As we speak is Monday, Might 12, the 132nd day of 2025. There are 233 days left within the 12 months.
As we speak in historical past:
On Might 12, 2008, a devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China’s Sichuan province left greater than 87,000 folks useless or lacking.
Additionally on this date:
In 1780, the besieged metropolis of Charleston, South Carolina, surrendered to British forces in one of many worst American defeats of the Revolutionary Battle.
In 1846, the pioneers of the Donner Celebration left Independence, Missouri, on the Oregon Path, starting their ill-fated try to migrate to California.
In 1932, the physique of Charles Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was present in a wooded space close to Hopewell, New Jersey.
In 1933, the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration established each the Federal Emergency Aid Administration, which offered federal funding to states for aid applications, and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, which offered financial help to farmers by way of agricultural surplus reductions.
In 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift.
In 1975, members of the brand new Khmer Rouge-led Cambodian authorities seized an American service provider ship, the SS Mayaguez, in worldwide waters, sparking a three-day battle that resulted within the deaths of 41 People.
In 1982, in Fatima, Portugal, safety guards overpowered a Spanish priest armed with a bayonet who attacked Pope John Paul II. (In 2008, the pope’s longtime non-public secretary revealed that the pontiff was barely wounded within the assault.)
As we speak’s Birthdays:
Hockey Corridor of Famer Johnny Bucyk is 90.
Musician Steve Winwood is 77.
Actor Bruce Boxleitner is 75.
Actor Gabriel Byrne is 75.
Singer Billy Squier is 75.
Basketball Corridor of Fame coach George Karl is 74.
Nation musician Kix Brooks is 70.
Actor Ving Rhames is 66.
Actor-filmmaker Emilio Estevez is 63.
Chef/TV persona Carla Corridor is 61.
Actor Stephen Baldwin is 59.
Skateboarder Tony Hawk is 57.
Actor Kim Fields is 56.
Actor Rhea Seehorn is 53.
Actor Malin Akerman is 47.
Actor Jason Biggs is 47.
Actor Rami Malek is 44.
