FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013

Today is Friday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2013. There are 172 days left in the year.

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

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

1859 _ Paper bag manufacturing machine patented by William Goodale, Mass.

1906 _ Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France

1914 _ Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Red Sox

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

1960 _ Congo, Chad and Central African Republic declare independence

1960 _ USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with two dogs

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

1970 _ Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky