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What happened in history on this day: May 12?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On May 12 in ...
- 1977 - A judge grants MITS' restraining order against Microsoft licensing 8080 BASIC, until July 8 or until the arbiter's determination is made.
- 1998 - Microsoft receives a stay of the December 1997 court order, allowing Windows 98 to ship including Internet Explorer 4.
- 2010 - Microsoft launches Microsoft Office 2010, including online versions for "cloud" computing.
- 1926 - Bard's Hollywood Theater in Los Angeles previews the 34th Alice Comedy film, Alice the Fire Fighter.
- 1932 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Revue is released to theaters. Pluto and Horace Horsecollar also appear. Goofy appears for the first time, with the name "Dippy Dawg".
- 1956 - The Horseless Carriage (red) begins operation on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland.
- 1967 - Florida's Governor Claude Kirk signs legislation creating the Reedy Creek Improvement District, enabling Walt Disney Productions' operation of Walt Disney World.
- 1984 - Disney executives spend the weekend viewing Arvida properties in Florida.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Crimson Tide to theaters in the USA.
- 1998 - Touchstone Home Video releases the film Playing God on videocassette.
- 1998 - Hollywood Pictures Home Video releases the film Washington Square on videocassette.
- 2005 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A babysitter arrives at a home via umbrella, calling herself Susicalifragilistic, references to Disney's Mary Poppins film.
- 2007 - Disney debuts a new kids' TV show, My Friends Tigger & Pooh. The show introduces a new character, Darby, a six-year-old girl.
- 2007 - The Disney Magic cruise ship departs from Port Canaveral, Florida for a 14-day eastbound repositioning cruise to Barcelona, Spain, where it will begin Disney Cruise Line's first Mediterranean cruises.
- 2009 - The Cannes film festival opens in France, with a preview of the Disney-Pixar 3D animation comedy film Up.
- 1963 - At the Marlboro raceway in Cumberland, Maryland, Richard Thompson races a Grand Sport Corvette to 3rd in class, 5th overall.
- 2000 - (to May 13) The National Corvette Museum hosts the ZR-1 Gathering. Over 500 people attend.
- 2006 - At the Reliant Park raceway in Houston, Texas, the Lone Star Grand Prix race is held, round two of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 1st in GT1 class and 2nd overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C6-R driven by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta.
- Finishing 2nd in GT1 class and 3rd overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C6-R driven by Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell.
- 1939 - Turkey and Great Britain conclude a security pact.
- 1940 - (early) British Royal Air Force planes bomb Essen and two other German towns.
- 1940 - (just before dawn) German troops begin initial skirmishes with French troops in the Warndt sector, continuing throughout the day.
- 1940 - (soon after dawn) Nine British Blenheim bombers attack a German column on the Maastricht - Tongres road. Seven planes are shot down.
- 1940 - (morning) Five British Battles bombers attack bridges over the Albert Canal. They break one bridge, but four planes are shot down.
- 1940 - (morning) Twenty-four British Blenheim bombers attack bridges and roads in Maastricht. Ten bombers are shot down.
- 1940 - The Dutch Crown Princess and family embark on British destroyer Codrington from Ijmuiden. British cruisers Galatea and Arethusa take the Dutch gold reserve to England.
- 1940 - German forces break through the Maastricht-Hasselt defence line in Belgium.
- 1940 - Germans begin crossing the River Meuse on two undemolished bridges in the Maastricht region.
- 1940 - A British Royal Navy battleship accidentally strikes anti-submarine trawler Ypres, sinking it. All eighteen crew members survive.
- 1940 - (afternoon) In the Netherlands, German forces capture Harlingen on the North Sea, and occupy the northern provinces.
- 1940 - Sweden begins nation-wide city blackouts.
- 1940 - Italian Premier Benito Mussolini instructs the Chief of Army Staff and Under-Secretary of War to further perfect the western Alpine frontier defences.
- 1940 - Spain's Foreign Ministry issues a communiqué reaffirming its policy of neutrality.
- 1940 - Netherland troops recapture Waalhaven Airport and regain control of most of Rotterdam, forcing Germans to retreat south of the Maas River.
- 1940 - (by nightfall) German 1st and 10th Panzer groups reach the east bank of the Meuse River at Sedan.
- 1941 - A five-ship convoy of 295 tanks and 43 Hurricane fighter planes arrives at Alexandria from England, to aid in the defense of the Suez Canal. A sixth ship struck a mine in the Sicilian Narrows and sank.
- 1942 - German submarine U-533 torpedoes Dutch freighter Leto off the Gaspé Peninsula of Canada, at the entrance to the St. Lawrence River.
- 1942 - German submarine U-558 torpedoes and sinks Royal Navy anti-submarine trawler HMT Bedfordshire, on loan to the US Navy, off Cape Lookout, North Carolina, USA. There are no survivors.
- 1942 - Extermination of Jews begins at Auschwitz.
- 1942 - (night) In the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, German submarine U-553 sinks merchant freighters Leto and Nicoya.
- 1943 - German submarine U-89 under commander Dietrich Lohmann is lost with all hands (48 dead).
- 1943 - German submarine U-186 under commander Siegfried Hesemann is lost with all hands (53 dead).
- 1943 - German submarine U-456 under commander Max-Martin Teichert is lost with all hands (49 dead).
- 1943 - (evening) 572 British bombers attack Duiburg, Germany, in the Ruhr. Over 1300 buildings are destroyed, damaging four of the Thyssen steel factories, 60 ships, and sinking 34 barges.
- 1944 - The Soviet Red Army liberates the Crimea area.
- 1944 - 935 US 8th Air Force bombers attack several fuel plants in central and eastern Germany. This results in a reduction of daily output from 5850 metric tons to 4820.
- 1945 - (at dusk) A Japanese Kamikaze airplane hits the US battleship New Mexico, off Okinawa.
- 1992 - Tonga/Niuafo'ou issues postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of World War II in the Pacific.
- 2004 - Guernsey issues five postage stamps depicting scenes of D-Day.
- 1982 - Arnold Greenberg of Coleco signs agreement with Universal to pay royalties on sales of Donkey Kong.
- 1999 - Nintendo announces its next-generation console, code-named "Dolphin". It will use a 400MHz "Gekko" processor developed with IBM, based on the PowerPC processor.
- 2003 - Before the E3 trade show, Microsoft announces Xbox plans, including a demo of Doom 3 and Halo 2.
- 2005 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A video arcade is shown in a castle.
- 2005 - In a televised special on the MTV network in the US, Microsoft reveals the Xbox 360 video game system.
- 1809 - The constitutional committee of the riksdag begins work drafting a new constitution.
- 1940 - Sweden begins nation-wide city blackouts.
- 1937 - The new 1c-25c coins for the year are issued.
- 1909 - The Philadelphia Mint strikes patterns of the Lincoln cent, without motto "In God We Trust".
- 1920 - Congress passes Act authorizing striking of 1920- and 1921-dated half dollars commemorating the 300th anniversary of the landing of Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock.
- 1951 - J.V. McDermott turns down offer of $5000 for his 1913 Liberty Head nickel.
- 1965 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler approves the Bureau of the Mint to begin producing Peace design silver dollars dated 1964.
- 1975 - Research Triangle Institute is awarded $107,706 contract to conduct comprehensive review of US coinage requirements to year 1990.
- 1976 - World Wide Coin Investment sells its 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent to A-Mark Coin of Beverly Hills, California for US$135,000.
- 1877 - Ottawa Rough Riders first outside competition versus Britannia.
- 1888 - Crouching start for running race first used by Charles Sherrill of Yale.
- 1890 - Louisiana, USA legalizes prize fighting.
- 1909 - 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8.
- 1913 - Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2).
- 1917 - 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6.
- 1919 - New York Yankees and Washington Senators play second straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 innings.
- 1923 - 49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6.
- 1924 - 50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2.
- 1925 - Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament.
- 1934 - 60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2.
- 1937 - Saint Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3.
- 1956 - Brooklyn Dodgers' Carl Erskine's second no-hitter, beats New York Giants, 3-0.
- 1957 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Smokey Golf Open.
- 1957 - Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club (USAC) midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri.
- 1961 - Botvinnik wins world chess championship for third time.
- 1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open.
- 1966 - Busch Stadium (Saint Louis, Missouri) opens, Atlanta Braves lose to Saint Louis Cardinals 4-3 in 12 innings.
- 1968 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open.
- 1970 - Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run.
- 1973 - 6th ABA championship: Indiana Pacers beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3.
- 1974 - 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee Bucks, 4 games to 3.
- 1974 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic.
- 1976 - Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1.
- 1979 - Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end.
- 1982 - FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II.
- 1982 - US Football League forms.
