Page 5: Historical Events In May - 12

1903  On May - 12 lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway)   

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

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

1907  On this day in history j K Huysmans, writer, dies at 59   

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

1908  Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield on this day in history.   

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  On May - 12 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8   

1910  On May - 12 2nd NAACP conference (NYC)   

1910  On this day in history dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964)   

1912  On this day in history marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet   

1913  On May - 12 harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2)   

1914  Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer on May - 12.   

1915  On May - 12 croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250   

1915  Franklin K Mathiews, presents the idea of "Book Week" on May - 12.   

1916  On this day in history ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer   

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

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

1918  Oscar Beregi Jr, Hungary, actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City) on this day in history.   

1919  Yanks & Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 on May - 12.   

1921  National Hospital Day first observed on this day in history.   

1921  On May - 12 national Hospital Day 1st observed   

1921  On May - 12 edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan, composer   

1921  Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies on May - 12.   

1922  On May - 12 barend Busnac, office clerk/resistance fighter   

1923  On May - 12 49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6   

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

1924  On May - 12 50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2   

1924  Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian mathematician on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history charles Henri Marechal, composer, dies at 82   

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

1925  John Simon, theater critic (NY Times) on May - 12.   

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

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1401  On this day in history birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  On this day in history birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

1622  On this day in history 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  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 12.   

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on this day in history.   

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

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

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on May - 12.   

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