Historical Events In May - 12
Tuesday, 29 October 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 this day in history.
1984 On this day in history france performs nuclear test
1984 On May - 12 joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on the same hole
1984 On May - 12 south Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years
1984 On this day in history world of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
1984 On May - 12 doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure
1985 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as first woman Conservative rabbi on this day in history.
1985 On this day in history jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies
1986 On this day in history fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is first to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat CA
1986 On May - 12 kristeen Garcia is born.
1986 On this day in history president Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator
1986 Elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85 on May - 12.
1987 On this day in history victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53
1989 "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance on May - 12.
1989 Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists on May - 12.
1989 On May - 12 joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81
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 May - 12.
1990 Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting on May - 12.
1991 A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest on May - 12.
1992 On this day in history the first Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest
1992 On May - 12 joe Burke, president (KC Royals), dies at 68, dies
1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands on May - 12.
1993 On May - 12 last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
1993 NBC TV airs the final episode of the hit comedy Cheers on this day in history.
1993 Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II on this day in history.
1994 Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91 on this day in history.
1995 On May - 12 dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59)
1997 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea on May - 12.
1997 Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict on May - 12.
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 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 on May - 12.
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