Historical Events In May - 12

1963  On this day in history bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show   

1963  On this day in history race riot in Birmingham AL   

1963  On May - 12 stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69   

1964  Manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations   

1965  Roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history h Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   

1967  On this day in history julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64   

1968  On this day in history "March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington DC   

1970  Harry A Blackmun is confirmed by the U S Senate as a Supreme Court justice on May - 12.   

1970  Race riots in Augusta GA; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops) on May - 12.   

1970  On May - 12 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1970  On this day in history leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78   

1971  On May - 12 rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall   

1971  J M Taylor, cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1972  Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history "Dueling Tubas" by Martin Mull hits #92   

1973  On May - 12 frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85   

1975  The Cambodian Navy seizes the American merchant ship Mayaguez in international waters on May - 12.   

1976  On May - 12 bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1   

1977  Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation on this day in history.   

1978  Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female on May - 12.   

1978  The U S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) decides that hurricanes will no longer be given only female names on this day in history.   

1979  On May - 12 chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end   

1980  The first nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris) on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 12 lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies   

1981  On this day in history benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies   

1982  On this day in history fC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II   

1982  On this day in history in Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II   

1982  On May - 12 pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)   

1982  Humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1983  Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0   

1983  Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0 on May - 12.   

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1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on May - 12.   

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  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  On May - 12 birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

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

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.   

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on May - 12.   

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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  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  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  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered