Today in History - History - May 12th

19491st foreign woman ambassador received in USA (Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit of India)

199642nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies

2002Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.

1972Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"

1984South African prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years

19247th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Ind

1963Bob Dylan walks out of the "Ed Sullivan Show"

1963Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open

1960Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special

1835Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile

1820Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)

1956Homer Simpson, fictional character from the long running television show "The Simpsons"

1925Tony Hancock, Birmingham England, actor (Rebel, Wrong Box)

1968Tony Hawk, American skateboarder

1959Actress Elizabeth Taylor's (27) marries for the 4th time to entertainer Eddie Fisher (30)

1956NY Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner (25) weds Elizabeth Joan Zieg

1763Founding Father of the United States Roger Sherman (42) weds second wife Rebecca Prescott (20)

1990Singer Patti Page (62) weds Jerry Filiciotto

1970leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78

1864J.E.B. Stuart [James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart], Confederate General, dies at 31