Today is Monday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2010. There are 172 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
On July 12, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill passed by Congress authorizing the Medal of Honor.
ON THIS DATE
In 1543, England’s King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.
In 1909, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax, and submitted it to the states.
In 1960, the Etch A Sketch Magic Screen drawing toy, invented by French electrician Andre Cassagnes, was first produced by the Ohio Art Co.
In 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale announced he’d chosen U.S. Rep. Geraldine Ferraro of New York to be his running mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.
In 1993, some 200 people were killed when an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck northern Japan and triggered a tsunami.
In 2000, in Philadelphia, a news helicopter videotaped about a dozen police officers kicking and punching Thomas Jones, a wounded carjacking suspect. (Jones later pleaded guilty to carjacking and other crimes, and was sentenced to 18 to 36 years in prison; 13 police officers were suspended for up to 15 days.)
In 2005, Miguel Tejada and Mark Teixeira led the American League to a 7-5 win over the National League in Detroit for the AL’s eighth straight All-Star victory.
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