This Day in History – July 12, 2011

1290 Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I 1543 England’s King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th & last wife) 1774 Citizens of Carlisle, Penn. pass a declaration of independence 1862 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor 1874 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure, “The Gloria Scott” (BG) 1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Red Sox 1927 Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs 1928 1st televised tennis match 1931 Cubs & Cards hit a record 23 doubles in a game (2nd game of DH) 1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 per hour) 1934 US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned 1951 Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero Ill 1957 1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower 1962 Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London) 1966 Race riot in Chicago 1966 US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia & Denver mints 1967 Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured & over 1000 arrested 1970 Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky 1977 1st free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise 1982 FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail 1984 Geraldine Ferraro, NY became 1st woman major-party VP candidate 1985 Doctors discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan’s colon]]]]> ]]>