CHICKEN BUCKETS: Today in History: Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Today in History: Wednesday, July 12, 2017

AP Highlight in History:
On July 12, 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale named New York Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro his running mate, making her the first woman to run on a major party ticket.

Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro

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On this date in:

100 B.C.

Julius Caesar was born in Rome.

1543

England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.

1690

Protestant forces led by William of Orange defeated the Roman Catholic army of James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.

1862

Congress authorized the Medal of Honor.

1895

Broadway lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II was born in New York City.

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1908

Comedian Milton Berle was born Mendel Berlinger in New York City.

1972

George McGovern won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in Miami Beach.

2001

Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant tortured in a New York City police station, agreed to an $8.7 million settlement.

2005

Prince Albert II of Monaco acceded to the throne.

2006

Hezbollah guerrillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others in a cross-border raid; Israel sent ground troops into Lebanon in response.

2010

Roman Polanski was declared a free man, no longer confined to house arrest in his Alpine villa, after Swiss authorities rejected a U.S. request for the Oscar-winning director's extradition because of a 32-year-old sex conviction.

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Today's Birthdays:

Actor-comedian Bill Cosby turns 80 years old today.