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What Happened In May 2012 In History

Historical Events for May, 2012

  • 2nd » A pastel version of 'The Scream', by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
  • 9th » A Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash called crashes into Mount Salak in West Java, Indonesia, killing 45 people.
  • 10th » The 10 May 2012 Damascus bombings or Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people and injuring 400 others
  • 14th » Agni Air Flight CHT crashes near Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal, after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.
  • 20th » At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes known as 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy.
  • 21st » A Qafa e Vishës bus accident called bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others.
  • 22nd » Tokyo Skytree is opened to public. It is the List of tallest towers in the world or tallest tower in world (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth, after Burj Khalifa (829.8 m).
  • 23rd » Adam Lambert became the first openly gay artist to debut at 1 on the Billboard 200 known as 'Billboard' 200 Album Charts, with his album 'Trespassing (album) known as Trespassing'.
  • 25th » The Dragon spacecraft became the COTS Demo Flight 2 or first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with the International Space Station.
  • 28th » The discovery of Flame (malware) named Flame, a complex malware program targeting computers in Middle Eastern countries, is announced.
  • 29th » A 5.8-magnitude 2012 Emilia earthquakes 29 May earthquake e.g earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
  • 30th » Former Liberian president, Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) e.g Charles Taylor, is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.

Famous Deaths for May 2012

  • 1st » Shanmugasundari, Indian actress (b. 1937)
  • 1st » John Spencer Hardy, American general (b. 1913)
  • 1st » James Kinley, Canadian engineer and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1925)
  • 1st » Charles Pitts, American guitarist (The Bo-Keys) (b. 1947)
  • 1st » Earl Rose (coroner) e.g Earl Rose, American pathologist (b. 1926)
  • 1st » Mordechai Virshubski, German-Israeli politician (b. 1930)
  • 2nd » Fernando Lopes (filmmaker) known as Fernando Lopes, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
  • 2nd » Tufan Miñnullin, Russian playwright and politician (b. 1936)
  • 2nd » Junior Seau, American football player (b. 1969)
  • 2nd » Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, Indonesian physician (b. 1955)
  • 2nd » J. T. Ready, American soldier (b. 1973)
  • 2nd » Akira Tonomura, Japanese physicist (b. 1942)
  • 3rd » Edith Bliss, Australian singer and television host (b. 1959)
  • 3rd » Lloyd Brevett, Jamaican bassist and songwriter (The Skatalites) (b. 1931)
  • 3rd » Jorge Illueca, Panamanian politician, 30th President of Panama (b. 1918)
  • 3rd » František Tondra, Slovak bishop (b. 1936)
  • 3rd » Felix Werder, German-Australian composer (b. 1922)
  • 3rd » Digby Wolfe, English-Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
  • 4th » Haukur Angantýsson, Icelandic chess player (b. 1948)
  • 4th » Angelica Garnett, English painter (b. 1918)
  • 4th » Mort Lindsey, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1923)
  • 4th » Bob Stewart (television producer) e.g Bob Stewart, American television producer, founded Stewart Tele Enterprises (b. 1920)
  • 4th » Adam Yauch, American rapper and director (Beastie Boys) (b. 1964)
  • 4th » Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer (b. 1963)
  • 5th » Surendranath, Indian cricketer (b. 1937)
  • 5th » Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. 1916)
  • 5th » Aatos Erkko, Finnish journalist (b. 1932)
  • 5th » George Knobel, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
  • 5th » Roy Padayachie, South African politician (b. 1950)
  • 6th » Fahd al-Quso, Yemeni terrorist (b. 1974)
  • 6th » James R. Browning, American judge (b. 1918)
  • 6th » Pat Frink, American basketball player (b. 1945)
  • 6th » Iraj Ghaderi, Iranian actor and director (b. 1935)
  • 6th » James Isaac, American director, producer, and visual effects specialist (b. 1960)
  • 6th » Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst and author (b. 1924)
  • 6th » George Lindsey, American actor (b. 1928)
  • 7th » Sammy Barr, Scottish union leader (b. 1931)
  • 7th » Ferenc Bartha, Hungarian economist (b. 1943)
  • 7th » Jules Bocandé, Senegalese footballer and manager (b. 1958)
  • 7th » Andrea Crisanti, Italian production designer and art director (b. 1936)
  • 7th » Dennis E. Fitch, American captain and pilot (b. 1942)
  • 8th » Everett Lilly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lilly Brothers) (b. 1924)
  • 8th » Jerry McMorris, American businessman (b. 1941)
  • 8th » Stacy Robinson, American football player (b. 1962)
  • 8th » Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (b. 1928)
  • 8th » Ampon Tangnoppakul, Thai criminal (b. 1948)
  • 8th » Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (b. 1911)
  • 9th » Northerly, Australian race horse (b. 1996)
  • 9th » Carl Beane, American sportscaster (b. 1952)
  • 9th » Bertram Cohler, American psychologist, psychoanalyst, and academic (b. 1938)
  • 9th » Geoffrey Henry, Cook Islander politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1940)
  • 9th » Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser (b. 1928)
  • 10th » Horst Faas, German photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
  • 10th » Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American pilot (b. 1909)
  • 10th » Günther Kaufmann, German actor (b. 1947)
  • 10th » Joyce Redman, Irish-English actress (b. 1918)
  • 10th » Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese pianist and composer (b. 1970)
  • 10th » Carroll Shelby, American race car driver and designer (b. 1923)
  • 10th » Gunnar Sønsteby, Norwegian captain and author (b. 1918)
  • 10th » Walter Wink, American theologian and scholar (b. 1935)
  • 11th » Alma Bella, Filipino actress (b. 1910)
  • 11th » Jack Benaroya, American real estate developer and philanthropist (b. 1921)
  • 11th » Patrick Bosch, Dutch footballer (b. 1964)
  • 11th » Tony DeZuniga, Filipino illustrator (b. 1932)
  • 11th » Frank Wills (baseball) known as Frank Wills, American baseball player (b. 1958)
  • 12th » Jan Bens, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1921)
  • 12th » Paul Cyr, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1963)
  • 12th » Ruth Foster, American actress (b. 1920)
  • 12th » Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer (b. 1989)
  • 12th » Neil McKenty, English-Canadian talk show host and author (b. 1924)
  • 12th » Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (b. 1920)
  • 13th » Arsala Rahmani Daulat, Afghan politician (b. 1937)
  • 13th » Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Cuban-American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1943)
  • 13th » Lee Richardson (speedway rider) known as Lee Richardson, English motorcycle racer (b. 1979)
  • 13th » Don Ritchie, Australian humanitarian (b. 1925)
  • 13th » Nguyễn Văn Thiện, Vietnamese bishop (b. 1906)
  • 14th » Mitchell Guist, American hunter (b. 1964)
  • 14th » Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
  • 14th » Taruni Sachdev, Indian actress (b. 1998)
  • 14th » Mario Trejo, Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1926)
  • 14th » Belita Woods, American singer (Brainstorm (US band) known as Brainstorm and Parliament-Funkadelic) (b. 1948)
  • 15th » Carlos Fuentes, Mexican author (b. 1928)
  • 15th » Jean Craighead George, American author (b. 1919)
  • 15th » Arno Lustiger, German historian and author (b. 1924)
  • 15th » Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian military officer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1918)
  • 15th » John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, South African surveyor (b. 1929)
  • 15th » George Wyllie, Scottish sculptor (b. 1921)
  • 16th » Patricia Aakhus, American author (b. 1952)
  • 16th » James Abdnor, American politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota (b. 1923)
  • 16th » Maria Bieşu, Moldovan opera singer (b. 1935)
  • 16th » Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1936)
  • 16th » Ernie Chan, Filipino-American illustrator (b. 1940)
  • 16th » Kurt Felix (television presenter) e.g Kurt Felix, Swiss television host (b. 1941)
  • 16th » Kevin Hickey, American baseball player (b. 1956)
  • 17th » Warda Al-Jazairia, French-Lebanese singer (b. 1939)
  • 17th » Herbert Breslin, American publicist and manager (b. 1924)
  • 17th » Gideon Ezra, Israeli politician (b. 1937)
  • 17th » Patrick Mafisango, Congolese-Rwandan footballer (b. 1980)
  • 17th » Ron Shock, American comedian (b. 1942)
  • 17th » Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
  • 18th » Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (b. 1925)
  • 18th » Jai Gurudev, Indian religious leader (b. 1895)
  • 18th » Peter Jones (drummer) called Peter Jones, English-Australian drummer (Crowded House and Deadstar) (b. 1967)
  • 18th » Alan Oakley (designer) known as Alan Oakley, English bicycle designer (b. 1927)
  • 19th » Bob Boozer, American basketball player (b. 1937)
  • 19th » Tamara Brooks, American conductor and educator (b. 1941)
  • 19th » Ian Burgess, English race car driver (b. 1930)
  • 19th » Gerhard Hetz, German swimmer (b. 1942)
  • 19th » Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
  • 20th » Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Libyan terrorist, conducted the Pan Am Flight 103 named Pan Am Flight 103 bombing (b. 1952)
  • 20th » Bob Bethell, American politician (b. 1942)
  • 20th » Geoffrey Evans, Irish serial killer (b. 1943)
  • 20th » Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (Bee Gees, The Rattlesnakes (1955 band) called The Rattlesnakes, and One World Project) (b. 1949)
  • 20th » Eugene Polley, American engineer, invented the remote control (b. 1915)
  • 20th » Andrew B. Steinberg, American lawyer (b. 1958)
  • 21st » Eddie Blazonczyk, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
  • 21st » Otis Clark, American butler and preacher, survivor of the Tulsa race riot (b. 1903)
  • 21st » Roman Dumbadze, Georgian commander (b. 1964)
  • 21st » Constantine of Irinoupolis, American metropolitan (b. 1936)
  • 21st » Douglas Rodríguez (boxer) called Douglas Rodríguez, Cuban boxer (b. 1950)
  • 21st » Bill Stewart (American football) known as Bill Stewart, American football player and coach (b. 1952)
  • 21st » Alan Thorne, Australian anthropologist and academic (b. 1939)
  • 22nd » Muzafar Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b. 1970)
  • 22nd » Wesley A. Brown, American lieutenant and engineer (b. 1927)
  • 22nd » Janet Carroll, American actress and singer (b. 1940)
  • 22nd » Shiu-Ying Hu, Chinese botanist (b. 1910)
  • 22nd » Flinder Anderson Khonglam, Indian physician and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Meghalaya (b. 1945)
  • 22nd » Dave Mann (American football) or Dave Mann, American-Canadian football player (b. 1932)
  • 22nd » John Moores, Jr., English businessman and academic (b. 1928)
  • 23rd » T. Garry Buckley, American politician, 72nd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont (b. 1922)
  • 23rd » Gyula Elek, Hungarian handball player and coach (b. 1932)
  • 23rd » Sattareh Farmanfarmaian, Persian daughter of Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma (b. 1921)
  • 23rd » Paul Fussell, American historian, author, and educator (b. 1924)
  • 23rd » Hal Jackson, American radio host (b. 1915)
  • 23rd » Joseph Lesniewski, American soldier (b. 1920)
  • 23rd » William C. Wampler, American politician (b. 1926)
  • 24th » Klaas Carel Faber Dutch-German SS officer (b. 1922)
  • 24th » Kathi Kamen Goldmark, American journalist and author (b. 1948)
  • 24th » Jacqueline Harpman, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (b. 1929)
  • 24th » Juan Francisco Lombardo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1925)
  • 24th » Mark McConnell, American drummer (Madam X (band) e.g Madam X and Blackfoot (band) e.g Blackfoot) (b. 1961)
  • 24th » Ndombe Opetum, Congolese singer-songwriter (TPOK Jazz) (b. 1947)
  • 24th » Lee Rich, American production manager and producer (b. 1918)
  • 25th » R. Dilip (Tamil actor) e.g R. Dilip, Indian actor (b. 1955)
  • 25th » Keith Gardner, Jamaican sprinter (b. 1929)
  • 25th » William Hanley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
  • 25th » Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (b. 1919)
  • 25th » Peter D. Sieruta, American author and critic (b. 1958)
  • 25th » Beatrice Sparks, American therapist and author (b. 1917)
  • 25th » Lou Watson, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
  • 26th » Orhan Boran, Turkish actor (b. 1928)
  • 26th » Arthur Decabooter, Belgian cyclist (b. 1936)
  • 26th » Leo Dillon, American illustrator (b. 1933)
  • 26th » Rudy Eugene, American criminal and cannibal (b. 1981)
  • 26th » Stephen Healey, Welsh captain (b. 1982)
  • 26th » Hiroshi Miyazawa, Japanese politician (b. 1921)
  • 26th » Hans Schmidt (wrestler) known as Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
  • 27th » Simeon Daniel, Nevisian educator and politician, 1st Premier of Nevis (b. 1934)
  • 27th » Friedrich Hirzebruch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1927)
  • 27th » Zita Kabátová, Czech actress (b. 1913)
  • 27th » David Rimoin, Canadian-American geneticist (b. 1936)
  • 27th » Johnny Tapia, American boxer (b. 1967)
  • 28th » Hugh Dawnay, English polo player and author (b. 1932)
  • 28th » Bob Edwards (UK journalist) known as Bob Edwards, English journalist (b. 1925)
  • 28th » Ludovic Quistin, Caribbean footballer (b. 1984)
  • 28th » Yuri Susloparov, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (b. 1958)
  • 28th » Matthew Yuricich, American special effects artist (b. 1923)
  • 29th » Dick Beals, American voice actor (b. 1927)
  • 29th » Mark Minkov, Russian composer (b. 1944)
  • 29th » Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
  • 29th » Jim Unger, English-Canadian illustrator (b. 1937)
  • 29th » Doc Watson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
  • 30th » Pete Cosey, American guitarist (b. 1943)
  • 30th » John Fox (comedian) e.g John Fox, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1957)
  • 30th » Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
  • 30th » Charles Lemmond, American politician (b. 1929)
  • 30th » Gerhard Pohl, German politician (b. 1937)
  • 30th » Jack Twyman, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
  • 31st » Christopher Challis, English cinematographer (b. 1919)
  • 31st » Farid Habib, Lebanese politician (b. 1935)
  • 31st » Randall B. Kester, American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)
  • 31st » Mark Midler, Russian fencer (b. 1931)
  • 31st » Paul Pietsch, German race car driver (b. 1911)
  • 31st » Orlando Woolridge, American basketball player and coach (b. 1959)

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