Historical Events In May - 12

1926  British general strike ends on this day in history.  

1926  On this day in history general Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared  

1926  On May - 12 umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over the North Pole  

1926  On this day in history airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole  

1926  Earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- ) on May - 12.  

1928  Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy on May - 12.  

1928  Opium laws enforced on this day in history.  

1928  Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- ) on this day in history.  

1929  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)  

1929  The birth of Burt Bacharach, American Composer on May - 12.  

1929  Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again) on May - 12.  

1930  Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures) on this day in history.  

1930  On May - 12 pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56)  

1930  On May - 12 pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70  

1931  On May - 12 johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One  

1931  Eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72 on May - 12.  

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  On this day in history lindbergh baby, found dead  

1933  Federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy & farmers on this day in history.  

1933  On May - 12 andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet  

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

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

1935  Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player on this day in history.  

1935  On May - 12 josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies  

1936  Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London on this day in history.  

1936  On this day in history tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)  

1937  On May - 12 british King George VI coronated in Westminster Abbey  

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  George VI crowned King of England on this day in history.  

1938  On May - 12 sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)  

1940  French mariners occupy St Maarten on May - 12.  

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

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.  

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

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.  

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

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on May - 12.  

0912  On this day in history leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45  

1003  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome  

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

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 this day in history.  

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.  

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