| 254 |
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St. Stephen I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. |
| 1588 |
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King Henry III flees Paris after Henry of Guise triumphantly enters the city. |
| 1641 |
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The chief advisor to Charles I, Thomas Wentworth, is beheaded in the Tower of London |
| 1780 |
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Charleston, South Carolina falls to British forces. |
| 1851 |
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The Tule River War ends. |
| 1863 |
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With a victory at the Battle of Raymond, Mississippi, Union General Ulysses S. Grant closes in on Vicksburg. |
| 1864 |
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Union General Benjamin Butler attacks Drewry’s Bluff on the James River. |
| 1865 |
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The last land battle of the Civil war occurs at Palmito Ranch, Texas. It is a Confederate victory. |
| 1881 |
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Tunisia, in North Africa become a French protectorate. |
| 1885 |
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In the Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against the Canadian government. |
| 1926 |
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The Airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole. |
| 1932 |
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The body of Charles Lindbergh’s baby is found. |
| 1935 |
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Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio by "Bill W.," a stockbroker, and "Dr. Bob S.," a heart surgeon. |
| 1940 |
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The Nazi conquest of France begins with the crossing Muese River. |
| 1942 |
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The Soviet Army launches its first major offensive of the war, taking Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine. |
| 1943 |
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Axis forces in North Africa surrender. |
| 1949 |
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The Berlin Blockade ends. |
| 1969 |
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Viet Cong sappers try unsuccessfully to overrun Landing Zone Snoopy in Vietnam. |
| 1975 |
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The U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez is seized by Cambodian forces. |
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Born on May 12 |
| 1812 |
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Edward Lear, poet, painter and the youngest of 21 children. |
| 1816 |
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Edmund Beckett Grimthorpe, lawyer and architect. |
| 1820 |
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Florence Nightingale, English nurse and hospital reformer. |
| 1828 |
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter. |
| 1907 |
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Katherine Hepburn, actress (The Philadelphia Story, The African Queen). |
| 1915 |
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Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics. |
| 1921 |
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Farley Mowat, Canadian nature writer (Never Cry Wolf). |
| 1925 |
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Yogi Berra (Lawrence Peter Berra), baseball player and coach. |
| 1933 |
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Andrey Andreyevich Voznesensky, Russian poet. |
| 1936 |
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Tom Snyder, newscaster and television host. |
| 1936 |
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Frank Stella, painter. |
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