Today is Wednesday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2010. 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
1928 _ Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy
1932 _ Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, N.J.
1949 _ West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade
1959 _ Liz Taylor's fourth marriage (Eddie Fisher)
1965 _ Israel and West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations
1984 _ South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years
1997 _ 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea