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 this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1928  On May - 12 mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy   

1928  Opium laws enforced on May - 12.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  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  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  On this day in history andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet   

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

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

1935  On May - 12 johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player   

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  Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News) on May - 12.   

1937  British King George VI coronated in Westminster Abbey on May - 12.   

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

1940  On May - 12 french mariners occupy St Maarten   

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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 May - 12 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  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  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

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  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.   

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on May - 12.   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.