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What happened in history on this day: May 12?
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- 254 - Saint Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope.
- 912 - Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at age 45.
- 919 - Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich.
- 1003 - Gerbert French scholar, dies in Rome.
- 1003 - Sylvester II [Gerbert van Aurillac], first Fren Pope (999-1003), dies.
- 1012 - Sergius IV [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies.
- 1082 - Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austria.
- 1215 - English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country.
- 1237 - The crusading order, "The Swordbrothers" is incorporated into the order, "The Teutonic Knights" by decree of Pope Gregory.
- 1264 - Battle of Lewes begins in England.
- 1328 - Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V.
- 1364 - Polish King Casimir III issues charter for Poland's Jagiellorian University.
- 1382 - Johanna I Queen of Naples/Provence, dies.
- 1459 - Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur.
- 1525 - Battle at Böblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Württembergse farmers.
- 1534 - Württemberg becomes Lutheran.
- 1551 - San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens.
- 1588 - Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris France.
- 1604 - Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius.
- 1607 - Three ships arrive on a small island along James River; colonists establish James Town.
- 1634 - George Chapman English dramatist/interpreter, dies.
- 1640 - Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV.
- 1641 - Prince Willem II (14) marries English princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9).
- 1641 - Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at age 48.
- 1649 - Isaac Doreslaer English lawyer/diplomat, murdered.
- 1662 - Birth of Jan F van Bloom [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized.
- 1670 - Birth of Augustus II (August der Starke, August the Strong One) in Dresden; Elector of Saxony (after 1694) and King of Poland (after 1696).
- 1689 - England and Netherlands form League of Augsburg.
- 1695 - English king Willem III departs to Netherlands.
- 1700 - Birth of Luigi Vanvitelli Italian architect.
- 1701 - Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701).
- 1729 - Birth of Michaël F B Freiherr von Melas Austrian general (7 Year Wars).
- 1733 - Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague.
- 1737 - Cornelis van Alkemade historian, dies at age 83.
- 1758 - King Friedrich sets siege to Olmütz.
- 1776 - Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns.
- 1777 - First ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette).
- 1780 - Charleston, South Carolina, falls to the British (Revolutionary War).
- 1789 - Society of Saint Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers.
- 1792 - Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented.
- 1796 - Death of Johann P Uz at age 75; German poet (Theodicee).
- 1803 - Birth of Justus Freiherr von Liebig; German chemist (agricultural chemics).
- 1804 - Birth of Robert Baldwin; (Liberal) helped establish cabinet government in Canada.
- 1806 - Birth of Amos Beebe Eaton; US Brevet Major General (Union Army) (dies 1877).
- 1812 - Birth of Edward Lear in England; landscape painter (Complete Nonsense Book).
- 1812 - Birth of Louis Ludwig Blenker; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1863).
- 1814 - Death of Robert Treat Paine at age 83; US judge (signed Declaration of Independence).
- 1820 - Birth of Florence Nightingale in Florence, Italy; nurse (Crimean War).
- 1842 - Birth of Jules Emile Fred Massenet in Montaud, France; composer (Manon, Le Cid).
- 1845 - Birth of Gabriel Urbain Fauré in Pamiers, France; composer (Requiem, Ballade).
- 1848 - Sam Brannan in San Francisco shows bottle of gold dust, setting off gold fever.
- 1849 - Willem Alexander PFL crowned King Willem III in Amsterdam.
- 1852 - John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies.
- 1861 - Birth of Ivan Caryll; English composer (Pink Lady).
- 1862 - Federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 1864 - Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 37.
- 1864 - J.E.B. Stuart, Confederate General, dies at age 31.
- 1867 - Birth of Hugh Trumble; cricket off-spinner (great Australian at turn of century).
- 1870 - Manitoba becomes the fifth province of Canada.
- 1871 - John F W Herschel, British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies at age 79.
- 1871 - Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Kentucky.
- 1874 - Birth of Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet; Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet).
- 1874 - US Assay Office in Helena, Montana is authorized.
- 1876 - Birth of Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria.
- 1876 - Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at age 63.
- 1877 - Ottawa Rough Riders first outside competition versus Britannia.
- 1880 - Birth of Lincoln Ellsworth; led first transarctic, transantarctic flights.
- 1880 - Birth of W Hupkes; engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938).
- 1881 - Treaty of Bardo, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
- 1884 - Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, composer (Two Widows), dies at age 60.
- 1885 - Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada.
- 1886 - Birth of Piotr F Scharoff; Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov).
- 1888 - Crouching start for running race first used by Charles Sherrill of Yale.
- 1890 - Louisiana, USA legalizes prize fighting.
- 1891 - Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo, Suriname.
- 1894 - Birth of Cleo Ridgely in New York City, New York, USA; silent screen actress (I Remember Mama, The Love Mask).
- 1897 - 1800- to 1900-year-old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente, Netherlands.
- 1897 - Battle at Thessalië: Turkish army beats Greece.
- 1900 - Birth of Helene Weigel; Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage).
- 1900 - Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed.
- 1900 - Lord Roberts' troops occupy Crown city.
- 1900 - Birth of Wilhelm Steinitz in Prague; chess champion (1866-1894).
- 1903 - Birth of Lennox R F Berkeley; British composer (Castaway).
- 1903 - Birth of Wilfrid Hyde-White in England; actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place).
- 1907 - Birth of Katharine Hepburn in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actress (African Queen, Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond).
- 1907 - Birth of Leslie Charteris; English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint).
- 1908 - Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield.
- 1909 - 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8.
- 1910 - Birth of Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin; British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel Prize 1964).
- 1910 - Birth of Gordon Jenkins in Webster Grove, Missouri, USA; orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour).
- 1913 - Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2).
- 1914 - Birth of Dan Daniel; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Virginia, 1969-).
- 1914 - Birth of Howard K Smith in Los Angeles, California, USA; TV newsman (ABC, moderated John Kennedy-Richard Nixon debate).
- 1915 - Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250.
- 1915 - Franklin K Mathiews presents the idea of "Book Week".
- 1917 - 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6.
- 1918 - Birth of Oscar Beregi Junior in Hungary; actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City).
- 1918 - Birth of Julius Rosenberg in New York, USA; engineer for U.S. Army Signal Corps, executed for spying.
- 1919 - New York Yankees and Washington Senators play second straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 innings.
- 1921 - Birth of Giovanni Benelli; archbishop (Florence)/Papal candidate.
- 1921 - Birth of Henry Mackie; designer of the Belfast Calorimeter.
- 1921 - Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies.
- 1923 - 49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6.
- 1923 - Birth of Giovanni Testori; Italian writer (Rocco e i suoi fratelli).
- 1923 - Birth of Lord Laing; English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire.
- 1924 - 50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2.
- 1925 - Alfred Milner, British Governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at age 71.
- 1925 - Birth of John Simon; theater critic (New York Times).
- 1925 - Birth of Lawrence "Yogi" Berra; New York Yankees' catcher/coach/manager, New York Mets, Houston Astros.
- 1925 - Birth of Tony Hancock in Birmingham, England; actor (Rebel, Wrong Box).
- 1925 - Uzbekistan and Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics.
- 1925 - Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament.
- 1926 - Birth of Earl Hutto in Panama City, Florida, USA; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Florida, 1979-).
- 1926 - Birth of Mervyn M Dymally; American politician (Representative-Democrat-California, 1981-).
- 1926 - British general strike ends.
- 1926 - Polish General Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos.
- 1926 - Norwegian pilot Umberto Nobile flies airship Norge as first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
- 1928 - Birth of Manuel Lujan Junior; American politician (Representative-Republican-New Mexico, 1969-).
- 1928 - Benito Mussolini ends women's rights in Italy.
- 1929 - Birth of Burt Bacharach in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; composer ("I'll Never Fall in Love Again").
- 1929 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary).
- 1930 - Birth of Pat McCormick-Keller in Lakewood, California, USA; platform/springboard diver (Olympics-4 gold-1952, 1956).
