July 12th -------------- *This Day In History* -------------- MsPriss©   Author:  44960  Category:(Human Interest) Created:(7/12/2003 9:58:00 PM) This post has been Viewed (561 times) This day in history for July 12th; 1690 -- Orangeman's yearly celebration (The battle of the Orange) - Actually "Battle of the Boyne" ( 1 July 1690), when Protestant had victory in Ireland 1812 -- US forces led by Gen Hull invade Canada (War of 1812) 1817 -- 1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland) 1859 -- Paper bag manufacturing machine patented by William Goodale, Mass 1882 -- 1st ocean pier in US completed, Washington, DC 1909 -- 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes) 1920 -- Lithuania & USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuuania becomes independent republic 1933 -- Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33¢ per hour) 1934 -- US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned. 1948 -- 1st jets to fly across the Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires) 1951 -- Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero, Ill 1957 -- 1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower 1957 -- The U.S. surgeon general, Leroy E. Burney, reported that there was a direct link between smoking and lung cancer. 1960 -- The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale. 1960 -- Congo, Chad & Central African Republic declare independence 1960 -- USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs. 1966 -- US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia & Denver mints 1967 -- 23 die in Newark race rebellion 1982 -- "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" broke all box-office records by surpassing the $100-million mark of ticket sales in the first 31 days of its opening. 1982 -- The last of the distinctive-looking Checker taxicabs rolled off the assembly line in Kalamazoo, MI 1984 -- Geraldine Ferraro, NY became 1st woman major-party VP candidate 1985 -- Doctors discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan's colon 1993 -- 196 people were killed when an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter Scale struck northern Japan. 1998 -- 1.7 billion people watched soccer's World Cup finals between France and Brazil. France won 3-0 2000 -- A car bomb exploded in central Madrid injuring nine people. The attack was blamed on the Basque separatist group ETA. I hope everyone enjoys this day in history!! MsPriss *PrissieHuggzz* :) You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or interesting stories for the world to read and respond to Click here Scroll all the way down to read replies. Show all stories by   Author:  44960 ( Click here ) Spring is coming