Discover what happened on 12 May 1974 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Bohumil Krátký
- Jose Alberto Laurel Almonacid (victim of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet)
- Irene M. Giblin (American pianist and composer (1888–1974))
- Wayne Maki (ice hockey player (1944–1974))
- Andreas Scherber (German politician (1893-1974))
- Maud von Ossietzky (wife of Carl von Ossietzky (1888-1974))
- Ernst Kutscher (German diplomat and jurist (1909-1974))
- Ernst W. Middendorff (German merchant)
- Mark Aitchison Young (British High Commissioner (1886-1974))
- Georges Hirsch (French theatre director)
- Leyla Qasim (Iraqi activist)
- Giuseppe Alberti (Italian politician (1902–1974))
- Guy Labrie (Canadian ice hockey defenceman (1920-1974))
- John Field (Australian brigadier)
- Ronald Bramwell Davis (English cricketer (1905-1974))
- Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman (American musician (1884-1974))
- Tony Costa (American serial killer (1944–1974))
- Olmiro Palmeiro de Azevedo (Brazilian lawyer)
- Kunishichirō Hatasegawa
- Frank J. Nunlist (American businessman)
- Mikhail Malinovsky
- Damian Stanisław Wandycz (POlish chemist)
- Tomosaburō Takagi
- Jack Andrews (English footballer (1898-1974))
- Fahrettin Köşkeroğlu (Turkish politician)
- Sara Vásquez Arce (Girl Guides de América founder)
- Lyyli Swan
- Norman L. Foote (American bishop)
- Arnoud Paashuis
- Louis Jean Beaupuy (French artist (1896-1974))
- Albrecht Beickert
- Gilbert Marie Aerts (Dutch sculptor (1912-1974))
- Jacob Aldolphus Bryce (American policeman, FBI agent, and marksman)
- Mabel Biddulph ((died 1974))
- Pauline Henriëtte Leopoldine van Tuyll van Serooskerken ((1914-1974))
- Margaret Emma Ryan ((1886-1974))
- Otto Schneid (Art Historian)
- Otakar Kádner
- Oddvar Lund (16. mai 1888, Furnes (no Ringsaker), Hedmark ; 12. mai 1974, Fredrikstad, Østfold)
- Marguerite Avignon