Page 6: Historical Events In May - 12

1926  British general strike ends on May - 12.   

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

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

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

1928  On this day in history opium laws enforced   

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

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

1931  Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One on this day in history.   

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

1932  Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ on this day in history.   

1932  On May - 12 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1935  Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies on May - 12.   

1936  On May - 12 ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London   

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

1937  On this day in history 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  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  French mariners occupy St Maarten on this day in history.   

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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 May - 12.   

1590  On May - 12 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 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  On May - 12 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  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  On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

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

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on May - 12.