Page 8: Historical Events In May - 12

1963  Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show on May - 12.   

1963  On May - 12 race riot in Birmingham AL   

1963  Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO   

1965  Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations on May - 12.   

1965  Roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57 on May - 12.   

1967  H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on May - 12.   

1967  Julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64 on May - 12.   

1968  On May - 12 "March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington DC   

1970  On this day in history harry A Blackmun is confirmed by the U S Senate as a Supreme Court justice   

1970  Race riots in Augusta GA; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops) on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history 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 this day in history rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall   

1971  On May - 12 j M Taylor, cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies   

1972  Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on May - 12.   

1973  On May - 12 "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  Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1 on May - 12.   

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 May - 12.   

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

1980  On this day in history the first nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris)   

1980  Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies on May - 12.   

1981  Benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies on May - 12.   

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

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

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

1982  Humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66 on May - 12.   

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

1983  Stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

1662  On May - 12 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 May - 12.   

0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on May - 12.   

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

1634  On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on May - 12.   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on May - 12.