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  On May - 12 great British convoy marches into Alexandria   

1942  1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz on May - 12.   

1942  On this day in history david Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine   

1942  On May - 12 nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River   

1942  Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943 on this day in history.   

1943  Axis forces in North Africa surrender (WWII) on this day in history.   

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

1943  German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender on this day in history.   

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

1944  On May - 12 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brüx   

1944  Krim purged of Nazi troops on May - 12.   

1944  Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat on May - 12.   

1944  Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80 on May - 12.   

1948  Queen Wilhelmina resigns on this day in history.   

1948  Isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

1949  The first foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India) on May - 12.   

1949  West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade on May - 12.   

1951  On this day in history the first H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll   

1951  Oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1958  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak on this day in history.   

1959  Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher) on this day in history.   

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

1960  Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67   

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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  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

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  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