Historical Events In May - 12
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1984 On May - 12 "White Horse" by Laid Back hits #26
1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating of STS 41-D on May - 12.
1984 France performs nuclear test on May - 12.
1984 Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on the same hole on May - 12.
1984 On this day in history south Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years
1984 World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans on this day in history.
1984 Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure on May - 12.
1985 On May - 12 amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as first woman Conservative rabbi
1985 Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies on this day in history.
1986 Fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is first to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat CA on this day in history.
1986 Kristeen Garcia is born on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history president Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator
1986 On this day in history elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85
1987 Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53 on May - 12.
1989 "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance on May - 12.
1989 On this day in history retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists
1989 Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1990 On May - 12 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)
1990 Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million on this day in history.
1990 Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting on May - 12.
1991 On May - 12 a new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest
1992 The first Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest on May - 12.
1992 On May - 12 joe Burke, president (KC Royals), dies at 68, dies
1993 On this day in history final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
1993 Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV on May - 12.
1993 On May - 12 nBC TV airs the final episode of the hit comedy Cheers
1993 On May - 12 parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II
1994 On May - 12 alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91
1995 On May - 12 dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59)
1997 On May - 12 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea
1997 On May - 12 russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
1997 Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is first to swim from Cuba to Florida on May - 12.
1997 Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami on this day in history.
2005 On this day in history an election was held in the Cayman Islands 7 months later than originally scheduled due to Hurricane Ivan. It resulted in a change of government, with the United Democratic Party giving four seats to the then-opposition People's Progressive Movement in the 15 member Legislative Assembly.
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