May 12 2008 |
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| May 12th, 2008 (May 12 2008) | Event | 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 60,000 people | |
| May 12th, 2008 (May 12 2008) | Death | Robert Rauschenberg, American artist (born in 1925) | |
| May 12th, 1988 (May 12 1988) | Birth | Marcelo, Brazilian footballer | |
| May 12th, 1978 (May 12 1978) | Event | In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba. The local government asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order. | |
| May 12th, 1978 (May 12 1978) | Birth | Jason Biggs, American actor | |
| May 12th, 1978 (May 12 1978) | Birth | Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Acadian singer | |
| May 12th, 1978 (May 12 1978) | Birth | Josh Phelps, American baseball player | |
| May 12th, 1978 (May 12 1978) | Birth | Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter | |
| May 12th, 1978 (May 12 1978) | Birth | Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer (formerly Morning Musume) | |
| May 12th, 1968 (May 12 1968) | Birth | Mark Clark, American baseball player | |
| May 12th, 1968 (May 12 1968) | Birth | Tony Hawk, American skateboarder | |
| May 12th, 1968 (May 12 1968) | Birth | Scott Schwartz, American actor | |
| May 12th, 1968 (May 12 1968) | Birth | Catherine Tate, British comedian | |
| May 12th, 1958 (May 12 1958) | Event | A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada. | |
| May 12th, 1958 (May 12 1958) | Birth | Andreas Petroulakis, Greek political caricaturist | |
| May 12th, 1958 (May 12 1958) | Birth | Eric Singer, American drummer | |
| May 12th, 1948 (May 12 1948) | Birth | Steve Winwood, British musician (The Spencer Davis Group; Traffic) | |
| May 12th, 1938 (May 12 1938) | Birth | Millie Perkins, American film actress | |
| May 12th, 1928 (May 12 1928) | Birth | Burt Bacharach, American composer | |
| May 12th, 1928 (May 12 1928) | Birth | Henry Cosby, African-American songwriter (died in 2002) | |
| May 12th, 1918 (May 12 1918) | Birth | Julius Rosenberg, Soviet spy (died in 1953) | |
| May 12th, 1828 (May 12 1828) | Birth | Dante Gabriel Rossetti, British poet (died in 1882) | Dante Gabriel Rossetti Quotes |
| May 12th, 1798 (May 12 1798) | Death | George Vancouver, British navy officer and explorer (born in 1757) | |
| May 12th, 1748 (May 12 1748) | Death | Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer (born in 1692) | |
| May 12th, 1708 (May 12 1708) | Death | Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born in 1658) | |
| May 12th, 1588 (May 12 1588) | Event | French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry of Guise enters the city. | |
| May 12th, 1328 (May 12 1328) | Event | Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice. | |
