May 12

Today in History
• 1215 - English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country
• 1459 - Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur
• 1534 - Wurttemberg becomes Lutherian
• 1551 - San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens
• 1733 - Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague
• 1780 - Charleston, South Carolina falls to British (Revolutionary War)
• 1792 - Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented
• 1870 - Manitoba becomes a province of Canada


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Child Care Provider Day
• International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day
• International Day of Plant Health
• International Nurses Day
• National Hospital Day
• National Limerick Day
• National Odometer Day
• Public Gardens Day

Birthdays
• 1401 - Emperor Shoko, 101st Japanese Emperor (412-428)
• 1496 - Gustav I of Sweden (1523-60)
• 1670 - Frederick Augustus I/ August II, the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland
• 1725 - Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, French Prince of the Bourbon House
• 1803 - Justus von Liebig, chemist who is considered the founder of organic chemistry
• 1813 - Johann Czerski, German clergyman, founded German Catholicism
• 1820 - Florence Nightingale, Florence, Italy, nurse, Crimean War
• 1910 - Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist, penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964