Historical Events In May - 12

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

1984  On May - 12 world of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans   

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

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 May - 12.   

1986  Kristeen Garcia is born on May - 12.   

1986  On this day in history president Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator   

1986  On May - 12 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 May - 12.   

1989  Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1990  3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts) on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 12 comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million   

1990  On May - 12 nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting   

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

1992  The first Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest on May - 12.   

1992  Joe Burke, president (KC Royals), dies at 68, dies on May - 12.   

1993  Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands on May - 12.   

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

1993  On this day in history nBC TV airs the final episode of the hit comedy Cheers   

1993  Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II on May - 12.   

1994  Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1995  Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 12 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.   

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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  On May - 12 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  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on May - 12.   

0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

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

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

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

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

1641  On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on May - 12.