Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1863  Charles Bordes, composer was born on this day in history.   

1867  Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century) was born on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of harold, grandson of English queen Victoria   

1880  Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights was born on May - 12.   

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

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

1886  Hermann Grabner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1886  Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov) was born on May - 12.   

1887  On May - 12 birth of nandor Zsolt, composer   

1889  On this day in history birth of otto Frank, father of Anne Frank   

1892  Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970) was born on May - 12.   

1894  On May - 12 birth of cleo Ridgely, NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama)   

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 May - 12.   

1901  On May - 12 birth of hyam Greenbaum, composer   

1902  On May - 12 birth of heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor   

1903  On this day in history birth of lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway)   

1903  Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place) was born on May - 12.   

1906  William M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist was born on this day in history.   

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

1907  On this day in history birth of leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint)   

1910  Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964) was born on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history birth of gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)   

1910  On May - 12 birth of charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996)   

1912  Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet was born on May - 12.   

1912  On this day in history birth of archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004)   

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

1914  Dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- ) was born on this day in history.   

1914  On May - 12 birth of howard K Smith, LA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate)   

1915  On this day in history birth of mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)   

1916  On this day in history birth of ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer   

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0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.   

1003  On this day in history 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 May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

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 May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered