Event:
President Obama's health insurance mandate from his Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is struck down by the U.S. court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
More Notable Events on August 12:
1994 Stephen G. Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1981 IBM introduces PC and PC-DOS version 1.0
1977 Space shuttle Enterprise makes 1st atmospheric flight
1953 Soviet Union conducts secret test of its 1st hydrogen bomb
1898 Hawaii formally annexed to U.S.
