July 12
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 forces led by William of Orange defeated the Roman Catholic army of 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. (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 for ratification. (It was declared ratified in February 1913.)
1960 - The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale.
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 the United Kingdom.
1984 - Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale became the first major-party candidate to choose a woman as a running mate when he announced his choice of New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro.
1991 - A 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.
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 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 in 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.
2017 - President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, Christopher Wray, told a Senate panel that he did not believe that a special counsel investigation into possible Russian ties between Russia and the Trump campaign was a “witch hunt,” as Trump had characterized it.
Birthdays
27 - Jordyn Wieber (gymnast)
29 - Bryana Holly (model)
31 - Erik Per Sullivan (actor)
32 - Rachel Brosnahan (actress)
33 - Phoebe Tonkin (actress)
34 - Melissa O'Neil (actress)
34 - Ta'Rhonda Jones (actress)
37 - Bernard David Jones (actor)
38 - Sami Zayn (professional wrestler)
38 - Natalie Martinez (actress)
38 - Matt Cook (actor)
39 - Kimberly Perry (singer)
42 - Kristen Connolly (actress)
44 - Michelle Rodriguez (actress)
44 - Topher Grace (actor)
45 - Brock Lesnar (professional wrestler/MMA fighter)
45 - Steve Howey (actor)
48 - Alison Wright (actress)
46 - Tracie Spencer (singer)
46 - Anna Friel (actress)
49 - Shannon Lawson (singer)
51 - Kristi Yamaguchi (figure skater)
53 - Lisa Nicole Carson (actress)
57 - Robin Wilson (singer)
58 - Judi Evans (actress)
65 - Buddy Foster (actor)
66 - Mel Harris (actor)
66 - Julie Miller (singer)
71 - Cheryl Ladd (actress)
74 - Walter Egan (singer)
74 - Richard Simmons (fitness guru)
77 - Butch Hancock (singer)
78 - Denise Nicholas (actress)
79 - Christine McVie (singer)
85 - Bill Cosby (actor/comedian)
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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.
1921 - Babe Ruth establishes 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) along outfield fences 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 (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 one-year contract with the Chicago Bulls worth $30.1 million.
1998 - In their home country, France defeats Brazil 3-0 to win their first World Cup title.
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.
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 forces led by William of Orange defeated the Roman Catholic army of 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. (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 for ratification. (It was declared ratified in February 1913.)
1960 - The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale.
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 the United Kingdom.
1984 - Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale became the first major-party candidate to choose a woman as a running mate when he announced his choice of New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro.
1991 - A 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.
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 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 in 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.
2017 - President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, Christopher Wray, told a Senate panel that he did not believe that a special counsel investigation into possible Russian ties between Russia and the Trump campaign was a “witch hunt,” as Trump had characterized it.
Birthdays
27 - Jordyn Wieber (gymnast)
29 - Bryana Holly (model)
31 - Erik Per Sullivan (actor)
32 - Rachel Brosnahan (actress)
33 - Phoebe Tonkin (actress)
34 - Melissa O'Neil (actress)
34 - Ta'Rhonda Jones (actress)
37 - Bernard David Jones (actor)
38 - Sami Zayn (professional wrestler)
38 - Natalie Martinez (actress)
38 - Matt Cook (actor)
39 - Kimberly Perry (singer)
42 - Kristen Connolly (actress)
44 - Michelle Rodriguez (actress)
44 - Topher Grace (actor)
45 - Brock Lesnar (professional wrestler/MMA fighter)
45 - Steve Howey (actor)
48 - Alison Wright (actress)
46 - Tracie Spencer (singer)
46 - Anna Friel (actress)
49 - Shannon Lawson (singer)
51 - Kristi Yamaguchi (figure skater)
53 - Lisa Nicole Carson (actress)
57 - Robin Wilson (singer)
58 - Judi Evans (actress)
65 - Buddy Foster (actor)
66 - Mel Harris (actor)
66 - Julie Miller (singer)
71 - Cheryl Ladd (actress)
74 - Walter Egan (singer)
74 - Richard Simmons (fitness guru)
77 - Butch Hancock (singer)
78 - Denise Nicholas (actress)
79 - Christine McVie (singer)
85 - Bill Cosby (actor/comedian)
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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.
1921 - Babe Ruth establishes 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) along outfield fences 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 (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 one-year contract with the Chicago Bulls worth $30.1 million.
1998 - In their home country, France defeats Brazil 3-0 to win their first World Cup title.
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.
