Page 8: Historical Events In May - 12

1963  Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show on this day in history.   

1963  Race riot in Birmingham AL on May - 12.   

1963  Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69 on May - 12.   

1964  On May - 12 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 this day in history.   

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

1967  Julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1970  On May - 12 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 this day in history j M Taylor, cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies   

1972  On this day in history paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"   

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

1973  Frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 12 emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation   

1978  Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female on this day in history.   

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

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

1980  On May - 12 the first nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris)   

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  FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1496  On May - 12 birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 12.   

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

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  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

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