May, 12th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 12, 2002:
Former President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.

Saturday 12, 2001:
In Copenhagen, Denmark, Tanel Padar & Dave Benton win the forty-sixth Eurovision Song Contest for Estonia singing "Everybody".

Friday 12, 2000:
The Tate Modern art gallery opens in London.

Wednesday 12, 1999:
David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.

Monday 12, 1997:
1997 - In the 7th inning of a baseball game between the Anaheim Angels, and the Chicago White Sox,the Angels score 13 runs.

Friday 12, 1989:
1989 A Southern Pacific Railroad freight train derails on Duffy Street on the very steep Cajon Pass in San Bernardino, California

Friday 12, 1978:
In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba. The government of Zaire asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.

Monday 12, 1975:
Mayagüez incident: The Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters.

Friday 12, 1972:
The Rolling Stones release Exile On Main Street, often considered their best album.

Tuesday 12, 1970:
Ernie Banks becomes the ninth member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.

Friday 12, 1967:
At Queen Elizabeth Hall, England, Pink Floyd stages the first-ever quadraphonic rock concert.

Thursday 12, 1966:
Busch Memorial Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals major league baseball team, opens in St. Louis, Missouri.

Wednesday 12, 1965:
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.

Saturday 12, 1962:
Douglas MacArthur delivers his famous "Duty, Honor, Country" valedictory speech at West Point.

Monday 12, 1958:
A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.

Monday 12, 1952:
Gaj Singh crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur.

Thursday 12, 1949:
Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its Blockade of Berlin.

Tuesday 12, 1942:
1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz.

Wednesday 12, 1937:
Coronation of King George VI of Britain at Westminster Abbey.

Thursday 12, 1932:
Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey just a few miles from the Lindbergh's home.

Wednesday 12, 1926:
UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends.

Monday 12, 1890:
The first-ever official County Championship match begins. Yorkshire beat Gloucestershire by eight wickets at Bristol. George Ulyett scores the first century in the competition.

Tuesday 12, 1885:
North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel French Canadians against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.

Thursday 12, 1881:
In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.

Monday 12, 1873:
Oscar II of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Sweden.

Thursday 12, 1870:
The Manitoba Act was given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.

Thursday 12, 1864:
American Civil War: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die in "the Bloody Angle".

Monday 12, 1862:
U.S federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Friday 12, 1797:
First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.

Friday 12, 1780:
American Revolutionary War: Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.

Thursday 12, 1689:
King William's War: William III of England joins the League of Augsburg starting a war with France.

Thursday 12, 1588:
French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry of Guise enters the city.

Saturday 12, 1551:
National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, was founded in Lima, Peru.

Saturday 12, 1364:
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, the oldest university in Poland, was founded in Kraków, Poland.

Wednesday 12, 1328:
Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.

Monday 12, 1264:
The Battle of Lewes, between King Henry III of England and the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, begins.

Sunday 12, 1191:
Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/12-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 12

1995:
Jean Carlos Chera, Brazilian footballer (b: May 12, 1995) (Biography of Jean Carlos Chera)
Sawyer Sweeten, American actor (b: May 12, 1995) (Biography of Sawyer Sweeten)

1978:
Jason Biggs, American actor (b: May 12, 1978) (Biography of Jason Biggs)

1977:
Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player (b: May 12, 1977) (Biography of Graeme Dott)

1975:
Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (b: May 12, 1975) (Biography of Jonah Lomu)

1970:
Mike Weir, Canadian golfer (b: May 12, 1970) (Biography of Mike Weir)
Jim Furyk, American golfer (b: May 12, 1970) (Biography of Jim Furyk)

1969:
Kim Fields, American actress (b: May 12, 1969) (Biography of Kim Fields)

1968:
Tony Hawk, American skateboarder (b: May 12, 1968) (Biography of Tony Hawk)

1966:
Stephen Baldwin, American actor (b: May 12, 1966) (Biography of Stephen Baldwin)

1964:
Brett Gurewitz, American guitarist (Bad Religion and NOFX) (b: May 12, 1964) (Biography of Brett Gurewitz)

1963:
Vanessa A. Williams, American actress (b: May 12, 1963) (Biography of Vanessa A. Williams)

1962:
Emilio Estevez, American actor (b: May 12, 1962) (Biography of Emilio Estevez)

1961:
Lar Park Lincoln, American actress (b: May 12, 1961) (Biography of Lar Park Lincoln)

1955:
Kix Brooks, American musician (b: May 12, 1955) (Biography of Kix Brooks)

1950:
Bruce Boxleitner, American actor (b: May 12, 1950) (Biography of Bruce Boxleitner)
Billy Squier, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (b: May 12, 1950) (Biography of Billy Squier)
Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor (b: May 12, 1950) (Biography of Gabriel Byrne)

1948:
Steve Winwood, English singer, songwriter and musician (Blind Faith, Traffic, (b: May 12, 1948) (Biography of Steve Winwood)

1942:
Ian Dury, British musician (b: May 12, 1942 ; d: March 27, 2000) (Biography of Ian Dury)

1939:
Ron Ziegler, White House Press Secretary (b: May 12, 1939 ; d: February 10, 2003) (Biography of Ron Ziegler)

1937:
Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b: May 12, 1937 ; d: May 8, 1996) (Biography of Beryl Burton)
George Carlin, American comedian (b: May 12, 1937) (Biography of George Carlin)

1936:
Frank Stella, American painter (b: May 12, 1936) (Biography of Frank Stella)
Tom Snyder, American journalist and television personality (b: May 12, 1936) (Biography of Tom Snyder)

1935:
Felipe Alou, Dominican Major League Baseball manager (b: May 12, 1935) (Biography of Felipe Alou)

1928:
Burt Bacharach, American composer (b: May 12, 1928) (Biography of Burt Bacharach)

1925:
Yogi Berra, baseball player (b: May 12, 1925) (Biography of Yogi Berra)

1924:
Tony Hancock, American comedian (b: May 12, 1924 ; d: June 26, 1968) (Biography of Tony Hancock)

1921:
Joseph Beuys, German artist (b: May 12, 1921) (Biography of Joseph Beuys)
Farley Mowat, Canadian writer and naturalist (b: May 12, 1921) (Biography of Farley Mowat)

1918:
Julius Rosenberg, American spy (b: May 12, 1918) (Biography of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg)

1914:
Howard K. Smith, American journalist (b: May 12, 1914 ; d: February 15, 2002) (Biography of Howard K. Smith)

1912:
Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General and Watergate special prosecutor (b: May 12, 1912 ; d: May 29, 2004) (Biography of Archibald Cox)

1910:
Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b: May 12, 1910 ; d: May 15, 1996) (Biography of Charles B. Fulton)
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: May 12, 1910) (Biography of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin)

1900:
Helene Weigel, German actress (b: May 12, 1900) (Biography of Helene Weigel)

1899:
Indra Devi, yogi (b: May 12, 1899) (Biography of Indra Devi)

1892:
Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (b: May 12, 1892) (Biography of Fritz Kortner)

1889:
Otto Frank, German writer, father of Anne Frank (b: May 12, 1889) (Biography of Otto Frank)

1880:
Lincoln Ellsworth, American scientist and polar explorer (b: May 12, 1880 ; d: May 26, 1951) (Biography of Lincoln Ellsworth)

1850:
Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (b: May 12, 1850) (Biography of Henry Cabot Lodge)

1845:
Gabriel Fauré, French composer (b: May 12, 1845 ; d: November 4, 1924) (Biography of Gabriel Fauré)

1828:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b: May 12, 1828) (Biography of Dante Gabriel Rossetti)

1820:
Florence Nightingale, English nurse (b: May 12, 1820 ; d: August 13, 1910) (Biography of Florence Nightingale)

1812:
Edward Lear, English author and poet (b: May 12, 1812) (Biography of Edward Lear)

1803:
Justus von Liebig, German chemist (b: May 12, 1803 ; d: April 18, 1873) (Biography of Justus von Liebig)

1767:
Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (b: May 12, 1767 ; d: October 4, 1851) (Biography of Manuel de Godoy)

1700:
Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (b: May 12, 1700 ; d: March 1, 1773) (Biography of Luigi Vanvitelli)

1670:
King Frederick Augustus I of Poland (b: May 12, 1670) (Biography of Frederick Augustus I of Poland)

1626:
Louis Hennepin, Flemish Catholic missionary in North America (b: May 12, 1626) (Biography of Louis Hennepin)

1590:
Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b: May 12, 1590 ; d: February 28, 1621) (Biography of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany)

1496:
Gustav I of Sweden (b: May 12, 1496 ; d: September 29, 1560) (Biography of Gustav I of Sweden)

