This Day in History for May 12th;
1641 -- Prince Willem II (14) marries English princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9)
1777 -- 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette)
1792 -- Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented.
1847 -- William Clayton invented the odometer.
1865 -- Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas.
1870 -- Manitoba becomes a province of Canada.
1871 -- Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville KY.
1890 -- Louisiana legalized prize fighting.
1897 -- 1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Netherlands.
1908 -- Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield.
1921 -- National Hospital Day 1st observed.
1928 -- Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy.
1932 -- Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ.
1933 -- Federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy & farmers.
1942 -- Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River.
1943 -- British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in US.
1948 -- The state of Israel and its provisional government was established.
1951 -- 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll.
1957 -- A.J. Foyt won his first auto racing victory in Kansas City, MO.
1963 -- Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show.
1963 -- Race riot in Birmingham AL.
1970 -- Race riots in Augusta GA; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops).
1977 -- 1st quadraphonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
1978 -- Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female.
1980 -- 1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris)
1982 -- In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II.
1984 -- South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years.
1985 -- Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi.
1989 -- Last graffiti covered NYC subway car retired.
1991 -- A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest.
1992 -- Four suspects were arrested in the beating of trucker Reginald Denny at the start of the Los Angeles riots
1993 -- Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV.
1997 -- Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida.
1997 -- Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami.
I hope everyone enjoys this day in history!
MsPriss *PrissieHuggzz*
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