436 Historic Events for May 12
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| 1926 |
Event |
Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole
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| 1926 |
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Gen Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Mervyn M Dymally, (Rep-D-CA, 1981- )
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )
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| 1928 |
Event |
Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy
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| 1928 |
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Opium laws enforced
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| 1929 |
Event |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56)
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| 1930 |
Event |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)
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| 1930 |
Death |
Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70
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| 1931 |
Death |
Eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72
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| 1931 |
Death |
Eugene-Auguste Ysaye, composer, dies at 72
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One
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| 1932 |
Event |
Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ
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| 1932 |
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Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney
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| 1932 |
Death |
Lindbergh baby, found dead
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| 1933 |
Event |
Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers
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| 1934 |
Event |
60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2
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| 1934 |
Event |
"Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1
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| 1935 |
Death |
Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies
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| 1936 |
Event |
Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Beryl Burton, UK, won record (7) women's cycling titles
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