Historical Events In May - 12

1963  Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show on May - 12.   

1963  Race riot in Birmingham AL on May - 12.   

1963  On this day in history stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69   

1964  On May - 12 manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO   

1965  Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations on this day in history.   

1965  On May - 12 roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57   

1967  On May - 12 h Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   

1967  On this day in history julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64   

1968  "March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington DC on May - 12.   

1970  Harry A Blackmun is confirmed by the U S Senate as a Supreme Court justice on this day in history.   

1970  Race riots in Augusta GA; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops) on this day in history.   

1970  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1970  Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1971  Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history j M Taylor, cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies   

1972  Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on this day in history.   

1973  "Dueling Tubas" by Martin Mull hits #92 on this day in history.   

1973  Frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history the Cambodian Navy seizes the American merchant ship Mayaguez in international waters   

1976  Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1 on May - 12.   

1977  Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation on this day in history.   

1978  On May - 12 commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female   

1978  On May - 12 the U S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) decides that hurricanes will no longer be given only female names   

1979  Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history the first nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris)   

1980  On May - 12 lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies   

1981  Benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies on this day in history.   

1982  FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II on this day in history.   

1982  In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)   

1982  Humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1983  On May - 12 julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA   

1983  On this day in history stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0   

1983  On May - 12 stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0   

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

1496  On May - 12 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 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 May - 12.   

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.   

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

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.