Page 8: 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  Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69 on May - 12.   

1964  On this day in history manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO   

1965  On this day in history israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations   

1965  Roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57 on May - 12.   

1967  H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on May - 12.   

1967  Julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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 May - 12.   

1970  On May - 12 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1971  Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall on May - 12.   

1971  J M Taylor, cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"   

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

1973  On May - 12 frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85   

1975  The Cambodian Navy seizes the American merchant ship Mayaguez in international waters on this day in history.   

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

1977  Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation on May - 12.   

1978  Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female on May - 12.   

1978  On this day in history the U S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) decides that hurricanes will no longer be given only female names   

1979  On May - 12 chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end   

1980  On May - 12 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 May - 12 benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies   

1982  FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II on May - 12.   

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

1982  On this day in history humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66   

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

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

1983  On this day in history 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  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.   

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

1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

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  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 this day in history leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

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  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

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.