Page 8: Historical Events In May - 12

1963  On this day in history bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show   

1963  On May - 12 race riot in Birmingham AL   

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

1964  Manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO on this day in history.   

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

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

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 May - 12.   

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

1970  On this day in history 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  On May - 12 j M Taylor, cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies   

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

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

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

1975  The Cambodian Navy seizes the American merchant ship Mayaguez in international waters on May - 12.   

1976  Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1 on this day in history.   

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 May - 12.   

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

1979  On this day in history 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  Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies on May - 12.   

1981  On this day in history 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  Humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66 on May - 12.   

1983  On this day in history julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA   

1983  Stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0 on this day in history.   

1983  Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0 on this day in history.   

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1401  On May - 12 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  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.   

1662  On this day in history birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.   

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  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on May - 12.   

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

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 this day in history.   

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