12 May - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on May 12, the day number in a year is 132 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 133. May 12 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
May 12 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 907 | Zhu Wen forced Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the TangDynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule. |
| 1364 | King of Poland Casimir III issued a royal charter to establish Jagiellonian University, the nation's oldest university. |
| 1459 | Rao Jodha founded Jodhpur. His father Rao Ranmal was the ruler of Marwar. He built the Mehrangarh fort of Jodhpur, Rao Brahmabhatta is a descendant of Rao Jodha. |
| 1510 | Zhu Zhifan, the Prince of Anhua (in modern Shaanxi, China),began an unsuccessful revolt against the reign of the Zhengde Emperor. |
| 1551 | The National University of San Marcos, the oldest university inthe Americas, was founded in Lima, Peru. |
| 1588 | An apparently spontaneous public uprising arose in staunchlyCatholic Paris against the moderate policies of Henry III. |
| 1739 | John Wesley laid the foundation stone of Bristol, the world's first Methodist meeting house in New Room, England. |
| 1777 | The first advertisement for ice cream was released. The ad appeared in the New York Gazette, when confectioner Philip Lenzi announced that ice cream was available almost every day. Records kept by a Chatham Street, New York, businessman state that President George Washington spent about $ 200 for snow |
| 1777 | The first ice cream advertisement shown on television was Philip Lenji-New York Gadget). |
| 1780 | British troops captured Charleston, South Carolina. |
| 1839 | The socialist activist Luis Augusti Blaqui and the Sएtete des Sassons launched a revolt against the French government. |
| 1847 | William Clayton invented the odometer. |
| 1865 | In the last major clash of arms of the American Civil War, the Union Army engaged the Confederates along the banks of the Rio Grandeeast of Brownsville, Texas. |
| 1881 | Under the threat of invasion, the Bey of Tunis Muhammad IIIas-Sadiq signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a Frenchprotectorate. |
| 1885 | The Provisional Government of Saskatchewan was decisivelydefeated at the Battle of Batoche, which led to the end of the North-West Rebellion three days later. |
| 1902 | In Pennsylvania, one lakh 40 thousand workers of anthracite coal strike. |
| 1921 | The first National Hospital Day was celebrated. And the US celebrates National Nursing Week every year from 6 May to 12 May (Florence Nightingale's birthday). |
| 1926 | Italian built semi-rigid airship Norge completed the first verified overflight of the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was also the first airship to fly over the polar ice cap between Europe and America. |
| 1926 | The Trades Union Congress, a federation of British tradeunions, announced that it would end its week-long general strike 'indefence of [coal] miners' wages and hours'. |
| 1926 | The crew of the airship Norge, led by RoaldAmundsen, became the first people to make a verified trip to the NorthPole. |
| 1926 | Airship Norgay became the first vessel to fly to the North Pole. |
| 1932 | Wilhelm Groener resigned as Germany's defense minister. |
| 1941 | Z3, the world’s first working programmable and fully automatic digital computer was presented to an audience of scientists in Berlin on May 12, 1941. Z3 was designed by German civil engineer Konard Zuse who is often regarded as the inventor of computer. |
| 1941 | German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automaticcomputer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin. |
| 1942 | World War II-Soviet forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenkolaunched a major offensive in the eastern Ukraine, only to be encircledand destroyed by German troops two weeks later. |
| 1942 | The second battle of Kharkov began. |
| 1949 | Vijayalakshmi Pandit became the first foreign woman ambassador of independent India. |
| 1955 | Austria regained its full independence on May 12, 1955 as it remained under the Allied occupation from 1945 to 1955 even after the end of World War II. The state of Austria was the first victim of Nazi aggression and this controversial foreign policy of the National Socialist is termed as Victim Theory in the history. |
| 1955 | The Allied occupation of Austria came to an end, with thenation regaining its independence ten years after the end of WorldWar II. |
| 1958 | Canada and the United States signed a formal agreementestablishing the North American Air Defense Command to provide aerospacewarning and defense for North America. |
