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 132nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 233 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 29, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 485,280 hours 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 ‘hectatriacontadigon’ 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 281 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 4,525 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.
- 303 –Roman Emperor Diocletian orders the beheading of the 14-year-old Pancras of Rome.
- 922 –After much hardship, Abbasid envoy Ahmad ibn Fadlan arrived in the lands of Volga Bulgars.
- 1797 –First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
- 1873 –Oscar II is crowned King of Sweden.
- 1881 –In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
- 1932 –Ten weeks after his abduction Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs’ home.
- 1942 –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.
- 1975 –Mayagüez incident: the Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters.
- 2007 –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.
Who were born on May 12?
- 1850 –Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)
- 1922 –Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (d. 1998)
- 1928 –Henry Cosby, American songwriter (d. 2002)
- 1929 –Sam Nujoma, first President of Namibia
- 1948 –Steve Winwood, British musician (The Spencer Davis Group; Traffic)
- 1960 –Ian Khan, British racing driver
- 1970 –Mark Foster, British swimmer
- 1973 –Lutz Pfannenstiel, German footballer
- 1977 –Lorena Bernal, Argentine/Spanish model and actress
- 1982 –David Thaxton, British stage actor and singer
Who died on May 12?
- 1708 –Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
- 1871 –Anselme Payen, French physicist (b. 1795)
- 1935 –Józef Piłsudski, Polish statesman (b. 1867)
- 1963 –Richard Girulatis, German football manager (b. 1878)
- 1966 –Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (b. 1896)
- 1971 –Heinie Manush, American baseball player (b. 1901)
- 1992 –Lenny Montana, American actor (b. 1926)
- 1992 –Robert Reed, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2005 –Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (b. 1909)
- 2007 –Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Afghan Taliban military leader
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