Page 8: Historical Events In May - 12

1963  On May - 12 bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show   

1963  On May - 12 race riot in Birmingham AL   

1963  On this day in history stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69   

1964  On May - 12 manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO   

1965  Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations on this day in history.   

1965  On May - 12 roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57   

1967  H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on May - 12.   

1967  Julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64 on May - 12.   

1968  On May - 12 "March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington DC   

1970  Harry A Blackmun is confirmed by the U S Senate as a Supreme Court justice on this day in history.   

1970  Race riots in Augusta GA; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops) on May - 12.   

1970  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 12.   

1970  On May - 12 leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78   

1971  On this day in history rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall   

1971  On May - 12 j M Taylor, cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies   

1972  On this day in history paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"   

1973  "Dueling Tubas" by Martin Mull hits #92 on this day in history.   

1973  Frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85 on May - 12.   

1975  The Cambodian Navy seizes the American merchant ship Mayaguez in international waters on this day in history.   

1976  Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1 on this day in history.   

1977  Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation on May - 12.   

1978  Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history the U S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) decides that hurricanes will no longer be given only female names   

1979  Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end on May - 12.   

1980  On this day in history the first nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris)   

1980  On this day in history lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies   

1981  On May - 12 benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies   

1982  On this day in history fC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II   

1982  In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II on May - 12.   

1982  On May - 12 pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)   

1982  Humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA   

1983  On May - 12 stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0   

1983  Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0 on May - 12.   

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1401  On this day in history 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 May - 12.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

0912  On this day in history 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 May - 12.   

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 May - 12.   

1634  On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered