This Date in History - May 12

Happy birthday to Kim Fields.   I remember her with braces.

254:  POPE STEPHEN I SUCCEEDS POPE LUCIUS I, BECOMING THE 23RD POPE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Boy, they go through these suckers fast.

1331:  ENGELBERT OF ADMONT DIES.

Listed only because his name was...giggle...Engelbert.

1593:  LONDON PLAYWRIGHT THOMAS KYD IS ARRESTED AND TORTURED BY THE PRIVY COUNCIL FOR LIBEL.

Are they kyding?

1846:  THE DONNER PARTY OF PIONEERS DEPARTS INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI FOR CALIFORNIA ON WHAT WILL BECOME A YEAR-LONG JOURNEY OF HARDSHIP AND CANNIBALISM.  

Who's hungry?

1865:  THE CIVIL WAR - THE BATTLE OF PALMITO RANCH.  THE LAST MAJOR LAND ACTION OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.

But didn't they surrender a month earlier?

1889:  BUSINESSMAN OTTO FRANK IS BORN.   

Loft apartment available.

1903:  ACTOR WILFRID HYDE-WHITE IS BORN.

Colonel Pickering!

1907:  ACTRESS KATHARINE HEPBURN IS BORN.

Royalty.

1925:  BASEBALL STAR YOGI BERRA IS BORN.

Baseball royalty.

1928:  COMPOSER BURT BACHARACH IS BORN.

Musical royalty.

1932:  TEN WEEKS AFTER HIS ABDUCTION, CHARLES JR, THE INFANT SON OF CHARLES LINDBERGH, IS FOUND DEAD A FEW MILES FROM THEIR HOME.

You don't feel so bad when you find out Daddy was a Nazi symphatizer.

1935:  BASEBALL STAR FELIPE ALOU IS BORN.

Brother of Matty and Jesus.

1937:  THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK ARE CROWNED AS KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH.

Viewers of "The Crown" already know this.

1938:  ACTRESS MILLIE PERKINS IS BORN.

Coincidence.   Born on the same day Otto Frank was born.  She played Anne Frank in the movie.

1949:  THE SOVIET UNION LIFTS ITS BLOCKADE OF BERLIN.

Put up that wall.

1957:  ACTOR/DIRECT ERICH VON STROHEIM DIES.

We are ready for your close-up.

1969:  ACTRESS KIM FIELDS IS BORN.

She was actually a horrible comic actress. 

1992:  ACTOR ROBERT REED DIES.

It's never been confirmed he died of AIDS, but he was HIV Positive.

2001:  SINGER PERRY COMO DIES.

How can you tell?

2002:  FORMER US PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ARRIVES IN CUBA FOR A FIVE-DAY VISIT WITH FIDEL CASTRO. BECOMING THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO VISIT HIM SINCE 1959.

I wonder if Carter tried to get him to build a house.

2008:  AN 8.0 EARTHQUAKE OCCURS IN SICHUAN, CHINA, KILLING OVER 69,000 PEOPLE.

And that had nothing on China's COVID-19.

2017:  THE WANNA CR RANSONWARE ATTACK IMPACTS OVER 400 THOUSAND COMPUTERS.

Hello, McAfee.

Dinner last night:  Leftover sausage, peppers, and onions.