12 May 0254
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Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I as the 23rd pope. |
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12 May 0254
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St Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope
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12 May 0304
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Roman Emperor Diocletian orders the beheading of the 14-year-old Pancras of Rome. |
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12 May 0907
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Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule. |
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12 May 0919
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Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich
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12 May 0922
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After much hardship, Abbasid envoy Ahmad ibn Fadlan arrived in the lands of Volga Bulgars. |
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12 May 1082
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Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austria
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12 May 1191
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Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre who is crowned Queen consort of England the same day. |
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12 May 1215
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English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country
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12 May 1328
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Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice. |
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12 May 1328
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Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V
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12 May 1364
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Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland, is founded in Kraków, Poland. |
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12 May 1459
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Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur
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12 May 1510
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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. |
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12 May 1525
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Battle at B
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12 May 1534
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12 May 1551
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National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru. |
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12 May 1551
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San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens
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12 May 1588
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French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry I, Duke of Guise enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs. |
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12 May 1588
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Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris France
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12 May 1604
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Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius
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12 May 1619
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Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is sentenced to death for high treason. |
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12 May 1640
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Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV
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12 May 1641
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Prince Willem II (14) marries English princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9)
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12 May 1689
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King William's War: William III of England joins the League of Augsburg starting a war with France. |
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12 May 1689
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England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg
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12 May 1695
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English King Willem III departs to the Netherlands
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12 May 1701
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Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4 / 29 / 1701)
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12 May 1733
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Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague
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12 May 1743
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Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor. |
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12 May 1776
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Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns
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12 May 1777
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1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette)
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12 May 1780
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British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina
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12 May 1780
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American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces. |
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12 May 1780
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Charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War)
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12 May 1789
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Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers - It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses
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12 May 1792
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Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented
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12 May 1797
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War of the First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice. |
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12 May 1821
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The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi. |
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12 May 1832
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Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'Elisir D'amore" premieres in Milan
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12 May 1835
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Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile
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12 May 1849
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Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam
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12 May 1862
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U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana. |
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12 May 1863
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Battle of Raymond, Mississippi
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12 May 1863
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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. |
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12 May 1863
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Battle of Raymond MS
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12 May 1864
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American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die in "the Bloody Angle". |
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12 May 1864
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Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
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12 May 1864
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Battle of Todd's Tavern VA (Sheridan's Raid)
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12 May 1864
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Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River (Fort Darling)
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12 May 1864
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US Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to Brigadier-General
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12 May 1865
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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. |
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12 May 1865
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Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas
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12 May 1870
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The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15. |
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12 May 1870
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Manitoba becomes a province of Canada
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12 May 1871
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Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Kentucky
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12 May 1873
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Coronation of Oscar II of Sweden |
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12 May 1874
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US Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized
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12 May 1875
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1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0
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12 May 1877
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Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia
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12 May 1881
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France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony
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12 May 1881
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In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate. |
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12 May 1881
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Treaty of Bardo, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate
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12 May 1885
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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. |
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12 May 1885
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Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada
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12 May 1888
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Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale
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12 May 1890
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Louisiana legalized prize fighting
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12 May 1891
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Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname
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12 May 1894
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Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show" premieres in NYC
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12 May 1897
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1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Neth
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12 May 1897
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Battle at Thessali
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12 May 1898
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Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters
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12 May 1900
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Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed
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12 May 1900
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Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city
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12 May 1901
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President McKinley visits San Fransisco
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12 May 1908
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George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married" premieres in London
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12 May 1908
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Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield
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12 May 1909
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34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8
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12 May 1910
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2nd NAACP conference (NYC)
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12 May 1910
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Philadelphia A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0
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12 May 1913
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Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2)
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12 May 1915
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Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week"
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12 May 1915
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Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250
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12 May 1915
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Franklin K Mathiews, presents the idea of "Book Week"
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12 May 1917
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42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4
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12 May 1917
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43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6
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12 May 1919
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Yankees & Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15
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12 May 1921
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National Hospital Day 1st observed
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12 May 1923
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49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6
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12 May 1924
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7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick Country Club - Indiana
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12 May 1924
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50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2
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12 May 1925
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Uzbekistan & Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics
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12 May 1925
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Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
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12 May 1926
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Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole
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12 May 1926
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Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole
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12 May 1926
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The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole. |
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12 May 1926
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General Strike: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends. |
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12 May 1926
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British general strike ends
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12 May 1926
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Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
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12 May 1926
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General Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared
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12 May 1926
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Umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over the North Pole
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12 May 1928
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Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy
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12 May 1928
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Opium laws enforced
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12 May 1929
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)
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12 May 1930
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)
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12 May 1932
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Body of kidnapped Son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey
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12 May 1932
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Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Jr., is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home. |
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12 May 1932
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Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney
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12 May 1933
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers
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12 May 1933
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The Agricultural Adjustment Act is enacted to restrict agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies. |
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12 May 1934
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"Cocktails For Two, " by Duke Ellington hits #1
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12 May 1934
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60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2
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12 May 1935
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Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith (founders of Alcoholics Anonymous) meet for the first time in Akron, Ohio, at the home of Henrietta Siberling. |
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12 May 1936
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Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss" premieres in London
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12 May 1937
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George VI crowned King of England
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12 May 1937
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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. |
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12 May 1937
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King George VI's coronation in Great Britain
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12 May 1937
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St Louis Cardinalss beat Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3
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12 May 1938
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Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
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12 May 1940
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French mariners occupy St Maarten
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12 May 1940
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German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug
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12 May 1940
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Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River
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12 May 1941
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Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin. |
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12 May 1941
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Great British convoy marches into Alexandria
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12 May 1942
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World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarine U-507. |
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12 May 1942
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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. |
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12 May 1942
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1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz
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12 May 1942
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David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine
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12 May 1942
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Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River
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12 May 1942
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Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943
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12 May 1943
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Axis forces in North Africa surrender
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12 May 1943
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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in US
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12 May 1943
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German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender
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12 May 1944
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900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Br
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12 May 1944
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Krim purged of Nazi troops
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12 May 1944
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Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat
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12 May 1945
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Argentinian labour leader José Peter declares the Federación Obrera de la Industria de la Carne dissolved. |
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12 May 1948
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Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands cedes throne. |
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12 May 1948
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Queen Wilhelmina resigns
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12 May 1949
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The western occupying powers approve the Basic Law for the new German state: The Federal Republic of Germany. |
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12 May 1949
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The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin. |
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12 May 1949
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1st foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India)
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12 May 1949
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West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade
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12 May 1950
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Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar, " premieres in Paris
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12 May 1950
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Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar" premieres in Paris France
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12 May 1951
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1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll
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12 May 1952
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Gaj Singh is crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur. |
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12 May 1952
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Charlton Playground named in the Bronx
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12 May 1953
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KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
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12 May 1955
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Austria regains its independence as the Allied occupation following World War II ends. |
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12 May 1955
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Nineteen days after bus workers went on strike in Singapore, rioting breaks out and seriously impacts Singapore's bid for independence. |
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12 May 1955
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Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0)
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12 May 1956
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Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats New York Giants, 3-0
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12 May 1956
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East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves
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12 May 1957
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Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Smokey Golf Open
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12 May 1958
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A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada. |
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12 May 1958
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"Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40
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12 May 1958
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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12 May 1959
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"Nervous Set" opens at Henry Miller's Theater NYC for 23 performances
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12 May 1959
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Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)
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12 May 1960
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Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special
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12 May 1961
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Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
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12 May 1962
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Grevelingendam closes
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12 May 1962
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
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12 May 1963
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Race riot in Birmingham Alabama
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12 May 1963
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Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show
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12 May 1963
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open
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12 May 1964
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Manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO
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12 May 1965
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The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon. |
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12 May 1965
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Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations
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12 May 1966
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Busch Stadium (St Louis MO) opens, Braves lose to Cardinals 4-3 in 12 innings
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12 May 1967
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H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as Chairman of Student
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12 May 1967
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Provo disbands in the Netherlands Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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12 May 1967
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H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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12 May 1968
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"March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington, DC
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12 May 1968
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WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
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12 May 1968
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Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral, east of Lai Khe in South Vietnam on the night of 12/13 May, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides and beginning the Battle of Coral–Balmoral. |
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12 May 1969
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Kenneth H Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH
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12 May 1970
