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May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). There are 233 days remaining.

Events

1100-1899

1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.

1264 - The Battle of Lewes, between King Henry III of England and the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, begins.

1328 - Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.

1588 - French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry of Guise enters the city.

1689 - King William's War: William III of England joins the League of Augsburg starting a war with France.

1780 - American Revolutionary War: Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.

1797 - First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.

1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: The "Bloody Angle" - thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die.

1870 - Manitoba becomes a province of Canada.

1873 - Oscar II of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Sweden.

1881 - In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.

1885 - North-West Rebellion: The four day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel French Canadians against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.

1900-1999

1926 - UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a general strike by trade unions ends (the strike began on May 3).

1932 - Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey just a few miles from the Lindbergh's home.

1937 - Coronation of King George VI of Britain at Westminster Abbey.

1942 - World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov - In the eastern Ukraine, the Soviet Army initiates a major offensive. During the battle the Soviets will capture the city of Kharkov from the German Army, only to be encircled and destroyed.

1949 - Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its Blockade of Berlin.

1958 - A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.

1962 - Douglas MacArthur delivers his famous "Duty, Honor, Country" valedictory speech at West Point.

1967 - At Queen Elizabeth Hall, England, Pink Floyd stages the first ever quadraphonic rock concert.

1972 - The Rolling Stones release Exile On Main Street, often considered their best album.

1975 - Mayagüez incident: The Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters.

1978 - In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining centre of the province of Shaba. The government of Zaire asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.

1999 - David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.

2000-2099

2000 - The Tate Modern art gallery opens in London.

2001 - In Copenhagen, Denmark, Tanel Padar & Dave Benton win the forty-sixth Eurovision Song Contest for Estonia singing "Everybody".

2002 - Former President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.