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  Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1964  Manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO on May - 12.   

1965  Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations on May - 12.   

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

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 May - 12.   

1971  On May - 12 rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall   

1971  On May - 12 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  On this day in history "Dueling Tubas" by Martin Mull hits #92   

1973  Frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85 on May - 12.   

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

1976  On this day in history bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1   

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 May - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 12 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  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  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 this day in history.   

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

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

1622  On May - 12 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  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

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  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.   

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

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.   

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

1641  On May - 12 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