1401:
Emperor Shoko of Japan (b: May 12, 1401 ; d: August 30, 1428) (Biography of Emperor Shoko of Japan)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/12-may/births.html

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People who died on May 12

2005:
Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (b: January 24, 1909 ; d: May 12, 2005) (Biography of Martin Lings)
Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (b: September 20, 1937 ; d: May 12, 2005) (Biography of Monica Zetterlund)

2003:
Sadruddin Aga Khan (d: May 12, 2003) (Biography of Sadruddin Aga Khan)

2001:
Perry Como, American singer (b: May 18, 1912 ; d: May 12, 2001) (Biography of Perry Como)

2000:
Adam Petty, American race car driver (b: July 10, 1980 ; d: May 12, 2000) (Biography of Adam Petty)

1994:
John Smith (UK politician) (d: May 12, 1994) (Biography of John Smith (UK politician))
Erik Erikson, psychoanalyst (b: June 15, 1902 ; d: May 12, 1994) (Biography of Erik Erikson)

1992:
Robert Reed, American actor (b: October 19, 1932 ; d: May 12, 1992) (Biography of Robert Reed)

1990:
Chen Kenmin (d: May 12, 1990) (Biography of Chen Kenmin)

1986:
Elisabeth Bergner (d: May 12, 1986) (Biography of Elisabeth Bergner)

1985:
Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b: July 31, 1901 ; d: May 12, 1985) (Biography of Jean Dubuffet)

1971:
Heinie Manush, baseball player (b: July 20, 1901 ; d: May 12, 1971) (Biography of Heinie Manush)

1967:
John Masefield, English novelist and poet (b: June 1, 1878 ; d: May 12, 1967) (Biography of John Masefield)

1963:
Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter (b: June 9, 1882 ; d: May 12, 1963) (Biography of Bobby Kerr)

1957:
Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-born actor, writer, and director (b: September 22, 1885 ; d: May 12, 1957) (Biography of Erich von Stroheim)

1956:
Louis Calhern, film actor (b: February 19, 1895 ; d: May 12, 1956) (Biography of Louis Calhern)

1944:
Max Brand, American author and war correspondent (b: May 29, 1893 ; d: May 12, 1944) (Biography of Max Brand)
Arthur Quiller-Couch (d: May 12, 1944) (Biography of Arthur Quiller-Couch)

1935:
Jozef Pilsudski (d: May 12, 1935) (Biography of Jozef Pilsudski)

1925:
Amy Lowell, American poet (b: February 9, 1874 ; d: May 12, 1925) (Biography of Amy Lowell)

1907:
Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b: February 5, 1848 ; d: May 12, 1907) (Biography of Joris-Karl Huysmans)

1889:
John Cadbury (d: May 12, 1889) (Biography of John Cadbury)

1884:
Bedrich Smetana, Czech composer (b: March 2, 1824 ; d: May 12, 1884) (Biography of Bedrich Smetana)

1867:
Friedrich William Eduard Gerhard (d: May 12, 1867) (Biography of Friedrich William Eduard Gerhard)

1860:
Charles Barry , English architect (b: May 23, 1795 ; d: May 12, 1860) (Biography of Charles Barry)

1845:
János Bacsanyi, Hungarian poet (b: May 11, 1763 ; d: May 12, 1845) (Biography of János Bacsanyi)

1759:
Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b: October 10, 1700 ; d: May 12, 1759) (Biography of Lambert-Sigisbert Adam)

1748:
Thomas Lowndes (astronomer) (d: May 12, 1748) (Biography of Thomas Lowndes (astronomer))

1708:
Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b: October 19, 1658 ; d: May 12, 1708) (Biography of Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)

1700:
John Dryden, English poet (b: August 19, 1631 ; d: May 12, 1700) (Biography of John Dryden)

1699:
Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b: January 16, 1626 ; d: May 12, 1699) (Biography of Lucas Achtschellinck)

1684:
Edme Mariotte (d: May 12, 1684) (Biography of Edme Mariotte)

1641:
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford (d: May 12, 1641) (Biography of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford)

1634:
George Chapman (d: May 12, 1634) (Biography of George Chapman)

1012:
Pope Sergius IV (d: May 12, 1012) (Biography of Pope Sergius IV)

1003:
Pope Silvester II (d: May 12, 1003) (Biography of Pope Silvester II)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/12-may/deaths.html