- 1930 - Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at age 70.
- 1930 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures).
- 1931 - Birth of Johan Fleerackers; Flemish vice-president of Dutch One.
- 1932 - Dead body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey.
- 1932 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Revue is released to theaters in the USA. Pluto and Horace Horsecollar also appear. Goofy appears for the first time, with the name "Dippy Dawg".
- 1933 - US Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers.
- 1934 - 60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2.
- 1935 - Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies.
- 1936 - Birth of Tom Snyder in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News).
- 1937 - Birth of Beryl Burton in United Kingdom; won record (7) women's cycling titles.
- 1937 - Birth of George Carlin in Bronx, New York, USA; comedian (Seven words you can't say on television, AM and FM, Carwash).
- 1937 - Birth of Gerry E Studds; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Massachusetts, 1973-).
- 1937 - King George VI's coronation at Westminster Abbey in England.
- 1937 - Saint Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3.
- 1938 - Birth of Millie Perkins in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; actress (Jane - Knots Landing).
- 1938 - Birth of Susan Hampshire in London, England; actress (Vanity Fair, Living Free).
- 1938 - Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).
- 1939 - Turkey and Great Britain conclude a security pact.
- 1939 - Birth of Ronald Ziegler; US press secretary (Richard Nixon).
- 1940 - French mariners occupy Saint Maarten.
- 1940 - German forces break through the Maastricht-Hasselt defence line in Belgium.
- 1940 - German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug.
- 1940 - German blitz conquest of France begins by crossing Meuse River.
- 1941 - Birth of Anthony Newman in Los Angeles, California, USA; harpsichordist/organist (Bhajeb).
- 1941 - Birth of Little Jayotis in Washington, USA; rhythm and blues singer (Persuasions).
- 1941 - Birth of Ruud de Wolff; singer/guitarist ("Blue Diamonds").
- 1941 - British convoy marches into Alexandria.
- 1942 - Extermination of Jews begins at Auschwitz.
- 1942 - Birth of Barry B[rookes] Longyear; American sci-fi author (City of Baraboo).
- 1942 - Birth of Dumitru Dediu in Romania; cosmonaut (Soyuz 40 backup).
- 1942 - Birth of Ian Dury in Upminster, Essex, England; rocker (Ian Dury and the Blockheads - "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"), actor (Judge Dredd).
- 1942 - Birth of Susan Hampshire in London, England; actress (David Copperfield).
- 1942 - David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine.
- 1942 - German submarine sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River.
- 1942 - Soviet forces occupy Crackow.
- 1943 - Birth of Billy Swan in Cape Giradeau, Louisiana, USA; rocker ("I Can Help").
- 1943 - Birth of David Walker; rock keyboardist (Gary Lewis and Playboys - "Diamond Ring").
- 1943 - Birth of Linda Dano in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Felicia Gallant - Another World).
- 1944 - 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen and Brüx.
- 1944 - Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at age 80.
- 1944 - Birth of James Purify; American singer ("I'm Your Puppet").
- 1944 - Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat in the Netherlands.
- 1945 - Birth of Linda Carlson in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; actress (Bev - Newhart, Katie - Kaz).
- 1945 - Birth of Willie Parnell; US singer (Archie Bell and the Drells).
- 1946 - Birth of Ian McLagen; rocker (Faces).
- 1946 - Birth of Leonard Baichan; cricket player (West Indies opener, 103 versus Pakistan on debut 1975).
- 1948 - Birth of Lindsay Ann Crouse in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart).
- 1948 - Birth of Steve Winwood in Birmingham, England; singer/songwriter/ keyboardist/guitarist ("Higher Love", "Roll With It").
- 1948 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands resigns.
- 1949 - Soviet land blockade of Berlin ends.
- 1949 - The Israeli flag is first unfurled at the United Nations building in New York.
- 1950 - Birth of Billy Squier in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, USA; heavy metal guitarist ("Don't Say No").
