Page 9: Historical Events In May - 12

1984  On this day in history "White Horse" by Laid Back hits #26   

1984  Discovery moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating of STS 41-D on May - 12.   

1984  On this day in history france performs nuclear test   

1984  Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on the same hole on May - 12.   

1984  South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years on May - 12.   

1984  On May - 12 world of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans   

1984  Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure on this day in history.   

1985  Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as first woman Conservative rabbi on this day in history.   

1985  On May - 12 jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies   

1986  On this day in history fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is first to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat CA   

1986  Kristeen Garcia is born on this day in history.   

1986  On May - 12 president Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator   

1986  On this day in history elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85   

1987  Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53 on May - 12.   

1989  "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists   

1989  Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1990  3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts) on May - 12.   

1990  Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million on May - 12.   

1990  Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting on this day in history.   

1991  A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest on May - 12.   

1992  The first Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest on this day in history.   

1992  Joe Burke, president (KC Royals), dies at 68, dies on May - 12.   

1993  On this day in history final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands   

1993  On this day in history last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV   

1993  NBC TV airs the final episode of the hit comedy Cheers on this day in history.   

1993  On May - 12 parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II   

1994  Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1995  Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) on May - 12.   

1997  On this day in history 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea   

1997  On May - 12 russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict   

1997  On May - 12 susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is first to swim from Cuba to Florida   

1997  Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami on this day in history.   

2005  An election was held in the Cayman Islands 7 months later than originally scheduled due to Hurricane Ivan. It resulted in a change of government, with the United Democratic Party giving four seats to the then-opposition People's Progressive Movement in the 15 member Legislative Assembly on May - 12.   

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1401  On this day in history birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.   

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

1622  On May - 12 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.   

1662  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

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

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  On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

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