Historical Events
- Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Charles "Chief" Bender no-hits Cleveland Naps, 4-0
Second NAACP Conference
Second NAACP conference in NYC
Famous Birthdays
- Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996)
Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994)
British biochemist who developed protein crystallography to study molecular structure, including that of vitamin B12 (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1964), born in Cairo, Egypt [1]
- Gordon Jenkins, American arranger and orchestra leader (Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra), born in Webster Groves, Missouri (d. 1984)
About May 12, 1910
Day of the Week: Thursday
How Long Ago? 113 years, 11 months and 8 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Dog
Star Sign: Taurus
