| 1780 |
|
Charleston,
South Carolina falls to
British forces. |
| 1851 |
|
The
Tule River War ends. |
| 1863 |
|
With
a victory at the Battle of
Raymond, Mississippi, Union
General Ulysses S. Grant
closes in on Vicksburg. |
| 1864 |
|
Union
General Benjamin Butler
attacks Drewry's Bluff on the
James River. |
| 1865 |
|
The
last land battle of the Civil
war occurs at Palmito Ranch,
Texas. It is a Confederate
victory. |
| 1881 |
|
Tunisia,
in North Africa become a
French protectorate. |
| 1885 |
|
In
the Battle of Batoche, French
Canadians rebel against the
Canadian government. |
| 1926 |
|
The
Airship Norge becomes
the first vessel to fly over
the North Pole. |
| 1932 |
|
The
body of Charles Lindbergh's
baby is found. |
| 1935 |
|
Alcoholics
Anonymous is founded in Akron,
Ohio by "Bill W.," a
stockbroker, and "Dr. Bob
S.," a heart surgeon. |
| 1940 |
|
The
Nazi conquest of France begins
with the crossing Muese River. |
| 1942 |
|
The
Soviet Army launches its first
major offensive of the war,
taking Kharkov in the eastern
Ukraine. |
| 1943 |
|
Axis
forces in North Africa
surrender. |
| 1949 |
|
The
Berlin Blockade ends. |
| 1969 |
|
Viet
Cong sappers try
unsuccessfully to overrun
Landing Zone Snoopy in
Vietnam. |
| 1975 |
|
The
U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez
is seized by Cambodian forces. |
Born on May 12 |
| 1812 |
|
Edward
Lear, poet, painter and the
youngest of 21 children. |
| 1816 |
|
Edmund
Beckett Grimthorpe, lawyer and
architect. |
| 1820 |
|
Florence
Nightingale, English nurse and
hospital reformer. |
| 1828 |
|
Dante
Gabriel Rossetti, English poet
and painter. |
| 1907 |
|
Katherine
Hepburn, actress (The
Philadelphia Story, The
African Queen). |
| 1915 |
|
Mary
Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay
Cosmetics. |
| 1921 |
|
Farley
Mowat, Canadian nature writer
(Never Cry Wolf). |
| 1925 |
|
Yogi
Berra (Lawrence Peter Berra),
baseball player and coach. |
| 1933 |
|
Andrey
Andreyevich Voznesensky,
Russian poet. |
| 1936 |
|
Tom
Snyder, newscaster and
television host. |
| 1936 |
|
Frank
Stella, painter. |
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