Historical Events In May - 12

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

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 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 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 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 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 May - 12.  

1986  Kristeen Garcia is born on May - 12.  

1986  President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history 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 May - 12.  

1992  On this day in history joe Burke, president (KC Royals), dies at 68, dies  

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  On this day in history nBC TV airs the final episode of the hit comedy Cheers  

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

1997  On this day in history susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is first to swim from Cuba to Florida  

1997  On May - 12 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  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  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 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  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 May - 12.  

1003  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome  

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  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.  

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