Page 9: Historical Events In May - 12

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

1984  On May - 12 discovery moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating of STS 41-D   

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 this day in history south Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years   

1984  On this day in history 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  On May - 12 amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as first woman Conservative rabbi   

1985  On this day in history 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 May - 12.   

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  Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1989  Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists on May - 12.   

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

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  Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting on May - 12.   

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 May - 12.   

1993  On May - 12 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 May - 12.   

1993  On this day in history parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II   

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

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

1997  14 North Koreans defect to South Korea on May - 12.   

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  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  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 May - 12.   

1662  On this day in history 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  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on May - 12.   

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  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  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  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered