August 12
Today is the 224th day of the year, there are 141 days left in 2015.
1851 - Isaac Singer was granted a patent for his sewing machine.
1865 - British surgeon Joseph Lister became the first doctor to use an 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.
1902 - International Harvester Co. was formed by a merger of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Deering Harvester Co. and several other manufacturers.
1939 - The MGM movie musical "The Wizard of Oz" starring Judy Garland had its world premiere.
1944 - Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., 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.
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 pronounced himself "a gay American".
2004 - The California Supreme Court voided the nearly 4,000 same-sex marriages sanctioned in San Francisco earlier in the year.
2008 - Russia halted its devastating five-day assault on Georgia that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted more than 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
22 - Imani Hakim (actress)
23 - Cara Delevingne (model)
27 - Leah Pipes (actress)
35 - Maggie Lawson (actress)
40 - Casey Affleck (actor)
44 - Pete Sampras (tennis player)
50 - Peter Krause (actor)
61 - Sam Jones (actor)
65 - Jim Beaver (actor)
76 - 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 Summer Olympic Games closed in Amsterdam. The U.S. won the medal race with 56, Germany was second with 31. The U.S. also took home the most golds with 22, with Germany again finishing second at 10.
1960 - American Ralph Boston sets a new world record in the long jump at 26' 11.25".
1964 - Mickey Mantle set a major league record by hitting home runs from each side of the plate in the same game.
1969 - The Boston Celtics are sold for an NBA franchise record $6 million.
1973 - Jack Nicklaus won his 14th major championship after winning the PGA Championship, breaking the record of 13 held by Bobby Jones for 50 years.
1974 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 in a game against the Boston Red Sox.
1984 - Don Drysdale, Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Luis Aparicio and Pee Wee Reese are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1986 - The California Angels retired Rod Carew's #29.
1988 - The Boston Red Sox set a new American League record with 23 consecutive home wins.
1994 - Major League Baseball players begin a 232-day strike rather than allow owners to limit their salaries. This would ultimately force the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and delay the start of the 1995 season.
2007 - Tiger Woods wins his 13th career major championship after taking a victory at the PGA Championship.
Today is the 224th day of the year, there are 141 days left in 2015.
1851 - Isaac Singer was granted a patent for his sewing machine.
1865 - British surgeon Joseph Lister became the first doctor to use an 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.
1902 - International Harvester Co. was formed by a merger of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Deering Harvester Co. and several other manufacturers.
1939 - The MGM movie musical "The Wizard of Oz" starring Judy Garland had its world premiere.
1944 - Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., 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.
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 pronounced himself "a gay American".
2004 - The California Supreme Court voided the nearly 4,000 same-sex marriages sanctioned in San Francisco earlier in the year.
2008 - Russia halted its devastating five-day assault on Georgia that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted more than 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
22 - Imani Hakim (actress)
23 - Cara Delevingne (model)
27 - Leah Pipes (actress)
35 - Maggie Lawson (actress)
40 - Casey Affleck (actor)
44 - Pete Sampras (tennis player)
50 - Peter Krause (actor)
61 - Sam Jones (actor)
65 - Jim Beaver (actor)
76 - 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 Summer Olympic Games closed in Amsterdam. The U.S. won the medal race with 56, Germany was second with 31. The U.S. also took home the most golds with 22, with Germany again finishing second at 10.
1960 - American Ralph Boston sets a new world record in the long jump at 26' 11.25".
1964 - Mickey Mantle set a major league record by hitting home runs from each side of the plate in the same game.
1969 - The Boston Celtics are sold for an NBA franchise record $6 million.
1973 - Jack Nicklaus won his 14th major championship after winning the PGA Championship, breaking the record of 13 held by Bobby Jones for 50 years.
1974 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 in a game against the Boston Red Sox.
1984 - Don Drysdale, Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Luis Aparicio and Pee Wee Reese are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1986 - The California Angels retired Rod Carew's #29.
1988 - The Boston Red Sox set a new American League record with 23 consecutive home wins.
1994 - Major League Baseball players begin a 232-day strike rather than allow owners to limit their salaries. This would ultimately force the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and delay the start of the 1995 season.
2007 - Tiger Woods wins his 13th career major championship after taking a victory at the PGA Championship.
