Historical Events on May 12 (Part 2)

Event of Interest

2002 Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.

Cuban Revolutionary and President Fidel Castro — Cuban Revolutionary and President
Fidel Castro

39th US President Jimmy Carter — 39th US President
Jimmy Carter

2003 The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by Al Qaeda, kill 26
2003 Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers bring the Texas Legislature to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan
2006 A major rebellion occurs in São Paulo as members of criminal organization Primeiro Comando da Capital attack police officers and stations, eventually escalating to several prisons in Brazil leaving around 130 dead
2007 Riots in Karachi, Pakistan are started by the arrival at Karachi's airport of independently minded Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and go on to kill 48 people
2007 52nd Eurovision Song Contest: Marija Serifovic wins singing "Molitva" in Helsinki
2008 Wenchuan earthquake, measuring 7.8 in magnitude occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 87,000, injuring 374,643 and leaving homeless between 4.8 million and 11 million people
2010 An Afriqiyah Airways Flight crashes and kills everyone but one person on board
2012 The discovery of a missing Mayan calendar piece disproves 2012 Armageddon

Canonization

2013 Pope Francis canonizes the 813 martyrs of Otranto as Saints

2013 Paris Saint-Germain win the Ligue 1 French football title
2013 59th British Academy Television Awards: "The Revolution Will Be Televised" Best Comedy, "Last Tango in Halifax" Best Drama

PGA Players Championship

2013 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Tiger Woods wins his second PC, 2 strokes ahead of David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert and Kevin Streelman

2014 Voters in Eastern Ukraine vote for self-rule in referendum

Event of Interest

2016 Michel Temer, former vice-president, becomes Brazilian interim President after a vote to impeach Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff — President of Brazil
Dilma Rousseff

2017 Brazil declares end to Zika national emergency as cases decrease

Album Release

2017 Former One Direction singer Harry Styles releases his self-titled debut solo album

2018 63rd Eurovision song contest won by Netta from Israel in Lisbon, Portugal
2018 Insurgent group attacks the town of Muse, Myanmar, killing at least 19 people, Ta’ang National Liberation Army claim responsibility
2019 IPL Cricket Final, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 1 run; Jasprit Bumrah 2/14 (4); Indians' 4th title
2019 Manchester City beats Brighton, 4-1 to claim back-to-back English Premier League titles with 98 points, 1 ahead of runners-up, Liverpool

BAFTA Awards

2019 British TV Awards (Baftas): "Killing Eve" Jodie Comer and Benedict Cumberbatch win

2019 Gunman kill five people and a priest in a Catholic church in Dablo, Burkina Faso, before setting fire to and looting nearby buildings
2019 Cuba announced more rationing of products such as rice and beans due to US trade embargo and hoarding

Event of Interest

2020 Russia's confirmed cases of coronavirus COVID-19 reach 232,000, 2nd highest in the world, a day after President Vladimir Putin eased the country's lockdown

Russian President Vladimir Putin — Russian President
Vladimir Putin

2020 Militants storm a hospital and a funeral in Kabul, Afghanistan, shooting an estimated 40 people dead including new mothers and their babies
2020 US coronavirus task force testifies to the Senate that the US "is not out of the woods yet" that the pandemic is not under control and risks surge in cases if reopens too soon