Page 7: Historical Events In May - 12

1940  German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 12 nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River   

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

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

1942  On May - 12 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz   

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

1942  Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River on May - 12.   

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

1943  On this day in history axis forces in North Africa surrender (WWII)   

1943  On this day in history british premier Winston Churchill arrives in US   

1943  On this day in history german troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender   

1943  Albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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

1944  Krim purged of Nazi troops on May - 12.   

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

1944  On this day in history arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80   

1948  Queen Wilhelmina resigns on May - 12.   

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

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

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 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  On May - 12 east Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves   

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

1957  On this day in history erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71   

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

1958  On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak   

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  On May - 12 cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70   

1961  Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time on May - 12.   

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

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

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1401  On this day in history birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.   

1590  On this day in history birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

1622  On May - 12 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.   

1641  On May - 12 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.