Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Wed May 12 2021 12:05 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta
By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
05/12/1670 August II de Sterke, King of Poland (355 children)
05/12/1679 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer
05/12/1729 Micha�l FB Freiherr von Melas, Austrian general (7 Year Wars)
05/12/1739 Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer
05/12/1751 Gaetano Manna, composer
05/12/1754 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer
05/12/1755 Goivanni Battista Viotti, composer
05/12/1776 Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer
05/12/1797 Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer
05/12/1803 Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (landbouwchemie)
05/12/1804 Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)
05/12/1806 Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877
05/12/1806 J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist
05/12/1812 Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)
05/12/1812 Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
05/12/1820 Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)
05/12/1828 Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite
05/12/1829 Paul Karrer, composer
05/12/1842 Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)
05/12/1845 Gabriel Urbain Faur�, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade)
05/12/1861 Ivan Caryll, composer
05/12/1863 Charles Bordes, composer
05/12/1868 Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books
05/12/1874 Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (Reactie of Pirquet)
05/12/1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria
05/12/1880 Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights
05/12/1880 W Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938)
05/12/1886 Albert Saverys, Flemish painter
05/12/1886 Hermann Grabner, composer
05/12/1886 Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov)
05/12/1887 Nandor Zsolt, composer
05/12/1889 Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank
05/12/1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indies philosopher (1st & last freedom)
05/12/1900 Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress/wife of Bertolt Brecht
05/12/1901 Hyam Greenbaum, composer
05/12/1902 Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor
05/12/1903 Lennox RF Berkeley, British composer (Castaway)
05/12/1903 Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place)
05/12/1906 William M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist
05/12/1907 Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint)
05/12/1910 Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964
05/12/1910 Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
05/12/1914 Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer
05/12/1914 Dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- )
05/12/1914 Howard K Smith, LA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate)
05/12/1916 Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer
05/12/1917 Andr� A Rieu, conductor
05/12/1921 Edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan, composer
05/12/1921 Giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate
05/12/1921 Joseph Beuys, Germany, avant-garde painter/politician
05/12/1923 Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Rocco e i suoi fratelli)
05/12/1925 Earl Hutto, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )
05/12/1925 John Simon, theater critic (NY Times)
05/12/1925 Lawrence 'Yogi' Berra, NY Yankee catcher/coach/manager, Mets, Astros
05/12/1926 Earl D Hutto, (Rep-D-Florida)
05/12/1926 Mervyn M Dymally, (Rep-D-CA, 1981- )
05/12/1928 Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )
05/12/1929 Burt Bacharach, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)
05/12/1930 Patricia Keller McCormick, Calif, diver (Olympic-2 gold-1952, 56)
05/12/1931 Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One
05/12/1936 Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)
05/12/1937 Beryl Burton, UK, won record (7) women's cycling titles
05/12/1937 George Carlin, Bronx, comedian (7 dirty words, AM & FM, Carwash)
05/12/1937 Gerry E Studds, (Rep-D-MA, 1973- )
05/12/1938 Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident
05/12/1938 Millie Perkins, Passaic NJ, actress (Jane-Knots Landings)
05/12/1938 Susan Hampshire, London England, actress (Vanity Fair, Living Free)
05/12/1939 Ronald Ziegler, press secretary (Nixon)
05/12/1941 Anthony Newman, LA Calif, harpsichordist/organist (Bhajeb)
05/12/1941 Little Jayotis Washington, US singer (Persuasions)
05/12/1941 Ruud de Wolff, singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds)
05/12/1942 Barry B[rookes] Longyear, US, sci-fi author (City of Baraboo)
05/12/1942 Ian Dury, rocker
05/12/1943 Billy Swan, rocker (I Can Help)
05/12/1943 David Walker, rocker (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring)
05/12/1943 Linda Dano, LA Calif, actress (Felicia Gallant-Another World)
05/12/1944 James Purify, US singer (I'm Your Puppet)
05/12/1945 Linda Carlson, Knoxville Tn, actress (Bev-Newhart, Katie-Kaz)
05/12/1945 Willie Parnell, US singer (Archie Bell & the Drells)
05/12/1946 Ian McLagen, rocker (Faces)
05/12/1948 Lindsay Ann Crouse, NYC, actress (Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart)
05/12/1948 Steve Winwood, England, rocker (A Higher Love)
05/12/1950 Billy Squier, Mass, heavy metal guitarist (Don't Say No)
05/12/1950 Bruce Boxleitner, Elgin Ill, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King)
05/12/1950 Jocko Marcellino, rocker (Sha Na Na)
05/12/1950 Renate Stecher-Meissner, German DR, sprinter (Oly-gold-72)
05/12/1950 Shozo Fujii, judo champion
05/12/1951 Gunnar Larrson, Sweden, 200m/400m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
05/12/1955 Kix Brooks, Shreveport La, singer (Brooks & Dunn-Brand New Man)
05/12/1958 Beth Maitland, actress (Traci-Young & Restless)
05/12/1958 Christian Brando, son of Marlon/killed sisters boyfriend
05/12/1959 Dave Christian, Minn, NHL right wing (Wash Caps, Olympic-gold-1980)
05/12/196- Jamie Luner, Palo Alto Calif, actress (Cindy-Just the 10 of Us)
05/12/1960 Lisa Martin, Australian marathoner (Olympic-silver 1988)
05/12/1961 Billy Duffy, rocker (Cult-Hell's Kitchen)
05/12/1963 Vanessa Williams, Bkln NY, actress (Rhonda Blair-Melrose Place)
05/12/1964 Joy Ellen Kitzmiller, LA Calif, US badminton player (Olympic-92)
05/12/1966 Stephen Baldwin, actor (Beast, Lawrenceville Stories)
05/12/1969 Kim Fields, LA Calif, actress (Tootie-Facts of Life)
05/12/1972 Paul Stout, Saugus Calif, actor (Phillip-Scarecrow & Mrs King)
05/12/1973 Mackenzie Astin, actor (Facts of Life, Garbage Pail Kids)
05/12/1976 Matthew P Newmark, actor (Joseph Carroll-Guns of Paradise)
Deaths:
05/12/ 912 Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45
05/12/1003 Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome
05/12/1003 Sylvester II, [Gerbert van Aurillac], 1st Fren Pope (999-1003), dies
05/12/1012 Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies
05/12/1382 Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies
05/12/1634 George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies
05/12/1649 Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered
05/12/1737 Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83
05/12/1788 Louis E van Brunswick-Wolfenb�ttel, Austrian duke, dies at 69
05/12/1811 Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52
05/12/1814 Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83
05/12/1825 Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75
05/12/1825 Stanislao Mattei, composer, dies at 75
05/12/1843 Johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74
05/12/1845 August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77
05/12/1852 John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies
05/12/1861 Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50
05/12/1864 Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37
05/12/1864 J E B Stuart, Confederate General, dies at 31
05/12/1871 Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, composer, dies at 89
05/12/1871 John F W Herschel, British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies
05/12/1876 Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63
05/12/1884 Bedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60
05/12/1896 Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38
05/12/1897 Willem Roelofs, painter/lithographer, dies
05/12/1908 Melesio Morales, composer, dies at 69
05/12/1921 Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies
05/12/1924 Charles Henri Marechal, composer, dies at 82
05/12/1925 Alfred Milner, British governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71
05/12/1925 Artur Napoleao dos Santos, composer, dies at 82
05/12/1930 Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70
05/12/1931 Eugene-Auguste Ysaye, composer, dies at 72
05/12/1932 Lindbergh baby, found dead
05/12/1935 Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies
05/12/1943 Albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48
05/12/1948 Isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55
05/12/1951 Oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80
05/12/1956 Vladimir Ambros, composer, dies at 65
05/12/1957 Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies
05/12/1960 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70
05/12/1962 Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67
05/12/1963 Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69
05/12/1967 Julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64
05/12/1970 Leonie 'Nelly' Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78
05/12/1970 Wladyslaw Else, Polish general (WW I, WW II), dies at 78
05/12/1981 Benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies
05/12/1982 Humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66
05/12/1984 Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure
05/12/1985 Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies
05/12/1987 Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53
05/12/1989 Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81
05/12/1989 Marcelle de Manziarly, composer, dies at 89
05/12/1992 Joe Burke, president (KC Royals), dies at 68, dies
05/12/1994 Helen Lee Mai, Hong Kong actress, dies at 63
05/12/1994 John Smith, British Labour Party chairman (1992-94), dies at 55
Significant Events:
05/12/ 254 Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope
05/12/ 919 Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich
05/12/1082 Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Aust
05/12/1215 English baronnen serve ultimatum on king John without Country
05/12/1328 Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V
05/12/1459 Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur
05/12/1604 Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius
05/12/1641 Prince Willem II (14) marries Engl princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9
05/12/1701 Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 4/29/1701)
05/12/1777 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)
05/12/1780 Charleston, SC falls to British (Revolutionary War)
05/12/1792 Lavatory that flushed itself at regular intervals patented
05/12/1832 Opera 'L'Elisir D'Amore' is produced (Milan)
05/12/1835 Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile
05/12/1849 Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam
05/12/1862 Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana
05/12/1863 Battle of Raymond, Miss
05/12/1864 Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA (Ft Darling)
05/12/1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
05/12/1864 Battle of Todd's Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid)
05/12/1864 Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River
05/12/1865 Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas
05/12/1870 Manitoba becomes a province of Canada
05/12/1871 Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Ky
