WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010

Today is Wednesday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2010. There are 233 days left in the year.

1551 _ San Marcos University in Lima, Peru, opens

1792 _ Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented

1832 _ Gaetano Donizetti's opera ``L'Elisir D'amore" premieres in Milan

1928 _ Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy

1932 _ Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, N.J.

1949 _ West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade

1959 _ Liz Taylor's fourth marriage (Eddie Fisher)

1965 _ Israel and West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations

1984 _ South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years

1997 _ 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea