What Happened In May 1912 In History

Historical Events for May, 1912

• 4th » Italy occupies the Greece called Greek island of Rhodes.
• 8th » Paramount Pictures is founded.
• 13th » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• 18th » The first Cinema of India e.g Indian film, 'Shree Pundalik' by Dadasaheb Torne is released in Mumbai.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1912

• 1st » Otto Kretschmer, Polish-German admiral (d. 1998)
• 2nd » Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG (d. 1985)
• 3rd » Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)
• 7th » Pannalal Patel, Indian author (d. 1989)
• 8th » George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995)
• 9th » Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963)
• 9th » Per Imerslund, Norwegian author (d. 1943)
• 9th » Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990)
• 11th » Foster Brooks, American actor (d. 2001)
• 11th » Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author (d. 1955)
• 12th » Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001)
• 13th » Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988)
• 13th » Judah Nadich, American rabbi (d. 2007)
• 15th » Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (d. 2003)
• 16th » Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008)
• 17th » Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (d. 2004)
• 17th » Ace Parker, American baseball and football player (d. 2013)
• 18th » Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
• 18th » Perry Como, American singer and actor (d. 2001)
• 18th » Walter Sisulu, South African politician (d. 2003)
• 21st » John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist (d. 1986)
• 21st » Chen Dayu, Chinese artist (d. 2001)
• 21st » Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (d. 1982)
• 21st » Akiva Vroman, Dutch-Israeli geologist (d. 1989)
• 22nd » Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 23rd » Betty Astell, English actress (d. 2005)
• 23rd » Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997)
• 23rd » John Payne (actor) named John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1989)
• 25th » Princess Deokhye of Korea (d. 1989)
• 25th » Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (d. 2005)
• 26th » János Kádár, Hungarian politician, List of Interior Ministers of Hungary known as Minister of the Interior of Hungary (d. 1989)
• 26th » Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980)
• 27th » John Cheever, American author (d. 1982)
• 27th » Sam Snead, American golfer (d. 2002)
• 27th » Terry Moore (baseball) known as Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995)
• 28th » Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (d. 1992)
• 28th » Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (d. 1981)
• 28th » Patrick White, English-Australian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
• 30th » Julius Axelrod, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 30th » Erich Bagge, German physicist (d. 1996)
• 30th » Hugh Griffith, Welsh-English actor (d. 1980)
• 30th » Millicent Selsam, American author (d. 1996)
• 30th » Joseph Stein, American playwright (d. 2010)
• 31st » Alfred Deller, English singer (d. 1979)

Famous Deaths for May 1912

• 14th » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 14th » August Strindberg, Swedish author and playwright (b. 1849)
• 19th » Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (b. 1847)
• 25th » Austin Lane Crothers, American politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
• 30th » Wilbur Wright, American American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)

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