Historical Events In May - 12

1963  Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show on May - 12.   

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

1963  On this day in history stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69   

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

1965  On this day in history israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations   

1965  On this day in history roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57   

1967  On this day in history h Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   

1967  Julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64 on May - 12.   

1968  "March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington DC on May - 12.   

1970  On May - 12 harry A Blackmun is confirmed by the U S Senate as a Supreme Court justice   

1970  Race riots in Augusta GA; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops) on May - 12.   

1970  On May - 12 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1970  On this day in history leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78   

1971  Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall on May - 12.   

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

1972  Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on May - 12.   

1973  On this day in history "Dueling Tubas" by Martin Mull hits #92   

1973  Frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85 on May - 12.   

1975  On this day in history the Cambodian Navy seizes the American merchant ship Mayaguez in international waters   

1976  Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1 on May - 12.   

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  The U S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) decides that hurricanes will no longer be given only female names on this day in history.   

1979  Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end on May - 12.   

1980  The first nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris) on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 12 lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies   

1981  On May - 12 benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies   

1982  FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II on May - 12.   

1982  In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)   

1982  On this day in history humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66   

1983  On this day in history julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA   

1983  On May - 12 stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0   

1983  On this day in history stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0   

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1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

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

1626  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

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  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on May - 12.   

0912  On this day in history leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

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 this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

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