Famous Birthdays In May - 12

1863  On this day in history birth of charles Bordes, composer   

1867  On this day in history birth of hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century)   

1868  On May - 12 birth of halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books   

1874  On May - 12 birth of clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet)   

1876  Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria was born on May - 12.   

1880  On this day in history birth of lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights   

1880  On May - 12 birth of w Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938)   

1886  On May - 12 birth of albert Saverys, Flemish painter   

1886  On May - 12 birth of hermann Grabner, composer   

1886  On May - 12 birth of piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov)   

1887  Nandor Zsolt, composer was born on May - 12.   

1889  Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank was born on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history birth of fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970)   

1894  Cleo Ridgely, NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama) was born on May - 12.   

1895  On May - 12 birth of jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22]   

1899  Indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002) was born on May - 12.   

1900  Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage) was born on this day in history.   

1901  On May - 12 birth of hyam Greenbaum, composer   

1902  Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1903  Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway) was born on this day in history.   

1903  On May - 12 birth of wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place)   

1906  On May - 12 birth of william M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist   

1907  On this day in history birth of katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond)   

1907  On May - 12 birth of leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint)   

1910  On May - 12 birth of dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964)   

1910  Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour) was born on this day in history.   

1910  Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996) was born on this day in history.   

1912  On May - 12 birth of marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet   

1912  Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

1914  Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer was born on this day in history.   

1914  Dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- ) was born on May - 12.   

1914  On this day in history birth of howard K Smith, LA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate)   

1915  Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001) was born on this day in history.   

1916  Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer was born on May - 12.   

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0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered