Historical Events In May - 12

1926  British general strike ends on May - 12.  

1926  General Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared on May - 12.  

1926  On this day in history umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over the North Pole  

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

1928  Opium laws enforced on this day in history.  

1928  On this day in history 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  

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

1930  On May - 12 pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)  

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  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  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  Federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy & farmers on this day in history.  

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

1936  Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1937  King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain are crowned at Westminster Abbey on this day in history.  

1937  George VI crowned King of England on May - 12.  

1938  Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) on May - 12.  

1940  On May - 12 french mariners occupy St Maarten  

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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 May - 12.  

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

1662  On this day in history 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  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  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 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 this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered