May 12th in History
May 12th in History
- 1881: Tunisia becomes a French protectorate
- 1937: British King George VI coronated in Westminster Abbey
- 1949: The blockade of the city of Berlin, by the USSR, is officially lifted
May 12th birthdays
- 1567: Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer
- 1820: Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing
- 1828: Dante Rossetti, English artist and poet
- 1929: Burt Bacharach, American Composer
