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Historical Events In May - 12

Thursday, 28 September 2023

1940  On May - 12 german tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On this day in history nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  British forces attempt to break out of Tobruk on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  Great British convoy marches into Alexandria on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  On May - 12 david Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  On May - 12 russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Axis forces in North Africa surrender (WWII) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On May - 12 british premier Winston Churchill arrives in US  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On May - 12 albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brüx on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On this day in history krim purged of Nazi troops  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On May - 12 arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On this day in history queen Wilhelmina resigns  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On this day in history isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On May - 12 the blockade of the city of Berlin, by the USSR, is officially lifted  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On May - 12 the first foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  The first H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  Oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  On May - 12 east Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  On this day in history erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  On this day in history "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  On this day in history cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  On May - 12 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  On this day in history dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 12

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1401  On this day in history birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1662  On this day in history birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 12

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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