May 12

Events

 * - marries.
 * - The, between King and the rebel , begins.
 * -, a claimant to the , is consecrated in  by the  of.
 * -, the oldest in , was founded in ,.
 * -, the oldest in , was founded in ,.
 * - : flees  after  enters the city.
 * - : joins the  starting a war with.
 * - : is taken by  forces.
 * - : conquers.
 * - The first big battle of the against the Turks occurs in.
 * - federal troops occupy.
 * - : : two divisions of 's turn the left wing of Confederate General 's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the.
 * - : : Thousands of and  soldiers die in "the Bloody Angle".
 * - : : The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
 * - The was given the, paving the way for  to become a  on.
 * - of  is crowned King of.
 * - In, becomes a.
 * - : The four-day, pitting rebel against the  government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
 * - The first-ever official match begins.  beat  by eight wickets at .  scores the first century in the competition.
 * - : In the, a nine-day by s ends.
 * - Ten weeks after his, the infant son of is found dead in  just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.
 * - of King  at.
 * - presented the, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic  in.
 * - : – In the eastern, the  Army initiates a major offensive. During the battle the  will capture the city of  from the  Army, only to be encircled and destroyed.
 * 1942  - 1,500  are sent to s in.
 * - The lifts its.
 * 1949  - The western occupying powers approve the  for the new German state - the Federal Republic of Germany
 * - crowned  of.
 * - The last portion of the  in  closes.
 * - A formal agreement is signed between the  and.
 * - delivers his famous "Duty, Honor, Country" valedictory speech at.
 * - The   crashes on the.
 * 1965  -  and  establish diplomatic relations.
 * -, home of the  team and until 1987, the  team of the same , opens in.
 * - At, , stages the first-ever   concert.
 * - : The n navy seizes the   in.
 * - In, rebels occupy the city of , the mining center of the province of . The government of asks the ,  and  to restore order.
 * - starves to death in the  in a republican campaign for political status to be granted to  prisoners.
 * - During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in, security guards overpower before he can attack  with a . Krohn, an ultraconservative Spanish priest opposed to the  II reforms, decided that the Pope must be killed for being an "agent of Moscow."
 * - A freight train derails on the very steep  in, killing four people.
 * -  leader  dies in a  hospital after two serious heart attacks.
 * - becomes the first   of the modern.
 * - Former  arrives in  for a five-day visit with  becoming first, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's.
 * - The, carried out by , kill 26.
 * 2003  - Fifty-nine  lawmakers bring the  to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a  congressional  plan.
 * - ties the  world record with a time of 9.77 seconds in,.

Births

 * - (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Governor General of (d. )
 * -, Flemish missionary (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Italian architect (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Spanish statesman (d. )
 * -, German chemist (d. )
 * -, Canadian politician (d. )
 * -, Finnish statesman (d. )
 * -, English author and poet (d. )
 * -, English nurse (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, Greek composer (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, U.S. statesman (d. )
 * -, Australian cricketer (d. )
 * -, Austrian physician (d. )
 * -, American scientist (d. )
 * -, father of (d. )
 * -, Austrian-born director (d. )
 * -, American chemist, (d. )
 * -, yogi (d. )
 * -, German actress (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, British author and screenwriter (d. )
 * 1907  -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American jurist (d. )
 * 1910  -, British biochemist,  (d. )
 * -, U.S. Solicitor General (d. )
 * -, Dutch poet (d. )
 * 1914  -, American journalist (d. )
 * -, American businesswoman, founded  (d. )
 * -, Canadian football coach (d. )
 * -, American spy (d. )
 * -, German artist (d. )
 * 1921  -, Canadian writer and naturalist
 * -, Argentine writer (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician
 * 1924  -, English comedian (d. )
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American composer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1929  -, first
 * -, Spanish film director
 * -, Russian poet
 * -, Dominican baseball player and manager
 * 1935  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1936  -, American television personality (d. )
 * 1936  -, American painter
 * -, English cyclist (d. )
 * 1937  -, American comedian
 * 1937  -, English actress
 * -, American film actress
 * -, White House Press Secretary (d. )
 * -, English musician (d. )
 * 1942  -, French singer and songwriter
 * 1942  -, American songwriter and singer
 * -, American singer
 * -, English footballer (d. )
 * 1945  -, English keyboardist
 * -, American science fiction author
 * -, Canadian politician
 * 1947  -, American film actor, director and screenwriter
 * -, English musician
 * -, American actor
 * 1950  -, Irish actor
 * 1950  -, American singer
 * -, American musician
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1956  -, Australian comedian
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American drummer
 * -, American actor
 * -, British racing driver
 * -, English guitarist
 * 1961  -, American actress
 * 1961  -, Canadian actor
 * -, American actor
 * 1962  -, American songwriter and record producer
 * -, Greek basketball player, Mayor of
 * 1963  -, Italian racing driver
 * 1963  -, American actor
 * 1963  -, Canadian actress
 * 1963  -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * 1966  -, Brazilian singer
 * -, American bass guitarist (ex-)
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1968  -, American skateboarder
 * 1968  -, English comedian
 * -, American actress
 * 1969  -, professional dog trainer
 * 1969  -, noted YouTuber
 * -, American golfer
 * 1970  -, American actress
 * 1970  -, Canadian golfer
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, American stage actress
 * 1973  -, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
 * -, New Zealand rugby union footballer
 * -, Scottish snooker player
 * 1977  -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * 1978  -,  singer
 * 1978  -, American baseball player
 * 1978  -, Iranian weightlifter
 * -, American football player
 * 1979  -, Turkish-Dutch politician
 * -, Japanese composer
 * -, Greek footballer
 * -, Filipino-American ballroom dancer
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actors
 * -, American actors

Deaths

 * - Queen (b. )
 * - (killed in battle) (b. )
 * -, Despot of the
 * -, English writer
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * -, French physicist and priest
 * -, Flemish painter (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, English astronomer (b. )
 * -, French sculptor (b. )
 * -, Swiss naturalist (b. )
 * -, French dramatist (b. )
 * -, German poet (b. )
 * -, Russian statesman (b. )
 * -, Hungarian poet (b. )
 * -, French mathematician (b. )
 * -, Russian writer (b. )
 * -, English architect (b. )
 * -, American soldier from Virginia and a Confederate Army general (b. )
 * -, German archaeologist (b. )
 * -, French physicist (b. )
 * -, Bulgarian revolutionary, brutally killed by the (b. )
 * -, Czech composer (b. )
 * -, English chocolate entrepreneur (b. )
 * -, French author (b. )
 * -, Irish socialist (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, Belgian violinist (b. )
 * -, Polish statesman (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * 1944  -, English writer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, film director and actor (b. )
 * -, Canadian runner (b. )
 * -,  and  officer  (b. )
 * -, British writer (b. )
 * -, German writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, American racecar driver (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, Austrian actress (b. )
 * -, Japanese chef (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 1992  -, Greek poet and lyricist (b. )
 * 1992  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, German psychoanalyst (b. )
 * 1994  -, British politician (b. )
 * -, real name: , Italian singer and song-writer (b. )
 * -, of  1993-1999 (b. )
 * 1999  -, Romanian-American cartoonist (b. )
 * -, American race car driver (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * 2001  -, Russian aircraft designer (b. )
 * -, ECW Wrestler (Mass Transit)
 * -, French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (b. )
 * -, English Islamic scholar (b. )
 * 2005  -, Swedish actress and singer (b. )
 * -, former U.S. representative from Mississippi (b. )
 * -, military leader (b. ?)
 * -, former U.S. representative from Mississippi (b. )
 * -, military leader (b. ?)

Holidays and observances

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 * Day of in ; Commemoration day of.

Religious s

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