About May 12
May 12, 2024 is the 133rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 233 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 262 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 12
- 254 –Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I as the 23rd pope.
- 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 and a spontaneous uprising occurs.
- 1689 –King William’s War: William III of England joins the League of Augsburg starting a war with France.
- 1743 –Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1797 –First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
- 1821 –The first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi.
- 1865 –American Civil War: the Battle of Palmito Ranch: the first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
- 1881 –In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
- 1885 –North-West Rebellion: the four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
- 1937 –George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- 1945 –Argentinian labour leader José Peter declares the Federación Obrera de la Industria de la Carne dissolved.
- 1949 –The western occupying powers approve the Basic Law for the new German state: the Federal Republic of Germany.
- 1955 –Austria regains its independence as the Allied occupation following World War II ends.
- 1955 –Nineteen days after bus workers went on strike in Singapore, rioting breaks out and seriously impacts Singapore’s bid for independence.
- 1958 –A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.
- 1965 –The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral, east of Lai Khe in South Vietnam on the night of 12/13 May, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides and beginning the Battle of Coral-Balmoral.
- 1998 –Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto
- 2003 –The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by Al Qaeda, kill 26 people.
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