May 12
Today is the 133rd day of 2016, there are 233 days left in the year.
1820 - Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, was born in Florence, Italy.
1870 - Manitoba entered the confederation as a Canadian province.
1907 - Actress Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
1932 - The body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was found in a wooded area of Hopewell, New Jersey.
1937 - Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
1943 - During World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.
1949 - The Soviet Union announced an end to the Berlin blockade.
1965 - West Germany and Israel established diplomatic relations.
1970 - The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Harry A. Blackmun as a Supreme Court justice.
1972 - The album "Exile on Main St." by the Rolling Stones was released.
1982 - Pope John Paul II was assaulted by a knife-wielding Spanish priest while visiting the shrine of Fatima in Portugal. (In 2008, the pope's longtime private secretary revealed that the pontiff had been slightly wounded in the attack.)
1986 - The military-action drama film "Top Gun" had its world premiere in New York City.
2002 - Jimmy Carter became the first current or former U.S. president to visit Cuba since Fidel Castro seized power in 1959.
2003 - Suicide bombers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killed 26 people, including nine U.S. citizens.
2003 - Fifty-nine Texas House Democrats fled to Oklahoma to prevent passage of a congressional redistricting bill.
2008 - A 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan province killed 70,000 people.
2009 - Five Miami men were convicted in a plot to blow up FBI buildings and Chicago's Sears Tower.
2011 - A German court convicted retired U.S. autoworker John Demjanjuk of being an accessory to the murder of tens of thousands of Jews as a Nazi death camp guard. (Demjanjuk, who maintained his innocence, died in 2012.)
Birthdays
21 - Luke Benward (actor)
26 - Shei Phan (model)
30 - Emily VanCamp (actress)
33 - Domhnall Gleeson (actor)
35 - Rami Malek (actor)
35 - Erica Campbell (model)
37 - Steve Smith (football player)
38 - Jason Biggs (actor)
38 - Malin Akerman (actress)
47 - Kim Fields (actress)
48 - Catherine Tate (actress)
48 - Tony Hawk (skateboarder)
54 - Emilio Estevez (actor)
57 - Ving Rhames (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 12
1917 - Omar Khayyam became the first imported horse to win the Kentucky Derby.
1950 - The American Bowling Congress abolished its white males-only membership restriction after 34 years.
1955 - Sam Jones (Chicago Cubs) became the first black to pitch a no-hitter. The game was against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1956 - Carl Erskine of the Brooklyn Dodgers throws the second no-hitter of his career in a 3-0 win over the New York Giants.
1966 - Busch Stadium opens in St. Louis, with the Cardinals defeating the Atlanta Braves 4-3 in 12 innings in the inaugural game.
1970 - Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs hits his 500th career home run.
1972 - The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings. The game was actually completed on May 13.
1973 - The Indiana Pacers defeat the Kentucky Colonels in seven games to win the ABA championship.
1974 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Milwaukee Bucks in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1979 - Chris Evert's 125-match tennis winning streak on clay comes to an end.
1982 - The United States Football League is formed. The charter teams were: Boston Breakers, New Jersey Generals, Philadelphia Stars, Washington Federals, Michigan Panthers, Chicago Blitz, Tampa Bay Bandits, Birmingham Stallions, Oakland Invaders, Los Angeles Express, Denver Gold and the Arizona Wranglers.
1985 - The New York Knicks won the inaugural NBA Draft Lottery.
1997 - Larry Bird was named head coach of the Indiana Pacers.
1998 - Indiana Pacers head coach Larry Bird became only the third rookie head coach to win NBA Coach of the Year honors.
1998 - St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa recorded his 1,500th career victory.
2004 - At Dodger Stadium, Alex Cora of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hits foul off 14 consecutive pitches, then hits the 18th thrown for a two-run home run.
Today is the 133rd day of 2016, there are 233 days left in the year.
1820 - Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, was born in Florence, Italy.
1870 - Manitoba entered the confederation as a Canadian province.
1907 - Actress Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
1932 - The body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was found in a wooded area of Hopewell, New Jersey.
1937 - Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
1943 - During World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.
1949 - The Soviet Union announced an end to the Berlin blockade.
1965 - West Germany and Israel established diplomatic relations.
1970 - The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Harry A. Blackmun as a Supreme Court justice.
1972 - The album "Exile on Main St." by the Rolling Stones was released.
1982 - Pope John Paul II was assaulted by a knife-wielding Spanish priest while visiting the shrine of Fatima in Portugal. (In 2008, the pope's longtime private secretary revealed that the pontiff had been slightly wounded in the attack.)
1986 - The military-action drama film "Top Gun" had its world premiere in New York City.
2002 - Jimmy Carter became the first current or former U.S. president to visit Cuba since Fidel Castro seized power in 1959.
2003 - Suicide bombers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killed 26 people, including nine U.S. citizens.
2003 - Fifty-nine Texas House Democrats fled to Oklahoma to prevent passage of a congressional redistricting bill.
2008 - A 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan province killed 70,000 people.
2009 - Five Miami men were convicted in a plot to blow up FBI buildings and Chicago's Sears Tower.
2011 - A German court convicted retired U.S. autoworker John Demjanjuk of being an accessory to the murder of tens of thousands of Jews as a Nazi death camp guard. (Demjanjuk, who maintained his innocence, died in 2012.)
Birthdays
21 - Luke Benward (actor)
26 - Shei Phan (model)
30 - Emily VanCamp (actress)
33 - Domhnall Gleeson (actor)
35 - Rami Malek (actor)
35 - Erica Campbell (model)
37 - Steve Smith (football player)
38 - Jason Biggs (actor)
38 - Malin Akerman (actress)
47 - Kim Fields (actress)
48 - Catherine Tate (actress)
48 - Tony Hawk (skateboarder)
54 - Emilio Estevez (actor)
57 - Ving Rhames (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 12
1917 - Omar Khayyam became the first imported horse to win the Kentucky Derby.
1950 - The American Bowling Congress abolished its white males-only membership restriction after 34 years.
1955 - Sam Jones (Chicago Cubs) became the first black to pitch a no-hitter. The game was against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1956 - Carl Erskine of the Brooklyn Dodgers throws the second no-hitter of his career in a 3-0 win over the New York Giants.
1966 - Busch Stadium opens in St. Louis, with the Cardinals defeating the Atlanta Braves 4-3 in 12 innings in the inaugural game.
1970 - Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs hits his 500th career home run.
1972 - The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings. The game was actually completed on May 13.
1973 - The Indiana Pacers defeat the Kentucky Colonels in seven games to win the ABA championship.
1974 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Milwaukee Bucks in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1979 - Chris Evert's 125-match tennis winning streak on clay comes to an end.
1982 - The United States Football League is formed. The charter teams were: Boston Breakers, New Jersey Generals, Philadelphia Stars, Washington Federals, Michigan Panthers, Chicago Blitz, Tampa Bay Bandits, Birmingham Stallions, Oakland Invaders, Los Angeles Express, Denver Gold and the Arizona Wranglers.
1985 - The New York Knicks won the inaugural NBA Draft Lottery.
1997 - Larry Bird was named head coach of the Indiana Pacers.
1998 - Indiana Pacers head coach Larry Bird became only the third rookie head coach to win NBA Coach of the Year honors.
1998 - St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa recorded his 1,500th career victory.
2004 - At Dodger Stadium, Alex Cora of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hits foul off 14 consecutive pitches, then hits the 18th thrown for a two-run home run.
