Page 9: Historical Events In May - 12

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

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

1984  On this day in history france performs nuclear test   

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

1984  South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years on this day in history.   

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 May - 12 amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as first woman Conservative rabbi   

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

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

1986  On May - 12 kristeen Garcia is born.   

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

1986  Elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85 on May - 12.   

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

1989  On May - 12 "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance   

1989  Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1992  On May - 12 joe Burke, president (KC Royals), dies at 68, dies   

1993  Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands on this day in history.   

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 May - 12.   

1993  Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II on this day in history.   

1994  Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91 on May - 12.   

1995  On this day in history dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59)   

1997  On May - 12 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  On this day in history tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami   

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

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

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

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

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

1465  On this day in history 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 May - 12.   

1649  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered