Historical Events In May - 12

1940  On this day in history german tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug   

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

1941  On May - 12 british forces attempt to break out of Tobruk   

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

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

1942  David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine on this day in history.   

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 May - 12.   

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

1943  British premier Winston Churchill arrives in US on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1944  On May - 12 krim purged of Nazi troops   

1944  On May - 12 secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat   

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

1948  Queen Wilhelmina resigns on May - 12.   

1948  On May - 12 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 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 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 May - 12.   

1956  On this day in history east Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves   

1956  On May - 12 hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87   

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  Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special on May - 12.   

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

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

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on May - 12.   

1962  Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on May - 12.   

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 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  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

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

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on this day in history.   

1634  On May - 12 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 May - 12.