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05/12/1886
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Hermann Grabner, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1886
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Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1886
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Albert Saverys, Flemish painter
Type: Birth
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05/12/1887
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Nandor Zsolt, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1888
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Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale
Type: Event
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05/12/1889
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Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank
Type: Birth
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05/12/1890
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Louisiana legalized prize fighting
Type: Event
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05/12/1891
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Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname
Type: Event
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05/12/1894
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Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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05/12/1894
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Cleo Ridgely, NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1895
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Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22]
Type: Birth
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05/12/1896
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Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38
Type: Death
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05/12/1897
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Battle at Thessali‰: Turkish army beats Greece
Type: Event
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05/12/1897
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1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Neth
Type: Event
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05/12/1897
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Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright, dies at 53
Type: Death
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05/12/1897
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Willem Roelofs, painter/lithographer, dies
Type: Death
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05/12/1898
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Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters
Type: Event
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05/12/1900
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Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1900
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Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city
Type: Event
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05/12/1900
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Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed
Type: Event
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05/12/1901
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Hyam Greenbaum, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1901
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Pres McKinley visits SF
Type: Event
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05/12/1902
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Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor
Type: Birth
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05/12/1903
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Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1903
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Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1906
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William M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist
Type: Birth
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05/12/1907
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Katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1907
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Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1907
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J K Huysmans, writer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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05/12/1908
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Melesio Morales, composer, dies at 69
Type: Death
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05/12/1908
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George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married," premieres in London
Type: Event
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05/12/1908
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Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield
Type: Event
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05/12/1909
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34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8
Type: Event
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05/12/1910
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Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1910
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Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1910
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2nd NAACP conference (NYC)
Type: Event
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05/12/1910
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Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0
Type: Event
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05/12/1912
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Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet
Type: Birth
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05/12/1913
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Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2)
Type: Event
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05/12/1914
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Howard K Smith, LA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1914
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Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1914
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Dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- )
Type: Birth
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05/12/1915
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Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250
Type: Event
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05/12/1915
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Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week"
Type: Event
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05/12/1916
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Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1917
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43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6
Type: Event
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05/12/1917
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42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4
Type: Event
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05/12/1917
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Andr‚ A Rieu, Dutch conductor
Type: Birth
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05/12/1918
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Oscar Beregi Jr, Hungary, actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1919
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Yanks and Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15
Type: Event
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