Historical Events In May - 12

1984  "White Horse" by Laid Back hits #26 on May - 12.  

1984  Discovery moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating of STS 41-D on this day in history.  

1984  France performs nuclear test on this day in history.  

1984  On this day in history joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on the same hole  

1984  On May - 12 south Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years  

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 May - 12.  

1985  On this day in history amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as first woman Conservative rabbi  

1985  Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies on this day in history.  

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  

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1986  On May - 12 kristeen Garcia is born.  

1986  On this day in history president Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator  

1986  Elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1987  On May - 12 victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53  

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

1989  On May - 12 retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists  

1989  On this day in history joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81  

1990  On this day in history 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)  

1990  On this day in history comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million  

1990  On May - 12 nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting  

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

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 this day in history.  

1993  Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands on May - 12.  

1993  On May - 12 last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV  

1993  On May - 12 nBC TV airs the final episode of the hit comedy Cheers  

1993  Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II on May - 12.  

1994  On this day in history alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91  

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

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

1997  Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict on this day in history.  

1997  Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is first to swim from Cuba to Florida on May - 12.  

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

2005  On May - 12 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.  

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

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)  

1590  On May - 12 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  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.  

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

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)  

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

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.  

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.  

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies  

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

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea  

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.  

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 May - 12.