Japanese professor Hitoshi Igarashi, who had translated Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses,” was found stabbed to death, nine days after the novel’s Italian translator was attacked in Milan.
1994 - President Bill Clinton, visiting Germany, went to the eastern sector of Berlin, the first U.S. president to do so since Harry Truman.
2003 - The USS Ronald Reagan, the first carrier named for a living president, was commissioned in Norfolk, Virginia.
2022 - Twitter sued Elon Musk to force him to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media company after Musk said he was backing off his agreement to buy the company. (He would eventually become Twitter’s owner three months later.)
Birthdays
29 - Jordyn Wieber (gymnast)
31 - Bryana Holly (model)
34 - Rachel Brosnahan (actress)
35 - Phoebe Tonkin (actress)
36 - Inbee Park (golfer)
36 - Melissa O'Neil (actress)
40 - Natalie Martinez (actress)
40 - Sami Zayn (professional wrestler)
41 - Kimberly Perry (singer)
45 - Brooke Baldwin (TV host)
46 - Michelle Rodriguez (actress)
46 - Topher Grace (actor)
47 - Brock Lesnar (professional wrestler/MMA fighter)
48 - Tracie Spencer (singer)
48 - Anna Friel (actress)
53 - Kristi Yamaguchi (figure skater)
55 - Lisa Nicole Carson (actress)
62 - Julio Cesar Chavez (boxer)
68 - Mel Harris (actor)
73 - Cheryl Ladd (actress)
76 - Richard Simmons (fitness guru)
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Today in Sports History - July 12
1901 - Cy Young (Boston Red Sox) got his 300th career victory. He ended his career with 511 wins.
1931 - A major league baseball record for doubles was set as the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs combined for a total of 23.
1954 - The Major League Baseball Players Association is founded.
1979 - As an angry reaction to the popularity of disco music, the Chicago White Sox held the “Disco Demolition Night” promotion, in which a crate of disco records was blown up on the field between games of a double-header; the ensuing riot and damage to the field caused the White Sox to forfeit the second game.
1984 - Steve Carlton (Philadelphia Phillies) recorded his 100th strikeout for the 18th consecutive season.
1996 - Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins announces his retirement from baseball.
1996 - Michael Jordan signs a record one-year contract with the Chicago Bulls worth $30.1 million.
1998 - France defeats Brazil 3-0 to win their first World Cup.
2012 - A scathing report by former FBI Director Louis Freeh said the late Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials had buried child sexual abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky more than a decade earlier to avoid bad publicity.