Sunday, May 12, 2013This will be 132nd day of the year and 233 days will remain in the year.
May 12 Birthdays
Florence Nightingale
1820–1910, English nurse, the founder of modern nursing, b. Florence, Italy. Henry Cabot Lodge U.S. Senator (1850) Katharine Hepburn actress (1907) Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin chemist, Nobel laureate (1910) Yogi Berra baseball player (1925) Burt Bacharach composer (1929) George Carlin comedian (1937) Emilio Estevez actor (1962) May 12 in History1870Manitoba became a province of Canada. 1932The body of Charles and Anne Lindbergh's kidnapped baby was found. 1937Britain’s King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London. 1943Axis forces in North Africa surrendered. 1949The Soviet blockade that prompted the Berlin airlift was ended. 1970Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks, swatted his 500th home run. 1970Harry A. Blackmun was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. 2002Former president Jimmy Carter became the first U.S. president (in or out of office) to visit Fidel Castro's Cuba. 2008Tens of thousands killed and thousands injured when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan Provinces in western China. 2008An estimated 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan Provinces in western China and as many as 68,000 people were killed. 2012The 2012 World Expo began in Yeosu, South Korea. Return to perpetual calendar Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date. 
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