On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
Bob Fu, a Chinese-born pastor who started the dissident group ChinaAid, was instrumental in calling attention to the plight of the activist Chen Guangcheng.
The Rangers won another closely fought Game 7, advancing to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 1997 on goals from Brad Richards and Michael Del Zotto.
The State Department could jettison a multibillion-dollar training effort by the end of 2012 that has emerged as the latest high-profile example of America’s waning influence in the country.
The chances of Greek politicians’ forming a unity government all but evaporated on Sunday, but President Karolos Papoulias said he would keep trying.
When the Rangers face the Devils in Game 1 of the conference finals Monday, the Rangers will have less than 48 hours of rest while the Devils will have nearly a week’s worth.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 9, 2012, covering May 13, 2012.
Jack White
Adele
Lionel Richie
One Direction
Lee Brice
2012Arsala Rahmani Daulat, Afghan politician (born 1937)[†]
Arsalan Rahmani Daulat was selected to serve in the Meshrano Jirga, the upper house of Afghanistan's national assembly, in 2005 and 2010. He was appointed a Deputy Minister for Higher Education under the Taliban, in 1998. The United Nations Security Council issued Security Council Resolution 1267 in 1999, which listed senior Taliban members. The United Nations requested member states to freeze the financial assets of those individuals. He was one of the individuals who were sanctioned. He was also one of the four former Taliban leaders that accepted the reconciliation offer from the Afghan government. He was also named deputy leader of Khuddamul Furqan for political affairs.
2012Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (born 1941)[†]
Donald "Duck" Dunn was an American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.'s and as a session bassist for Stax Records. At Stax, Dunn played on thousands of records, including hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Bill Withers, Elvis Presley, and many others. In 1992, he was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s. In 2017, he was ranked 40th on Bass Player magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time".
2012Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Cuban-American theologian, author, and academic (born 1943)[†]
Ada María Isasi-Díaz was a Cuban-American theologian who served as professor emerita of ethics and theology at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. As a Hispanic theologian, she was an innovator of Hispanic theology in general and specifically of mujerista theology. She was founder and co-director of the Hispanic Institute of Theology at Drew University until her retirement in 2009.
2012Lee Richardson, English speedway rider (born 1979)[†]
Lee Stewart Richardson was a British international motorcycle speedway rider.
2012Don Ritchie, Australian humanitarian (born 1925)[†]
Donald Taylor Ritchie was an Australian who intervened in many suicide attempts. He officially rescued at least 180 people who had intended to attempt suicide at The Gap.
2012Nguyễn Văn Thiện, Vietnamese bishop (born 1906)[†]
Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop and the oldest of the Catholic Church at 106 years of age. He was also one of the last living bishops to have served in South Vietnam.
2012Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40.[†]
The Cadereyta Jiménez massacre occurred on the Fed 40 on 12–13 May 2012. Mexican officials stated that 49 people were decapitated and mutilated by members of Los Zetas drug cartel and dumped by a roadside near the city of Cadereyta Jiménez in northern Mexico. The Blog del Narco, a blog that documents events and people of the Mexican Drug War anonymously, reported that the actual (unofficial) death toll may be more than 68 people. The bodies were found in the town of San Juan in the municipality of Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León at about 4 a.m. on a non-toll highway leading to Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The forty-three men and six women killed had their heads, feet, and hands cut off, making their identification difficult. Those killed also bore signs of torture and were stuffed in plastic bags. The arrested suspects have indicated that the victims were Gulf Cartel members, but the Mexican authorities have not ruled out the possibility that they were U.S.-bound migrants. Four days before this incident, 18 people were found decapitated and dismembered near Mexico's second largest city, Guadalajara.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]