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May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). There are 233 days remaining.
Events
1100-1899
1900-1999
- 1926 - UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a general strike by trade unions ends (the strike began on May 3).
- 1932 - Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey just a few miles from the Lindbergh's home.
- 1937 - Coronation of King George VI of Britain at Westminster Abbey.
- 1942 - World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov - In the eastern Ukraine, the Soviet Army initiates a major offensive. During the battle the Soviets will capture the city of Kharkov from the German Army, only to be encircled and destroyed.
- 1949 - Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its Blockade of Berlin.
- 1958 - A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.
- 1962 - Douglas MacArthur delivers his famous "Duty, Honor, Country" valedictory speech at West Point.
- 1967 - At Queen Elizabeth Hall, England, Pink Floyd stages the first ever quadraphonic rock concert.
- 1972 - The Rolling Stones release Exile On Main Street, often considered their best album.
- 1975 - Mayagüez incident: The Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters.
- 1978 - In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining centre of the province of Shaba. The government of Zaire asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.
- 1999 - David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.
2000-2099
Births
1400-1899
- 1496 - Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)
- 1670 - King Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)
- 1803 - Justus von Liebig, chemist (d. 1873)
- 1820 - Florence Nightingale, nurse (d. 1910)
- 1828 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet, painter (d. 1882)
- 1845 - Gabriel Fauré, composer (d. 1924)
- 1850 - Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)
- 1880 - Lincoln Ellsworth - American scientist and polar explorer (d. 1951)
- 1889 - Otto Frank, writer, father of Anne Frank (d. 1980)
- 1892 - Fritz Kortner, director (d. 1970)
- 1899 - Indra Devi, yogi (d. 2002)
1900-1999
- 1900 - Helene Weigel, actress (d. 1971)
- 1907 - Katharine Hepburn, actress (d. 2003)
- 1910 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, chemist (d. 1994)
- 1912 - Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General and Watergate special prosecutor
- 1914 - Howard K. Smith, journalist (d. 2002)
- 1918 - Julius Rosenberg, spy (d. 1953)
- 1921 - Joseph Beuys, artist (d. 1986)
- 1921 - Farley Mowat, writer, naturalist
- 1924 - Tony Hancock, comedian (d. 1968)
- 1925 - Yogi Berra, Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1928 - Burt Bacharach, composer
- 1935 - Felipe Alou, Major League Baseball manager
- 1936 - Frank Stella, painter
- 1936 - Tom Snyder, journalist, TV personality
- 1937 - George Carlin, comedian
- 1942 - Ian Dury, rock star (d. 2000)
- 1948 - Steve Winwood, singer ("Blind Faith", "Traffic")
- 1950 - Bruce Boxleitner, actor
- 1950 - Billy Squier, singer/songwriter
- 1950 - Gabriel Byrne, actor
- 1955 - Kix Brooks, musician
- 1957 - Erik von Stronheim, director
- 1962 - Emilio Estevez, actor
- 1963 - Vanessa Williams, actress
- 1964 - Brett Gurewitz, guitarist for Bad Religion and NOFX
- 1966 - Stephen Baldwin, actor
- 1968 - Tony Hawk, skateboarding legend
- 1969 - Kim Fields, actress
- 1970 - Mike Weir, Canadian golfer, 2003 Masters champion
- 1971 - Sofia Coppola, director, daughter of Francis Ford Coppola
- 1975 - Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player
- 1977 - Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player
- 1978 - Jason Biggs, actor (American Pie)
- 1993 - Mikha'el Wade, ordinary kid, "2.4 art project" (d. any time in the future hopefully past 2099)
- 1995 - Jean Carlos Chera, Brazilian football prodigy
- 1995 - Sawyer Sweeten, actor
- 1995 - Sullivan Sweeten, actor
Deaths
1000-1899
1900-1999
- 1907 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b. 1848)
- 1925 - Amy Lowell, poet (b. 1874)
- 1935 - Jósef Piłsudski, father of modern Poland (b. 1867)
- 1944 - Max Brand, author
- 1944 - Q, British writer (b. 1863)
- 1956 - Louis Calhern, silent film actor (b. 1895)
- 1963 - Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter (b. 1882)
- 1967 - John Masefield, British poet and writer (b. 1878)
- 1971 - Heinie Manush, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1901)
- 1985 - Jean Dubuffet, painter (b. 1901)
- 1986 - Elisabeth Bergner, actress (b. 1897)
- 1992 - Robert Reed, actor, The Brady Bunch (b. 1932)
- 1994 - John Smith leader of British Labour Party (b. 1938)
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
- International Nursing Day
Events
May 11 - May 13 - April 12 - June 12 -- listing of all days
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