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On May 12, 1943, during World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered. (Go to article.) On May 12, 1820, Florence Nightingale, the Englishwoman who established nursing as a trained profession for women, was born. Following her death on Aug. 13, 1910, her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays) |
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On May 12, 1877, Harper’s Weekly featured a cartoon about Chancellor Otto von Bismarck of Germany. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.) | ||
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| 1820 | Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, was born in Florence, Italy. |
| 1870 | Manitoba entered the confederation as a Canadian province. |
| 1932 | The body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was found in a wooded area of Hopewell, N.J. |
| 1937 | Britain’s King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey. |
