History Hop Tags - 12th

607-03-13

12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1215-11-11

4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome

1789-11-21

North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state

1804-06-15

12th amendment to the US constitution ratified; deals with regulating judicial power

1804-09-25

12th amendment to US constitution, regulating judicial power

1848-11-07

General Zachary Taylor elected as 12th President of US

1849-03-05

Zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th US president

1878-06-08

12th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:43.5

1884-05-23

12th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Knight of Ellerslie wins in 2:39.5

1886-05-14

12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36.50

1888-07-16

12th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ernest Renshaw beats H Lawford (6-3 7-5 6-0)

1895-07-15

12th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Charlotte Sterry beats H Jackson (7-5 8-6)

1900-04-15

Exposition Universelle/World Fair opens in Paris (till 12th Nov)

1901-10-04

Columbia (US) beats Shamrock II (England) in 12th America's Cup

1904-06-11

Cubs' Bob Wicker no-hits NY Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0

1906-06-29

12th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 295 at Onwentsia Club Ill

1908-04-20

12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of NY in 2:25:43.2

1910-01-25

1st stumping by a 12th man in Tests (N C Tufnell, SAf v Eng)

1913-07-28

12th Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)

1914-09-05

- till the 12th Sept Battle of Marne (WWI) begins French and British forces prevent German forces advancing on Paris

1915-10-13

Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 1 in 12th World Series

1920-11-08

Baseball meeting to depose Ban Johnson is set for Nov 12th

1924-11-29

12th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3

1928-07-26

Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1

1928-12-14

2nd Test Cricket Australia v England starts with Bradman 12th man

1929-10-06

12th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Hillcrest CC Los Angeles

1934-07-07

Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles championship

1938-06-21

Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit

1940-02-29

12th Academy Awards - "Gone with the Wind," Robert Donat & Vivien Leigh win

1940-03-31

Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956)

1941-07-25

Red Sox Lefty Grove becomes 12th to win 300 games (his last victory)

1941-08-08

20 divisions of Russian 6th/12th Army surrender at Oeman

1941-09-04

Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 & clinch their 12th & earliest pennant

1942-11-03

12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault

1944-03-22

American movie star Jimmy Stewart flies his 12th combat mission, leading the 2nd Bomb Wing in an attack on Berlin

1944-06-12

British 12th airborne batallion and the 13th & 18th Hussars attack and capture Bréville

1944-07-11

12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh

1944-08-01

General Montgomery takes command of 12th & 21st army

1945-08-30

12th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 19, All-Stars 7 (92,753)

1946-12-03

12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB)

1948-04-11

12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279

1948-11-15

Louis St. Laurent is sworn in as the 12th Prime Minister of Canada

1950-03-28

12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 NYC college becomes 1st to win NCAA & Natl Inv Basketball in same year

1951-09-29

S B Nicholson discovers 12th satellite of Jupiter

1952-08-27

Emil Zatopek wins 12th olympics marathon (2:23:03.2)

1957-06-09

First ascent of Broad Peak (the world's 12th highest mountain).

1957-06-29

12th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls

1957-10-05

12th Ryder Cup: Britain-Ireland win, 7½-4½ at Lindrick Golf Club (Rotherham, Yorkshire, England)

1958-04-12

12th NBA Championship: St Louis Hawks beat Bost Celtics, 4 games to 2

1958-04-13

12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello & Music Man win

1958-10-04

12th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 6-3 at Montreal

1960-06-20

12th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack & Jane Wyatt win

1962-02-16

Darius Milhaud's 12th Symphony, premieres

1965-04-07

Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man NZ v Pakistan

1966-06-12

Dave Clark Five sets record as they appear for 12th time on Ed Sullivan

1966-09-25

12th LPGA Championship won by Gloria Ehret

1967-05-25

Celtic wins 12th Europe Cup 1 in Lisbon

1967-08-11

Al Downing becomes 12th to strike-out side on 9 pitches

1968-09-14

Dmitri Shostakovitch' 12th string quartet, premieres in Moscow

1970-03-11

12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills & Nash, Peggy Lee win

1972-05-24

Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona

1972-12-11

Astronauts Cernan & Harrison become 11th & 12th on Moon

1974-09-24

Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits

1975-10-21

Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning HR beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS

1976-02-04

12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria

1976-02-15

12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria

1976-06-14

12th Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 8-4

1977-03-09

Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche

1977-09-05

Jerry Lewis' 12th Muscular Dystrophy telethon

1978-06-30

Giants' Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 HRs

1978-10-09

12th Country Music Association Award: Dolly Parton, Crystal Gayle & Don Williams wins

1979-02-10

Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed

1979-08-05

Varetta Shankle (Miss), crowned 12th Miss Black America

1981-01-20

Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), ends term as 12th director of CIA

