Tukuk-OS📅 May 12
23 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on May 12? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2022 — The Event Horizon Telescope released the first image of Sagittarius A*.
- 2017 — The WannaCry ransomware attack affected more than 400,000 computers worldwide, including systems used by the National Health Service and Telefónica.
- 2015 — An earthquake in Nepal killed 218 people and injured more than 3,500 others.
- 2015 — A train derailment killed eight people and injured more than 200 others in Philadelphia.
- 2010 — On arrival at Tripoli International Airport, Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashed into the ground at a speed of 262 kn (485 km/h; 302 mph) and exploded, killing all but one of the 304 people on board.
- 2008 — In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
Postville, IowaUnited States Immigration and Customs EnforcementPostville raid
- 1998 — Four students were shot and killed by Indonesian soldiers at Trisakti University in Jakarta, which led to widespread riots and the resignation of President Suharto nine days later.
- 1982 — The Coppergate Helmet (pictured), the best preserved of the six known Anglo-Saxon helmets, was discovered.
- 1982 — Juan María Fernández y Krohn attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II with a bayonet in Fátima, Portugal.
Juan María Fernández y KrohnPope John Paul IIFátima, Portugal
- 1975 — The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial waters.
- 1968 — Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.
Vietnam War1st Australian Task ForceBattle of Coral–Balmoral
- 1967 — The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.
- 1948 — The United Kingdom publicly announced that it was independently developing nuclear weapons, after the US Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ended cooperation on the matter.
- 1941 — German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin.
- 1938 — During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean liner SS Rex (pictured) 620 nautical miles (1,100 km) off the US Atlantic coast.
- 1932 — Nazi deputies assaulted journalist Helmuth Klotz in the German parliament building after he publicized the homosexuality of a senior Nazi politician.
- 1926 — The crew of the airship Norge (pictured), led by Roald Amundsen, became the first people to make a verified trip to the North Pole.
- 1888 — North Borneo was established as a British protectorate.
- 1881 — Under threat of invasion, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis, signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French protectorate.
French conquest of TunisiaMuhammad III as-SadiqList of beys of Tunis
- 1863 — American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large impact on the Vicksburg campaign.
- 1846 — The Donner Party, an American pioneer group which became known for resorting to cannibalism when they became trapped in the Sierra Nevada, left Independence, Missouri, for California.
- 1743 — War of the Austrian Succession: Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Bohemia after Austrian forces drove French troops from the territory.
War of the Austrian SuccessionHabsburg monarchyMaria Theresa
- 1510 — Zhu Zhifan, the Prince of Anhua (in modern Shaanxi, China), began an unsuccessful rebellion against the reign of the Zhengde Emperor.
Births
- 2006 — Vasilije Adžić, Montenegrin footballer
- 2005 — Zach Benson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2001 — Issa Kaboré, Burkinabé footballer
- 1999 — Hiroki Itō, Japanese footballer
- 1998 — Mo Bamba, American-Ivorian basketball player
- 1997 — Frenkie de Jong, Dutch footballer
- 1996 — Fabrice Olinga, Cameroonian footballer
- 1996 — Kostas Tsimikas, Greek footballer
- 1993 — Timo Horn, German footballer
- 1992 — Erik Durm, German footballer
- 1990 — Florent Amodio, French figure skater
- 1990 — Etika, American YouTuber and live streamer (died 2019)
Deaths
- 2026 — Jason Collins, American basketball player (born 1978)
- 2024 — Mark Damon, American film actor and producer (born 1933)
- 2024 — David Sanborn, American saxophonist (born 1945)
- 2024 — A. J. Smith, American football executive (born 1949)
- 2020 — Aimee Stephens, American funeral director and U.S. Supreme Court litigant (born 1960)
Aimee StephensR.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- 2018 — Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer (born 1945)
- 2017 — Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, ninth President of Finland (born 1923)
- 2016 — Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (born 1935)
- 2015 — Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (born 1923)
- 2014 — Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (born 1925)
- 2014 — Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (born 1925)
- 2014 — H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (born 1940)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Blessed Joan of Portugal
- Christian feast day: Crispoldus
- Christian feast day: Dominic de la Calzada
- Christian feast day: Epiphanius of Salamis
- Christian feast day: Gregory Dix (Church of England)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Imelda Lambertini
- Christian feast day: Modoald
- Christian feast day: Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras
- Christian feast day:
Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (Catholic and Eastern Church)
Germanus I of ConstantinopleCatholic ChurchEastern Christianity
- Christian feast day: Philip of Agira
- Christian feast day: Rictrude
- International ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
- International Nurses Day
- J. V. Snellman Day or the Finnish Heritage Day (Finland)
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