Famous Birthdays In May - 12

1863  On May - 12 birth of charles Bordes, composer  

1867  On May - 12 birth of hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century)  

1868  Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books was born on May - 12.  

1874  On this day in history 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  W Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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1887  Nandor Zsolt, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1892  On May - 12 birth of fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970)  

1894  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1900  Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage) was born on May - 12.  

1901  Hyam Greenbaum, composer was born on May - 12.  

1902  On this day in history birth of heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor  

1903  Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway) was born on May - 12.  

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

1906  William M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist was born on May - 12.  

1907  Katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond) was born on this day in history.  

1907  Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1910  On this day in history birth of charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996)  

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

1912  On May - 12 birth of archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004)  

1914  On May - 12 birth of bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer  

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

1914  Howard K Smith, LA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate) was born on this day in history.  

1915  On May - 12 birth of mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)  

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 May - 12.  

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

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.  

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 this day in history george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies  

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

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered