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 May - 12.   

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 May - 12.   

1926  On May - 12 earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )   

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

1928  Opium laws enforced on May - 12.   

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

1929  Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary) on May - 12.   

1929  On this day in history the birth of Burt Bacharach, American Composer   

1929  Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again) on this day in history.   

1930  Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures) on May - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 12 goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, first appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney   

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

1932  On May - 12 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  On May - 12 "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1   

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  On this day in history josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies   

1936  Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1936  On May - 12 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 this day in history king George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain are crowned at Westminster Abbey   

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

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  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  On May - 12 birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

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

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.   

1003  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.