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What Happened on May 12th This Day in History

Year	Name
2018	Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others.
2017	The WannaCry ransomware attack impacts over 400,000 computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's National Health Services and Telefónica computers.
2015	A train derailment in Philadelphia kills eight people and injures more than 200.
2015	Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3500.
2010	Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes on final approach to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board.
2008	An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
2008	U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
2006	Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
2006	Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country.
2003	The Riyadh compound bombings in Saudi Arabia, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 39 people.
2002	Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since the Cuban Revolution.
1998	Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto.
1989	The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people, only to be followed a week later by an underground gasoline pipeline explosion, which kills two more people.
1982	During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
1978	In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
1975	Indochina Wars: Democratic Kampuchea naval forces capture the SS Mayaguez.
1968	Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
1965	The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
1949	Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
1948	Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cedes the throne to her daughter Juliana.
1942	World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.
1942	World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarine U-507.
1941	Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
1937	The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
1933	The Agricultural Adjustment Act, which restricts agricultural production through government purchase of livestock for slaughter and paying subsidies to farmers when they remove land from planting, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1933	President Roosevelt signs legislation creating the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the predecessor of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
1932	Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.
1926	The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
1926	The 1926 United Kingdom general strike ends.
1888	In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
1885	North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
1881	In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
1870	The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
1865	American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
1864	American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Union troops assault a Confederate salient known as the "Mule Shoe", with some of the fiercest fighting of the war, much of it hand-to-hand combat, occurring at "the Bloody Angle" on the northwest.
1863	American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
1862	American Civil War: Union Army troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1846	The Donner Party of pioneers departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism.
1821	The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
1808	Finnish War: Swedish-Finnish troops, led by Captain Karl Wilhelm Malmi, conquers the city of Kuopio from Russians after the Battle of Kuopio.
1797	War of the First Coalition: Napoleon Bonaparte conquers Venice.
1780	American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
1778	Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
1743	Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
1593	London playwright Thomas Kyd is arrested and tortured by the Privy Council for libel.
1588	French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry I, Duke of Guise, enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs.
1551	National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru.
1510	The Prince of Anhua rebellion begins when Zhu Zhifan kills all the officials invited to a banquet and declares his intent on ousting the powerful Ming dynasty eunuch Liu Jin during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor.
1497	Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
1364	Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland, is founded in Kraków.
1328	Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.
1191	Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre in Cyprus;
907	Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule.
254	Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism.

Famous People Born on May 12

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Year	Name
1895	Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (d. 1986)
1970	Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
1828	Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882)
1885	Paltiel Daykan, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (d. 1969)
1944	Chris Patten, English academic and politician, 28th Governor of Hong Kong
1918	Julius Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)
1872	Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, tenth Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1940)
1935	Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player
1958	Kim Greist, American actress
1325	Rupert II, Elector Palatine (d. 1398)

Famous People Deaths On May 12

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on May 12. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1884	Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
2017	Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, ninth President of Finland (b. 1923)
1090	Liutold of Eppenstein, duke of Carinthia
1973	Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)
1529	Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington, English noblewoman (b. 1460)
2016	Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (b. 1935)
2000	Adam Petty, American race car driver (b. 1980)
1860	Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
1796	Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)
1490	Joanna, Portuguese princess and regent (b. 1452)