Famous Birthdays In May - 12

1863  On May - 12 birth of charles Bordes, composer   

1867  On May - 12 birth of hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century)   

1868  On May - 12 birth of halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books   

1874  On May - 12 birth of clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet)   

1876  On this day in history birth of harold, grandson of English queen Victoria   

1880  Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights was born on May - 12.   

1880  On May - 12 birth of w Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938)   

1886  On this day in history birth of albert Saverys, Flemish painter   

1886  Hermann Grabner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1886  Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov) was born on May - 12.   

1887  Nandor Zsolt, composer was born on May - 12.   

1889  Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank was born on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history birth of fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970)   

1894  Cleo Ridgely, NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama) was born on May - 12.   

1895  On May - 12 birth of jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22]   

1899  Indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002) was born on this day in history.   

1900  On May - 12 birth of helene Weigel, Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage)   

1901  Hyam Greenbaum, composer was born on May - 12.   

1902  On this day in history birth of heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor   

1903  Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway) was born on this day in history.   

1903  Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place) was born on May - 12.   

1906  On May - 12 birth of william M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist   

1907  On this day in history birth of katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond)   

1907  On May - 12 birth of leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint)   

1910  On this day in history birth of dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964)   

1910  On this day in history birth of gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)   

1910  On this day in history birth of charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996)   

1912  Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet was born on May - 12.   

1912  Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004) was born on May - 12.   

1914  Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer was born on this day in history.   

1914  Dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- ) was born on May - 12.   

1914  On May - 12 birth of howard K Smith, LA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate)   

1915  Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001) was born on May - 12.   

1916  Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer was born on May - 12.   

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0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1003  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.   

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on May - 12.