Page 6: Historical Events In May - 12

1926  British general strike ends on this day in history.   

1926  On May - 12 general Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared   

1926  On May - 12 umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over the North Pole   

1926  On this day in history airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole   

1926  Earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- ) on May - 12.   

1928  Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy on this day in history.   

1928  Opium laws enforced on May - 12.   

1928  On this day in history manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )   

1929  Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary) on this day in history.   

1929  On May - 12 the birth of Burt Bacharach, American Composer   

1929  Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again) on May - 12.   

1930  Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures) on this day in history.   

1930  On May - 12 pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56)   

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

1931  Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One on May - 12.   

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  The body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, NJ on this day in history.   

1932  Lindbergh baby, found dead on May - 12.   

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

1933  Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet on May - 12.   

1934  On this day in history "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1   

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

1935  On May - 12 johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player   

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

1936  On this day in history ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London   

1936  Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News) on May - 12.   

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  King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain are crowned at Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1937  George VI crowned King of England on May - 12.   

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

1940  French mariners occupy St Maarten on May - 12.   

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1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

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

1622  On May - 12 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  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on this day in history.   

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 12.   

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

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.