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05/12/1974
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Tiffany Stoker, Clovis Calif, Miss America (California-4th-1996)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1974
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28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee, 4 games to 3
Type: Event
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05/12/1974
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Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic
Type: Event
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05/12/1974
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Anna Ozolins, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1975
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US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces
Type: Event
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05/12/1975
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Lawrence Phillips, running back (St Louis Rams)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1976
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Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1
Type: Event
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05/12/1976
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Matthew P Newmark, actor (Joseph Carroll-Guns of Paradise)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1977
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Monique de Bruin, Porland Oregon, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1977
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1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
Type: Event
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05/12/1977
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Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation
Type: Event
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05/12/1977
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Iva Majoli, Yugoslavia, tennis star
Type: Birth
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05/12/1978
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Amy Wheaton, actress (Curse)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1978
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Commerce Dept says hurricane names will no longer be only female
Type: Event
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05/12/1978
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Thomas Odoyo, cricketer (Kenyan all-rounder 1996 World Cup)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1979
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Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end
Type: Event
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05/12/1980
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1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson and son Chris)
Type: Event
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05/12/1980
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Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies
Type: Death
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05/12/1981
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Benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies
Type: Death
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05/12/1981
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James Graham - Founder HistoryOrb.com
Type: Birth
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05/12/1981
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"Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander NYC for 333 perfs
Type: Event
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05/12/1981
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Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Minn
Type: Event
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05/12/1982
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Humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66
Type: Death
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05/12/1982
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US Football League forms
Type: Event
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05/12/1982
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In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II
Type: Event
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05/12/1982
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FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II
Type: Event
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05/12/1982
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Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)
Type: Event
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05/12/1983
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Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
Type: Event
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05/12/1983
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Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA
Type: Event
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05/12/1984
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World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
Type: Event
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05/12/1984
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France performs nuclear test
Type: Event
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05/12/1984
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Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D
Type: Event
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05/12/1984
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S Afr prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
Type: Event
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05/12/1984
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Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on same hole
Type: Event
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05/12/1984
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Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure
Type: Death
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05/12/1984
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White Horse by Laid Back hits #26
Type: Event
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05/12/1985
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
Type: Event
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05/12/1985
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Amy Eilberg is ordained in NY as 1st woman Conservative rabbi
Type: Event
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05/12/1985
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Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies
Type: Death
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05/12/1986
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Bicycle is pedaled 65 mph
Type: Event
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05/12/1986
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Lee Bonnell, dies
Type: Death
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05/12/1986
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Elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85
Type: Death
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05/12/1986
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President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator
Type: Event
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05/12/1986
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Fred Markham (US), unpaced and unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, Calif
Type: Event
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05/12/1987
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Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53
Type: Death
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05/12/1988
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"Carrie" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 5 performances
Type: Event
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05/12/1989
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Retired Brit pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists
Type: Event
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05/12/1989
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Last graffiti covered NYC subway car retired
Type: Event
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05/12/1989
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Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81
Type: Death
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05/12/1989
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Marcelle de Manziarly, composer, dies at 89
Type: Death
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