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| Birthday May 12, 1812 Edward Lear, in England, wrote in verse |
| Birthday May 12, 1820 Florence Nightingale, nurse, Florence, Italy |
| Birthday May 12, 1828 Poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti is born |
| Birthday May 12, 1828 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet, painter, Pre-Raphaelite |
| Birthday May 12, 1842 Jules Massenet, composer |
| Birthday May 12, 1845 Gabriel Faure, composer |
| Birthday May 12, 1880 Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights |
| Birthday May 12, 1904 Robert Baldwin, (L), helped establish cabinet government in Canada |
| Birthday May 12, 1907 Katharine Hepburn born |
| Birthday May 12, 1914 Howard K. Smith, TV newsperson (ABC) |
| Birthday May 12, 1925 Yogi Barra, NY Yankee catcher |
| Birthday May 12, 1929 Burt Bacharach, composer |
| Birthday May 12, 1936 Tom Snyder, TV host (Tomorrow Show) |
| Birthday May 12, 1937 George Carlin, Comedian |
| Birthday May 12, 1939 Ronald Ziegler, Nixon's press secretary |
| Birthday May 12, 1942 Susan Hampshire, in London |
| Birthday May 12, 1950 Bruce Boxleitner |
| Birthday May 12, 1950 Shozo Fujii, judo champion |
| Birthday May 12, 1968 Prince, rock singer |
| Birthday May 12, 1969 Kim Fields, LA (Facts of Life) |
| History May 12, 1780 Americans suffer worst defeat of revolution at Charleston |
| History May 12, 1832 Fur trader William Sublette heads west |
| History May 12, 1864 North and South see bloody day at the Bloody Angle |
| History May 12, 1901 Pres McKinley visits SF |
| History May 12, 1903 Teddy Roosevelt's trip to San Francisco is captured on film |
| History May 12, 1918 Germany and Austria-Hungary sign pact to exploit Ukraine |
| History May 12, 1919 Yanks & Senators go 2nd straight extra inning tie - 4-4 in 15 |
| History May 12, 1926 Airship Norge is 1st vessel over North Pole |
| History May 12, 1930 Chicago's Adler Planetarium opens - 1st in US |
| History May 12, 1932 Body of Lindbergh baby found |
| History May 12, 1937 George VI crowned at Westminster |
| History May 12, 1940 Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River |
| History May 12, 1941 Hitler backs Rashid Ali in his fight against Britain |
| History May 12, 1943 Axis forces in North Africa surrender |
| History May 12, 1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in US - SVL Pandit - India |
| History May 12, 1949 Berlin blockade lifted |
| History May 12, 1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special |
| History May 12, 1961 Lyndon B. Johnson visits South Vietnam |
| History May 12, 1963 Bob Dylan walks out on The Ed Sullivan Show |
| History May 12, 1964 USSR launches 3-man crew in Voskhod I |
| History May 12, 1970 Ernie Banks hits 500th home run |
| History May 12, 1970 Blackmun confirmed to Supreme Court |
| History May 12, 1971 Heavy fighting erupts in A Shau Valley |
| History May 12, 1975 American ship Mayaguez seized |
| History May 12, 1981 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Minn |
| History May 12, 1983 Oilers 3-Isles 6 - Stanley Cup- Isles hold 2-0 lead |
| History May 12, 1984 World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans |
| History May 12, 1987 Forest fire sweeps across China |
| History May 12, 2000 Fourth-generation NASCAR driver Adam Petty dies in crash |