{"id":2526,"date":"2026-07-12T12:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2026-07-12T12:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:36:35","slug":"today-in-history-july-12-riot-erupts-in-new-jersey-over-police-beating-of-black-taxi-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2526","title":{"rendered":"Today in History: July 12, riot erupts in New Jersey over police beating of Black taxi driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Today is Sunday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2026. There are 172 days left in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2524\">Spending topped $67 million in key Colorado primary races. But big money didn\u2019t always win.<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Today in History:<\/h4>\n<p>On July 12, 1967, rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey, over the police beating of a Black taxi driver; 26 people were killed in the five days of violence that followed.<\/p>\n<h4>Also on this date:<\/h4>\n<p>In 1543, England\u2019s King Henry VIII married his sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr.<\/p>\n<p>In 1812, U.S. forces led by Gen. William Hull entered Canada during the War of 1812 against Britain. (Hull retreated shortly thereafter to Detroit.)<\/p>\n<p>In 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill authorizing the Army Medal of Honor.<\/p>\n<p>In 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.)<\/p>\n<p>In 1962, the Rolling Stones played their first show, at the Marquee Club in London.<\/p>\n<p>In 1979, as an angry reaction to the popularity of disco music, the Chicago White Sox held the \u201cDisco Demolition Night\u201d promotion, in which a crate of disco records was blown up on the field between games of a doubleheader; the ensuing riot and damage to the field caused the White Sox to forfeit the second game.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2522\">Water World to reopen Sunday after evacuation; police find \u2018no credible threat\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced his choice of U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. 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(He would eventually become Twitter\u2019s owner three months later.)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2520\">Westbound U.S. 36 reopens in Westminster after fuel spill<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Writer Delia Ephron is 82.<\/li>\n<li>Singer Walter Egan is 78.<\/li>\n<li>Writer-producer Brian Grazer is 75.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Cheryl Ladd is 75.<\/li>\n<li>Gospel singer Ricky McKinnie (The Blind Boys of Alabama) is 74.<\/li>\n<li>Gospel singer Sandi Patty is 70.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Mel Harris is 70.<\/li>\n<li>Boxing champion Julio Cesar Chavez is 64.<\/li>\n<li>Rock singer Robin Wilson (Gin Blossoms) is 61.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Lisa Nicole Carson is 57.<\/li>\n<li>Olympic gold medal figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi is 55.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Anna Friel is 50.<\/li>\n<li>R&amp;B singer Tracie Spencer is 50.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Topher Grace is 48.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Michelle Rodriguez is 48.<\/li>\n<li>Country singer-musician Kimberly Perry (The Band Perry) is 43.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Natalie Martinez is 42.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Ta\u2019Rhonda Jones is 38.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Rachel Brosnahan is 36.<\/li>\n<li>Olympic gold medal gymnast Jordyn Wieber is 31.<\/li>\n<li>Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai is 29.<\/li>\n<li>NBA guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is 28.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey, over the police beating of a Black taxi driver; 26 people were killed in the five days of violence that followed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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