1300s / 14th century history on the 12th of May
1364 : Jagiellonian University was founded in Kraków. It is the oldest university in Poland since it was founded over 657 years ago (as of 2021).
1500s / 16th century history on the 12th of May
1551 : National University of San Marcos was founded in Lima, Peru. It is the oldest university in the Americas since it was founded 470 years ago (as of 2021).
1700s / 18th century history on the 12th of May
1743 : Maria Theresa of Austria was crowned Queen of Bohemia after she defeated her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
1800s / 19th century history on the 12th of May
1820 : Florence Nightingale the Italian-English nurse was born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Italy (died in 1910 aged 90). She was a social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing.
1889 : Otto Frank the father of Anne Frank (the Holocaust diarist) was born (died in 1980 aged 91).
1900s / 20th century history on the 12th of May
1910 : Dorothy Hodgkin the Nobel Prize-winning British chemist was born in Cairo, Egypt (died in 1994 aged 84).
1918 : Mary Kay Ash the American founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics was born in Hot Wells, Harris County, Texas, USA (died in 2001 aged 83). Official website : MaryKay.com
1928 : Burt Bacharach the American musician was born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Websites : BurtBacharachOfficial.com | BacharachOnline.com
1926 : Norge airship became the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
1937 : The Duke and Duchess of York were crowned in Westminster Abbey as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
1937 : GEORGE CARLiN the American comedian was born in New York City, USA (died in 2008 aged 71). He is also an actor, author, and social critic, and author. George Carlin is considered to be one of the most important and influential stand-up comics in America. He’s was often referred to as “the dean of counterculture comedians”, and known for his dark comedy, references to politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and other interesting topics including taboo subjects. Official website : GeorgeCarlin.com | YouTube : George Carlin Official YouTube Channel : LANGUAGE WARNiNG on the first video below…
1941 : Z3, the world’s first working programmable, fully automatic computer was presented in Berlin by Konrad Zuse.
1948 : Steve Winwood the English musician was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. Official website : SteveWinwood.com
1950 : Billy Squier the American rock musician was born William Haislip Squier in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA. Official website : BillySquier.com
1962 : Emilio Estevez the American actor was born in New York City, USA.
1965 : Luna 5, the Soviet spacecraft crashed on the Moon.
1968 : Tony Hawk the American skateboarder was born Anthony Frank Hawk in San Diego, California, USA.
1968 : Catherine Tate the English actress was born in Bloomsbury, London, England.
2000s / 21st century history on the 12th of May
2001 : PERRY COMO the American singer died aged 88 (born in 1912).
2001 : Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (b. 1925:
2008 : Sichuan earthquake in China killed over 69,000 people.
2015 : Nepal earthquake killed 218 people and injured over 3500 others.
2017 : The WannaCry ransomware cyber-attack infected over 300,000 computers in 150 countries.
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