May 12
People born on this day are Taurus.
- 1989
The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people, only to be followed a week later by an underground gasoline pipeline explosion, which kills two more people.
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Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since the Cuban Revolution.
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The Riyadh compound bombings in Saudi Arabia, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 39 people.
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Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
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Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country.
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An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
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Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes on final approach to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board.
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A train derailment in Philadelphia, United States, kills eight people and injures more than 200.
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Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3,500.
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The WannaCry ransomware attack impacts over 400,000 computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's National Health Services and Telefónica computers.
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Middle/end of the May 2024 solar storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.
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2001Issa Kaboré, Burkinabé footballer
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1999Hiroki Itō, Japanese footballer
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1998Mo Bamba, American-Ivorian basketball player
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1997Frenkie de Jong, Dutch footballer
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1996Fabrice Olinga, Cameroonian footballer
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1996Kostas Tsimikas, Greek footballer
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1993Timo Horn, German footballer
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1992Erik Durm, German footballer
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1990Florent Amodio, French figure skater
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1990Etika, American YouTuber and live streamer (died 2019)
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1989Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Greek Cypriot singer, musician, and actress
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1988Marcelo, Brazilian footballer
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