1981-03-08

Dennis Lillee ct by Qld 12th man Dennis Lillie in Shield game

1981-10-25

12th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:08:13

1982-01-31

12th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 16-13

1982-03-28

12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000

1982-04-24

Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies

1982-04-30

Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season

1982-07-11

Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid

1982-10-24

12th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14

1982-12-15

Bill Parcells becomes 12th head coach of NY Giants

1983-04-03

12th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott

1983-04-18

12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43

1984-07-09

12th Century York Minster damaged in lightening storm

1984-07-29

12th du Maurier Golf Classic: Juli Inkster

1984-08-30

12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days)

1984-09-05

12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB

1985-01-13

Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders

1985-01-28

12th American Music Award: Cyndi Lauper & Lionel Richie win

1985-08-01

Emmy 12th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 6th time

1986-01-01

Spain & Portugal are 11th & 12th to join European Economic Community

1986-03-13

12th People's Choice Awards: Sylvester Stallone & Meryl Streep win (Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby, Linda Evans win (TV)

1986-10-09

Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, became 12th NHLer to score 500 goals

1987-04-19

Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 & record 12th straight AL win

1988-05-18

In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16

1989-06-04

Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway

1990-08-07

NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th HR in 1st 92 at bats & becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome

1990-08-12

12th annual Macy's Tap-o-mania

1991-01-13

12th ACE Cable Awards: Weather Channel wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the hurricane "Hugo"

1991-04-03

12th Emmy Sports Award presentation

1991-06-27

Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time

1991-07-28

12th US Seniors Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus

1991-12-29

12th United Negro College Fund

1992-03-29

12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson Hawk wins

1993-04-04

12th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82

1994-05-14

Dave Winfield passes Frank Robinson for 12th on RBI list with 1,617

1994-06-27

12th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton

1994-08-16

Shauna Gambill, 17, of California, crowned 12th Miss Teen USA

1995-09-07

12th MTV Awards: TLC, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, & Madonna wins

1996-12-14

12th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins

1998-02-27

12th Soul Train Music Awards: Puff Daddy, Whitney Houston win

2004-02-16

The Pittsburgh Penguins lose their 12th consecutive home game, a NHL record

2004-07-18

12th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Diana Taurasi win

2016-12-27

Chelsea Wins Its 12th Straight Premier League Game

1338-03-16

Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)

1753-06-10

William Eustis, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)

1784-11-24

Zachary Taylor, Barboursville Virginia, 12th President (Mar 5, 1849-July 9, 1850)

1857-01-26

the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875)

1882-02-01

Louis St. Laurent, Compton Quebec, (L) 12th Canadian PM (1948-57)

1894-12-20

Robert Menzies, Jeparit, Victoria, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (1939-41, 1949-66) and its longest-serving

1895-03-28

Spencer W Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church

1909-02-13

Reginald Ansett, The 12th Annual TV Week Logie Awards

1921-05-01

12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire

1925-09-18

Harvey Haddix, baseball pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th)

1930-04-09

George Gallup Jr., The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards

1930-07-02

Cliff Livingston, The Case of the 12th Wildcat

1934-08-16

Sam Trimble, cricketer (Queensland bat, 12th man for Aust, no Test)

1935-02-21

Mark McManus, actor (Taggart, Nightstick, 2000 Weeks, 12th Night)

1935-09-30

Johnny Mathis, SF, voclaist (Chances Are, 12th of Never)

1937-08-28

12th duke of Argyll, Scottish Campbell-captain/large landowner

1939-04-19

Joe Scibelli, The Case of the 12th Wildcat

1941-08-11

Bill Munson, The Case of the 12th Wildcat

1942-10-21

Alan Lynn Folsom, The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express

1943-04-22

Louise Glück, American poet and 12th US Poet Laureate

1956-09-06

Pam Allen, Billings MT, LPGA golfer (1988 Planters Pat Bradley-12th)

1961-05-08

Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer (Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy)

1969-08-25

Catriona Matthew, Edinburgh Scotland, golfer (1995 British Open-12th)

1972-10-17

Vicki Goetze, Michicot WI, LPGA golfer (1995 British Open-12th)

1977-08-02

Kimberly Strouse, September 12th

1977-12-23

Paul Shirley, The 12th Man

1979-11-07

Barney Harwood, The 12th Doctor

1984-07-25

Javier Culson, 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Berlin 2009

1987-10-22

Jade Lopez, The 12th of June

1415-10-13

Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1381)

1747-04-09

Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England

1850-07-09

Zachary Taylor, 12th US president (1849-50), dies in White House at 65

1973-07-25

Louis St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada, dies of natural causes at 91

1978-05-15

Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (1939-41, 1949-66) and its longest-serving, dies of a heart attack at 83

1991-12-12

Joe Scibelli, The Case of the 12th Wildcat

1999-12-03

Jarl Wahlström, 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)

2000-07-10

Bill Munson, The Case of the 12th Wildcat

2010-03-13

Cliff Livingston, The Case of the 12th Wildcat

2011-11-21

George Gallup Jr., The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards