📰 TODAY IN HISTORY

📆 - May 12

📜 Events:

1191 — King Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre in Limassol, on the island of Cyprus, and Berengaria is crowned Queen Consort of England.

1364 — The Jagiellonian University is founded in Kraków, the oldest university in Poland.

1588 — Religious wars in France: King Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry I of Guise enters the city and a popular uprising occurs.

1926 — The Italian dirigible Norge becomes the first airship to fly over the North Pole.

1932 — Ten weeks after its kidnapping, Charles Lindbergh Jr., the son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey, a few miles from his home.

1941 — Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world’s first fully automatic and programmable computer, in Berlin.

2006 — Acts of organized violence in Brazil: São Paulo: the wave of violence begins, perpetrated by the criminal organization Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC).

🌟 Births:

1820 — Florence Nightingale, British nurse (d. 1910).

1855 — Hermes da Fonseca, Brazilian military officer and politician, 8th President of Brazil (d. 1923).

1907 — Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003).

1913 — Jamelão, Brazilian singer and composer (d. 2008).

1928 — Burt Bacharach, American pianist and composer (d. 2023).

1968 — Tony Hawk, American skateboarder and businessman.

1981 — Rami Malek, American actor.

🕊 Deaths:

1003 — Pope Sylvester II, French pope and scholar (b. 946).

1490 — Queen Joanna of Portugal, princess and regent (b. 1452).

1837 — Evaristo da Veiga, Brazilian poet, politician, and bookseller (b. 1799).

2001 — Didi, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1928).

2008 — Irena Sendler, Polish activist (b. 1910).

2017 — Antonio Candido, Brazilian sociologist, literary critic, and professor (b. 1918).

2024 — Paulo César Pereio, Brazilian actor (b. 1940).

📍 Holidays and Recurring Events:

International:

International Nurses Day

World Fibromyalgia Day

Brazil:

Anniversary of the municipality of Amaral Ferrador — Rio Grande do Sul

Anniversary of the municipality of Barão — Rio Grande do Sul

Anniversary of the municipality of Bom Princípio — Rio Grande do Sul

Anniversary of the municipality of Douradina — Mato Grosso do Sul

Anniversary of the municipality of Estreito — Maranhão

Anniversary of the municipality of Faxinalzinho — Rio Grande do Sul

Anniversary of the municipality of Morro Redondo — Rio Grande do Sul

Anniversary of the municipality of Palmares do Sul — Rio Grande do Sul

Anniversary of the municipality of Poço das Antas — Rio Grande do Sul

Anniversary of the municipality of Turvo — Paraná

Anniversary of the municipality of Santa Maria do Herval — Rio Grande do Sul

Anniversary of the municipality of Selvíria — Mato Grosso do Sul

Anniversary of the municipality of Três Coroas — Rio Grande do Sul

Anniversary of the municipality of Urucará — Amazonas

Anniversary of the municipality of Vila Flores — Rio Grande do Sul
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