May 12: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

May 12th marks the 132nd day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 133rd in case of leap years). There are 233 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Katharine Hepburn (1907), George Carlin (1937) and Madeleine McCann (2003). Holidays and observances around the world include: International Day of Plant Health [FAO].
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Holidays

Saint Epiphanius
Saint Domitilla
Day of Finnishness in Finland; Commemoration day of J. V. Snellman.
International Nurses Day
Saint Modoald
Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Thailand - Visakha Bucha. (2006) [1]
Israel - Yom Ha'atzma'ut (Israeli Independence Day) for 2005: the observed date of this national holiday is determined by the Jewish Calendar.
Blessed Imelda
Saint Pancras (died 304), second of the Ice Saints
Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church: Saints Achilleus and Nereus
Saint Joan of Portugal
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Events

2019 Insurgency within the Maghreb, 2002-present: Gunmen set fire to a Catholic church at mass and killed six people in Dablo (Burkina Faso).
2018 Unrest in Burundi (2015-present), 26 people were killed in Cibitoke Province. According to the country's security minister, an unknown terrorist group was responsible for the attack on civilians living in their homes.
2017 Paramore, the Grammy-winning band, releases After Laughter, their fifth album.
2016 Yemeni Crisis (2011-present: Al Qaeda militants kill at most 13 Yemeni government soldiers near Mukalla.
2015 The United States has fallen to the lowest levels of Christianity, while irreligion increases.
2014 Boko Haram has released a new video that shows 100 girls it kidnapped as they search for a prisoner swap.
2013 Syrian civil war: Four Filipino UN peacekeepers taken hostage by rebels in Syria on May 7, are now free.
2012 August 12 and 28: The 2012 World Expo will be held in Yeosu (South Korea).ref name=quotExpo_2012quot Retrieved January 23 2012.
2011 Students in Aleppo are the latest victims of the Syrian military's crackdown on protesters.
2010 Afriqiyah Airways Flight collides with the ground and kills all aboard.
2009 The Liberal Party won a majority of seats at the British Columbia general election.
2008 A magnitude of 8.0 earthquake causes over 69,000 deaths in Sichuan, China.
2007 Upon arrival of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Karachi, riots break out in Karachi.
2006 Mass unrest caused by the Primeiro Comando da Capital in Sao Paulo (Brazil) leaves at least 150 people dead.
2005 Malcolm Glazer takes control of the UK football team Manchester United F.C. After securing a 70% stake.
2004 Nick Berg, an American contractor serving in Iraq, is seen being killed by a group linked to al Qaida in a video distributed online.
2003 Al Qaeda carried out the Riyadh bombings that killed 26 people.
2002 Fidel Castro arrives in Cuba to meet Jimmy Carter, the former President of the United States. This is the first time that a President of the United States has visited Cuba since Castro's 1959 revolution.
2001 Perry Como, a singer, has died at the age of just 89.
2000 23 people are killed in a fireworks factory accident in Enschede (the Netherlands).
1997 Angels scores 13 in 7th vs. White Sox
1996 Inherit the Wind closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances
1995 Jose Mesa gets first of his Major League record 37 consecutive saves.
1994 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan.
1993 Last broadcast of Knots landing on CBS
1992 Joe Burke, president (Kansas City Royals), dies at age 68.
1991 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic.
1990 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay
1989 Entertainment Tonight performs their 2,000th TV performance
1988 Carrie opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 5 performances
1986 Bicycle is pedaled 65 mph
1985 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi
1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D
1983 Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA
1982 In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II
1981 Lena Horne: Lady, Music opens at Nederlander NYC for 333 performances
1980 1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon
1978 US Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female.
1977 Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation
1976 Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1.
1975 US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces.
1974 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee Bucks, 4 games to 3.
1973 Dueling Tubas by Martin Mull hits #92
1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minn Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5 / 13)
1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St. Tropez Town Hall
1970 KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
1969 Kenneth H Wallis achieves record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH.
1968 WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as Chairman of Student
1965 Israel and West Germany exchange letters, beginning diplomatic relations.
1964 Manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO.
1963 Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show
1962 Grevelingendam closes
1961 Botvinnik wins world chess championship for third time.
1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special
1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak.
1957 Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at age 71.
1956 East Pakistan is struck by cyclone and tidal waves.
1955 Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter
1953 KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
1952 Charlton Playground named in Bronx
1951 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll
1950 Darius Milhauds opera Bolivar, premieres in Paris
1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India)
1948 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands resigns.
1947 The animated cartoon film ''Rabbit Transit'', directed by Friz Freleng, is released.
1945 Argentinian labour leader Jose Peter declares the Federacion Obrera de la Industria de la Carne dissolved.
1944 Krim purged of Nazi troops
1943 Axis forces in North Africa surrender
1942 Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943
1941 Great British convoy marches into Alexandria
1940 German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug.
1938 Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).
1937 George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
1936 The Santa Fe railroad in the United States inaugurates the all-Pullman ''Super Chief'' passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.
1935 Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith (founders of Alcoholics Anonymous) meet for the first time in Akron, Ohio, at the home of Henrietta Siberling.
1934 Cocktails For Two, by Duke Ellington hits #1
1933 US Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers.
1932 Body of kidnapped Son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey
1930 Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly
1929 Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin
1928 Opium laws enforced
1927 The British police raid the office of the Soviet trade delegation.
1926 Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole
1925 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament.
1924 7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick Country Club - Indiana
1923 49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6.
1922 A 20-ton meteorite lands near Blackstone, Virginia, USA.
1921 National Hospital Day first observed.
1917 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4
1916 James Connolly was sat on a chair and shot dead in Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, after his role in the Easter Uprising
1915 Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250.
1913 Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2).
1910 2nd NAACP conference (NYC)
1909 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8.
1908 Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield.
1901 President McKinley visits San Francisco.
1900 Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed.
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