Famous Birthdays In May - 12

1863  On this day in history birth of charles Bordes, composer   

1867  Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century) was born on May - 12.   

1868  Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books was born on May - 12.   

1874  On May - 12 birth of clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet)   

1876  On this day in history birth of harold, grandson of English queen Victoria   

1880  On this day in history birth of lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights   

1880  W Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938) was born on this day in history.   

1886  Albert Saverys, Flemish painter was born on May - 12.   

1886  On May - 12 birth of hermann Grabner, composer   

1886  Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov) was born on May - 12.   

1887  Nandor Zsolt, composer was born on May - 12.   

1889  Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank was born on this day in history.   

1892  On May - 12 birth of fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970)   

1894  Cleo Ridgely, NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama) was born on this day in history.   

1895  On May - 12 birth of jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22]   

1899  On May - 12 birth of indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002)   

1900  Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage) was born on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history birth of hyam Greenbaum, composer   

1902  Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history birth of lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway)   

1903  Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place) was born on May - 12.   

1906  On this day in history birth of william M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist   

1907  Katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond) was born on this day in history.   

1907  On May - 12 birth of leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint)   

1910  On May - 12 birth of dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964)   

1910  Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour) was born on this day in history.   

1910  Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996) was born on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history birth of marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet   

1912  Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004) was born on May - 12.   

1914  Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer was born on May - 12.   

1914  On this day in history birth of dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- )   

1914  On May - 12 birth of howard K Smith, LA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate)   

1915  On May - 12 birth of mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)   

1916  Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer was born on this day in history.   

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0912  On this day in history leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered