Today In History

Today is Thursday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2018. There are 172 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1909: The House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax, and submitted it to the states. (It was declared ratified in February 1913.)

ON THIS DATE

› 1812: United States forces led by Gen. William Hull entered Canada during the War of 1812 against Britain. (However, Hull retreated shortly thereafter to Detroit.)

› 1862: During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill authorizing the Army Medal of Honor.

› 1960: The Etch A Sketch Magic Screen drawing toy, invented by French electrician Andre Cassagnes, was first produced by the Ohio Art Co.

› 1962: The Rolling Stones played their first-ever gig at The Marquee in London.

› 1984: Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced his choice of U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running-mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.

› 1994: President Bill Clinton, visiting Germany, went to the eastern sector of Berlin, the first U.S. president to do so since Harry Truman.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Movie director Monte Hellman is 89. Actor-comedian Bill Cosby is 81. Singer-musician Christine McVie is 75. Actress Cheryl Ladd is 67. Country singer Julie Miller is

62. Gospel singer Sandi Patty is 62. Actress Mel Harris is 62. Actor Buddy Foster is 61. Rock guitarist Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum) is 56. Actress Judi Evans is 54. Olympic gold medal figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi is 47. Country singer Shannon Lawson is 45. Rapper Magoo is 45. Rhythm and blues singer Tracie Spencer is 42. Actress Alison Wright is

42. Actor Steve Howey is

41. Actor Topher Grace is 40. Actress Michelle Rodriguez is 40. Actor Matt Cook (TV: “Man With a Plan”) is 34. Actress Natalie Martinez is 34. Actor Bernard David Jones is 33. Actress Ta’Rhonda Jones is 30. Actress Rachel Brosnahan is 28. Actor Erik Per Sullivan is 27. Olympic gold medal gymnast Jordyn Wieber is 23. Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai is 21.