Page 8: Historical Events In May - 12

1963  Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history race riot in Birmingham AL   

1963  On May - 12 stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69   

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

1965  On May - 12 israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations   

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

1967  On this day in history 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  On May - 12 "March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington DC   

1970  On this day in history harry A Blackmun is confirmed by the U S Senate as a Supreme Court justice   

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  On this day in history rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall   

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

1972  On May - 12 paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"   

1973  "Dueling Tubas" by Martin Mull hits #92 on May - 12.   

1973  On this day in history frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85   

1975  On May - 12 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  Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies   

1981  On this day in history benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies   

1982  On this day in history fC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II   

1982  In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II on May - 12.   

1982  On May - 12 pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)   

1982  On May - 12 humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66   

1983  Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA on May - 12.   

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

1983  Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0 on May - 12.   

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1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on May - 12.   

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

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history 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  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

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

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

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