May 12

Manitoba became a province of Canada.

Britain’s King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.

Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.

The Soviet blockade that prompted the Berlin airlift was ended.

Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks, swatted his 500th home run.

Former president Jimmy Carter became the first U.S. president (in or out of office) to visit Fidel Castro's Cuba.

An estimated 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan Provinces in western China and as many as 68,000 people were killed.

Tens of thousands killed and thousands injured when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan Provinces in western China.

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