History for May 12 - On-This-Day.com
Florence Nightingale 1820 - Nurse, contributed to modern nursing procedures, author, Mildred McAfee 1900 - Captain Mildred McAfee (Horton), first director of U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service), Katherine Hepburn 1907 - Actress ("Morning Glory", "On Golden Pond [1981]", "The Rainmaker")
Mary Kay Ash 1915 - U.S. businesswoman and the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc., born Mary Kathlyn Wagner, Yogi Berra 1925 - Baseball player, manager, George Carlin 1937 - Comedian, actor
1975 - U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez was seized by Cambodian forces in international waters.
2002 - Former U.S. President Carter arrived in Cuba for a visit with Fidel Castro. It was the first time a U.S. head of state, in or out of office, had gone to the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
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