Page 5: Historical Events In May - 12

1903  On May - 12 lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway)   

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

1907  Katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond) on May - 12.   

1907  On this day in history j K Huysmans, writer, dies at 59   

1908  On May - 12 george Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married" premieres in London   

1908  On May - 12 wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield   

1908  George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history melesio Morales, composer, dies at 69   

1909  34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8 on this day in history.   

1910  On May - 12 2nd NAACP conference (NYC)   

1910  Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964) on May - 12.   

1912  Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2)   

1914  On this day in history bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer   

1915  On this day in history croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250   

1915  On this day in history franklin K Mathiews, presents the idea of "Book Week"   

1916  Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer on this day in history.   

1917  42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4 on May - 12.   

1917  On May - 12 andre A Rieu, Dutch conductor   

1918  On May - 12 oscar Beregi Jr, Hungary, actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City)   

1919  Yanks & Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 on May - 12.   

1921  On May - 12 national Hospital Day first observed   

1921  National Hospital Day 1st observed on May - 12.   

1921  On this day in history edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan, composer   

1921  On May - 12 emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies   

1922  On this day in history barend Busnac, office clerk/resistance fighter   

1923  49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6 on May - 12.   

1923  On this day in history ewart G Abner, record company executive   

1924  50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2 on May - 12.   

1924  On May - 12 alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian mathematician   

1924  Charles Henri Marechal, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history uzbekistan & Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics   

1925  John Simon, theater critic (NY Times) on this day in history.   

1925  Alfred Milner, British governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1496  On May - 12 birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

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

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.   

1662  On this day in history birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

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

1670  On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.   

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

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on May - 12.   

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.