Page 9: Historical Events In May - 12

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

1984  On this day in history discovery moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating of STS 41-D   

1984  On May - 12 france performs nuclear test   

1984  On May - 12 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  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 May - 12.   

1985  Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies on May - 12.   

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  Kristeen Garcia is born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1989  On this day in history "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 May - 12.   

1990  Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history 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  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 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  Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91 on May - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1997  Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict on May - 12.   

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  On this day in history 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  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 May - 12.   

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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