HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (May-12)

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May 12, 2008 :: This day witnessed an earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) in , killing over 69,000 people.

May 12, 2006 :: Died this day, Hussein Maziq was the of Libya (b. 1918).

May 12, 1994 :: Died this day, Roy J. Plunkett was an chemist, who accidentally discovered (the DuPont for Polytetrafluoroethylene - PTFE).

May 12, 1987 :: INS VIRAAT, India's second , was commissioned into Indian Navy on this day.

May 12, 1970 :: NELLY SACHS :: Died this day, Nelly Sachs was a writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891).

May 12, 1965 :: On this day, the Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashed on the .

May 12, 1952 :: On this day, Gaj Singh was crowned of Jodhpur in India.

May 12, 1949 :: On this day, the Soviet Union lifted its blockade of .

May 12, 1936 :: Born this day, Guillermo Endara was the of Panama (d. 2009).

May 12, 1929 :: Born this day, Sam Nujoma is the first President of .

May 12, 1910 :: Born this day, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994).

May 12, 1895 :: Born this day, Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian (d. 1986).

May 12, 1895 :: Born this day, William Giauque was an American , Nobel laureate (d. 1982).

May 12, 1820 :: Born this day, Florence was an English nurse and the founder of trained nursing as a for women.

May 12,
:: DAY is celebrated on this date around the world to mark the nurses make to .