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 May - 12.   

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 May - 12 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz   

1942  David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine on this day in history.   

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  On May - 12 axis forces in North Africa surrender (WWII)   

1943  On May - 12 british premier Winston Churchill arrives in US   

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

1943  On this day in history albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48   

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

1944  On May - 12 krim purged of Nazi troops   

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

1944  Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80 on May - 12.   

1948  On May - 12 queen Wilhelmina resigns   

1948  Isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

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

1951  On May - 12 oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80   

1956  On this day in history east Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves   

1956  On May - 12 hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87   

1957  On this day in history erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71   

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

1958  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak on May - 12.   

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

1960  Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special on this day in history.   

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

1961  Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time on May - 12.   

1962  On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  On May - 12 dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67   

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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  On May - 12 birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

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

1626  On May - 12 birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

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

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

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

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 this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history 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