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May 12, 1997 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea
May 12, 1997 Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox
May 12, 1997 Russia and Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
May 12, 1997 Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida
May 12, 1997 Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami
May 12, 1996 "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 45 performances
May 12, 1996 "Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 68 performances
May 12, 1996 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies
May 12, 1996 Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8
May 12, 1995 Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59)
May 12, 1995 Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves
May 12, 1995 Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4
May 12, 1994 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan
May 12, 1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
May 12, 1993 Last broadcast of "Knots landing" on CBS
May 12, 1993 Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
May 12, 1993 Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II
May 12, 1992 1st Belgian woman, Ingrid Baeyens, to ascend Mount Everest
May 12, 1991 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic
May 12, 1991 A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest
May 12, 1990 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)
May 12, 1990 Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million
May 12, 1990 Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting
May 12, 1989 "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance
May 12, 1989 Last graffiti covered New York City subway car retired
May 12, 1989 Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists
May 12, 1988 "Carrie" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 5 performances
May 12, 1986 Bicycle is pedaled 65 mph
May 12, 1986 President Reagan appoints Dr. James C Fletcher NASA Administrator
May 12, 1986 Fred Markham (U.S.), unpaced and unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, California
May 12, 1985 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi
May 12, 1985 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
May 12, 1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D
May 12, 1984 France performs nuclear test
May 12, 1984 Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on same hole
May 12, 1984 South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
May 12, 1984 White Horse by Laid Back hits #26
May 12, 1984 World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
May 12, 1983 Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA
May 12, 1983 Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
May 12, 1982 FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II
May 12, 1982 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)
May 12, 1982 U.S. Football League forms
May 12, 1982 In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II
May 12, 1981 "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander New York City for 333 performances
May 12, 1981 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Minnesota
May 12, 1980 1st nonstop crossing of U.S. via balloon (Maxie Anderson and son Chris)
May 12, 1979 Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end
May 12, 1978 Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female
May 12, 1977 1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
May 12, 1977 Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation
May 12, 1976 Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1
May 12, 1975 U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces
May 12, 1974 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee, 4 games to 3
May 12, 1974 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic
May 12, 1973 6th ABA championship: Indiana Pacers beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3
May 12, 1973 Dueling Tubas by Martin Mull hits #92
May 12, 1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13)
May 12, 1972 Paul McCartney and Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
May 12, 1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St. Tropez Town Hall
May 12, 1970 Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
May 12, 1970 Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court
May 12, 1970 KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
May 12, 1970 Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)
May 12, 1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
May 12, 1969 Kenneth H. Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH
May 12, 1968 "March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington, D.C.
May 12, 1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
May 12, 1968 WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
May 12, 1967 H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student
May 12, 1967 Provo disbands in Netherlands Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
May 12, 1966 St. Louis' Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 inns
May 12, 1965 Israel and West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations
May 12, 1964 Manlio Brosio chosen as sec-gen of NATO
May 12, 1963 Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show
May 12, 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open
May 12, 1963 Race riot in Birmingham Alabama
May 12, 1962 Grevelingendam closes
May 12, 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
May 12, 1961 Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
May 12, 1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special
May 12, 1959 "Nervous Set" opens at Henry Miller's Theater New York City for 23 performances
May 12, 1959 Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)
May 12, 1958 "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo and The Dont's hits #40
May 12, 1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
May 12, 1957 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Smokey Golf Open
May 12, 1956 Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats New York Giants, 3-0
May 12, 1956 East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves
May 12, 1955 Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0)
May 12, 1953 KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting
May 12, 1952 Charlton Playground named in Bronx
May 12, 1951 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll
May 12, 1950 Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar," premieres in Paris
May 12, 1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in U.S. (S V L Pandit India)
May 12, 1949 West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade
May 12, 1948 Queen Wilhelmina resigns
May 12, 1944 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen and Brux
May 12, 1944 Krim purged of nazi troops
May 12, 1944 Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat
May 12, 1943 Axis forces in North Africa surrender
May 12, 1943 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in U.S.
May 12, 1943 German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender
May 12, 1942 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz
May 12, 1942 David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine
May 12, 1942 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River
May 12, 1942 Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943
May 12, 1941 Great British convoy marches into Alexandria
May 12, 1940 French mariners occupy St. Maarten
May 12, 1940 German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug
May 12, 1940 Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River
May 12, 1938 Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
May 12, 1937 George VI crowned King of England
May 12, 1937 St. Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3
May 12, 1936 Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London
May 12, 1934 "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1
May 12, 1934 60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2
May 12, 1933 Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers
May 12, 1932 Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey
May 12, 1932 Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney
May 12, 1930 Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)
May 12, 1929 Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)
May 12, 1928 Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy
May 12, 1926 Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole
May 12, 1926 British general strike ends
May 12, 1926 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
May 12, 1926 Gen Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared
May 12, 1926 Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole
May 12, 1925 Uzbekistan and Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics
May 12, 1925 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
May 12, 1924 50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2
May 12, 1924 7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Ind
May 12, 1923 49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6
May 12, 1921 National Hospital Day 1st observed
May 12, 1919 Yanks and Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15
May 12, 1917 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4
May 12, 1917 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6
May 12, 1915 Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250
May 12, 1915 Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week"
May 12, 1913 Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2)
May 12, 1910 2nd NAACP conference (New York City)
May 12, 1910 Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0
May 12, 1909 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8
May 12, 1908 George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married," premieres in London
May 12, 1908 Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B. Stubblefield
May 12, 1901 President McKinley visits San Francisco
May 12, 1900 Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed
May 12, 1900 Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city
May 12, 1898 Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters
May 12, 1897 1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Neth
May 12, 1897 Battle at Thessalie: Turkish army beats Greece
May 12, 1894 Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show," premieres in New York City
May 12, 1891 Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname
May 12, 1890 Louisiana legalized prize fighting
May 12, 1888 Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale
May 12, 1881 France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony
May 12, 1881 Treaty of Bardo, Tunis becomes a French protectorate
May 12, 1877 Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia
May 12, 1875 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St. Louis 0
May 12, 1874 U.S. Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized
May 12, 1871 Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Ky
May 12, 1870 Manitoba becomes a province of Canada
May 12, 1865 Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas
May 12, 1864 Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (Ft. Darling)
May 12, 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
May 12, 1864 Battle of Todd's Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid)
May 12, 1864 Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River
May 12, 1864 U.S. Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to brigade-general
May 12, 1863 Battle of Raymond, Mississippi
May 12, 1862 Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana
May 12, 1849 Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam
May 12, 1835 Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile
May 12, 1832 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore," premieres in Milan
May 12, 1792 Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented
May 12, 1789 Society of St. Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of New York City political bosses
May 12, 1780 British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina
May 12, 1780 Charleston, South Carolina falls to British (Revolutionary War)
May 12, 1777 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)
May 12, 1776 Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns
May 12, 1733 Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague
May 12, 1701 Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)
May 12, 1695 English king Willem III departs to Netherlands
May 12, 1689 England and Netherlands form League of Augsburg
May 12, 1641 Prince Willem II (14) marries Engl princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9)
May 12, 1640 Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV
May 12, 1604 Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius
May 12, 1588 Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris
May 12, 1551 San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens
May 12, 1534 Wurttemberg becomes Lutherian
May 12, 1525 Battle at Boblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Wurttembergse farmers
May 12, 1459 Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur
May 12, 1328 Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V
May 12, 1215 English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country
May 12, 1082 Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austr
May 12, 919 Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich
May 12, 254 Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope


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