MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014

[opinion] today 0512

Today is Monday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2014. 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

1928 ― Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy

1928 ― Opium laws enforced

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

1942 ― 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz

1951 ― First H-Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll

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