- 1950 - Birth of Bruce Boxleitner in Elgin, Illinois, USA; actor (Scarecrow and Mrs King, Babylon 5).
- 1950 - Birth of Gabriel Byrne in Dublin, Ireland; actor (Hello Again, Cool World).
- 1950 - Birth of Jocko Marcellino; rocker (Sha Na Na).
- 1950 - Birth of Renate Stecher-Meissner in the German Democratic Republic; sprinter (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1950 - Birth of Shozo Fujii; judo champion.
- 1951 - First hydrogen bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll.
- 1951 - Birth of Gunnar Larrson in Sweden; 200 metre/400 metre swimmer (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1951 - Birth of Kid Creole [August Darnell]; rocker/actor (Obsession A Taste of Fear).
- 1951 - Oscar DePriest, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Illinois), dies at age 80.
- 1955 - Birth of Kix Brooks in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; singer (Brooks and Dunn - "Brand New Man").
- 1956 - Brooklyn Dodgers' Carl Erskine's second no-hitter, beats New York Giants, 3-0.
- 1956 - East Pakistan is struck by cyclone and tidal waves.
- 1956 - Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at age 87.
- 1957 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Smokey Golf Open.
- 1957 - Birth of Lou[is Rodman] Whitaker; second baseman (Detroit Tigers).
- 1957 - Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club (USAC) midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri.
- 1957 - Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at age 71.
- 1958 - Birth of Beth Maitland; actress (Traci - The Young and the Restless).
- 1958 - Birth of Kim Greist in Stamford, Connecticut, USA; actress (CHUD, Brazil, Payoff, Manhunter).
- 1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak.
- 1959 - Birth of Dave Christian in Minnesota, USA; NHL right wing (Washington Capitals, Olympics-gold-1980).
- 1960 - Birth of Lisa Martin; Australian marathon runner (Olympics-silver 1988).
- 1960 - Birth of Lisa Ondieki; Australian marathon runner (Olympics-1984, 1988, 1996).
- 1961 - Birth of Billy Duffy; rocker (The Cult - "Hell's Kitchen").
- 1961 - Birth of Ray Gillen in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, USA; rocker (Badlands - "Dreams in the Dark").
- 1961 - Botvinnik wins world chess championship for third time.
- 1962 - Birth of Amy Benz in Rochester, New York, USA; LPGA golfer (1994 Oldsmobile Classic-3rd).
- 1962 - Birth of Emilio Estevez in New York City, New York, USA; actor (The Breakfast Club, Young Guns, The Mighty Ducks).
- 1962 - Birth of Mark Bradshaw in Happy Camp, California, USA; diver (Olympics-1996).
- 1962 - Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at age 67.
- 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
- 1963 - Birth of Vanessa Williams in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Rhonda Blair - Melrose Place).
- 1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open.
- 1963 - Race riot in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
- 1964 - Birth of Joy Ellen Kitzmiller in Los Angeles, California, USA; American badminton player (Olympics-1992).
- 1964 - The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presents the 6th Annual Grammy Awards.
- Record of the Year: Henry Mancini for "Days Of Wine And Roses";
- Best Vocal Performance, Female: Barbra Streisand for "The Barbra Streisand Album";
- Best Vocal Performance, Male: Jack Jones for "Wives And Lovers";
- Best Rock and Roll Recording: April Stevens and Nino Tempo for "Deep Purple";
- Best Country and Western Recording: Bobby Bare for "Detroit City";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Recording: Ray Charles for "Busted";
- Best Folk Recording: Peter, Paul And Mary for "Blowin' In The Wind".
- 1964 - Manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO.
- 1965 - Birth of Stacy Wilson; ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics-1998).
- 1965 - Birth of Steve Finley in Union City, Tennessee, USA; outfielder (San Diego Padres).
- 1965 - The Federal Republic of Germany announces the beginning of diplomatic relations with Israel.
- 1965 - Roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at age 57.
- 1966 - Birth of Rafael Bournigal in Azua, Dominican Republic; infielder (Oakland Athletics).
- 1966 - Birth of Stephen Baldwin; actor (Beast, Lawrenceville Stories, Usual Suspects).
- 1966 - Birth of Steven Conran in Lithgow, New South Wales; Australasia golfer.
- 1966 - Busch Stadium (Saint Louis, Missouri) opens, Atlanta Braves lose to Saint Louis Cardinals 4-3 in 12 innings.
- 1967 - Birth of Cara Coughenour in Sioux City, Iowa, USA; female pitcher (Colorado Silver Bullets).
- 1967 - Birth of Lawrence Rucchin; hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998).
- 1967 - Birth of Robert Blackmon; defensive back (Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks).
- 1967 - Birth of Warren Rychel in Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada; NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche).
- 1968 - "March of Poor" under Reverend Abernathy reaches Washington DC.
- 1968 - Birth of Mark Clark in Bath, Illinois, USA; pitcher (New York Mets).
- 1968 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open.
- 1969 - Birth of Kim Fields Freeman in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Tootie - Facts of Life, Regine - Living Single).
- 1969 - Kenneth H Wallis achieves record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH.
- 1970 - Birth of Andreas Hestler in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Andrew Coltart in Dumfries, Scotland; Australasia golfer.
- 1970 - Birth of James Michael Furyk in West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas-5th).
- 1970 - Birth of Mike Malizia in Utica, New York, USA; Nike golfer (1993 Doral-Ryder Open-61st).
- 1970 - Birth of Mike Weir in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (Ontario Amateur-1990, 1992).
- 1970 - Birth of Stevie Anderson; NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1970 - Birth of Todd Hallett in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada; rower (Olympics-1992, 1996).
- 1970 - Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run.
- 1970 - Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on the US Supreme Court.
- 1970 - Death of Nelly (Leonie) Sachs at age 78 in Stockholm, Sweden (born in Berlin, Germany); poet, playwright, won German Publishers' Peace Prize in 1965 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966.
- 1970 - Race riots in Augusta, Georgia, USA; six blacks killed (5 by police).
- 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1970 - Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general (WWI, WWII), dies at age 78.
- 1971 - Birth of Craig Novitsky; NFL tackle (New Orleans Saints).
- 1971 - Birth of Jamie Luner in Palo Alto, California, USA; actress (Cindy - Just the 10 of Us).
- 1971 - Birth of Tommy Johnson; WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1971 - In Western Turkey, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs, 220 miles southwest of Anakara in the Burdur area. 100 persons killed, thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed.
- 1971 - J M Taylor, cricket player (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies.
- 1972 - Birth of Annette Albertson in Reno, Nevada, USA; Miss America-Nevada (1997).
- 1972 - Birth of David Oaks; 100 metre/200 metre runner.
- 1972 - Birth of Jason Kyle; NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks).
- 1972 - Birth of Michelle Kahn; Miss Universe-Trinidad and Tobago (1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Paul Stout in Saugus, California, USA; actor (Phillip - Scarecrow and Mrs King).
- 1973 - 6th ABA championship: Indiana Pacers beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3.
- 1973 - Birth of MacKenzie Astin in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Facts of Life, Garbage Pail Kids).
- 1973 - Birth of Stefano Margoni; hockey forward (Team Italy 1998).
- 1973 - Frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at age 85.
- 1974 - 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee Bucks, 4 games to 3.
- 1974 - Birth of Anna Ozolins; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1974 - Birth of Tiffany Stoker in Clovis, California, USA; Miss America (California-4th-1996).
- 1974 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic.
- 1975 - Birth of Lawrence Phillips; running back (Saint Louis Rams).
- 1975 - US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces.
- 1976 - Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1.
- 1976 - Birth of Matthew P Newmark; actor (Joseph Carroll - Guns of Paradise).
- 1977 - First quadraphonic concert (Pink Floyd in London, England).
- 1977 - Birth of Monique de Bruin in Portland, Oregon; fencer-foil (Olympics-1996).
- 1978 - In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining centre of the province of Shaba. The Zairean government asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.
- 1978 - (to May 13) A group of mercenaries led by Bob Denard oust Ali Soilih in the Comoros; ten local soldiers are killed. Denard forms a new government.
- 1978 - Birth of Amy Wheaton; actress (Curse).
- 1978 - Birth of Thomas Odoyo, cricket player (Kenyan all-rounder 1996 World Cup).
- 1978 - US Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female.
- 1979 - Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end.
- 1980 - Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies.
- 1981 - Benjamin H Sheares, President of Singapore, dies.
- 1982 - FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II.
- 1982 - Humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at age 66.
- 1982 - Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich).
- 1982 - US Football League forms.
- 1982 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 sails from Southampton, England, as a troop transport for the British navy in its war to regain the Falkland Islands.
- 1982 - Spanish priest Juan María Fernández y Krohn tries to stab Pope John Paul II with a bayonet during the latter's pilgrimage to the Fatima, Portugal shrine.
- 1982 - Braniff International Airways is declared bankrupt and ceases all flights.
- 1982 - The final episode of US TV show The Incredible Hulk airs.
- 1983 - Julie Lynne Hayek (California) crowned 32nd Miss USA.
- 1984 - Joe Lucius scores his 13th hole-in-one on the same hole.
- 1984 - South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years.
- 1984 - World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1984 - Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies of heart failure at age 81.
- 1984 - France performs nuclear test.
- 1985 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic.
- 1986 - Fred Markham (US), unpaced and unaided by wind, is first to pedal 65 mph on a level course, at Big Sand Flat, California.
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator.
- 1987 - NBC airs the final episode of Hill Street Blues TV show.
- 1988 - Chet Baker, American jazz trumpeter, falls to death out of a hotel window at age 59 (born 1929).
- 1989 - Entertainment Tonight airs their 2,000th TV performance.
- 1989 - Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco shell, dies at age 81.
- 1989 - Last graffiti-covered New York City subway car retired.
- 1989 - Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.
- 1989 - A Southern Pacific Railroad freight train crashes on Duffy Street in San Bernardino, California.
- 1991 - A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest.
- 1991 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic.
- 1992 - First Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest.
- 1992 - Joe Burke, president (Kansas City Royals), dies at age 68.
- 1992 - Death of Robert Reed at age 59 due to complications from AIDS; actor (Mike Brady - The Brady Bunch, The Defenders, Mannix, Roots, Rich Man, Poor Man).
- 1993 - CBS airs the final episode of TV show Knots Landing.
- 1993 - The final episode of the 6-year run of ABC's TV show Wonder Years is seen in the Netherlands.
- 1993 - Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II.
- 1993 - NBC airs the last broadcast of TV show Cheers.
- 1994 - U.K. Labour Party leader John Smith, 55, dies of a heart attack. Deputy leader Margaret Beckett stands in until an election can be held.
- 1994 - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan.
- 1994 - Xenophon Balaskas, cricket player (9 Tests for South Africa, 22 wickets), dies.
- 1995 - Dow Jones Industrial Average for fifth straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59).
- 1995 - Jose Mesa gets first of his Major League record 37 consecutive saves.
- 1995 - Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his third playoff shutout in four periods.
- 1996 - 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies.
- 1996 - New York Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8.
- 1997 - Fourteen North Koreans defect to South Korea.
- 1997 - Anaheim Angels score 13 in 7th inning versus Chicago White Sox.
- 1997 - Russia and Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict.
- 1997 - Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is first to swim from Cuba to Florida.
- 1997 - Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami, Florida.
- 1999 - CBS airs the final episode of TV show The Nanny.
- 1999 - David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (Speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.
- 2000 - The Tate Modern Gallery opens in London, England.
- 2002 - Former President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first U.S. President, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
- 2002 - The Russian Shuttle Buran is destroyed when the roof of the hangar collapses, killing eight workers.
- 2002 - FOX airs the 200th episode of TV show X-Files.
- 2002 - Death of George Cates at age 90; bandleader, arranger, musical director (Lawrence Welk Show).
