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  Umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over the North Pole on this day in history.   

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

1926  On May - 12 earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )   

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

1928  Opium laws enforced on May - 12.   

1928  On May - 12 manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )   

1929  Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary) on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history 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  Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures) on this day in history.   

1930  On May - 12 pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56)   

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

1931  Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One on May - 12.   

1931  On May - 12 eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72   

1932  On May - 12 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 this day in history.   

1932  The body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, NJ on this day in history.   

1932  Lindbergh baby, found dead on this day in history.   

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 May - 12.   

1934  On May - 12 "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1   

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

1935  On this day in history johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player   

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

1936  Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London on May - 12.   

1936  On this day in history tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)   

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

1937  On May - 12 coronation of Edward, former Duke of Windsor, as king of England.   

1937  King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain are crowned at Westminster Abbey on May - 12.   

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

1938  On May - 12 sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)   

1940  French mariners occupy St Maarten 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 May - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1662  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.   

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on May - 12.   

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 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.