Page 6: Historical Events In May - 12

1926  British general strike ends on this day in history.   

1926  On May - 12 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  Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole on this day in history.   

1926  Earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- ) on this day in history.   

1928  Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history opium laws enforced   

1928  On this day in history manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )   

1929  Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary) on this day in history.   

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

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

1930  On May - 12 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  On this day in history johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One   

1931  On this day in history eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72   

1932  On this day in history body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ   

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

1933  On May - 12 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 this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player   

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

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  British King George VI coronated in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1937  On May - 12 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 May - 12 george VI crowned King of England   

1938  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

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

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

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

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

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