Page 8: Historical Events In May - 12

1963  On May - 12 bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show   

1963  Race riot in Birmingham AL on this day in history.   

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

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

1965  Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations on this day in history.   

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

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

1967  On May - 12 julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64   

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

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

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

1970  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history 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  Frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 12 the Cambodian Navy seizes the American merchant ship Mayaguez in international waters   

1976  On this day in history bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1   

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

1978  On May - 12 commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female   

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 this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history 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  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  Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich) on May - 12.   

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

1983  Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA on May - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 May - 12.   

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 12 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  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  On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

1465  On this day in history 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  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.