Today in History - History - May 12th

1928Benito Mussolini ends women's rights in Italy

1995Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4

1968Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open

1986President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator

1960Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special

199642nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies

1982In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II

1970Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run

1979Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end

1985Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic

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

1968Tony Hawk, American skateboarder

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

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

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

1191Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.

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