May 12, 2008

Nacimientos:

1567	Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer
1803	Justus von Liebig, German chemist
1820	Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing
1828	Dante Rossetti, English artist and poet
1929	Burt Bacharach, Composer
1937	Dr Miriam Stoppard, Author & broadcaster
1942	Susan Hampshire, Film actress
1945	Alan Ball, Southampton FC manager

Acontecimientos:

1881	Tunisia became a French protectorate
1937	King George VI was coronated in Westminster Abbey
1949	The blockade of the city of Berlin, by the USSR, was officially lifted
1967	John Masefield, the English poet & former Poet Laurete, died
1969	The legal age for voting in Britain was lowered from 21 to 18
1976	Jo Grimond took over the leadership of the Liberal party
1982	The liner QE2 sailed to join the Falklands naval task force
1985	Prince Andrew opened the new Falklands airport
1986	Libya expelled a number western diplomats from their embassys in Tripoli

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