- 2003 - A suicide truck-bomb attack kills at least 60 at a government compound in northern Chechnya.
- 2003 - In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 26 people are killed in the Riyadh Compound Bombings.
- 2003 - Death of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (born 1933).
- 2004 - An American civilian contractor in Iraq, Nick Berg, is shown being decapitated by a group allegedly linked to al-Qaida on a web-distributed video.
- 2004 - At Dodger Stadium, Alex Cora of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hits foul off 14 consecutive pitches, then hits the 18th thrown for a two-run home run.
- 2005 - An election is held in the Cayman Islands seven months later than originally scheduled due to Hurricane Ivan. It results in a change of government, with the United Democratic Party giving four seats to the then-opposition People's Progressive Movement in the 15 member Legislative Assembly.
- 2007 - The final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 is held in Helsinki, resulting in Serbia's first victory.
- 2007 - The Walt Disney Company debuts a new kids' TV show, My Friends Tigger & Pooh. The show introduces a new character, Darby, a six-year-old girl.
- 2007 - Death of Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Afghani Taliban military leader.
- 2008 - A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits China's southwestern Sichuan province, killing about 90,000, injuring 300,000, leaving 5 million homeless.
- 2008 - Death of Robert Rauschenberg, American pop artist (born 1925).
- 2008 - Death of Irena Sendler, Polish humanitarian, at age 98. Sendler saved Jews from Warsaw ghetto during World War II, and received Poland's White Eagle in 2003.
- 2009 - The Cannes film festival opens in France, with a preview of the Disney-Pixar 3D animation comedy film Up.
- 2009 - A rare blue diamond (7.03 carats, graded flawless) mounted on a platinum ring, sells for a record 10.5 million Swiss francs (US$9.5 million) at auction in Geneva, Switzerland.
- 2009 - Gordon Campbell wins a historic third straight term as British Columbia's premier in Canada. His Liberal party win 49 of 85 seats to the NDP's 36 seats.
- 2010 - A group of U.S. astronomers announces the discovery of the farthest cluster of galaxies ever found, called CLG J02182-05102, 15 billion light years away from Earth. The cluster contains about 60 galaxies and several of the large galaxies hold 10 times as many stars as the Milky Way.
- 2010 - A Libyan Airbus A330-200 jet crashes as it tries to land at Tripoli International Airport, killing 103 people on board and leaving a young Dutch boy the sole survivor.
- 2010 - Gold trades briefly at US$1245.40, setting a new record high.
- 2012 - (to August 12) The 2012 World Expo takes place in Yeosu, South Korea.
- 2013 - General election in Bulgaria: GERB party 41 percent, Bulgarian Socialist Party 27 percent, DPS 11 percent, Alaka 7 percent.
- 2015 - A second major earthquake in Nepal, measuring 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale, results in 153 deaths in Nepal, 62 in India, 1 in China and 2 in Bangladesh with a total of 218 deaths.
- 2015 - The sculpture L'Homme au doigt by Alberto Giacometti sells for US$141.3 million at Christie's auction in New York, setting a new world record for a sculpture.
- 2016 - Brazil Senate votes to open impeachment trial of President Dilma Rouseff, forcing her to step aside for 180 days. Vice President Michel Temer will serve as interim president.
- 2017 - Computers around the world are hit by a large-scale ransomware cyberattack, which goes on to affect at least 150 countries.
- 2017 - Death of Mauno Koivisto, 32nd Prime Minister and 9th President of Finland (born 1923).
- 2019 - Four commercial ships, including two Saudi Aramco oil tankers, are damaged near the port of Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman. The United Arab Emirates claims the incident was a "sabotage attack", while an early United States assessment reportedly blames Iran for the attack.
- 2020 - In Kabul, Afghanistan, gunmen storm a maternity hospital and kill 24 people, including two newborn babies. In a separate incident in Kuz Kunar, 32 people are killed at a funeral by a suicide bomber.
- 2020 - Death of Sisavath Keobounphanh, 13th Prime Minister of Laos (born 1928).
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