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

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 this day in history.   

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

1928  On this day in history opium laws enforced   

1928  Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- ) on May - 12.   

1929  Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary) on May - 12.   

1929  The birth of Burt Bacharach, American Composer on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)   

1930  Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures) on May - 12.   

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 May - 12.   

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

1931  Eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1932  Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ on May - 12.   

1932  Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, first appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney on May - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1933  Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet on May - 12.   

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

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

1936  On this day in history ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London   

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

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

1937  Coronation of Edward, former Duke of Windsor, as king of England on May - 12.   

1937  On May - 12 king George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain are crowned at Westminster Abbey   

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

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

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 May - 12.   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.   

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history 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  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1003  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

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

1634  On this day in history george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

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