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December 12
1745 - John Jay, statesman and the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was born in New York City.
1787 - Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1870 - Joseph Rainey took his seat as the first African American in the House of Representatives.
1913 - The Mona Lisa was recovered in Florence, Italy after having been stolen two years earlier from the Louvre.
1914 - The New York Stock Exchange re-opened for the first time since July 30. The market had shut down when World War I broke out.
1917 - Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town outside of Omaha, Nebraska.
1925 - The first motel, the Motel Inn, opened, in San Luis Obispo, California.
1946 - A United Nations committee voted to accept a six-block tract of Manhattan real estate offered as a gift by John D. Rockefeller Jr. to be the site of the U.N.'s headquarters.
1947 - The United Mine Workers union withdrew from the American Federation of Labor.
1963 - Kenya gained its independence from Britain.
1975 - Sara Jane Moore pleaded guilty to trying to kill President Gerald R. Ford.
1989 - In New York, hotel queen Leona Helmsley, 69, was sentenced to four years in prison and fined $7.1 million for tax evasion. (Helmsley served 18 months behind bars, plus a month at a halfway house and two months of house arrest.)
1995 - By three votes, the U.S. Senate killed a constitutional amendment giving Congress authority over flag burning and other forms of desecration against the American flag.
1998 - The House Judiciary Committee approved a fourth and final article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton and submitted the case to the full House.
2000 - A divided U.S. Supreme Court stopped the presidential election recount in Florida, effectively making Republican George W. Bush the winner.
2001 - Yasir Arafat closed the offices of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
2009 - Houston became the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor, with voters handing a solid victory to City Controller Annise Parker.
2014 - President Barack Obama urged the Senate to ratify a $1.1 trillion spending bill opposed by some Democrats, judging it an imperfect measure that stemmed from “the divided government that the American people voted for.” (The Senate passed the measure the next day.)
2018 - British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a political crisis over her Brexit deal, winning a no-confidence vote by Conservative lawmakers that could have brought an end to her leadership. (May announced her resignation as Conservative leader in June of 2019, after her Brexit deal was rejected by Parliament three times.)
Birthdays
23 - Lucas Hedges (actor)
32 - Kate Todd (actress)
42 - Bridget Hall (model)
44 - Mayim Bialik (actress)
47 - Hank Williams III (country singer)
49 - Regina Hall (actress)
49 - Madchen Amick (actress)
49 - Jennifer Connelly (actress)
50 - Maggie Rodriguez (news anchor)
57 - Tracy Austin (tennis player)
61 - Sheree J. Wilson (actress)
67 - Cathy Rigby (gymnast/actress)
69 - Duane Chase (actor)
70 - Bill Nighy (actor)
72 - Wings Hauser (actor)
79 - Dionne Warwick (singer)
82 - Connie Francis (singer)
87 - Bob Pettit (basketball player)
96 - Bob Barker (game show host)
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Today in Sports History - December 12
1899 - George Grant patented the wooden golf tee.
1930 - The Major League Baseball Rules Committee revised the rule on a ball that bounces into the stands. It had been treated as a home run but now will be ruled a double.
1937 - The Washington Redskins defeated the Chicago Bears 28-21 in the NFL Championship Game.
1950 - Ohio State running back Vic Janowicz wins the Heisman Trophy.
1965 - Gale Sayers of the Chicago Bears ties an NFL record with six touchdowns in a 61-20 win over the San Francisco 49ers.
1966 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Braves baseball franchise would be allowed to move from Milwaukee to Atlanta.
1968 - Arthur Ashe became the first black man to be ranked #1 in tennis.
1971 - Bobby Hull (Chicago Black Hawks) scored his 1,000th point.
1973 - The city of San Diego files an anti-trust lawsuit against the National League which ultimately stopped the proposed move of the Padres from San Diego to Washington, D.C.
1976 - Joe Namath played in his final game with the New York Jets.
1981 - Wayne Gretzky became the quickest to reach 50 goals in a season. It was in the 39th game.
1987 - Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game.
1991 - The New Jersey Nets set an NBA record with 22 blocked shots in a win over the Denver Nuggets.
1992 - Miami (FL) quarterback Gino Torretta wins the Heisman Trophy.
2000 - The Texas Rangers signed Alex Rodriguez to a record breaking 10-year, $252 million contract. The contract amount broke all Major League Baseball records and all professional sports records.
2001 - Denver Nuggets coach Dan Issel was suspended for four games by his team for shouting a profanity and an ethnic remark at a fan.
2009 - Alabama running back Mark Ingram won the Heisman Trophy.
2010 - The collapse of the inflatable roof at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Mall of America Stadium caused the cancellation of a game between the New York Giants and the Minnesota Vikings. The teams played the next day at Detroit's Ford Field.
2011 - Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III wins the Heisman Trophy.
1745 - John Jay, statesman and the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was born in New York City.
1787 - Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1870 - Joseph Rainey took his seat as the first African American in the House of Representatives.
1913 - The Mona Lisa was recovered in Florence, Italy after having been stolen two years earlier from the Louvre.
1914 - The New York Stock Exchange re-opened for the first time since July 30. The market had shut down when World War I broke out.
1917 - Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town outside of Omaha, Nebraska.
1925 - The first motel, the Motel Inn, opened, in San Luis Obispo, California.
1946 - A United Nations committee voted to accept a six-block tract of Manhattan real estate offered as a gift by John D. Rockefeller Jr. to be the site of the U.N.'s headquarters.
1947 - The United Mine Workers union withdrew from the American Federation of Labor.
1963 - Kenya gained its independence from Britain.
1975 - Sara Jane Moore pleaded guilty to trying to kill President Gerald R. Ford.
1989 - In New York, hotel queen Leona Helmsley, 69, was sentenced to four years in prison and fined $7.1 million for tax evasion. (Helmsley served 18 months behind bars, plus a month at a halfway house and two months of house arrest.)
1995 - By three votes, the U.S. Senate killed a constitutional amendment giving Congress authority over flag burning and other forms of desecration against the American flag.
1998 - The House Judiciary Committee approved a fourth and final article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton and submitted the case to the full House.
2000 - A divided U.S. Supreme Court stopped the presidential election recount in Florida, effectively making Republican George W. Bush the winner.
2001 - Yasir Arafat closed the offices of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
2009 - Houston became the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor, with voters handing a solid victory to City Controller Annise Parker.
2014 - President Barack Obama urged the Senate to ratify a $1.1 trillion spending bill opposed by some Democrats, judging it an imperfect measure that stemmed from “the divided government that the American people voted for.” (The Senate passed the measure the next day.)
2018 - British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a political crisis over her Brexit deal, winning a no-confidence vote by Conservative lawmakers that could have brought an end to her leadership. (May announced her resignation as Conservative leader in June of 2019, after her Brexit deal was rejected by Parliament three times.)
Birthdays
23 - Lucas Hedges (actor)
32 - Kate Todd (actress)
42 - Bridget Hall (model)
44 - Mayim Bialik (actress)
47 - Hank Williams III (country singer)
49 - Regina Hall (actress)
49 - Madchen Amick (actress)
49 - Jennifer Connelly (actress)
50 - Maggie Rodriguez (news anchor)
57 - Tracy Austin (tennis player)
61 - Sheree J. Wilson (actress)
67 - Cathy Rigby (gymnast/actress)
69 - Duane Chase (actor)
70 - Bill Nighy (actor)
72 - Wings Hauser (actor)
79 - Dionne Warwick (singer)
82 - Connie Francis (singer)
87 - Bob Pettit (basketball player)
96 - Bob Barker (game show host)
=====================================
Today in Sports History - December 12
1899 - George Grant patented the wooden golf tee.
1930 - The Major League Baseball Rules Committee revised the rule on a ball that bounces into the stands. It had been treated as a home run but now will be ruled a double.
1937 - The Washington Redskins defeated the Chicago Bears 28-21 in the NFL Championship Game.
1950 - Ohio State running back Vic Janowicz wins the Heisman Trophy.
1965 - Gale Sayers of the Chicago Bears ties an NFL record with six touchdowns in a 61-20 win over the San Francisco 49ers.
1966 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Braves baseball franchise would be allowed to move from Milwaukee to Atlanta.
1968 - Arthur Ashe became the first black man to be ranked #1 in tennis.
1971 - Bobby Hull (Chicago Black Hawks) scored his 1,000th point.
1973 - The city of San Diego files an anti-trust lawsuit against the National League which ultimately stopped the proposed move of the Padres from San Diego to Washington, D.C.
1976 - Joe Namath played in his final game with the New York Jets.
1981 - Wayne Gretzky became the quickest to reach 50 goals in a season. It was in the 39th game.
1987 - Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game.
1991 - The New Jersey Nets set an NBA record with 22 blocked shots in a win over the Denver Nuggets.
1992 - Miami (FL) quarterback Gino Torretta wins the Heisman Trophy.
2000 - The Texas Rangers signed Alex Rodriguez to a record breaking 10-year, $252 million contract. The contract amount broke all Major League Baseball records and all professional sports records.
2001 - Denver Nuggets coach Dan Issel was suspended for four games by his team for shouting a profanity and an ethnic remark at a fan.
2009 - Alabama running back Mark Ingram won the Heisman Trophy.
2010 - The collapse of the inflatable roof at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Mall of America Stadium caused the cancellation of a game between the New York Giants and the Minnesota Vikings. The teams played the next day at Detroit's Ford Field.
2011 - Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III wins the Heisman Trophy.
