May 12
Sunday 12, 2002:
Former President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
Saturday 12, 2001:
In Copenhagen, Denmark, Tanel Padar & Dave Benton win the forty-sixth Eurovision Song Contest for Estonia singing "Everybody".
Friday 12, 2000:
The Tate Modern art gallery opens in London.
Wednesday 12, 1999:
David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.
Monday 12, 1997:
1997 - In the 7th inning of a baseball game between the Anaheim Angels, and the Chicago White Sox,the Angels score 13 runs.
Friday 12, 1989:
1989 A Southern Pacific Railroad freight train derails on Duffy Street on the very steep Cajon Pass in San Bernardino, California
Friday 12, 1978:
In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba. The government of Zaire asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.
Monday 12, 1975:
Mayagüez incident: The Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters.
Friday 12, 1972:
The Rolling Stones release Exile On Main Street, often considered their best album.
Tuesday 12, 1970:
Ernie Banks becomes the ninth member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.
Friday 12, 1967:
At Queen Elizabeth Hall, England, Pink Floyd stages the first-ever quadraphonic rock concert.
Thursday 12, 1966:
Busch Memorial Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals major league baseball team, opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
Wednesday 12, 1965:
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
Saturday 12, 1962:
Douglas MacArthur delivers his famous "Duty, Honor, Country" valedictory speech at West Point.
Monday 12, 1958:
A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.
Monday 12, 1952:
Gaj Singh crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur.
Thursday 12, 1949:
Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its Blockade of Berlin.
Tuesday 12, 1942:
1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz.
Wednesday 12, 1937:
Coronation of King George VI of Britain at Westminster Abbey.
Thursday 12, 1932:
Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey just a few miles from the Lindbergh's home.
Wednesday 12, 1926:
UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends.
Monday 12, 1890:
The first-ever official County Championship match begins. Yorkshire beat Gloucestershire by eight wickets at Bristol. George Ulyett scores the first century in the competition.
Tuesday 12, 1885:
North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel French Canadians against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
Thursday 12, 1881:
In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
Monday 12, 1873:
Oscar II of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Sweden.
Thursday 12, 1870:
The Manitoba Act was given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
Thursday 12, 1864:
American Civil War: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die in "the Bloody Angle".
Monday 12, 1862:
U.S federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Friday 12, 1797:
First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
Friday 12, 1780:
American Revolutionary War: Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
Thursday 12, 1689:
King William's War: William III of England joins the League of Augsburg starting a war with France.
Thursday 12, 1588:
French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry of Guise enters the city.
Saturday 12, 1551:
National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, was founded in Lima, Peru.
Saturday 12, 1364:
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, the oldest university in Poland, was founded in Kraków, Poland.
Wednesday 12, 1328:
Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.
Monday 12, 1264:
The Battle of Lewes, between King Henry III of England and the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, begins.
Sunday 12, 1191:
Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.
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