Historical Events In May - 12

1940  On May - 12 german tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug  

1940  On this day in history 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  1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz on May - 12.  

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

1942  Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River on this day in history.  

1942  On May - 12 russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943  

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

1943  On May - 12 british premier Winston Churchill arrives in US  

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

1943  On May - 12 albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48  

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

1944  On this day in history krim purged of Nazi troops  

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 this day in history isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55  

1949  On May - 12 the blockade of the city of Berlin, by the USSR, is officially lifted  

1949  On May - 12 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 May - 12.  

1951  The first H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history "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  Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special on this day in history.  

1960  On this day in history cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70  

1961  Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 12.  

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.  

1662  On this day in history birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized  

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 May - 12.  

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.  

1012  On May - 12 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 May - 12.  

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.