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May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in Leap Year s). There are 233 days remaining.
Events
- 1191 - Richard I Of England marries Berengaria Of Navarre .
- 1264 - The Battle Of Lewes , between King Henry III Of England and the rebel Simon De Montfort, 6th Earl Of Leicester , begins.
- 1328 - Antipope Nicholas V , a claimant to the Papacy , is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice .
- 1364 - Jagiellonian University in Kraków , the oldest University in Poland , was founded in Kraków , Poland .
- 1551 - National University Of San Marcos , the oldest University in The Americas , was founded in Lima , Peru .
- flees Paris after Henry Of Guise enters the city.
- joins the League Of Augsburg starting a war with France .
- is taken by British forces.
- conquers Venice .
- 1862 - U.S federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana .
- and Confederate soldiers die in "the Bloody Angle".
- 1870 - The Manitoba Act was given the Royal Assent , paving the way for Manitoba to become a Province Of Canada on July 15 .
- 1873 - Oscar II of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Sweden .
- 1881 - In North Africa , Tunisia becomes a French Protectorate .
- , pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
- 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.
- , a nine-day General Strike by Trade Union s ends.
- 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.
- 1937 - Coronation of King George VI Of Britain at Westminster Abbey .
- – In the eastern Ukraine , the Soviet Army initiates a major offensive. During the battle the Soviets will capture the city of Kharkov from the German Army, only to be encircled and destroyed.
- 1942 - 1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz .
- lifts its Blockade Of Berlin .
- 1952 - Gaj Singh crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur .
- 1958 - A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada .
- 1962 - Douglas MacArthur delivers his famous "Duty, Honor, Country" valedictory speech at West Point .
- 1965 - The Soviet Spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon .
- 1966 - Busch Memorial Stadium , home of the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team, opens in St. Louis, Missouri .
- 1967 - At Queen Elizabeth Hall , England , Pink Floyd stages the first-ever Quadraphonic Rock concert.
- 1970 - Ernie Banks becomes the ninth member of the 500 Home Run Club with a Home Run at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois .
- 1972 - The Rolling Stones release '' Exile On Main Street ,'' often considered their best album.
- n navy seizes the American Merchant Ship SS ''Mayaguez'' in International Waters .
- 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.
- 1989 - A Southern Pacific Railroad freight train derails on Duffy Street on the very steep Cajon Pass in San Bernardino, California .
- 1997 - In the 7th inning of a Baseball game between the Anaheim Angels and the Chicago White Sox , the Angels score 13 runs.
- 1999 - David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament .
- 2000 - The Tate Modern art gallery opens in London .
- 2001 - In Copenhagen , Denmark , Tanel Padar & Dave Benton win the forty-sixth Eurovision Song Contest for Estonia singing "Everybody".
- 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 .
- 2003 - The Riyadh Compound Bombings , carried out by Al Qaeda , kill 26.
Births
- 1401 - Emperor Shoko Of Japan (d. 1428 )
- 1496 - Gustav I Of Sweden (d. 1560 )
- 1590 - Cosimo II De' Medici, Grand Duke Of Tuscany (d. 1621 )
- 1626 - Louis Hennepin , Flemish Catholic missionary in North America
- 1670 - King Frederick Augustus I Of Poland (d. 1733 )
- 1700 - Luigi Vanvitelli , Italian architect (d. 1773 )
- 1725 - Louis Philip I, Duke Of Orléans , French soldier and writer (d. 1785 )
- 1767 - Manuel De Godoy , Spanish statesman (d. 1851 )
- 1803 - Justus Von Liebig , German chemist (d. 1873 )
- 1806 - Johan Vilhelm Snellman , Finnish statesman (d. 1881 )
- 1812 - Edward Lear , English author and poet (d. 1888 )
- 1820 - Florence Nightingale , English nurse (d. 1910 )
- 1828 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti , English poet and painter (d. 1882 )
- 1845 - Gabriel Fauré , French composer (d. 1924 )
- 1850 - Henry Cabot Lodge , U.S. statesman (d. 1924 )
- 1867 - Hugh Trumble , Australian test cricketer (d. 1938 )
- 1880 - Lincoln Ellsworth , American scientist and polar explorer (d. 1951 )
- 1889 - Otto Frank , German writer, father of Anne Frank (d. 1980 )
- 1892 - Fritz Kortner , Austrian-born director (d. 1970 )
- 1895 - William Giauque , Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982 )
- 1899 - Indra Devi , yogi (d. 2002 )
- 1900 - Helene Weigel , German actress (d. 1971 )
- 1907 - Katharine Hepburn , American actress (d. 2003 )
- 1910 - Charles B. Fulton , American jurist (d. 1996 )
- 1910 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin , British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994 )