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KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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12 May 1970
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Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)
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12 May 1970
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Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
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12 May 1970
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Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on the Supreme Court
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12 May 1970
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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12 May 1971
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Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall
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12 May 1972
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Paul McCartney andWings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
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12 May 1972
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Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13)
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12 May 1972
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Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
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12 May 1973
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"Dueling Tubas" by Martin Mull hits #92
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12 May 1973
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6th ABA championship: Indiana Pacers beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3
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12 May 1974
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28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee Bucks, 4 games to 3
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12 May 1974
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Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic
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12 May 1975
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Mayaguez incident: The Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters. |
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12 May 1975
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US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces
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12 May 1976
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Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1
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12 May 1977
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1st quadraphonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
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12 May 1977
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Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation
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12 May 1978
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Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female
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12 May 1978
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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 U.S.A., France and Belgium to restore order. |
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12 May 1978
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Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female
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12 May 1979
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Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end
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12 May 1980
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1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris)
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12 May 1981
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"Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander NYC for 333 performances
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12 May 1981
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Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs. Minnesota
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12 May 1981
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Francis Hughes starves to death in the Maze Prison in a Republican campaign for political prisoner status to be granted to Provisional IRA prisoners. |
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12 May 1982
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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. Krohn, an ultraconservative Spanish priest opposed to the Vatican II reforms, believed that the Pope had to be killed for being an "agent of Moscow". |
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12 May 1982
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FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II
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12 May 1982
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In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II
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12 May 1982
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Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)
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12 May 1982
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US Football League forms
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12 May 1983
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Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
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12 May 1983
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Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA
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12 May 1983
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Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0
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12 May 1984
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Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D
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12 May 1984
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"White Horse" by Laid Back hits #26
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12 May 1984
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Discovery (OV-103) from Orbiter Processing Facility to Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC, for mating for 41-D (STS-14)" for the first use of this Shuttle (OV-103)
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12 May 1984
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France performs nuclear test
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12 May 1984
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Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on the same hole
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12 May 1984
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South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
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12 May 1984
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World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
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12 May 1985
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Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi
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12 May 1985
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
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12 May 1986
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Bicycle is pedaled 65 mph
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12 May 1986
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Fred Markham (US), unpaced and unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, California
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12 May 1986
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NBC debuts the current well-known peacock as seen in the NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration. |
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12 May 1986
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President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator
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12 May 1988
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"Carrie" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 5 performances
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12 May 1989
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"Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance
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12 May 1989
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The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people. A week later an underground gasoline pipeline explodes killing two more people. |
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12 May 1989
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Last graffiti covered NYC subway car retired
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12 May 1989
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Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists
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12 May 1990
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3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)
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12 May 1990
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Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million
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12 May 1990
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Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting
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12 May 1991
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A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest
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12 May 1991
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Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic
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12 May 1992
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1st Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest
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12 May 1993
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Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
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12 May 1993
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Last broadcast of "Knots landing" on CBS
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12 May 1993
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Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
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12 May 1993
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Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
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12 May 1993
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Last broadcast of "Knots Landing" on CBS
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12 May 1993
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Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II
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12 May 1994
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WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan
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12 May 1995
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Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59)
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12 May 1995
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Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves
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12 May 1995
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Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4
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12 May 1996
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"Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances
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12 May 1996
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"Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances
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12 May 1996
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42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies
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12 May 1996
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Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8
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12 May 1997
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14 North Koreans defect to South Korea
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12 May 1997
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Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox
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12 May 1997
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Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
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12 May 1997
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Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida
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12 May 1997
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Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami
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12 May 1998
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Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto |
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12 May 2002
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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 Castro's 1959 revolution. |
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12 May 2003
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The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people. |
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12 May 2006
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Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country. |
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12 May 2006
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Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead. |
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12 May 2007
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Riots in which over 50 people are killed and over 100 are injured take place in Karachi upon the arrival in town of the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. |
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12 May 2008
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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. |
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12 May 2008
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An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people. |
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12 May 2015
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A 7.3-magnitude earthquake and six major aftershocks hit Nepal, killing over 200 people. |
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12 May 2015
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A train derailment in Philadelphia kills 8 people and injures over 200. |
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