1957: Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets first pro victory

May 12 : General Interest 1957: Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets first pro victory On this day in 1957, race car driver A.J. Foyt (1935- ) scores his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club (USAC) midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri... read more American Revolution 1780 : Americans suffer worst defeat of revolution at Charleston http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-suffer-worst-defeat-of-revolution-at-charleston Automotive 2000 : Fourth-generation NASCAR driver Adam Petty dies in crash http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fourth-generation-nascar-driver-adam-petty-dies-in-crash Civil War 1864 : North and South see bloody day at the Bloody Angle http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bloody-day-at-the-bloody-angle Cold War 1975 : American ship Mayaguez seized http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-ship-mayaguez-seized Crime 1932 : Body of Lindbergh baby found http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/body-of-lindbergh-baby-found Disaster 1987 : Forest fire sweeps across China http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/forest-fire-sweeps-across-china General Interest 1937 : George VI crowned at Westminster http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-vi-crowned-at-westminster 1949 : Berlin blockade lifted http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-blockade-lifted 1970 : Blackmun confirmed to Supreme Court http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/blackmun-confirmed-to-supreme-court Hollywood 1907 : Katharine Hepburn born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/katharine-hepburn-born Literary 1828 : Poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/poet-and-painter-dante-gabriel-rossetti-is-born Music 1963 : Bob Dylan walks out on The Ed Sullivan Show http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bob-dylan-walks-out-on-the-ed-sullivan-show Old West 1832 : Fur trader William Sublette heads west http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fur-trader-william-sublette-heads-west Presidential 1903 : Teddy Roosevelt's trip to San Francisco is captured on film http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/teddy-roosevelts-trip-to-san-francisco-is-captured-on-film Sports 1970 : Ernie Banks hits 500th home run http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ernie-banks-hits-500th-home-run Vietnam War 1961 : Lyndon B. Johnson visits South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lyndon-b-johnson-visits-south-vietnam 1971 : Heavy fighting erupts in A Shau Valley http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavy-fighting-erupts-in-a-shau-valley World War I 1918 : Germany and Austria-Hungary sign pact to exploit Ukraine http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-and-austria-hungary-sign-pact-to-exploit-ukraine World War II 1941 : Hitler backs Rashid Ali in his fight against Britain http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-backs-rashid-ali-in-his-fight-against-britain

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