Page 6: Historical Events In May - 12

1926  British general strike ends on this day in history.   

1926  General Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared on May - 12.   

1926  Umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over the North Pole on this day in history.   

1926  On May - 12 airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole   

1926  On this day in history earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )   

1928  On this day in history mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy   

1928  Opium laws enforced on this day in history.   

1928  On May - 12 manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )   

1929  On May - 12 pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)   

1929  On May - 12 the birth of Burt Bacharach, American Composer   

1929  Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again) on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)   

1930  Pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56) on this day in history.   

1930  Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One   

1931  On this day in history eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72   

1932  On this day in history body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ   

1932  Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, first appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney on this day in history.   

1932  On May - 12 the body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, NJ   

1932  Lindbergh baby, found dead on May - 12.   

1933  On May - 12 federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy & farmers   

1933  Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet on this day in history.   

1934  "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1 on May - 12.   

1934  On this day in history "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1   

1935  Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player on May - 12.   

1935  Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies on this day in history.   

1936  Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London on May - 12.   

1936  On May - 12 tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)   

1937  British King George VI coronated in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history coronation of Edward, former Duke of Windsor, as king of England.   

1937  King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain are crowned at Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history george VI crowned King of England   

1938  Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) on May - 12.   

1940  French mariners occupy St Maarten on May - 12.   

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1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.   

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

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  On this day in history birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.   

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

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

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on May - 12.   

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

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

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