- 1984 - Joe Lucius scores his 13th hole-in-one on the same hole.
- 1985 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic.
- 1986 - Fred Markham (US), unpaced and unaided by wind, is first to pedal 65 mph on a level course, at Big Sand Flat, California.
- 1991 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic.
- 1993 - Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II.
- 1994 - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan.
- 1995 - Jose Mesa gets first of his Major League record 37 consecutive saves.
- 1995 - Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his third playoff shutout in four periods.
- 1996 - 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies.
- 1996 - New York Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8.
- 1997 - Anaheim Angels score 13 in 7th inning versus Chicago White Sox.
- 2004 - At Dodger Stadium, Alex Cora of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hits foul off 14 consecutive pitches, then hits the 18th thrown for a two-run home run.
- 2022 - At crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, NHL Western Conference 1st Round, game 7: Edmonton Oilers defeats Los Angeles Kings by score 2-0, winning series 4-3.
- 2022 - At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL Western Conference 1st Round, game 6: Saint Louis Blues defeats Minnesota Wild by score 5-1, winning series 4-2.
- 2022 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL Eastern Conference 1st Round, game 6: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Toronto Maple Leafs by score 4-3, series tied 3-3.
- 2022 - At TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, NHL Eastern Conference 1st Round, game 6: Boston Bruins beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 5-2, series tied 3-3.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Los Angeles Dodgers by score 9-7.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Chicago White Sox by score 15-7.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Kansas City Royals by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cincinnati Reds beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Minnesota Twins by score 5-0.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Saint Louis Cardinals by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Oakland Athletics beats Detroit Tigers by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Washington Nationals by score 4-1.
- 2002 - The Russian Shuttle Buran is destroyed when the roof of the hangar collapses, killing eight workers.
- 2010 - A group of U.S. astronomers announces the discovery of the farthest cluster of galaxies ever found, called CLG J02182-05102, 15 billion light years away from Earth. The cluster contains about 60 galaxies and several of the large galaxies hold 10 times as many stars as the Milky Way.
- 1956 - East Pakistan is struck by cyclone and tidal waves.
- 1997 - Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami, Florida.
- 1780 - Charleston, South Carolina, falls to the British (Revolutionary War).
- 1789 - Society of Saint Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers.
- 1812 - Stephen Girard of Philadelphia purchases the assets of defunct Bank of United States.
- 1848 - Sam Brannan in San Francisco shows bottle of gold dust, setting off gold fever.
- 1862 - Federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 1863 - Battle of Raymond, Mississippi.
- 1864 - Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 37.
- 1864 - J.E.B. Stuart, Confederate General, dies at age 31.
- 1864 - Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia.
- 1864 - Battle of Todd's Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid).
- 1864 - Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River (Fort Darling).
- 1864 - USA colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to Brigadier-General.
- 1871 - Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Kentucky.
- 1874 - US Assay Office in Helena, Montana is authorized.
- 1898 - Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters.
- 1932 - Dead body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey.
- 1932 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Revue is released to theaters in the USA. Pluto and Horace Horsecollar also appear. Goofy appears for the first time, with the name "Dippy Dawg".
- 1933 - US Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers.
- 1942 - German submarine sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River.
- 1944 - 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen and Brüx.
- 1951 - First hydrogen bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll.
- 1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak.
- 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
- 1963 - Race riot in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
- 1968 - "March of Poor" under Reverend Abernathy reaches Washington DC.
- 1970 - Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on the US Supreme Court.
- 1970 - Race riots in Augusta, Georgia, USA; six blacks killed (5 by police).
- 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1975 - US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces.
- 1978 - In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining centre of the province of Shaba. The Zairean government asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.
- 1978 - US Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female.
- 1983 - Julie Lynne Hayek (California) crowned 32nd Miss USA.
- 1984 - World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator.
- 1989 - Last graffiti-covered New York City subway car retired.
- 1989 - A Southern Pacific Railroad freight train crashes on Duffy Street in San Bernardino, California.
- 1991 - A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest.
- 1997 - Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami, Florida.
- 2004 - An American civilian contractor in Iraq, Nick Berg, is shown being decapitated by a group allegedly linked to al-Qaida on a web-distributed video.
Other history:
- 1870 - Manitoba becomes a province of Canada.
- 1949 - West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade.
- 2008 - A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits China's southwestern Sichuan province, killing about 70,000, injuring 300,000, leaving 5 milion homeless.
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