- 1912 - Archibald Cox , U.S. Solicitor General and Watergate special prosecutor (d. 2004 )
- 1914 - Bertus Aafjes , Dutch poet (d. 1993 )
- 1914 - Howard K. Smith , American journalist (d. 2002 )
- 1917 - Frank Clair , Canadian football coach
- 1918 - Julius Rosenberg , American spy (d. 1953 )
- 1921 - Joseph Beuys , German artist (d. 1986 )
- 1921 - Farley Mowat , Canadian writer and naturalist
- 1924 - Tony Hancock , British comedian (d. 1968 )
- 1925 - Yogi Berra , baseball player
- 1928 - Burt Bacharach , American composer
- 1935 - Felipe Alou , Dominican Major League Baseball manager
- 1936 - Frank Stella , American painter
- 1936 - Tom Snyder , American journalist and television personality
- 1937 - George Carlin , American comedian
- 1937 - Beryl Burton , English cyclist
- 1939 - Ron Ziegler , White House Press Secretary (d. 2003 )
- 1942 - Ian Dury , British musician (d. 2000 )
- 1948 - Steve Winwood , English singer, songwriter and musician ( Blind Faith , Traffic , The Spencer Davis Group )
- 1950 - Bruce Boxleitner , American actor
- 1950 - Billy Squier , American singer, songwriter and guitarist
- 1950 - Gabriel Byrne , Irish actor
- 1955 - Kix Brooks , American musician
- 1956 - Bernie Federko , Canadian Ice Hockey player
- 1961 - Bruce McCulloch , Canadian actor, writer, and comedian ( Kids In The Hall )
- 1961 - Lar Park Lincoln , American actress
- 1962 - Emilio Estevez , American actor
- 1963 - Vanessa A. Williams , American actress
- 1964 - Brett Gurewitz , American guitarist ( Bad Religion )
- 1966 - Stephen Baldwin , American actor
- 1968 - Tony Hawk , American skateboarder
- 1969 - Kim Fields , American actress
- 1970 - Mike Weir , Canadian golfer
- 1970 - Jim Furyk , American golfer
- 1975 - Jonah Lomu , New Zealand rugby player
- 1977 - Graeme Dott , Scottish snooker player
- 1978 - Hossein Reza Zadeh , Iranian weightlifter
- 1978 - Jason Biggs , American actor
- 1981 - Kentaro Sato , Japanese composer
- 1992 - Malcolm David Kelley , American child actor
- 1993 - Kayla Rolland , School Shooting victim (d. 2000 )
- 1995 - Jean Carlos Chera , Brazilian footballer
- 1995 - Sawyer and Sullivan Sweeten , American child actors
Deaths
- 1003 - Pope Silvester II
- 1012 - Pope Sergius IV
- 1382 - Queen Joan I Of Naples (b. 1327 )
- 1399 - Demetrius I Starshiy (killed in battle) (b. 1327 )
- 1465 - Thomas Palaeologus , Despot of the Despotate Of Morea
- 1634 - George Chapman , English writer
- 1641 - Thomas Wentworth, Earl Of Strafford , English statesman (b. 1593 )
- 1684 - Edme Mariotte , French physicist and priest
- 1699 - Lucas Achtschellinck , Flemish painter (b. 1626 )
- 1700 - John Dryden , English writer (b. 1631 )
- 1708 - Adolf Friedrich II Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658 )
- 1748 - Thomas Lowndes , English astronomer (b. 1692 )
- 1759 - Lambert-Sigisbert Adam , French sculptor (b. 1700 )
- 1784 - Abraham Trembley , Swiss naturalist (b. 1710 )
- 1792 - Charles Simon Favart , French dramatist (b. 1710 )
- 1796 - Johann Peter Uz , German poet (b. 1720 )
- 1801 - Nicholas Repnin , Russian statesman (b. 1734 )
- 1845 - János Bacsanyi , Hungarian poet (b. 1763 )
- 1859 - Sergei Aksakov , Russian writer (b. 1791 )
- 1860 - Charles Barry , English architect (b. 1795 )
- 1867 - Friedrich William Eduard Gerhard , German archaeologist (b. 1795 )
- 1871 - Anselme Payen , French physicist (b. 1795 )
- 1884 - Bedřich Smetana , Czech composer (b. 1824 )
- 1889 - John Cadbury , English chocolate entrepreneur (b. 1801 )
- 1907 - Joris-Karl Huysmans , French author (b. 1848 )
- 1925 - Amy Lowell , American poet (b. 1874 )
- 1935 - Józef Piłsudski , Polish statesman (b. 1867 )
- 1944 - Max Brand , American author (b. 1892 )
- 1944 - Q , British writer (b. 1863 )
- 1956 - Louis Calhern , American actor (b. 1895 )
- 1957 - Erich Von Stroheim , film director and actor (b. 1885 )
- 1963 - Bobby Kerr , Canadian runner (b. 1882 )
- 1967 - John Masefield , British writer (b. 1878 )
- 1970 - Nelly Sachs , German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891 )
- 1971 - Heinie Manush , baseball player (b. 1901 )
- 1985 - Jean Dubuffet , French painter (b. 1901 )
- 1986 - Elisabeth Bergner , Austrian actress (b. 1897 )
- 1990 - Chen Kenmin , Japanese chef (b. 1912 )
- 1992 - Robert Reed , American actor (b. 1932 )
- 1994 - John Smith , British politician (b. 1938 )
- 1994 - Erik Erikson , German psychoanalyst (b. 1902 )
- 1995 - Mia Martini , Italian singer (b. 1947 )
- 1999 - Saul Steinberg , Romanian-American cartoonist (b. 1914 )
- 2000 - Adam Petty , American race car driver (b. 1980 )
- 2001 - Perry Como , American singer (b. 1912 )
- 2002 - Erich Kulas , ECW Wrestler (Mass Transit)
- 2003 - Sadruddin Aga Khan , French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (b. 1933 )
- 2005 - Monica Zetterlund , Swedish actress and singer (b. 1937 )
- 2005 - Martin Lings , English Islamic scholar (b. 1909 )
Holidays and observances
External links
May 11 - May 13 - April 12 - June 12 – Listing Of All Days
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