Page 8: Historical Events In May - 12

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

1963  On this day in history 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  On this day in history israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations   

1965  On this day in history roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57   

1967  On May - 12 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  "March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington DC on May - 12.   

1970  Harry A Blackmun is confirmed by the U S Senate as a Supreme Court justice on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history race riots in Augusta GA; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)   

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  Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall on May - 12.   

1971  J M Taylor, cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies on May - 12.   

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

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  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 May - 12.   

1979  Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end on this day in history.   

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 May - 12 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  Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich) on this day in history.   

1982  On May - 12 humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66   

1983  On May - 12 julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

0912  On this day in history leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

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 May - 12.   

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

1634  On this day in history george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.