Page 6: Historical Events In May - 12

1926  On May - 12 british general strike ends   

1926  On May - 12 general Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared   

1926  On May - 12 umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over the North Pole   

1926  On this day in history airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole   

1926  On this day in history earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )   

1928  On this day in history mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy   

1928  Opium laws enforced on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )   

1929  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)   

1929  On May - 12 the birth of Burt Bacharach, American Composer   

1929  Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again) on this day in history.   

1930  On May - 12 pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)   

1930  On this day in history pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56)   

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  On this day in history eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72   

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

1932  Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, first appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney on May - 12.   

1932  The body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, NJ on May - 12.   

1932  Lindbergh baby, found dead on May - 12.   

1933  On this day in history federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy & farmers   

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

1934  On this day in history "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1   

1934  "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1 on May - 12.   

1935  On May - 12 johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player   

1935  Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies on this day in history.   

1936  On May - 12 ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London   

1936  Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News) on this day in history.   

1937  British King George VI coronated in Westminster Abbey on May - 12.   

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

1937  On May - 12 king George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain are crowned at Westminster Abbey   

1937  George VI crowned King of England on May - 12.   

1938  Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) on May - 12.   

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  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  On May - 12 birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

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

1626  On May - 12 birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1670  On May - 12 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  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

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

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

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