436 Historic Events for May 12
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Hermann Grabner, composer
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov)
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Albert Saverys, Flemish painter
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Nandor Zsolt, composer
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| 1888 |
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Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank
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| 1890 |
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Louisiana legalized prize fighting
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| 1891 |
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Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname
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| 1894 |
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Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Cleo Ridgely, NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama)
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22]
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| 1896 |
Death |
Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38
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| 1897 |
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Battle at Thessali‰: Turkish army beats Greece
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| 1897 |
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1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Neth
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| 1897 |
Death |
Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright, dies at 53
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| 1897 |
Death |
Willem Roelofs, painter/lithographer, dies
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| 1898 |
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Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage)
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| 1900 |
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Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city
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| 1900 |
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Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Hyam Greenbaum, composer
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| 1901 |
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Pres McKinley visits SF
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway)
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