On This Day in History
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document.writeln('Monday, May 12, 2008
Events
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| * 254 | '); document.writeln('Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope | '); document.writeln('
| * 919 | '); document.writeln('Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich | '); document.writeln('
| * 1082 | '); document.writeln('Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austr | '); document.writeln('
| * 1215 | '); document.writeln('English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country | '); document.writeln('
| * 1328 | '); document.writeln('Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V | '); document.writeln('
| * 1459 | '); document.writeln('Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur | '); document.writeln('
| * 1525 | '); document.writeln('Battle at B”blingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Wurttembergse farmers | '); document.writeln('
| * 1534 | '); document.writeln('Wurttemberg becomes Lutherian | '); document.writeln('
| * 1551 | '); document.writeln('San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens | '); document.writeln('
| * 1588 | '); document.writeln('Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris | '); document.writeln('
| * 1604 | '); document.writeln('Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius | '); document.writeln('
| * 1640 | '); document.writeln('Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV | '); document.writeln('
| * 1641 | '); document.writeln('Prince Willem II (14) marries Engl princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1689 | '); document.writeln('England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg | '); document.writeln('
| * 1695 | '); document.writeln('English king Willem III departs to Netherlands | '); document.writeln('
| * 1701 | '); document.writeln('Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1733 | '); document.writeln('Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague | '); document.writeln('
| * 1776 | '); document.writeln('Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns | '); document.writeln('
| * 1777 | '); document.writeln('1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1780 | '); document.writeln('British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina | '); document.writeln('
| * 1780 | '); document.writeln('Charleston, SC falls to British (Revolutionary War) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1789 | '); document.writeln('Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses | '); document.writeln('
| * 1792 | '); document.writeln('Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented | '); document.writeln('
| * 1832 | '); document.writeln('Gaetano Donizetti\'s opera "L\'elisir d\'amore," premieres in Milan | '); document.writeln('
| * 1835 | '); document.writeln('Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile | '); document.writeln('
| * 1849 | '); document.writeln('Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam | '); document.writeln('
| * 1862 | '); document.writeln('Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana | '); document.writeln('
| * 1863 | '); document.writeln('Battle of Raymond, Miss | '); document.writeln('
| * 1864 | '); document.writeln('Battle of Drewry\'s Bluff, VA (Ft Darling) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1864 | '); document.writeln('Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia | '); document.writeln('
| * 1864 | '); document.writeln('Battle of Todd\'s Tavern, VA (Sheridan\'s Raid) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1864 | '); document.writeln('Butler attacks Drewry\'s Bluff on James River | '); document.writeln('
| * 1864 | '); document.writeln('US Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to brigade-general | '); document.writeln('
| * 1865 | '); document.writeln('Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas | '); document.writeln('
| * 1870 | '); document.writeln('Manitoba becomes a province of Canada | '); document.writeln('
| * 1871 | '); document.writeln('Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Ky | '); document.writeln('
| * 1874 | '); document.writeln('US Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized | '); document.writeln('
| * 1875 | '); document.writeln('1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1877 | '); document.writeln('Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia | '); document.writeln('
| * 1881 | '); document.writeln('France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony | '); document.writeln('
| * 1881 | '); document.writeln('Treaty of Bardo, Tunis becomes a French protectorate | '); document.writeln('
| * 1885 | '); document.writeln('Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada | '); document.writeln('
| * 1888 | '); document.writeln('Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale | '); document.writeln('
| * 1890 | '); document.writeln('Louisiana legalized prize fighting | '); document.writeln('
| * 1891 | '); document.writeln('Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname | '); document.writeln('
| * 1894 | '); document.writeln('Ludwig Englander\'s musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC | '); document.writeln('
| * 1897 | '); document.writeln('1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Neth | '); document.writeln('
| * 1897 | '); document.writeln('Battle at Thessalia: Turkish army beats Greece | '); document.writeln('
| * 1898 | '); document.writeln('Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters | '); document.writeln('
| * 1900 | '); document.writeln('Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed | '); document.writeln('
| * 1900 | '); document.writeln('Lord Roberts\' troops occupies Crown city | '); document.writeln('
| * 1901 | '); document.writeln('Pres McKinley visits SF | '); document.writeln('
| * 1908 | '); document.writeln('George Bernard Shaws\' "Getting Married," premieres in London | '); document.writeln('
| * 1908 | '); document.writeln('Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield | '); document.writeln('
| * 1909 | '); document.writeln('34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1910 | '); document.writeln('2nd NAACP conference (NYC) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1910 | '); document.writeln('Phil A\'s Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1913 | '); document.writeln('Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1915 | '); document.writeln('Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1915 | '); document.writeln('Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week" | '); document.writeln('
| * 1917 | '); document.writeln('42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1917 | '); document.writeln('43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1919 | '); document.writeln('Yanks & Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1921 | '); document.writeln('National Hospital Day 1st observed | '); document.writeln('
| * 1923 | '); document.writeln('49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1924 | '); document.writeln('50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1924 | '); document.writeln('7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Ind | '); document.writeln('
| * 1925 | '); document.writeln('Uzbekistan & Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics | '); document.writeln('
| * 1925 | '); document.writeln('Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament | '); document.writeln('
| * 1926 | '); document.writeln('Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole | '); document.writeln('
| * 1926 | '); document.writeln('British general strike ends | '); document.writeln('
| * 1926 | '); document.writeln('Dmitri Sjostakovitch\'s 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad | '); document.writeln('
| * 1926 | '); document.writeln('Gen Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared | '); document.writeln('
| * 1926 | '); document.writeln('Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole | '); document.writeln('
| * 1928 | '); document.writeln('Mussolini ends woman\'s rights in Italy | '); document.writeln('
| * 1928 | '); document.writeln('Opium laws enforced | '); document.writeln('
| * 1929 | '); document.writeln('Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1930 | '); document.writeln('Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1932 | '); document.writeln('Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ | '); document.writeln('
| * 1932 | '); document.writeln('Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in \'Mickey\'s Revue\' by Walt Disney | '); document.writeln('
| * 1933 | '); document.writeln('Federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy & farmers | '); document.writeln('
| * 1934 | '); document.writeln('"Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1934 | '); document.writeln('60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1936 | '); document.writeln('Ralph Vaughan Williams\' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London | '); document.writeln('
| * 1937 | '); document.writeln('George VI crowned King of England | '); document.writeln('
| * 1937 | '); document.writeln('St Louis Cards beat Phila Phillies, 15-3 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1938 | '); document.writeln('Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1940 | '); document.writeln('French mariners occupy St Maarten | '); document.writeln('
| * 1940 | '); document.writeln('German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug | '); document.writeln('
| * 1940 | '); document.writeln('Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River | '); document.writeln('
| * 1941 | '); document.writeln('Great British convoy marches into Alexandria | '); document.writeln('
| * 1942 | '); document.writeln('1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz | '); document.writeln('
| * 1942 | '); document.writeln('David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine | '); document.writeln('
| * 1942 | '); document.writeln('Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River | '); document.writeln('
| * 1942 | '); document.writeln('Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1943 | '); document.writeln('Axis forces in North Africa surrender | '); document.writeln('
| * 1943 | '); document.writeln('British premier Winston Churchill arrives in US | '); document.writeln('
| * 1943 | '); document.writeln('German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender | '); document.writeln('
| * 1944 | '); document.writeln('900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brux | '); document.writeln('
| * 1944 | '); document.writeln('Krim purged of nazi troops | '); document.writeln('
| * 1944 | '); document.writeln('Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat | '); document.writeln('
| * 1948 | '); document.writeln('Queen Wilhelmina resigns | '); document.writeln('
| * 1949 | '); document.writeln('1st foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1949 | '); document.writeln('West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade | '); document.writeln('
| * 1950 | '); document.writeln('Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar," premieres in Paris | '); document.writeln('
| * 1951 | '); document.writeln('1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll | '); document.writeln('
| * 1952 | '); document.writeln('Charlton Playground named in Bronx | '); document.writeln('
| * 1953 | '); document.writeln('KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting | '); document.writeln('
| * 1955 | '); document.writeln('Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1956 | '); document.writeln('Bkln Dodger Carl Erskine\'s 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Giants, 3-0 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1956 | '); document.writeln('East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves | '); document.writeln('
| * 1957 | '); document.writeln('Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Smokey Golf Open | '); document.writeln('
| * 1958 | '); document.writeln('"Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont\'s hits #40 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1958 | '); document.writeln('US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak | '); document.writeln('
| * 1959 | '); document.writeln('"Nervous Set" opens at Henry Miller\'s Theater NYC for 23 performances | '); document.writeln('
| * 1959 | '); document.writeln('Liz Taylor\'s 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1960 | '); document.writeln('Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special | '); document.writeln('
| * 1961 | '); document.writeln('Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time | '); document.writeln('
| * 1962 | '); document.writeln('Grevelingendam closes | '); document.writeln('
| * 1962 | '); document.writeln('US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island | '); document.writeln('
| * 1963 | '); document.writeln('Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show | '); document.writeln('
| * 1963 | '); document.writeln('Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open | '); document.writeln('
| * 1963 | '); document.writeln('Race riot in Birmingham Alabama | '); document.writeln('
| * 1964 | '); document.writeln('Manlio Brosio chosen as sec-gen of NATO | '); document.writeln('
| * 1965 | '); document.writeln('Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations | '); document.writeln('
| * 1966 | '); document.writeln('St Louis\' Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 inns | '); document.writeln('
| * 1967 | '); document.writeln('H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student | '); document.writeln('
| * 1967 | '); document.writeln('Provo disbands in Neth Nonviolent Coordinating Committee | '); document.writeln('
| * 1968 | '); document.writeln('"March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington, DC | '); document.writeln('
| * 1968 | '); document.writeln('Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open | '); document.writeln('
| * 1968 | '); document.writeln('WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting | '); document.writeln('
| * 1969 | '); document.writeln('Kenneth H Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH | '); document.writeln('
| * 1970 | '); document.writeln('Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run | '); document.writeln('
| * 1970 | '); document.writeln('Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court | '); document.writeln('
| * 1970 | '); document.writeln('KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting | '); document.writeln('
| * 1970 | '); document.writeln('Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1970 | '); document.writeln('US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site | '); document.writeln('
| * 1971 | '); document.writeln('Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall | '); document.writeln('
| * 1972 | '); document.writeln('Milwaukee Brewers beat Minn Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1972 | '); document.writeln('Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb" | '); document.writeln('
| * 1973 | '); document.writeln('6th ABA championship: Indiana Pacers beat Ky Colonels, 4 games to 3 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1973 | '); document.writeln('Dueling Tubas by Martin Mull hits #92 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1974 | '); document.writeln('28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee, 4 games to 3 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1974 | '); document.writeln('Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic | '); document.writeln('
| * 1975 | '); document.writeln('US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces | '); document.writeln('
| * 1976 | '); document.writeln('Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1977 | '); document.writeln('1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1977 | '); document.writeln('Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation | '); document.writeln('
| * 1978 | '); document.writeln('Commerce Dept says hurricane names will no longer be only female | '); document.writeln('
| * 1979 | '); document.writeln('Chris Evert\'s 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end | '); document.writeln('
| * 1980 | '); document.writeln('1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1981 | '); document.writeln('"Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander NYC for 333 perfs | '); document.writeln('
| * 1981 | '); document.writeln('Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Minn | '); document.writeln('
| * 1982 | '); document.writeln('FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II | '); document.writeln('
| * 1982 | '); document.writeln('Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1982 | '); document.writeln('US Football League forms | '); document.writeln('
| * 1982 | '); document.writeln('In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II | '); document.writeln('
| * 1983 | '); document.writeln('Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA | '); document.writeln('
| * 1983 | '); document.writeln('Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead | '); document.writeln('
| * 1984 | '); document.writeln('Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D | '); document.writeln('
| * 1984 | '); document.writeln('France performs nuclear test | '); document.writeln('
| * 1984 | '); document.writeln('Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on same hole | '); document.writeln('
| * 1984 | '); document.writeln('S Afr prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years | '); document.writeln('
| * 1984 | '); document.writeln('White Horse by Laid Back hits #26 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1984 | '); document.writeln('World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans | '); document.writeln('
| * 1985 | '); document.writeln('Amy Eilberg is ordained in NY as 1st woman Conservative rabbi | '); document.writeln('
| * 1985 | '); document.writeln('Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic | '); document.writeln('
| * 1986 | '); document.writeln('Bicycle is pedaled 65 mph | '); document.writeln('
| * 1986 | '); document.writeln('President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator | '); document.writeln('
| * 1986 | '); document.writeln('Fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, Calif | '); document.writeln('
| * 1988 | '); document.writeln('"Carrie" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 5 performances | '); document.writeln('
| * 1989 | '); document.writeln('"Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance | '); document.writeln('
| * 1989 | '); document.writeln('Last graffiti covered NYC subway car retired | '); document.writeln('
| * 1989 | '); document.writeln('Retired Brit pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists | '); document.writeln('
| * 1990 | '); document.writeln('3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1990 | '); document.writeln('Comic Relief \'90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million | '); document.writeln('
| * 1990 | '); document.writeln('Nora Dunn & Sinead O\'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay\'s hosting | '); document.writeln('
| * 1991 | '); document.writeln('Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic | '); document.writeln('
| * 1991 | '); document.writeln('A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest | '); document.writeln('
| * 1992 | '); document.writeln('1st Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest | '); document.writeln('
| * 1993 | '); document.writeln('Final episode of 6 year run of ABC\'s "Wonder Years" in Netherlands | '); document.writeln('
| * 1993 | '); document.writeln('Last broadcast of "Knots landing" on CBS | '); document.writeln('
| * 1993 | '); document.writeln('Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV | '); document.writeln('
| * 1993 | '); document.writeln('Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II | '); document.writeln('
| * 1994 | '); document.writeln('WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan | '); document.writeln('
| * 1995 | '); document.writeln('Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1995 | '); document.writeln('Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves | '); document.writeln('
| * 1995 | '); document.writeln('Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1996 | '); document.writeln('"Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances | '); document.writeln('
| * 1996 | '); document.writeln('"Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 perfs | '); document.writeln('
| * 1996 | '); document.writeln('42nd McDonald\'s LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies | '); document.writeln('
| * 1996 | '); document.writeln('Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1997 | '); document.writeln('14 North Koreans defect to South Korea | '); document.writeln('
| * 1997 | '); document.writeln('Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox | '); document.writeln('
| * 1997 | '); document.writeln('Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict | '); document.writeln('
| * 1997 | '); document.writeln('Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida | '); document.writeln('
| * 1997 | '); document.writeln('Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami | '); document.writeln('
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