Page 7: Historical Events In May - 12

1940  On May - 12 german tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug   

1940  On this day in history nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River   

1941  On this day in history british forces attempt to break out of Tobruk   

1941  On this day in history great British convoy marches into Alexandria   

1942  On this day in history 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz   

1942  On this day in history david Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine   

1942  Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River on May - 12.   

1942  On May - 12 russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943   

1943  On this day in history axis forces in North Africa surrender (WWII)   

1943  On this day in history british premier Winston Churchill arrives in US   

1943  German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender on May - 12.   

1943  On May - 12 albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48   

1944  900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brüx on this day in history.   

1944  Krim purged of Nazi troops on May - 12.   

1944  Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 12 arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80   

1948  Queen Wilhelmina resigns on this day in history.   

1948  Isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55 on May - 12.   

1949  The blockade of the city of Berlin, by the USSR, is officially lifted on May - 12.   

1949  The first foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India) on this day in history.   

1949  West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade on May - 12.   

1951  On May - 12 the first H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll   

1951  On this day in history oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80   

1956  East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves on May - 12.   

1956  Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1957  Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1958  "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40 on May - 12.   

1958  On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak   

1959  On May - 12 liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)   

1960  On May - 12 elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special   

1960  Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1961  Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time on this day in history.   

1962  On May - 12 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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1401  On this day in history 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 May - 12.   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

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  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on May - 12.   

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

1003  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

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

1382  On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

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

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

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on May - 12.   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.