May 12


Wednesday 12, 1999:

David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.


Friday 12, 1972:

The Rolling Stones release Exile On Main Street, often considered their best album.


Wednesday 12, 1965:

The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.


Tuesday 12, 1942:

1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz.


Saturday 12, 1364:

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, the oldest university in Poland, was founded in Kraków, Poland.


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