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 May - 12.   

1984  On May - 12 france performs nuclear test   

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

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

1984  On this day in history world of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans   

1984  On May - 12 doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure   

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

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

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 this day in history kristeen Garcia is born.   

1986  President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator on May - 12.   

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

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

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

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

1990  On May - 12 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  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  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  Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

1993  NBC TV airs the final episode of the hit comedy Cheers on May - 12.   

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

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

1997  On this day in history russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict   

1997  Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is first to swim from Cuba to Florida on this day in history.   

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 May - 12.   

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

1622  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.   

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.