May 12
Today is the 132nd day of 2017, there are 233 days left in the year.
1780 - During the Revolutionary War, the besieged city of Charleston, South Carolina, surrendered to British forces.
1820 - Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, was born in Florence, Italy.
1870 - Manitoba became a province of Canada.
1907 - Actress Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford, Conn.
1932 - The body of Charles and Anne Lindbergh's kidnapped baby was found in a wooded area of Hopewell, New Jersey.
1937 - Britain's King George VI was crowed at Westminster Abbey.
1943 - Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.
1949 - The Soviet blockade that prompted the Berlin airlift was ended.
1965 - West Germany and Israel established diplomatic relations.
1970 - The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Harry A. Blackmun as a Supreme Court justice.
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 lightly wounded.)
2002 - Former President Jimmy Carter became the first U.S. president (in or out of office) to visit Fidel Castro's Cuba.
2003 - Fifty-nine Texas House Democrats fled to Oklahoma to prevent passage of a congressional redistricting bill.
2008 - More than 70,000 people were killed and thousands injured when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan Provinces in western China.
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
20 - Odeya Rush (actress)
22 - Kenton Duty (actor)
22 - Luke Benward (actor)
31 - Emily VanCamp (actress)
34 - Domhnall Gleeson (actor)
35 - Chloe Sims (reality star)
36 - Rami Malek (actor)
38 - Steve Smith (football player)
39 - Malin Akerman (actress)
39 - Jason Biggs (actor)
47 - Mark Foster (swimmer)
48 - Kim Fields (actress)
49 - Tony Hawk (skateboarder)
55 - Emilio Estevez (actor)
58 - Ving Rhames (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 12
1919 - New York Yankees and Washington Senators play second straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 innings.
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.
1957 - Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club (USAC) midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri.
1970 - "Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks hit his 500th career home run.
1973 - The Indiana Pacers defeat the Kentucky Colonels 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 winning streak on clay comes to an end.
1982 - The United States Football League is formed.
1985 - The New York Knicks won the first NBA Draft Lottery.
1995 - Jose Mesa gets first of his Major League record 37 consecutive saves.
1995 - Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his third playoff shutout in four periods.
1997 - Larry Bird was announced as the new head coach of the Indiana Pacers.
1998 - Indiana Pacers head coach Larry Bird became only the third rookie head coach to win the NBA Coach of the Year award.
1998 - The Atlanta Braves tied a national league record when they hit a home run in their 24th consecutive game.
1998 - St. Louis Cardinal manager Tony LaRussa recorded his 1,500th 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 132nd day of 2017, there are 233 days left in the year.
1780 - During the Revolutionary War, the besieged city of Charleston, South Carolina, surrendered to British forces.
1820 - Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, was born in Florence, Italy.
1870 - Manitoba became a province of Canada.
1907 - Actress Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford, Conn.
1932 - The body of Charles and Anne Lindbergh's kidnapped baby was found in a wooded area of Hopewell, New Jersey.
1937 - Britain's King George VI was crowed at Westminster Abbey.
1943 - Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.
1949 - The Soviet blockade that prompted the Berlin airlift was ended.
1965 - West Germany and Israel established diplomatic relations.
1970 - The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Harry A. Blackmun as a Supreme Court justice.
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 lightly wounded.)
2002 - Former President Jimmy Carter became the first U.S. president (in or out of office) to visit Fidel Castro's Cuba.
2003 - Fifty-nine Texas House Democrats fled to Oklahoma to prevent passage of a congressional redistricting bill.
2008 - More than 70,000 people were killed and thousands injured when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan Provinces in western China.
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
20 - Odeya Rush (actress)
22 - Kenton Duty (actor)
22 - Luke Benward (actor)
31 - Emily VanCamp (actress)
34 - Domhnall Gleeson (actor)
35 - Chloe Sims (reality star)
36 - Rami Malek (actor)
38 - Steve Smith (football player)
39 - Malin Akerman (actress)
39 - Jason Biggs (actor)
47 - Mark Foster (swimmer)
48 - Kim Fields (actress)
49 - Tony Hawk (skateboarder)
55 - Emilio Estevez (actor)
58 - Ving Rhames (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 12
1919 - New York Yankees and Washington Senators play second straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 innings.
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.
1957 - Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club (USAC) midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri.
1970 - "Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks hit his 500th career home run.
1973 - The Indiana Pacers defeat the Kentucky Colonels 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 winning streak on clay comes to an end.
1982 - The United States Football League is formed.
1985 - The New York Knicks won the first NBA Draft Lottery.
1995 - Jose Mesa gets first of his Major League record 37 consecutive saves.
1995 - Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his third playoff shutout in four periods.
1997 - Larry Bird was announced as the new head coach of the Indiana Pacers.
1998 - Indiana Pacers head coach Larry Bird became only the third rookie head coach to win the NBA Coach of the Year award.
1998 - The Atlanta Braves tied a national league record when they hit a home run in their 24th consecutive game.
1998 - St. Louis Cardinal manager Tony LaRussa recorded his 1,500th 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.
