Page 7: Historical Events In May - 12

1940  German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug on May - 12.   

1940  On May - 12 nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River   

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

1941  Great British convoy marches into Alexandria on this day in history.   

1942  1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz on May - 12.   

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 May - 12 axis forces in North Africa surrender (WWII)   

1943  On May - 12 british premier Winston Churchill arrives in US   

1943  German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender on May - 12.   

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

1944  On this day in history 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brüx   

1944  Krim purged of Nazi troops on May - 12.   

1944  Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat on this day in history.   

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

1948  Queen Wilhelmina resigns on this day in history.   

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

1949  On this day in history the blockade of the city of Berlin, by the USSR, is officially lifted   

1949  On this day in history the first foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India)   

1949  West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history the first H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll   

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

1956  On May - 12 east Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves   

1956  Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1957  Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71 on May - 12.   

1958  On May - 12 "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40   

1958  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)   

1960  On this day in history elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special   

1960  Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on this day in history.   

1962  On May - 12 dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67   

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1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on May - 12.   

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on May - 12.   

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

1626  On May - 12 birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1634  On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

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

1649  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered