July 12
Today is the 193rd day of 2021, there are 172 days left in the year.
100 B.C. - Julius Caesar was born in Rome.
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 Boyne in Ireland.
1812 - U.S. forces led by Gen. William Hull entered Canada during the War of 1812 against Britain. (However, Hull retreated shortly thereafter to Detroit.)
1862 - Congress authorized the Medal of Honor.
1909 - The House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax, and submitted it to the states. (It was declared ratified in February 1913.)
1960 - The first Etch-a-Sketch went on sale.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower was flown by helicopter from the White House to a secret mountaintop location as part of a drill involving a mock nuclear attack on Washington, D.C.
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.
1972 - George McGovern won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in Miami Beach.
1974 - President Richard Nixon signed a measure creating the Congressional Budget Office.
1979 - Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, gained its independence from Great Britain.
1984 - Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale announced his choice of running mate, New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro, who became the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket.
1994 - President Bill Clinton, visiting Germany, went to the eastern sector of Berlin, the first U.S. president to do so since Harry Truman.
2001 - Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant tortured in a New York City police station, agreed to an $8.7 million settlement.
2003 - The USS Ronald Reagan, the first aircraft carrier named for a living president, was commissioned in Norfolk, Virginia.
2005 - Prince Albert II of Monaco acceded to the throne.
2006 - Hezbollah guerrillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others in a cross-border raid; Israel sent ground troops into Lebanon as a response.
2010 - Roman Polanski was declared a free man, no longer confined to house arrest in his Alpine villa, after Swiss authorities rejected a U.S. request for the Oscar-winning director's extradition because of a 32-year-old sex conviction.
2011 - President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Sgt. First Class Leroy Arthur Petry, who had lost his right hand grabbing a live grenade to save his comrades in Afghanistan.
2011 - A memorial service for former first lady Betty Ford in Palm Desert, California was attended by Michelle Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rosalynn Carter and former President George W. Bush.
2016 - President Barack Obama visited Dallas, where five police officers were killed the previous week by a Black man seeking vengeance for police killings; Obama said a week of deeply troubling violence seemed to expose “the deepest fault lines of our democracy,” but insisted the nation was not as divided as it seemed.
2020 - Twenty-one people suffered minor injuries in an explosion and fire aboard a Navy amphibious assault vessel, the USS Bonhomme Richard, at Naval Base San Diego; the fire would burn for more than four days.
Birthdays
26 - Jordyn Wieber (gymnast)
28 - Bryana Holly (model)
30 - Erik Per Sullivan (actor)
31 - Rachel Brosnahan (actress)
32 - Phoebe Tonkin (actress)
33 - Melissa O'Neil (actress)
33 - Ta'Rhonda Jones (actress)
36 - Bernard David Jones (actor)
37 - Sami Zayn (professional wrestler)
37 - Natalie Martinez (actress)
37 - Matt Cook (actor)
38 - Kimberly Perry (country singer)
41 - Kristen Connolly (actress)
43 - Michelle Rodriguez (actress)
43 - Topher Grace (actor)
44 - Brock Lesnar (professional wrestler/MMA fighter)
44 - Steve Howey (actor)
45 - Alison Wright (actress)
45 - Anna Friel (actress)
46 - Jeff Glor (news correspondent)
48 - Shannon Lawson (country singer)
50 - Kristi Yamaguchi (figure skater)
52 - Lisa Nicole Carson (actress)
57 - Judi Evans (actress)
64 - Buddy Foster (actor)
65 - Mel Harris (actor)
65 - Sandi Patty (singer)
65 - Julie Miller (country singer)
70 - Cheryl Ladd (actress)
73 - Richard Simmons (fitness guru)
77 - Denise Nicholas (actress)
78 - Christine McVie (singer)
84 - Bill Cosby (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - July 12
1901 - Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox recorded his 300th career victory. (He would go on to record 511 in his career.)
1921 - Babe Ruth records a new major league record with his 137th career home run.
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.
1949 - MLB owners agree to erect warning paths/tracks before each outfield fence in their ballparks.
1979 - At Comiskey Park in Chicago, "Disco Demolition Night" led to fans taking the field after a box of disco records was blown up. The White Sox forfeited the 2nd game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers due to the condition of the field.
1984 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies recorded his 100th strikeout for the 18th consecutive season.
1996 - Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins announces his retirement.
1996 - Michael Jordan signs a one-year contract with the Chicago Bulls worth $30.1 million.
1998 - France defeats Brazil 3-0 to win its first World Cup.
Today is the 193rd day of 2021, there are 172 days left in the year.
100 B.C. - Julius Caesar was born in Rome.
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 Boyne in Ireland.
1812 - U.S. forces led by Gen. William Hull entered Canada during the War of 1812 against Britain. (However, Hull retreated shortly thereafter to Detroit.)
1862 - Congress authorized the Medal of Honor.
1909 - The House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax, and submitted it to the states. (It was declared ratified in February 1913.)
1960 - The first Etch-a-Sketch went on sale.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower was flown by helicopter from the White House to a secret mountaintop location as part of a drill involving a mock nuclear attack on Washington, D.C.
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.
1972 - George McGovern won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in Miami Beach.
1974 - President Richard Nixon signed a measure creating the Congressional Budget Office.
1979 - Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, gained its independence from Great Britain.
1984 - Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale announced his choice of running mate, New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro, who became the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket.
1994 - President Bill Clinton, visiting Germany, went to the eastern sector of Berlin, the first U.S. president to do so since Harry Truman.
2001 - Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant tortured in a New York City police station, agreed to an $8.7 million settlement.
2003 - The USS Ronald Reagan, the first aircraft carrier named for a living president, was commissioned in Norfolk, Virginia.
2005 - Prince Albert II of Monaco acceded to the throne.
2006 - Hezbollah guerrillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others in a cross-border raid; Israel sent ground troops into Lebanon as a response.
2010 - Roman Polanski was declared a free man, no longer confined to house arrest in his Alpine villa, after Swiss authorities rejected a U.S. request for the Oscar-winning director's extradition because of a 32-year-old sex conviction.
2011 - President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Sgt. First Class Leroy Arthur Petry, who had lost his right hand grabbing a live grenade to save his comrades in Afghanistan.
2011 - A memorial service for former first lady Betty Ford in Palm Desert, California was attended by Michelle Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rosalynn Carter and former President George W. Bush.
2016 - President Barack Obama visited Dallas, where five police officers were killed the previous week by a Black man seeking vengeance for police killings; Obama said a week of deeply troubling violence seemed to expose “the deepest fault lines of our democracy,” but insisted the nation was not as divided as it seemed.
2020 - Twenty-one people suffered minor injuries in an explosion and fire aboard a Navy amphibious assault vessel, the USS Bonhomme Richard, at Naval Base San Diego; the fire would burn for more than four days.
Birthdays
26 - Jordyn Wieber (gymnast)
28 - Bryana Holly (model)
30 - Erik Per Sullivan (actor)
31 - Rachel Brosnahan (actress)
32 - Phoebe Tonkin (actress)
33 - Melissa O'Neil (actress)
33 - Ta'Rhonda Jones (actress)
36 - Bernard David Jones (actor)
37 - Sami Zayn (professional wrestler)
37 - Natalie Martinez (actress)
37 - Matt Cook (actor)
38 - Kimberly Perry (country singer)
41 - Kristen Connolly (actress)
43 - Michelle Rodriguez (actress)
43 - Topher Grace (actor)
44 - Brock Lesnar (professional wrestler/MMA fighter)
44 - Steve Howey (actor)
45 - Alison Wright (actress)
45 - Anna Friel (actress)
46 - Jeff Glor (news correspondent)
48 - Shannon Lawson (country singer)
50 - Kristi Yamaguchi (figure skater)
52 - Lisa Nicole Carson (actress)
57 - Judi Evans (actress)
64 - Buddy Foster (actor)
65 - Mel Harris (actor)
65 - Sandi Patty (singer)
65 - Julie Miller (country singer)
70 - Cheryl Ladd (actress)
73 - Richard Simmons (fitness guru)
77 - Denise Nicholas (actress)
78 - Christine McVie (singer)
84 - Bill Cosby (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - July 12
1901 - Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox recorded his 300th career victory. (He would go on to record 511 in his career.)
1921 - Babe Ruth records a new major league record with his 137th career home run.
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.
1949 - MLB owners agree to erect warning paths/tracks before each outfield fence in their ballparks.
1979 - At Comiskey Park in Chicago, "Disco Demolition Night" led to fans taking the field after a box of disco records was blown up. The White Sox forfeited the 2nd game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers due to the condition of the field.
1984 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies recorded his 100th strikeout for the 18th consecutive season.
1996 - Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins announces his retirement.
1996 - Michael Jordan signs a one-year contract with the Chicago Bulls worth $30.1 million.
1998 - France defeats Brazil 3-0 to win its first World Cup.
