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What happened in history on this day: May 12?
On May 12 in ...
- 1964 - The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presents the 6th Annual Grammy Awards.
Record of the Year: Henry Mancini for "Days Of Wine And Roses";
Best Vocal Performance, Female: Barbra Streisand for "The Barbra Streisand Album";
Best Vocal Performance, Male: Jack Jones for "Wives And Lovers";
Best Rock and Roll Recording: April Stevens and Nino Tempo for "Deep Purple";
Best Country and Western Recording: Bobby Bare for "Detroit City";
Best Rhythm and Blues Recording: Ray Charles for "Busted";
Best Folk Recording: Peter, Paul And Mary for "Blowin' In The Wind".
- 1982 - The final episode of US TV show The Incredible Hulk airs.
- 1987 - NBC airs the final episode of Hill Street Blues TV show.
- 1989 - Entertainment Tonight airs their 2,000th TV performance.
- 1993 - CBS airs the final episode of TV show Knots Landing.
- 1993 - The final episode of the 6-year run of ABC's TV show Wonder Years is seen in the Netherlands.
- 1993 - NBC airs the last broadcast of TV show Cheers.
- 1999 - CBS airs the final episode of TV show The Nanny.
- 2002 - FOX airs the 200th episode of TV show X-Files.
- 2007 - The Walt Disney Company debuts a new kids' TV show, My Friends Tigger & Pooh. The show introduces a new character, Darby, a six-year-old girl.
Births on May 12
- 1886 - Birth of Piotr F Scharoff; Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov).
- 1894 - Birth of Cleo Ridgely in New York City, New York, USA; silent screen actress (I Remember Mama, The Love Mask).
- 1900 - Birth of Helene Weigel; Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage).
- 1903 - Birth of Wilfrid Hyde-White in England; actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place).
- 1918 - Birth of Oscar Beregi Junior in Hungary; actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City).
- 1925 - Birth of Tony Hancock in Birmingham, England; actor (Rebel, Wrong Box).
- 1938 - Birth of Millie Perkins in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; actress (Jane - Knots Landing).
- 1938 - Birth of Susan Hampshire in London, England; actress (Vanity Fair, Living Free).
- 1942 - Birth of Ian Dury in Upminster, Essex, England; rocker (Ian Dury and the Blockheads - "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"), actor (Judge Dredd).
- 1942 - Birth of Susan Hampshire in London, England; actress (David Copperfield).
- 1943 - Birth of Linda Dano in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Felicia Gallant - Another World).
- 1945 - Birth of Linda Carlson in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; actress (Bev - Newhart, Katie - Kaz).
- 1948 - Birth of Lindsay Ann Crouse in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart).
- 1950 - Birth of Bruce Boxleitner in Elgin, Illinois, USA; actor (Scarecrow and Mrs King, Babylon 5).
- 1950 - Birth of Gabriel Byrne in Dublin, Ireland; actor (Hello Again, Cool World).
- 1951 - Birth of Kid Creole [August Darnell]; rocker/actor (Obsession A Taste of Fear).
- 1958 - Birth of Beth Maitland; actress (Traci - The Young and the Restless).
- 1958 - Birth of Kim Greist in Stamford, Connecticut, USA; actress (CHUD, Brazil, Payoff, Manhunter).
- 1962 - Birth of Emilio Estevez in New York City, New York, USA; actor (The Breakfast Club, Young Guns, The Mighty Ducks).
- 1963 - Birth of Vanessa Williams in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Rhonda Blair - Melrose Place).
- 1966 - Birth of Stephen Baldwin; actor (Beast, Lawrenceville Stories, Usual Suspects).
- 1969 - Birth of Kim Fields Freeman in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Tootie - Facts of Life, Regine - Living Single).
- 1971 - Birth of Jamie Luner in Palo Alto, California, USA; actress (Cindy - Just the 10 of Us).
- 1972 - Birth of Paul Stout in Saugus, California, USA; actor (Phillip - Scarecrow and Mrs King).
- 1976 - Birth of Matthew P Newmark; actor (Joseph Carroll - Guns of Paradise).
- 1978 - Birth of Amy Wheaton; actress (Curse).
Deaths on May 12
- 1957 - Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at age 71.
- 1973 - Birth of MacKenzie Astin in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Facts of Life, Garbage Pail Kids).
- 1980 - Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies.
- 1984 - Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies of heart failure at age 81.
- 1992 - Death of Robert Reed at age 59 due to complications from AIDS; actor (Mike Brady - The Brady Bunch, The Defenders, Mannix, Roots, Rich Man, Poor Man).
- 2002 - Death of George Cates at age 90; bandleader, arranger, musical director (Lawrence Welk Show).
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