On this day in history - Today, May, 12

Today in History

• 2008 A massive earthquake rocks China

  The magnitude 7.9 quake left some 69,000 people dead, 18,000 missing, and 4.8 million homeless. It w

• 1998 Violent clashes follow the killing of four protesters in Jakarta, Indonesia

  The riots eventually led to the resignation of President Suharto.

• 1994 The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ends

  With the signing of the Bishkek Protocol a week earlier, Armenian and Azerbaijani diplomats had form

• 1982 A Spanish priest attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II

  Juan María Fernández y Krohn opposed the reforms initiated by the Second Vatican Council and believe

• 1941 The world's first programmable, fully automatic computer is presented

  The Z3 was designed by German inventor, Konrad Zuse. The original machine was destroyed in an air ra