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823

##May 12…

1957 Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets first pro victory

American Revolution
1780 Americans suffer worst defeat of revolution at Charleston

Automotive
2000 Fourth-generation NASCAR driver Adam Petty dies in crash

Civil War
1864 North and South see bloody day at the Bloody Angle

Cold War
1975 American ship Mayaguez seized

Crime
1932 Body of Lindbergh baby found

Disaster
1987 Forest fire sweeps across China

General Interest
1937 George VI crowned at Westminster
1949 Berlin blockade lifted
1970 Blackmun confirmed to Supreme Court

Hollywood
1907 Katharine Hepburn born

Literary
1828 Poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti is born

Music
1963 Bob Dylan walks out on The Ed Sullivan Show

Old West
1832 Fur trader William Sublette heads west

Presidential
1903 Teddy Roosevelt’s trip to San Francisco is captured on film

Sports
1970 Ernie Banks hits 500th home run

Vietnam War
1961 Lyndon B. Johnson visits South Vietnam
1971 Heavy fighting erupts in A Shau Valley

World War I
1918 Germany and Austria-Hungary sign pact to exploit Ukraine

World War II
1941 Hitler backs Rashid Ali in his fight against Britain

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/body-of-lindbergh-baby-found

824

##May 13…

1846 President Polk declares war on Mexico

American Revolution
1807 Connecticut Patriot Eliphalet Dyer dies

Automotive
1980 Autoworkers union head joins Chrysler board

Civil War
1863 Grant moves on Jackson, Mississippi

Cold War
1958 Vice President Nixon is attacked

Crime
1981 Pope John Paul II is shot
1985 A raid is set for MOVE headquarters

Disaster
1972 Fire breaks out at club in Japan

General Interest
1568 Mary Queen of Scots defeated
1607 Jamestown settlers arrive
1981 Pope John Paul II shot

Hollywood
1898 Edison sues over new motion-picture technology

Literary
1907 Daphne Du Maurier, author of Rebecca, is born

Music
1971 Stevie Wonder comes of age

Old West
1975 The inventor of western swing dies

Presidential
1958 Nixon attacked by angry Venezuelans

Sports
1973 First Battle of the Sexes

Vietnam War
1971 Paris peace talks at standstill
1972 Heavy fighting continues at Quang Tri and Kontum

World War I
1915 Edith Wharton writes of the war’s effect on France

World War II
1940 Churchill announces: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.”

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-polk-declares-war-on-mexico

825

##May 14…

1804 Lewis and Clark depart

American Revolution
1787 Constitutional Convention delegates begin to assemble

Automotive
2007 DaimlerChrysler sells most of Chrysler for $7.4 billion

Civil War
1864 The Battle of Resaca, Georgia, begins

Cold War
1955 The Warsaw Pact is formed

Crime
1948 A brutal murder begins an unusual investigation

Disaster
1991 Two trains crash in Japan

General Interest
1796 Jenner tests smallpox vaccine
1904 First American Olympiad
1948 State of Israel proclaimed
1973 Skylab launched

Hollywood
1998 Frank Sinatra dies

Literary
1842 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, publishes his popular volume Poems

Music
1936 Bobby Darin is born

Old West
1861 William Fetterman joins the U.S. Army

Presidential
1999 Clinton apologizes to Chinese leader for embassy bombing

Sports
1913 Scoreless inning streak ends

Vietnam War
1969 President Nixon responds to National Liberation Front proposal
1970 South Vietnamese sustain second highest casualties of war

World War I
1916 London Times article sparks “Shells Crisis”

World War II
1943 United States and Britain plan Operation Pointblank

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

826

##May 15…

1937 Madeleine Albright is born

American Revolution
1781 Continentals capture Fort Granby, South Carolina

Automotive
1942 Seventeen states put gasoline rationing into effect

Civil War
1864 VMI cadets fight in Battle of New Market

Cold War
1988 Soviets begin withdrawal from Afghanistan

Crime
1976 A young woman and her married lover kill her family

Disaster
1896 Tornado decimates Texas town

General Interest
1756 The Seven Years War begins
1941 First Allied jet flies
1963 The flight of Faith 7
1972 Governor George Wallace shot

Hollywood
2008 Celebrity private detective Anthony Pellicano found guilty

Literary
1890 Katherine Anne Porter is born

Music
1982 “Ebony And Ivory” begins a seven-week run at #1 on the pop charts

Old West
1856 Second vigilante committee organizes in San Francisco

Presidential
1800 President John Adams orders federal government to Washington, D.C.
1942 Ronald Reagan applies for transfer to Army Air Force

Sports
1973 Nolan Ryan pitches first no-hitter

Vietnam War
1967 U.S. positions south of the DMZ come under heavy fire
1970 Air Force sergeant awarded Medal of Honor

World War I
1916 Austrians launch massive offensive on Trentino Front

World War II
1942 Legislation creating the Women’s Army Corps becomes law

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

827

##May 17th…

1954 Brown v. Board of Ed is decided

American Revolution
1769 Washington criticizes “taxation without representation”

Automotive
2005 Toyota announces plans for hybrid Camry

Civil War
1863 Confederates defeated at the Battle of Big Black River

Cold War
1990 Gorbachev meets with Lithuanian prime minister

Crime
1974 LAPD raid leaves six SLA members dead

Disaster
1994 Fire engulfs Honduras prison

General Interest
1970 Heyerdahl sails papyrus boat
1973 Televised Watergate hearings begin
2004 First legal same-sex marriage performed in Massachusetts

Hollywood
2000 Final episode of Beverly Hills 90210 airs

Literary
1873 Dorothy Richardson, pioneer of stream of consciousness, is born

Music
1965 The FBI Laboratory weighs in on the “dirty” lyrics of “Louie Louie”
2012 Donna Summer, queen of disco, dies

Old West
1885 Geronimo flees Arizona reservation

Presidential
1827 Andrew Johnson marries Eliza McCardle

Sports
1983 Islanders win fourth consecutive Stanley Cup

Vietnam War
1970 Operations continue in Cambodia
1972 South Vietnamese reinforcements near An Loc

World War I
1873 Henri Barbusse is born

World War II
1943 The Memphis Belle flies its 25th bombing mission

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history