| 1965 | Luna 5, an unmanned Soviet spacecraft, got failed on May 12, 1965 in its attempt of first smooth landing on the surface of Moon by any spacecraft. It was the second Soviet spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon after Luna 2 in 1959. |
| 1965 | West Germany and Israel established diplomatic relations. |
| 1966 | Bush Memorial Stadium opened in St. Louis Missouri. |
| 1968 | The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the Vietnam War for the Australian Army. |
| 1974 | 12th May was declared as the International Nurses Day as it the birth anniversary of the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. The International Council of Nurses has been celebrated this day by distributing the International Nurses Day kit. |
| 1975 | The Mayaguez incident, the last official battle of the Vietnam between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the United States, took place on May 12, 1975 as the American container ship SS Mayaguez was seized by Cambodian forces. |
| 1975 | The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SSMayaguez in recognized international waters, but claimed as territorialwaters by Cambodia. |
| 1984 | The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, themed on The World of Rivers-Fresh Waters as a Source of Life”, was opened on May 12, 1984 in New Orleans, United States and ended on November 11, 1984. It was declared bankrupt during its run due to low attendance |
| 1992 | Ingrid Baeyens became the first Belgium woman to ascend the Summit of Mount Everest on May 12, 1992 as a member of the New Zealand Adventure Consultants Everest Expedition. |
| 1997 | Susie Maroney, an Australian marathon swimmer, became the first person to swim the 180 km Florida Straits from Cuba to the United States on May 12, 1997 at the age of 22. She was also the fastest female to swim two way English Channel crossing in only 17 hours and 14 minutes in 1991 at the age of 17. |
| 1997 | Russia and Chechnya signed a peace deal after 400 years of conflict. |
| 1998 | Four students were shot and killed at Trisakti University inIndonesia, leading to widespread riots and eventually the fall ofSuharto. |
| 2006 | A cartoon that allegedly compared Iranian Azeris to cockroaches was published in an Iranian magazine, sparking riots throughout the country. |
| 2007 | During the Karachi visit of Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary, 50 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the rioting. |
| 2008 | The Great Sichuan Earthquake occurred on May 12, 2008 in Sichuan province, China with the magnitude of 8.0 Ms. It was the deadliest earthquake to hit China since 1976 and 21st earthquake of all time, killing 69, 197 people and left 18, 222 people missing. |
| 2008 | In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementconducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400immigrants for identity theft and document fraud. |
| 2008 | The earthquake in Sichuan, China, killed more than 69000 people. |
Famous Birthdays of May 12:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1956 | Sergio Marchi / Politician / Canada |
| 1963 | Vanessa A. Williams / Actress / United States of America |
| 1978 | Jason Biggs / Actor / United States of America |
| 1982 | Donnie Nietes / Boxer / Philippines |
| 1966 | Dez Fafara / Singer / United States of America |
| 1926 | Viren J. Shah / Politician / India |
| 1700 | Luigi Vanvitelli / Engineer / Italy |
| 1981 | Kentaro Sato / Composer / United States of America |
| 1959 | Ray Gillen / Writer / United States of America |
| 1933 | Andrei Voznesensky / Poet / Russia |
| 1983 | Yujiro Kushida / Wrestler / Japan |
| 1936 | Guillermo Endara / Politician / Panama |
| 1930 | Jesus Franco / Director / Spain |
| 1983 | Alina Kabaeva / Politician / Russia |
| 1970 | Samantha Mathis / Actress / United States of America |
| 1978 | Aya Ishiguro / Singer / Japan |
| 1939 | Jalal Dabagh / Journalist / Kurdinstan |
| 1950 | Gabriel Byrne / Actor / Ireland |
| 1937 | Miriam Stoppard / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1901 | The Duke of Paducah / Comedian / United States of America |
| 1828 | Dante Gabriel Rossetti / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 1983 | Charilaos Pappas / Footballer / Greece |
| 1942 | Billy Swan / Writer / United States of America |
| 1803 | Justus von Liebig / Academic / Germany |
| 1930 | Jesús Franco / Writer / Spain |
| 1954 | Edappadi K. Palaniswami / Politician / India |
| 1914 | Howard K. Smith / Actor / United States of America |
| 1938 | Millie Perkins / Actress / United States of America |
| 1970 | Jim Furyk / Golfer / United States of America |
| 1921 | Farley Mowat / Author / Canada |
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Read in Hindi : 12 मई की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं