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Page 6: Historical Events In May - 09

Thursday, 12 February 2026

1944  Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Russians recapture Crimea by taking Sevastopol  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  The inaugural eye bank opens (NYC)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  1st eye bank opens in New York.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Ethel Mary Smyth, composer, dies at 86  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Channel Island, Jersey liberated from Nazis.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Nazi propagandist Max Blokzijl arrested.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Norwegian Nazi collaborators Vidkun Quisling arrested  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Victory celebration at Red Square.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Clem Hill, cricketer (49 Tests for Australia 1896-1912), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy abdicates, replaced by Umberto.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  The World Bank opens in Washington, United States  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  Britain's inaugural launderette opens in Queensway London.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  Prince Rainier III is recorded as becoming leader of Monaco  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway London  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  Louis II, Prince of Monaco, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  French Foreign minister Robert Schuman announces the Schuman Plan for European integration.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  Marie Ault, dies at 80  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  Canada Lee, black actor (Lost Boundaries), dies in NYC at 45.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  German Federal Republic joins NATO.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, NY Met Opera), dies.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  Bill Goodwin, TV announcer (Burns and Allen), dies at 47  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  Nigeria is recorded as becoming a member of the British Commonwealth  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  US is inaugural country to use the birth control pill legally.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  US send U-2 over USSR  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Beatles sign their inaugural contract with EMI Parlophone  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for inaugural time.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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1147  Minamoto no yoritomo: Japanese shogun  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1265  Dante alighieri: Italian poet (divina commedia)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1596  Abraham van diepenbeeck: Painter  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1738  John pindar: [peter], physician/poet  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1740  Giovanni paisiello: Italian composer (barber of seville)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1783  Alexander ross: Canada, pioneer/fur trader  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1785  James pollard espy: Penns, meteorologist (philosphy of storms)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1793  Johannes c de jonge: Dutch historian/archivist  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 09

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1079  Death of Stanislaus: Polish bishop of cracow, murdered  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1280  Magnus vi lagaboeter: King of norway (1263-80),  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1315  Hugh v: Duke of burgundy (b. 1282)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1443  Niccolo d'albergati: Italian cardinal,  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1446  Mary of enghien: Queen of naples (b. 1368)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1460  Jean lavite: Atrechts painter,  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1474  Peter van hagenbach: Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1590  Karel "cardinal" van bourbon: Archbishop of rouen,  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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