Today in History From JJD

May 12th Past Event

1789 - William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in UK House of Commons, reasons the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice
1875 - 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0
1940 - Nazi blitzkrieg conquest of France began by crossing Muese River
1943 - Axis forces in North Africa surrender
2002 - Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
2008 - 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 4 of 227

Florence Nightingale (1820)

Homer Simpson (1956)

Tony Hawk (1968)

Yogi Berra (1925)

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Famous Weddings

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1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.
1641 - Prince Willem II of Orange (14) marries English princess Mary Henrietta Stuart (9)
1763 - Founding Father of the United States Roger Sherman (42) weds second wife Rebecca Prescott (20)
1956 - NY Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner (25) weds Elizabeth Joan Zieg
1959 - Actress Elizabeth Taylor's (27) marries for the 4th time to entertainer Eddie Fisher (30)

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Famous Divorces

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2004 - Model and actress Ali Landry divorces (30) "Saved by the Bell" actor Mario Lopez (30) due to infidelity only less than 2 weeks after getting married

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