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  Umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over the North Pole on May - 12.   

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

1926  On May - 12 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 this day in history.   

1928  On May - 12 manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )   

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

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

1929  On May - 12 burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)   

1930  Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1931  Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One on May - 12.   

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

1932  On May - 12 body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ   

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

1932  The body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, NJ on this day in history.   

1932  Lindbergh baby, found dead on May - 12.   

1933  Federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy & farmers on May - 12.   

1933  On this day in history andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet   

1934  On this day in history "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1   

1934  On this day in history "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1   

1935  Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player on May - 12.   

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

1937  On May - 12 coronation of Edward, former Duke of Windsor, as king of England.   

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  On May - 12 sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)   

1940  On this day in history french mariners occupy St Maarten   

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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 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 this day in history.   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

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  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

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

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  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on this day in history.   

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

1641  On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

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