Page 5: Historical Events In May - 12

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

1906  On this day in history william M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist   

1907  Katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond) on May - 12.   

1907  On May - 12 j K Huysmans, writer, dies at 59   

1908  George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married" premieres in London on May - 12.   

1908  On this day in history wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield   

1908  On May - 12 george Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married," premieres in London   

1908  On this day in history melesio Morales, composer, dies at 69   

1909  34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8 on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history 2nd NAACP conference (NYC)   

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

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

1913  Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2) on this day in history.   

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

1915  On this day in history croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250   

1915  On May - 12 franklin K Mathiews, presents the idea of "Book Week"   

1916  On this day in history ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer   

1917  42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4 on May - 12.   

1917  On this day in history andre A Rieu, Dutch conductor   

1918  On this day in history oscar Beregi Jr, Hungary, actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City)   

1919  Yanks & Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 on this day in history.   

1921  National Hospital Day first observed on May - 12.   

1921  National Hospital Day 1st observed on this day in history.   

1921  On May - 12 edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan, composer   

1921  Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies on this day in history.   

1922  Barend Busnac, office clerk/resistance fighter on this day in history.   

1923  49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6 on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history ewart G Abner, record company executive   

1924  On this day in history 50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2   

1924  Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian mathematician on May - 12.   

1924  Charles Henri Marechal, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1925  On May - 12 uzbekistan & Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics   

1925  John Simon, theater critic (NY Times) on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history alfred Milner, British governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71   

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

1496  On May - 12 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  On May - 12 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  On May - 12 birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  On May - 12 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 this day in history.   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.   

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

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.   

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  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered