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