SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012

Today is Saturday, May 12, the 133rd day of 2012. There are 233 days left in the year.

1551 ― San Marcos University in Lima, Peru, opens

1777 ― First ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette)

1792 ― Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented

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

1888 ― Crouching start first used by Charles Sherrill of Yale

1928 ― Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy

1940 ― Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River

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

1997 ― Fourteen North Koreans defect to South Korea

1997 ― Russia and Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict