Historical Events In May - 12

1926  British general strike ends on May - 12.   

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

1928  Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history opium laws enforced   

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

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 May - 12.   

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

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

1930  On May - 12 pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70   

1931  On this day in history johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One   

1931  On this day in history eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1935  Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies   

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

1936  Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News) on May - 12.   

1937  British King George VI coronated in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history george VI crowned King of England   

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 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 this day in history.   

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 12.   

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

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 12.   

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

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.   

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.