Page 6: Historical Events In May - 12

1926  British general strike ends on May - 12.   

1926  General Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared on this day in history.   

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

1926  Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole on May - 12.   

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  On May - 12 opium laws enforced   

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

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

1929  On this day in history 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  Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures) on this day in history.   

1930  Pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56) on May - 12.   

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

1931  Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One on May - 12.   

1931  On May - 12 eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72   

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

1932  On this day in history goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, first appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney   

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 this day in history andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet   

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

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

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

1935  On this day in history josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies   

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

1936  On this day in history 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 May - 12.   

1937  George VI crowned King of England on this day in history.   

1938  Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) on this day in history.   

1940  French mariners occupy St Maarten on May - 12.   

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1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on May - 12.   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on May - 12.   

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

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  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

1670  On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on this day in history.   

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

1641  On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered