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May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years ). There are 233 days remaining.
Events
1100-1899
1900-1999 1926 - UK General Strike 1926 : In the United Kingdom , a general strike by trade unions ends (the strike began on May 3 ).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 .1942 - World War II : Second Battle of Kharkov - 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.1949 - Cold War : The Soviet Union lifts its Blockade of Berlin .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 .1967 - At Queen Elizabeth Hall , England , Pink Floyd stages the first ever quadraphonic rock concert.1972 - The Rolling Stones release Exile On Main Street ,1975 - Mayagüez incident : The Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters .1978 - In Zaire , rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi , the mining centre of the province of Shaba . The government of Zaire asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.1999 - David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament .
2000-2099
Births
1400-1899 1496 - Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560 )1670 - King Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733 )1803 - Justus von Liebig , chemist (d. 1873 )1820 - Florence Nightingale , nurse (d. 1910 )1828 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti , poet, painter (d. 1882 )1845 - Gabriel Fauré , composer (d. 1924 )1850 - Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924 )1880 - Lincoln Ellsworth - American scientist and polar explorer (d. 1951 )1889 - Otto Frank , writer, father of Anne Frank (d. 1980 )1892 - Fritz Kortner , director (d. 1970 )1899 - Indra Devi , yogi (d. 2002 )
1900-1999 1900 - Helene Weigel, actress (d. 1971 )1907 - Katharine Hepburn , actress (d. 2003 )1910 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin , chemist (d. 1994 )1912 - Archibald Cox , U.S. Solicitor General and Watergate special prosecutor 1914 - Howard K. Smith , journalist (d. 2002 )1918 - Julius Rosenberg , spy (d. 1953 )1921 - Joseph Beuys , artist (d. 1986 )1921 - Farley Mowat , writer, naturalist 1924 - Tony Hancock , comedian (d. 1968 )1925 - Yogi Berra , Baseball Hall of Famer 1928 - Burt Bacharach , composer1935 - Felipe Alou , Major League Baseball manager1936 - Frank Stella , painter1936 - Tom Snyder , journalist, TV personality1937 - George Carlin , comedian1942 - Ian Dury , rock star (d. 2000 )1948 - Steve Winwood , singer ("Blind Faith ", "Traffic ")1950 - Bruce Boxleitner , actor1950 - Billy Squier , singer/songwriter1950 - Gabriel Byrne , actor1955 - Kix Brooks , musician1957 - Erik von Stronheim, director1962 - Emilio Estevez , actor1963 - Vanessa Williams , actress1964 - Brett Gurewitz , guitarist for Bad Religion and NOFX 1966 - Stephen Baldwin , actor1968 - Tony Hawk , skateboarding legend1969 - Kim Fields , actress1970 - Mike Weir , Canadian golfer , 2003 Masters champion1971 - Sofia Coppola , director, daughter of Francis Ford Coppola 1975 - Jonah Lomu , New Zealand rugby player1977 - Graeme Dott , Scottish snooker player1978 - Jason Biggs , actor (American Pie 1993 - Mikha'el Wade, ordinary kid, "2.4 art project" (d. any time in the future hopefully past 2099)1995 - Jean Carlos Chera , Brazilian football prodigy1995 - Sawyer Sweeten , actor1995 - Sullivan Sweeten , actor
Deaths
1000-1899
1900-1999 1907 - Joris-Karl Huysmans , French author (b. 1848 )1925 - Amy Lowell , poet (b. 1874 )1935 - Jósef Piłsudski , father of modern Poland (b. 1867 )1944 - Max Brand , author1944 - Q, British writer (b. 1863 ) 1956 - Louis Calhern , silent film actor (b. 1895 )1963 - Bobby Kerr , Canadian sprinter (b. 1882 )1967 - John Masefield , British poet and writer (b. 1878 )1971 - Heinie Manush, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1901 )1985 - Jean Dubuffet , painter (b. 1901 )1986 - Elisabeth Bergner , actress (b. 1897 )1992 - Robert Reed , actor, The Brady Bunch 1932 )1994 - John Smith leader of British Labour Party (b. 1938 )
2000-2099
Holidays and observances International Nursing Day
Events May 11 - May 13 - April 12 - June 12 -- listing of all days
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May 12th (2075 words)
He was undoubtedly a great political culprit; yet the iniquitous nature of his trial and condemnation is equally undoubted; and every generous heart must sympathize with him when he found that the master he had served only too well yielded to sign his death-warrant. Political crime, too, is always so mixed up with sincere, though it may be blind opinion, that it seems hard to visit it with the punishment which we award to downright turpitude. His voluminous works, depicting the ancient buildings of the three kingdoms, his treatises on military antiquities and on ancient arms and armour, may now be considered as superseded by better books; yet they were meritorious for their day.
May 12th - definition of May 12th in Encyclopedia (801 words)
May 12th - definition of May 12th in Encyclopedia May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years ). May 11 - May 13 - April 12 - June 12 -- listing of all days
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