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Historical Events on May 12

  • Siege of Charleston

    1780

    American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.

  • Napoleon I of France

    1797

    War of the First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.

  • American Civil War

    1862

    American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

  • Vicksburg Campaign

    1863

    American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    1937

    The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.

  • Second Battle of Kharkov

    1942

    World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.

  • Berlin Blockade

    1949

    The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.

  • 1st Australian Task Force

    1968

    Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.

  • Fidel Castro

    2002

    Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.

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