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05/12/1921
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National Hospital Day 1st observed
Type: Event
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05/12/1921
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Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies
Type: Death
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05/12/1921
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Joseph Beuys, Germany, avant-garde painter/politician
Type: Birth
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05/12/1921
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Giovanni Benelli, archbishop (Florence)/Papal candidate
Type: Birth
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05/12/1921
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Edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1921
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Henry Mackie, designer of the Belfast Calorimeter
Type: Birth
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05/12/1922
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Barend Busnac, office clerk/resistance fighter
Type: Birth
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05/12/1923
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49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6
Type: Event
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05/12/1923
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Ewart G Abner, record company executive
Type: Birth
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05/12/1923
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Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Rocco e i suoi fratelli)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1923
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Lord Laing, English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire
Type: Birth
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05/12/1924
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Charles Henri Marechal, composer, dies at 82
Type: Death
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05/12/1924
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50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2
Type: Event
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05/12/1924
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7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Ind
Type: Event
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05/12/1925
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Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, catcher/coach/manager (NY Yankees, Mets)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1925
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Uzbekistan and Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics
Type: Event
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05/12/1925
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Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
Type: Event
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05/12/1925
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Artur Napoleao dos Santos, composer, dies at 82
Type: Death
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05/12/1925
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Amy Lowell, writer, dies at 51
Type: Death
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05/12/1925
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Alfred Milner, British governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71
Type: Death
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05/12/1925
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Tony Hancock, Birmingham England, actor (Rebel, Wrong Box)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1925
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John Simon, theater critic (NY Times)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1926
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Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
Type: Event
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05/12/1926
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British general strike ends
Type: Event
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05/12/1926
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Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole
Type: Event
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05/12/1926
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Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole
Type: Event
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05/12/1926
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Gen Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared
Type: Event
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05/12/1926
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Mervyn M Dymally, (Rep-D-CA, 1981- )
Type: Birth
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05/12/1926
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Earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )
Type: Birth
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05/12/1928
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Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )
Type: Birth
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05/12/1928
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Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy
Type: Event
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05/12/1928
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Opium laws enforced
Type: Event
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05/12/1929
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)
Type: Event
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05/12/1929
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Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1930
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Pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1930
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)
Type: Event
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05/12/1930
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Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70
Type: Death
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05/12/1931
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Eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72
Type: Death
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05/12/1931
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Eugene-Auguste Ysaye, composer, dies at 72
Type: Death
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05/12/1931
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Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One
Type: Birth
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05/12/1932
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Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ
Type: Event
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05/12/1932
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Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney
Type: Event
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05/12/1932
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Lindbergh baby, found dead
Type: Death
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05/12/1933
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers
Type: Event
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05/12/1934
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60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2
Type: Event
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05/12/1934
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"Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1
Type: Event
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05/12/1935
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Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies
Type: Death
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05/12/1936
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Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London
Type: Event
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05/12/1936
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Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1937
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Beryl Burton, UK, won record (7) women's cycling titles
Type: Birth
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