Hisdates•ComPage 9: Historical Events In May - 12
Wednesday, 25 December 2024
1984 On this day in history "White Horse" by Laid Back hits #26 
1984 On this day in history discovery moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating of STS 41-D
1984 France performs nuclear test on May - 12.
1984 Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on the same hole on this day in history.
1984 South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years on this day in history.
1984 On May - 12 world of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
1984 Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure on May - 12.
1985 On May - 12 amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as first woman Conservative rabbi
1985 Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies on this day in history.
1986 Fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is first to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat CA on May - 12.
1986 Kristeen Garcia is born on this day in history.
1986 President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator on May - 12.
1986 Elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85 on May - 12.
1987 Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53 on May - 12.
1989 "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance on this day in history.
1989 On this day in history retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists
1989 On this day in history joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81
1990 On this day in history 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)
1990 Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million on May - 12.
1990 Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history a new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest
1992 On this day in history the first Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest
1992 Joe Burke, president (KC Royals), dies at 68, dies on this day in history.
1993 On May - 12 final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
1993 Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV on May - 12.
1993 NBC TV airs the final episode of the hit comedy Cheers on this day in history.
1993 Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II on this day in history.
1994 On May - 12 alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91
1995 Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) on this day in history.
1997 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea on May - 12.
1997 On this day in history russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
1997 On May - 12 susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is first to swim from Cuba to Florida
1997 On this day in history tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami
2005 An election was held in the Cayman Islands 7 months later than originally scheduled due to Hurricane Ivan. It resulted in a change of government, with the United Democratic Party giving four seats to the then-opposition People's Progressive Movement in the 15 member Legislative Assembly on May - 12.
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