Page 7: Historical Events In May - 12

1940  German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug on this day in history.   

1940  Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River on May - 12.   

1941  British forces attempt to break out of Tobruk on May - 12.   

1941  Great British convoy marches into Alexandria on May - 12.   

1942  On this day in history 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz   

1942  On May - 12 david Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine   

1942  On this day in history nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River   

1942  On this day in history russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943   

1943  On May - 12 axis forces in North Africa surrender (WWII)   

1943  British premier Winston Churchill arrives in US on May - 12.   

1943  On May - 12 german troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender   

1943  On this day in history albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48   

1944  900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brüx on this day in history.   

1944  Krim purged of Nazi troops on this day in history.   

1944  Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 12 arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80   

1948  On this day in history queen Wilhelmina resigns   

1948  On May - 12 isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55   

1949  On this day in history the blockade of the city of Berlin, by the USSR, is officially lifted   

1949  On this day in history the first foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India)   

1949  West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade on this day in history.   

1951  On May - 12 the first H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll   

1951  Oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80 on May - 12.   

1956  East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves on May - 12.   

1956  Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1957  On May - 12 erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71   

1958  "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40 on May - 12.   

1958  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak on May - 12.   

1959  On this day in history liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)   

1960  On May - 12 elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special   

1960  Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70 on May - 12.   

1961  On May - 12 botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time   

1962  On May - 12 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67 on May - 12.   

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1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on May - 12.   

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

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

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1670  On May - 12 birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

1670  On this day in history 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 May - 12.   

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

1634  On this day in history george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.   

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