Page 6: Historical Events In May - 12

1926  On May - 12 british general strike ends   

1926  General Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over the North Pole   

1926  Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole on this day in history.   

1926  On May - 12 earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )   

1928  On this day in history mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy   

1928  Opium laws enforced on May - 12.   

1928  On May - 12 manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )   

1929  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)   

1929  On this day in history the birth of Burt Bacharach, American Composer   

1929  On May - 12 burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)   

1930  On May - 12 pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)   

1930  Pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56) on May - 12.   

1930  On May - 12 pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70   

1931  On May - 12 johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One   

1931  Eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1932  Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ on May - 12.   

1932  Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, first appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney on May - 12.   

1932  On this day in history the body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, NJ   

1932  Lindbergh baby, found dead on this day in history.   

1933  Federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy & farmers on May - 12.   

1933  On May - 12 andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet   

1934  "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1 on May - 12.   

1934  "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1 on May - 12.   

1935  Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player on this day in history.   

1935  Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies on May - 12.   

1936  Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London on May - 12.   

1936  On this day in history tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)   

1937  British King George VI coronated in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1937  Coronation of Edward, former Duke of Windsor, as king of England on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history king George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain are crowned at Westminster Abbey   

1937  George VI crowned King of England on this day in history.   

1938  Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) on May - 12.   

1940  On this day in history french mariners occupy St Maarten   

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1401  On this day in history birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.   

1590  On May - 12 birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.   

1662  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  On May - 12 birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

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

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.   

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

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on May - 12.   

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  On this day in history george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

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 this day in history.