Historical Events In May - 12

1940  German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug on May - 12.   

1940  Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River on May - 12.   

1941  British forces attempt to break out of Tobruk on May - 12.   

1941  Great British convoy marches into Alexandria on this day in history.   

1942  1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz on May - 12.   

1942  On this day in history david Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine   

1942  Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River on May - 12.   

1942  Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943 on May - 12.   

1943  Axis forces in North Africa surrender (WWII) on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 12 british premier Winston Churchill arrives in US   

1943  German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48   

1944  On May - 12 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brüx   

1944  On this day in history krim purged of Nazi troops   

1944  Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80   

1948  On May - 12 queen Wilhelmina resigns   

1948  On May - 12 isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55   

1949  On May - 12 the blockade of the city of Berlin, by the USSR, is officially lifted   

1949  The first foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India) on this day in history.   

1949  West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade on May - 12.   

1951  On this day in history the first H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll   

1951  Oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1956  East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves on May - 12.   

1956  On May - 12 hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87   

1957  Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71 on May - 12.   

1958  "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40 on May - 12.   

1958  On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak   

1959  On this day in history liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)   

1960  Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special on May - 12.   

1960  On May - 12 cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70   

1961  Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67 on May - 12.   

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

1496  On May - 12 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  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on May - 12.   

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

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.