Page 9: Historical Events In May - 12

1984  On May - 12 "White Horse" by Laid Back hits #26   

1984  On this day in history discovery moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating of STS 41-D   

1984  On May - 12 france performs nuclear test   

1984  On this day in history joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on the same hole   

1984  On this day in history south Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years   

1984  On this day in history world of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans   

1984  Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure on this day in history.   

1985  Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as first woman Conservative rabbi on May - 12.   

1985  On this day in history jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies   

1986  Fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is first to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat CA on this day in history.   

1986  Kristeen Garcia is born on May - 12.   

1986  President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator on May - 12.   

1986  On this day in history elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85   

1987  On this day in history victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53   

1989  "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists   

1989  On May - 12 joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81   

1990  3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts) on May - 12.   

1990  Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting   

1991  On this day in history a new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest   

1992  On this day in history the first Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest   

1992  On May - 12 joe Burke, president (KC Royals), dies at 68, dies   

1993  On May - 12 final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands   

1993  On this day in history last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV   

1993  NBC TV airs the final episode of the hit comedy Cheers on this day in history.   

1993  Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II on this day in history.   

1994  On May - 12 alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91   

1995  Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) on May - 12.   

1997  On this day in history 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea   

1997  Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is first to swim from Cuba to Florida   

1997  Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami on May - 12.   

2005  An election was held in the Cayman Islands 7 months later than originally scheduled due to Hurricane Ivan. It resulted in a change of government, with the United Democratic Party giving four seats to the then-opposition People's Progressive Movement in the 15 member Legislative Assembly on May - 12.   

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1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 May - 12.   

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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