This day in History - May 12

436 Historic Events for May 12
1996 Death Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist, dies at 84
1996 Death Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman, dies at 35
1996 Event "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances
1996 Event "Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 perfs
1996 Event 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies
1996 Event Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8
1997 Event 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea
1997 Event Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox
1997 Event Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida
1997 Event Russia and Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
1997 Event Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami