Hisdates•ComPage 9: Historical Events In May - 12
Friday, 04 April 2025
1984 On May - 12 "White Horse" by Laid Back hits #26 
1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating of STS 41-D on this day in history.
1984 France performs nuclear test on this day in history.
1984 Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on the same hole on May - 12.
1984 South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years on this day in history.
1984 World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans on May - 12.
1984 Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure on May - 12.
1985 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as first woman Conservative rabbi on May - 12.
1985 Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies on this day in history.
1986 Fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is first to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat CA on May - 12.
1986 On this day in history kristeen Garcia is born.
1986 President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85
1987 Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53 on May - 12.
1989 "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance on May - 12.
1989 Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists on this day in history.
1989 On May - 12 joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81
1990 On May - 12 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)
1990 On May - 12 comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million
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 May - 12 the first Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest
1992 Joe Burke, president (KC Royals), dies at 68, dies on this day in history.
1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands on this day in history.
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 May - 12.
1993 On this day in history parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II
1994 On this day in history alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91
1995 On May - 12 dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59)
1997 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea on this day in history.
1997 On May - 12 russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
1997 Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is first to swim from Cuba to Florida on May - 12.
1997 On this day in history tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami
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 this day in history.
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