Page 6: Historical Events In May - 12

1926  On this day in history british general strike ends   

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

1926  On this day in history umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over the North Pole   

1926  On May - 12 airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole   

1926  Earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- ) on this day in history.   

1928  On May - 12 mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy   

1928  Opium laws enforced on May - 12.   

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

1929  On May - 12 pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)   

1929  The birth of Burt Bacharach, American Composer on this day in history.   

1929  Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again) on May - 12.   

1930  Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures) on May - 12.   

1930  Pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56) on May - 12.   

1930  Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70 on May - 12.   

1931  On May - 12 johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One   

1931  Eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1932  On May - 12 lindbergh baby, found dead   

1933  On May - 12 federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy & farmers   

1933  On this day in history andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet   

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

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

1935  Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player on May - 12.   

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 this day in history tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)   

1937  On this day in history british King George VI coronated in Westminster Abbey   

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  On this day in history sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)   

1940  On this day in history french mariners occupy St Maarten   

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1401  On this day in history birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on May - 12.   

1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 May - 12.   

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

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

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.   

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