About Today in History July 12 #history #shorts

1. Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale put forward Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate on this day in 1984, making her the first woman ever nominated for vice president by a major U.S. political party.
2. Prince Albert II, the only son of Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly, formally assumed the throne of Monaco.
3. Between games of a baseball doubleheader involving the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers at Comiskey Park, disco records were blown up as part of a promotion dubbed Disco Demolition Night; fans subsequently rushed the field, and, as a result of the ensuing mayhem, the second game was forfeited to the Tigers.
4. The television game show Family Feud began airing on ABC, and it became hugely popular, in part because of the personal charm and witty banter of host Richard Dawson; the show continued—with different hosts, including Steve Harvey—into the 21st century.
5. The island nation of Sao Tome and Principe was granted independence from Portugal.
6. Iconic British rock band the Rolling Stones performed their first show, billed as the Rollin' Stones, at a club in London.
7. The independent republic of Lithuania, having successfully expelled invading Soviet troops, signed a peace treaty with Russia.
8. Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician Pablo Neruda, perhaps the most important Latin American poet of the 20th century and the winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Parral.
9. Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani, whose portraits are among the most important of the 20th century, was born.
10. The Medal of Honor, awarded for battlefield bravery, was created for the U.S. Army.
11. King Henry VIII of England wed his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.