TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011

Today is Tuesday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2011. There are 172 days left in the year.

1290 _ Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I

1543 _ England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (sixth & last wife)

1817 _ First flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)

1906 _ Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France

1928 _ First televised tennis match

1933 _ Congress passes first minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)

1960 _ Congo, Chad and Central African Republic declare independence

1962 _ First time two manned crafts in space (USSR)

1962 _ Rolling Stones first performance (Marquee Club, London)

1970 _ Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky