Page 8: Historical Events In May - 12

1963  Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show on this day in history.   

1963  Race riot in Birmingham AL on this day in history.   

1963  On May - 12 stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69   

1964  On this day in history manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO   

1965  Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations on May - 12.   

1965  On this day in history 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  On this day in history julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64   

1968  On this day in history "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 this day in history.   

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

1970  Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78 on May - 12.   

1971  Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall on this day in history.   

1971  J M Taylor, cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 12 paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"   

1973  On May - 12 "Dueling Tubas" by Martin Mull hits #92   

1973  Frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1975  The Cambodian Navy seizes the American merchant ship Mayaguez in international waters on May - 12.   

1976  On this day in history bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1   

1977  On May - 12 emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation   

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 this day in history.   

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

1980  Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies on May - 12.   

1981  On this day in history benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies   

1982  FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II on this day in history.   

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  Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich) on May - 12.   

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  Stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0 on this day in history.   

1983  Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0 on this day in history.   

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1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on May - 12.   

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 May - 12 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

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

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 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  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.   

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

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.   

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