Today in History: May 12, tens of thousands die in Sichuan earthquake

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Today in History: May 12, tens of thousands die in Sichuan earthquake

Today is Monday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2025. There are 233 days left in the year.On May 12, 2008, a devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China’s Sichuan province left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.In 1780, the besieged city of Charleston, South Carolina, surrendered to British forces in one of the worst American defeats of the Revolutionary War.In 1846, the pioneers of the Donner Party left Independence, Missouri, on the Oregon Trail, beginning their ill-fated attempt to migrate to California.In 1932, the body of Charles Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was ..