What are the important events that happened on May 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 12: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 12 is the 133rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 233 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 29, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,591,200 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatriacontatrigon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 262 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,160 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 12 Historical Events
- 254 –Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I as the 23rd pope.
- 1191 –Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre who is crowned Queen consort of England the same day.
- 1328 –Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.
- 1780 –American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
- 1881 –In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
- 1926 –UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends.
- 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.
- 1941 –Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world’s first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
- 1949 –The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
- 1962 –Douglas MacArthur delivers his Duty, Honor, Country valedictory speech at the United States Military Academy.
Who were born on May 12?
- 1825 –Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French adventurer in Araucania and Patagonia (d. 1878)
- 1839 –Tôn Thất Thuyết, the leading mandarin of Vietnam’s Nguyễn Dynasty (d. 1913)
- 1867 –Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer (d. 1938)
- 1899 –Indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002)
- 1929 –Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1935 –Felipe Alou, Dominican baseball player and manager
- 1955 –Kix Brooks, American country singer (Brooks & Dunn)
- 1960 –Ian Khan, British racing driver
- 1977 –Lorena Bernal, Argentine/Spanish model and actress
- 1979 –Steve Smith, American football player
Who died on May 12?
- 1634 –George Chapman, English writer
- 1784 –Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (b. 1710)
- 1907 –Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b. 1848)
- 1931 –Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist (b. 1858)
- 1957 –Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
- 1957 –Erich von Stroheim, film director and actor (b. 1885)
- 1986 –Elisabeth Bergner, Austrian actress (b. 1897)
- 1992 –Lenny Montana, American actor (b. 1926)
- 1992 –Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and lyricist (b. 1911)
- 2008 –Robert Rauschenberg, American artist (b. 1925)
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