Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
May 12
| 254 | St. Stephen I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. | |
| 1588 | King Henry III flees Paris after Henry of Guise triumphantly enters the city. | |
| 1641 | The chief advisor to Charles I, Thomas Wentworth, is beheaded in the Tower of London | |
| 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. | |
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Born on May 12 |
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| 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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