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August 12, 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launches August 12, 1995 Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent Bridge August 12, 1994 1st NFL game on Fox network (exhibition - San Francisco vs Denver) August 12, 1994 Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike August 12, 1994 Panic in church of Brazzaville: 142 killed August 12, 1994 Stephen G. Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice August 12, 1993 Pope John Paul II begins visit of U.S. August 12, 1991 Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan August 12, 1991 Last day in Test Cricket for Viv Richards, Dujon and Marshall August 12, 1990 12th annual Macy's Tap-o-mania August 12, 1990 72nd PGA Championship: Wayne Grady shoots a 282 at Shoal Creek Ala August 12, 1990 Cathy Gerring wins Stratton Mountain LPGA Golf Classic August 12, 1990 Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories August 12, 1988 Boston Red Sox set AL consecutive home victories at 23 August 12, 1988 Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released August 12, 1988 Nelson Mandela is treated for tuberculosis at hospital August 12, 1988 Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home August 12, 1988 Richard Thornburgh becomes U.S. Attorney General August 12, 1987 Charles Cole climbs 870'Tyrolean Traverse from top of Elephant Rock August 12, 1986 Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season August 12, 1986 Red Sox pitcher Tim Lollar gets a pinch-hit single August 12, 1985 7th Emmy Sports Award presentation August 12, 1985 Baltimore Orioles W Gross and L Sheets are 6th to hit consecutive pinch HRs August 12, 1985 Japanese Boeing 747SR crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll) August 12, 1984 23rd Olympic games close at Los Angeles, California August 12, 1984 Braves beat Padres 5-3, features 2 brawls and 19 ejections August 12, 1984 Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, and Luis Aparicio inducted into Hall of Fame August 12, 1984 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic August 12, 1983 General Manuel A Noriega becomes commander of Panamanian army August 12, 1982 Heavy Israeli bombardement of Beirut August 12, 1981 IBM introduces PC and PC-DOS version 1.0 August 12, 1981 Jon Erikson (U.S.) becomes 1st to triple cross English Channel (38:27) August 12, 1979 "Whoopee!" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 204 performances August 12, 1979 Iran press censors start massive book burnings August 12, 1979 Judy wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic Rankin August 12, 1978 Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours August 12, 1978 China and Japan sign peace treaty August 12, 1977 For 2nd straight day, Oakland's Manny Sanguillen foils a no-hit bid August 12, 1977 High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit August 12, 1977 Space shuttle Enterprise makes 1st atmospheric flight August 12, 1976 Christian militia conquer Palestinian camp Tell al-Za'tar, 2000 killed August 12, 1974 Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 and walks only 2 as Angels top Red Sox, 4-2 August 12, 1974 Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford become 1st teammates elected to hall of fame on same day August 12, 1973 55th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 277 at Canterbury Cleve August 12, 1973 Betty Burfeindt wins LPGA Child and Family Service Golf Opens August 12, 1973 WPBA National Championship won by Betty Morris August 12, 1972 "Funny Thing Happened..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 156 performances August 12, 1972 "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 1316 performances August 12, 1972 Ian and Greg Chappell both scores centuries in same Test Cricket innings August 12, 1972 Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam August 12, 1971 Syriam President Assad drops diplomatic relations with Jordan August 12, 1970 Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball August 12, 1969 Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million August 12, 1967 New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season victory, beat St. Louis 23-14 August 12, 1965 Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British supreme court justice August 12, 1965 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise August 12, 1964 10th time Mantle switch-hits HR in a game, one goes 502 feet August 12, 1964 Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th and final time in a game August 12, 1963 Portuguese dictator Salazar firm on African colonization August 12, 1963 Stan Musial announces he will retire at end of year August 12, 1962 1st time 2 people in space August 12, 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament August 12, 1962 Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15 August 12, 1960 27th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 32, All-Stars 7 (70,000) August 12, 1960 Echo 1, 1st communications satellite, is launched August 12, 1960 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 26' 11" August 12, 1960 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m August 12, 1959 1st ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island August 12, 1959 Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Africa August 12, 1956 KOTI TV channel 2 in Klamath Falls, OR (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting August 12, 1956 Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA World Golf Championship August 12, 1955 22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27 (75,000) August 12, 1955 President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour August 12, 1955 WPBT TV channel 2 in Miami, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting August 12, 1954 Senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row August 12, 1953 Ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami August 12, 1953 Heavy earthquake strikes Isotope islands, 435 killed August 12, 1953 Soviet Union conducts secret test of its 1st hydrogen bomb August 12, 1952 Hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan August 12, 1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship August 12, 1950 New York Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa August 12, 1950 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Humani generis August 12, 1949 16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780) August 12, 1948 Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game August 12, 1948 Court of justice sentences Gen Fr Christiansen to 12 years August 12, 1944 Churchill and Tito meet in Naples August 12, 1944 Pipeline under ocean (Pluto) begins operating August 12, 1942 British premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin August 12, 1942 German 1st tank leader captures Elista, Kalmukkensteppe August 12, 1942 Lt-gen Montgomery arrives in Cairo August 12, 1941 French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany August 12, 1940 Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts August 12, 1940 Netherlands starts rationing textile August 12, 1936 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Seymour, Texas (state record) August 12, 1936 Demo baseball game at 1936 Olympics in Berlin, world beats U.S., 6-5 August 12, 1936 Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d) August 12, 1935 Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand August 12, 1933 Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup August 12, 1931 Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China August 12, 1928 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam August 12, 1927 "Wings," the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens August 12, 1925 KMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions August 12, 1923 Dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as minister of finances August 12, 1923 Enrico Tiraboschi is 1st to swim English Channel westward August 12, 1922 Dedication of Frederick Douglas' home in Washington D.C. as national shrine August 12, 1916 Picasso, Max Jacob, Kisling, Ortiz and Paquerette photographed in Paris August 12, 1915 "Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published August 12, 1914 Cavalery battle at Halen, Belgium ("Battle der Zilveren Helmen") August 12, 1914 German 16.5"/12" guns fires on forts round Luik August 12, 1914 Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary August 12, 1914 Russian troops take East-Prussia and occupy Marggrabowa August 12, 1905 King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp August 12, 1901 Boer general Kritzinger driven out of Cape colony August 12, 1898 Hawaii formally annexed to U.S. August 12, 1898 Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed August 12, 1896 Gold discovered at Klondike River at Dawson August 12, 1896 Willem II soccer team forms in Tilburg August 12, 1888 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour August 12, 1886 W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, vs. Aust, The Oval August 12, 1884 Bill Murdoch scores 1st Test Cricket double-century, 211 at The Oval August 12, 1879 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago) August 12, 1877 Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device August 12, 1876 Madeline (U.S.) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup August 12, 1867 President A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton August 12, 1863 1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area) August 12, 1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX August 12, 1861 Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians August 12, 1856 Anthony Fass patents accordion August 12, 1851 1st America's Cup-U.S. schooner America beats British yacht Aurora August 12, 1851 Isaac Singer patents sewing machine August 12, 1831 Dutch troops conquer Leuven August 12, 1831 Netherlands and Belgium sign peace treaty August 12, 1812 Duke of Wellington's troops enter Madrid August 12, 1759 Battle of Kunersdorf - Russian-Austrian army overpowers Prussians August 12, 1687 Charles of Lotharingen defeats Turkish leaders August 12, 1687 Ottoman invaders of Hungary routed at Battle of Mohacs August 12, 1676 1st war between American colonists and Indians ends in New England August 12, 1665 English fleet beat Dutch fleet August 12, 1658 1st U.S. police corps forms (New Amsterdam) August 12, 1588 Medemblik surrenders to Spanish army August 12, 1553 Pope Julius III orders confiscation and burning of Jewish Talmud August 12, 1549 French troops occupy Ambleteuse England August 12, 1530 Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I August 12, 1508 Juan Ponce de Leon arrives in Puerto Rico August 12, 1336 English King Edward III endswool export to Flanders August 12, 1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor; Scottish dynastic battle August 12, 1099 Battle at Ascalon: Godfried of Broth beats Egyptians August 12, 1099 Crusaders are victorious at Battle of Ascalon August 12, 1071 Alp Arslan beat Byzantines, emperor Romanos IV Diogenes August 12, 1071 Battle at Manzikert Armenia, Venetian Byzantine brings islam to Europe August 12, 3 Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem |