THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011

Today is Thursday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2011. 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

1875 ― First recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0

1888― Crouching start first used by Charles Sherrill of Yale

1928 ― Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy

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

1942 ― Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River

1951 ― First H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll

1997 ― 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea