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<html> <head> <title>Died on May 12th</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Died on May 12th LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/877/000116529/">Daniel-François-Esprit Auber</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1782</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1871</tt></td> <td>La Muette de Portici</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/295/000354230/">Elisabeth Bergner</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1986</tt></td> <td>Escape Me Never</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/767/000137356/">Joe Bonanno</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-2002</tt></td> <td>Bonanno crime family</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000050593/">Louis Calhern</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1956</tt></td> <td>Duck Soup</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/059/000206438/">Clarence Cannon</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Apr-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1964</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Missouri, 1923-64</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/117/000048970/">Perry Como</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-2001</tt></td> <td>It's Impossible</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/746/000120386/">John E. Davis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1990</tt></td> <td>Governor of North Dakota, 1957-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/564/000180024/">Engelbert of Admont</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1250</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1331</tt></td> <td>Abbot of Admont</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/151/000097857/">Erik Erikson</a></td> <td><center>Psychologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jun-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1994</tt></td> <td>Eight Stages of Development</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/841/000173322/">Bette Nesmith Graham</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1980</tt></td> <td>Correction fluid</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/782/000047641/">Syd Hoff</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-2004</tt></td> <td>Danny and the Dinosaur</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/389/000103080/">William Huggins</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1824</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1910</tt></td> <td>Spectrographic astronomy pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/730/000110400/">Joris-Karl Huysmans</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1848</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1907</tt></td> <td>Decadent author, À Rebours</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/418/000103109/">Tor Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Wrestling</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1971</tt></td> <td>Plan 9 from Outer Space</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/364/000059187/">Aly Khan</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jun-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1960</tt></td> <td>Jet-set Ismaili playboy prince</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/014/000047870/">Amy Lowell</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1925</tt></td> <td>What's O'Clock</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/315/000078081/">Arthur Lubin</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jul-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1995</tt></td> <td>Phantom of the Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/611/000203002/">Edmund C. Lynch</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1938</tt></td> <td>The Lynch of Merrill-Lynch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/324/000166823/">Heinie Manush</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1971</tt></td> <td>MLB Hall of Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/112/000095824/">Edme Mariotte</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1620</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1684</tt></td> <td>Discovered eye's blind spot</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/256/000086995/">John Masefield</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1967</tt></td> <td>Poet Laureate of England, 1930-67</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/917/000116569/">Sonny Montgomery</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Aug-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-2006</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Mississippi, 1967-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/474/000130084/">Józef Pilsudski</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1867</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1935</tt></td> <td>Military dictator of Poland, 1926-35</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/050/000272231/">Roy Plunkett</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1994</tt></td> <td>Accidentally discovered Teflon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/088/000024016/">Robert Reed</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1992</tt></td> <td>Mike (dad) on The Brady Bunch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/376/000172857/">Comte de Rochambeau</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1725</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1807</tt></td> <td>French hero of American Revolution</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/688/000113349/">Lillian Roth</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1980</tt></td> <td>I'll Cry Tomorrow</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000141466/">Nelly Sachs</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1970</tt></td> <td>O the Chimneys</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/342/000055177/">Everett Sanders</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1950</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Indiana, 1917-25</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/307/000094025/">August Wilhelm von Schlegel</a></td> <td><center>Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1767</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1845</tt></td> <td>躡er dramatisch Kunst und Literatur</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/600/000093321/">Bedrich Smetana</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Mar-1824</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1884</tt></td> <td>My Country</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/130/000097836/">Richard Henry Stoddard</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1825</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1903</tt></td> <td>Abraham Lincoln, An Horatian Ode</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/303/000044171/">Erich von Stroheim</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Sep-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1957</tt></td> <td>Swanson's servant in Sunset Blvd.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/216/000097922/">Jeb Stuart</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1833</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1864</tt></td> <td>Confederate cavalry officer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/016/000114671/">Louis Zukofsky</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1978</tt></td> <td>Co-Founded Objectivist poetry movement</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? 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