436 Historic Events for May 12
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| 1864 |
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US Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to brigade-general
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| 1864 |
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Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River
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| 1864 |
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Battle of Todd's Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid)
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| 1864 |
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Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
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| 1864 |
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Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA (Ft Darling)
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| 1864 |
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J E B Stuart, Confederate General, dies at 31
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| 1865 |
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Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas
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| 1867 |
Birth |
Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century)
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| 1868 |
Birth |
Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books
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| 1870 |
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Manitoba becomes a province of Canada
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| 1871 |
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John F W Herschel, British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies
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| 1871 |
Death |
Daniel-Fran‡ois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89
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| 1871 |
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Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Ky
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| 1874 |
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US Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized
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| 1874 |
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Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet)
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| 1875 |
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1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0
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| 1876 |
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Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria
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| 1876 |
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Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63
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| 1877 |
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Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights
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| 1880 |
Birth |
W Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938)
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| 1881 |
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Treaty of Bardo, Tunis becomes a French protectorate
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| 1881 |
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France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony
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| 1884 |
Death |
Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60
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| 1885 |
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Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada
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