05/12/1872 J C Watson discovers asteroid #121 Hermione
05/12/1874 US Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized
05/12/1875 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0
05/12/1881 France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony
05/12/1881 Treaty of Bardo, Tunis becomes a French protectorate
05/12/1885 Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada
05/12/1888 Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale
05/12/1890 Louisiana legalized prize fighting
05/12/1891 Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname
05/12/1897 1800-1900 year old fossil of 'girl of Yde' found in Drente Neth
05/12/1897 Battle at Thessali�: Turkish army beats Greece
05/12/1900 Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed
05/12/1900 Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city
05/12/1901 Pres McKinley visits SF
05/12/1907 A Kopff discovers asteroids #633 Zelima & #634 Ute
05/12/1910 2nd NAACP conference (NYC)
05/12/1910 Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0
05/12/1915 Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250
05/12/1915 Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of 'Book Week'
05/12/1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #870 Manto
05/12/1919 Yanks & Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15
05/12/1921 National Hospital Day 1st observed
05/12/1925 Uzbekistan & Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics
05/12/1925 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
05/12/1926 Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole
05/12/1926 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
05/12/1926 Gen Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared
05/12/1926 Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole
05/12/1929 Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)
05/12/1930 Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)
05/12/1937 George VI crowned King of England
05/12/1937 St Louis Cards beat Phila Phillies, 15-3
05/12/1940 French mariniers occupy St Maarten
05/12/1940 German tanks conquer Moerd�kbrug
05/12/1940 Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River
05/12/1941 Great British convoy marches into Alexandria
05/12/1942 David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine
05/12/1942 Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943
05/12/1943 Axis forces in North Africa surrender
05/12/1943 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in US
05/12/1943 Tunisia (German troops in North-Africa surrender
05/12/1944 Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat
05/12/1948 Queen Wilhelmina resigns
05/12/1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in US-SVL Pandit, India
05/12/1949 West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade
05/12/1951 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll
05/12/1952 Charlton Playground named in Bronx
05/12/1953 KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
05/12/1955 Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0)
05/12/1956 Bkln Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Giants, 3-0
05/12/1956 East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves
05/12/1959 Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)
05/12/1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special
05/12/1961 Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
05/12/1962 Grevelingendam closes
05/12/1963 Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show
05/12/1963 Race riot in Birmingham Alabama
05/12/1964 Manlio Brosio chosen as sec-gen of NATO
05/12/1965 Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relation
05/12/1966 St Louis' Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 inns
05/12/1967 H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student
05/12/1968 'March of Poor' under rev Abernathy reach Washington, DC
05/12/1968 WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
05/12/1969 Kenneth H Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH
05/12/1970 Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
05/12/1970 Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court
05/12/1970 KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
05/12/1970 Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)
05/12/1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall
05/12/1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minn Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/1
05/12/1972 Paul McCartney & Wings release 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'
05/12/1973 Indiana Pacers beat Ky Colonels in 6th ABA championship, 4 games to
05/12/1974 Boston Celtics beat Mil Bucks for NBA championship, 4 games to 3
05/12/1975 US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces
05/12/1977 1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
05/12/1978 Commerce Dept says hurricane names will no longer be only female
05/12/1979 Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end
05/12/1980 1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon
05/12/1981 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Minn
05/12/1982 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)
05/12/1983 Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
05/12/1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D
05/12/1984 Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on same hole
05/12/1984 S Afr prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
05/12/1984 World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
05/12/1986 Bicycle is pedaled 65 mph
05/12/1986 President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator
05/12/1989 'Entertainment Tonight' performs their 2,000th TV performance
05/12/1990 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts
05/12/1990 Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million
05/12/1992 1st Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest
05/12/1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's Wonder Years in Netherlands
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