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Birthdays occurring on May, 12
| 1812 |
Edward Lear was born on May 12, 1812
English landscape painter and writer of an original kind of nonsense verse. The popularizer of the limerick. 1812-1888They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon More quotations from Edward Lear |  |
| 1842 |
Jules Massenet was born on May 12, 1842
I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are useless; at last I am living in the scintillating splendor of the stars, each of which used to seem to me as large as millions of suns.. More quotations from Jules Massenet |
Deaths occurring on May, 12
| 1897 |
Minna Canth died on May 12, 1897
Christianity has been buried inside the walls of churches and secured with the shackles of dogmatism. Let it be liberated to come into the midst of us and teach us freedom, equality and love. More quotations from Minna Canth |
| 1925 |
Amy Lowell died on May 12, 1925
American critic, lecturer, and a leading poet of the Imagist school, 1874-1925For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives. More quotations from Amy Lowell |  |
| 1929 |
George Gardner died on May 12, 1929
Thought is, perhaps, the forerunner and even the mother of ideas, and ideas are the most powerful and the most useful things in the world. More quotations from George Gardner |
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