Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1863  On May - 12 birth of charles Bordes, composer   

1867  On May - 12 birth of hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century)   

1868  On this day in history birth of halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books   

1874  Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet) was born on this day in history.   

1876  On May - 12 birth of harold, grandson of English queen Victoria   

1880  Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights was born on this day in history.   

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

1886  On this day in history birth of albert Saverys, Flemish painter   

1886  On this day in history birth of hermann Grabner, composer   

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

1887  On this day in history birth of nandor Zsolt, composer   

1889  Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank was born on May - 12.   

1892  Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970) was born on this day in history.   

1894  On May - 12 birth of cleo Ridgely, NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama)   

1895  Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22] was born on May - 12.   

1899  On this day in history birth of indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002)   

1900  On this day in history birth of helene Weigel, Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage)   

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

1902  On May - 12 birth of heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor   

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  William M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist was born on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history birth of katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond)   

1907  Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint) was born on May - 12.   

1910  Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964) was born on this day in history.   

1910  Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour) was born on May - 12.   

1910  On May - 12 birth of charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996)   

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

1912  On this day in history birth of archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004)   

1914  Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer was born on this day in history.   

1914  Dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- ) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 12.   

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0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on this day in history.   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on May - 12.   

1641  On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on May - 12.