History for May 12

History for May 12 - On-This-Day.com
Florence Nightingale 1820 - Nurse, contributed to modern nursing procedures, author, Katherine Hepburn 1907 - Actress ("Morning Glory", "On Golden Pond [1981]", "The Rainmaker"), Mary Kay Ash 1915 - U.S. businesswoman and the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc., born Mary Kathlyn Wagner 


Yogi Berra 1925 - Baseball player, manager, Burt Bacharach 1929 - Composer, George Carlin 1937 - Comedian, actor 


1847 - William Clayton invented the odometer. 


1885 - In the Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebelled against the Canadian government. 


1926 - The airship Norge became the first vessel to fly over the North Pole. 


1940 - The Nazi conquest of France began with the German army crossing Muese River. 


1949 - The Soviet Union announced an end to the Berlin Blockade. 


1950 - The American Bowling Congress abolished its white males-only membership restriction after 34 years. 


1957 - A.J. Foyt won his first auto racing victory in Kansas City, MO. 


1975 - U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez was seized by Cambodian forces in international waters. 


1978 - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that they would no longer exclusively name hurricanes after women.