Page 7: Historical Events In May - 12

1940  On May - 12 german tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug   

1940  Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River on this day in history.   

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

1941  On May - 12 great British convoy marches into Alexandria   

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

1942  On May - 12 david Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine   

1942  On this day in history nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River   

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

1943  Axis forces in North Africa surrender (WWII) on this day in history.   

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

1943  On May - 12 german troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender   

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

1944  On May - 12 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brüx   

1944  On this day in history krim purged of Nazi troops   

1944  On May - 12 secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat   

1944  Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1948  Queen Wilhelmina resigns on May - 12.   

1948  On May - 12 isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55   

1949  On May - 12 the blockade of the city of Berlin, by the USSR, is officially lifted   

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

1949  On this day in history west begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade   

1951  On this day in history the first H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll   

1951  Oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71   

1958  On this day in history "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40   

1958  On May - 12 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak   

1959  Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher) on May - 12.   

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

1960  On May - 12 cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70   

1961  On this day in history botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time   

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on May - 12.   

1962  Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67 on May - 12.   

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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 May - 12.   

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

1626  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1649  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered