December 12 - On the Way

On the Way

This Day In History

1787

Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution five days after Delaware became the first.

1901

Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

1917

In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

1950

Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services.

2000

The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.

Famous Birthdays

1574

Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)

1724

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (d. 1816)

1779

Madeleine Sophie Barat, French saint (d. 1865)

1821

Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. 1880)

1863

Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (d. 1944)

1893

Edward G. Robinson, American actor (d. 1973)

1914

Patrick O'Brian, English author (d. 2000)

1915

Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998)

1924

Ed Koch, American politician

1945

Karl Edward Wagner, award-winning American writer, poet, editor and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy (d. 1994)

1949

Bill Nighy, English actor

1962

Mike Golic, American football player
1970
Mädchen Amick, American actress
Jennifer Connelly, American actress
1975
Mayim Bialik, American actress