Historical Events In May - 12

1926  British general strike ends on May - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy on May - 12.  

1928  On this day in history opium laws enforced  

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  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  Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70 on May - 12.  

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

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  Lindbergh baby, found dead on this day in history.  

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

1933  Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet on May - 12.  

1934  "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1 on May - 12.  

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

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

1935  On May - 12 josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies  

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

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 this day in history.  

1937  Coronation of Edward, former Duke of Windsor, as king of England on May - 12.  

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  Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) on this day in history.  

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 May - 12.  

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on May - 12.  

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.  

1626  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)  

1662  On May - 12 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  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on May - 12.  

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1003  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome  

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

1382  On May - 12 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  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.  

1649  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered