Historical Events In May - 12

1926  British general strike ends on May - 12.   

1926  On this day in history general Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared   

1926  Umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over the North Pole on this day in history.   

1926  Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole on May - 12.   

1926  Earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- ) on May - 12.   

1928  Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy on May - 12.   

1928  Opium laws enforced on this day in history.   

1928  Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- ) on this day in history.   

1929  Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary) on May - 12.   

1929  On this day in history the birth of Burt Bacharach, American Composer   

1929  On May - 12 burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)   

1930  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)   

1930  Pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56) on this day in history.   

1930  Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1931  Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One on this day in history.   

1931  Eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72 on May - 12.   

1932  Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ on this day in history.   

1932  On May - 12 goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, first appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney   

1932  On this day in history the body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, NJ   

1932  Lindbergh baby, found dead on this day in history.   

1933  Federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy & farmers on this day in history.   

1933  Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet on this day in history.   

1934  On May - 12 "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1   

1934  "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1 on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player   

1935  Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies on May - 12.   

1936  Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1936  On May - 12 tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)   

1937  British King George VI coronated in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history coronation of Edward, former Duke of Windsor, as king of England.   

1937  King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain are crowned at Westminster Abbey on May - 12.   

1937  On May - 12 george VI crowned King of England   

1938  Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history french mariners occupy St Maarten   

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1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.   

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1622  On May - 12 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 12.   

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on May - 12.   

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

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.   

1382  On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

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

1634  On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

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 this day in history.