August 12
Today is the 225th day of 2016, there are 141 days left in the year.
1624 - Cardinal Richelieu was named chief minister of France by King Louis XIII.
1851 - Isaac Singer was granted a patent on his sewing machine.
1865 - British surgeon Joseph Lister became the first doctor to use antiseptic during surgery.
1867 - President Andrew Johnson sparked a move to impeach him as he defied Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
1898 - The peace protocol ending the Spanish-American War was signed.
1898 - Hawaii was formally annexed to the United States.
1939 - The MGM movie musical "The Wizard of Oz", starring Judy Garland, had its world premiere.
1944 - Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., the eldest son of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, was killed when an explosives-laden Navy plane blew up over England during World War II.
1953 - The Soviet Union conducted a secret test of its first hydrogen bomb.
1960 - The first balloon satellite, Echo 1, was launched by the United States from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1966 - John Lennon apologized at a news conference in Chicago for saying "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus."
1972 - The last American combat troops left Vietnam.
1977 - The space shuttle Enterprise passed its first solo test flight by taking off atop a Boeing 747, separating and then touching down in California's Mojave Desert.
1978 - Pope Paul VI, who had died on August 6 at age 80, was buried in St. Peter's Basilica.
1981 - IBM introduced its first personal computer, the model 5150.
1985 - In the world's worst single-aircraft disaster, a Japan Air Lines 747 crashed into Mount Osutaka, killing 520 of the 524 people on board.
1998 - Swiss banks agreed to pay $1.25 billion as restitution to Holocaust survivors to settle claims for their assets.
2000 - The Russian nuclear submarine Kursk and its 118-man crew were lost during naval exercises in the Barents Sea.
2004 - New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey announced his resignation and proclaimed himself "a gay American".
2008 - Russia halted its devastating five-day assault on Georgia that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted 100,000 people.
2013 - Notorious Boston gangster James (Whitey) Bulger was found guilty of 31 of the 32 charges he faced, including murder, extortion, money laundering, drug dealing and possession of weapons.
Birthdays
20 - Tori Webster (actress)
23 - Imani Hakim (actress)
24 - Cara Delevingne (model)
26 - Christina Cimorelli (singer)
28 - Leah Pipes (actress)
32 - Marian Rivera (actress)
36 - Malaysia Pargo (reality TV star)
36 - Maggie Lawson (actress)
41 - Casey Affleck (actor)
45 - Yvette Nicole Brown (actress)
62 - Sam J. Jones (actor)
66 - Jim Beaver (actor)
77 - George Hamilton (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 12
1880 - Baseball Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson was born in Factoryville, Pennsylvania.
1928 - The Olympic Games close in Amsterdam. The United States dominated the medal count, taking 56 total medals to runner-up Germany's 31. The U.S. also took home the most golds with 22, ahead of Germany's 10.
1960 - American Ralph Boston sets a new world record in the long jump at 26 feet, 11.25 inches.
1964 - Mickey Mantle set a major league baseball record when he hit home runs from both the left and ride sides of the plate in the same game.
1969 - The Boston Celtics are sold for an NBA record $6 million.
1973 - Jack Nicklaus wins the PGA Championship, giving him 14 major victories for his career, breaking the record held by Bobby Jones for 50 years.
1974 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels strikes out 19 batters against the Boston Red Sox.
1974 - Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford become the first teammates elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on the same day.
1984 - Don Drysdale, Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Luis Aparicio and Pee Wee Reese are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1986 - Rod Carew becomes the first player in franchise history for the California Angels to have his number retired (#29).
1986 - Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 25th time in the season.
1988 - The Boston Red Sox set an American League record with their 23rd straight home victory.
1994 - Major League Baseball players go on strike, which would eventually cause the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and delay the start of the 1995 season. The 232-day strike was over a potential salary cap. It was the first time in 90 years that the World Series was not held.
2007 - Tiger Woods wins the PGA Championship for his 13th major victory.
2008 - Michael Phelps becomes the fifth person in Olympic history to win nine career gold medals after taking the 200 meter freestyle event at the Beijing Games.
2008 - Togo wins its first ever Olympic medal, taking the bronze in the men's single kayak slalom.
2011 - Tiger Woods missed the cut at the PGA Championship, finishing outside the top 100 in a major for the first time in his career.
Today is the 225th day of 2016, there are 141 days left in the year.
1624 - Cardinal Richelieu was named chief minister of France by King Louis XIII.
1851 - Isaac Singer was granted a patent on his sewing machine.
1865 - British surgeon Joseph Lister became the first doctor to use antiseptic during surgery.
1867 - President Andrew Johnson sparked a move to impeach him as he defied Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
1898 - The peace protocol ending the Spanish-American War was signed.
1898 - Hawaii was formally annexed to the United States.
1939 - The MGM movie musical "The Wizard of Oz", starring Judy Garland, had its world premiere.
1944 - Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., the eldest son of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, was killed when an explosives-laden Navy plane blew up over England during World War II.
1953 - The Soviet Union conducted a secret test of its first hydrogen bomb.
1960 - The first balloon satellite, Echo 1, was launched by the United States from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1966 - John Lennon apologized at a news conference in Chicago for saying "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus."
1972 - The last American combat troops left Vietnam.
1977 - The space shuttle Enterprise passed its first solo test flight by taking off atop a Boeing 747, separating and then touching down in California's Mojave Desert.
1978 - Pope Paul VI, who had died on August 6 at age 80, was buried in St. Peter's Basilica.
1981 - IBM introduced its first personal computer, the model 5150.
1985 - In the world's worst single-aircraft disaster, a Japan Air Lines 747 crashed into Mount Osutaka, killing 520 of the 524 people on board.
1998 - Swiss banks agreed to pay $1.25 billion as restitution to Holocaust survivors to settle claims for their assets.
2000 - The Russian nuclear submarine Kursk and its 118-man crew were lost during naval exercises in the Barents Sea.
2004 - New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey announced his resignation and proclaimed himself "a gay American".
2008 - Russia halted its devastating five-day assault on Georgia that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted 100,000 people.
2013 - Notorious Boston gangster James (Whitey) Bulger was found guilty of 31 of the 32 charges he faced, including murder, extortion, money laundering, drug dealing and possession of weapons.
Birthdays
20 - Tori Webster (actress)
23 - Imani Hakim (actress)
24 - Cara Delevingne (model)
26 - Christina Cimorelli (singer)
28 - Leah Pipes (actress)
32 - Marian Rivera (actress)
36 - Malaysia Pargo (reality TV star)
36 - Maggie Lawson (actress)
41 - Casey Affleck (actor)
45 - Yvette Nicole Brown (actress)
62 - Sam J. Jones (actor)
66 - Jim Beaver (actor)
77 - George Hamilton (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 12
1880 - Baseball Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson was born in Factoryville, Pennsylvania.
1928 - The Olympic Games close in Amsterdam. The United States dominated the medal count, taking 56 total medals to runner-up Germany's 31. The U.S. also took home the most golds with 22, ahead of Germany's 10.
1960 - American Ralph Boston sets a new world record in the long jump at 26 feet, 11.25 inches.
1964 - Mickey Mantle set a major league baseball record when he hit home runs from both the left and ride sides of the plate in the same game.
1969 - The Boston Celtics are sold for an NBA record $6 million.
1973 - Jack Nicklaus wins the PGA Championship, giving him 14 major victories for his career, breaking the record held by Bobby Jones for 50 years.
1974 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels strikes out 19 batters against the Boston Red Sox.
1974 - Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford become the first teammates elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on the same day.
1984 - Don Drysdale, Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Luis Aparicio and Pee Wee Reese are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1986 - Rod Carew becomes the first player in franchise history for the California Angels to have his number retired (#29).
1986 - Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 25th time in the season.
1988 - The Boston Red Sox set an American League record with their 23rd straight home victory.
1994 - Major League Baseball players go on strike, which would eventually cause the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and delay the start of the 1995 season. The 232-day strike was over a potential salary cap. It was the first time in 90 years that the World Series was not held.
2007 - Tiger Woods wins the PGA Championship for his 13th major victory.
2008 - Michael Phelps becomes the fifth person in Olympic history to win nine career gold medals after taking the 200 meter freestyle event at the Beijing Games.
2008 - Togo wins its first ever Olympic medal, taking the bronze in the men's single kayak slalom.
2011 - Tiger Woods missed the cut at the PGA Championship, finishing outside the top 100 in a major for the first time in his career.
