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May 12th, 2008	Event	2008 Wenchuan earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 60,000 people
May 12th, 2006	Event	Justin Gatlin equals the 100 metres sprint world record with a time of 9.77 seconds in Doha, Qatar.
May 12th, 2003	Event	The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by Al Qaeda, kill 26.
May 12th, 2003	Event	Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers bring the Texas Legislature to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan.
May 12th, 2002	Event	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.
May 12th, 1999	Event	David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.
May 12th, 1994	Event	United Kingdom opposition leader John Smith dies in a London hospital after two serious heart attacks.
May 12th, 1982	Event	During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan Fernandez Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. Krohn, an ultraconservative Spanish priest opposed to the Vatican II reforms, believed that the Pope had to be killed for being an "agent of Moscow".
May 12th, 1981	Event	Francis Hughes starves to death in the Maze Prison in a republican campaign for political status to be granted to IRA prisoners.
May 12th, 1980	Event	West Ham United wins the FA Cup, beating Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley Stadium. Midfield playmaker Trevor Brooking scores the winner with a rare header.

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