Page 7: Historical Events In May - 12

1940  On this day in history german tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug   

1940  Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River on May - 12.   

1941  British forces attempt to break out of Tobruk on May - 12.   

1941  On this day in history great British convoy marches into Alexandria   

1942  On May - 12 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz   

1942  On May - 12 david Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine   

1942  Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943   

1943  On this day in history axis forces in North Africa surrender (WWII)   

1943  British premier Winston Churchill arrives in US on May - 12.   

1943  German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 12 albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48   

1944  On May - 12 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brüx   

1944  Krim purged of Nazi troops on May - 12.   

1944  On May - 12 secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat   

1944  Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80 on May - 12.   

1948  On May - 12 queen Wilhelmina resigns   

1948  Isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55 on May - 12.   

1949  The blockade of the city of Berlin, by the USSR, is officially lifted on May - 12.   

1949  The first foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India) on May - 12.   

1949  On May - 12 west begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade   

1951  On May - 12 the first H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll   

1951  On this day in history oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80   

1956  East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves on May - 12.   

1956  On May - 12 hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87   

1957  Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40   

1958  On May - 12 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak   

1959  Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher) on this day in history.   

1960  Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special on May - 12.   

1960  On this day in history cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70   

1961  On May - 12 botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time   

1962  On May - 12 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

1590  On this day in history birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 12.   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 12 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  On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

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

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

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on May - 12.   

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