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Historical events & facts — May 12
What happened on May 12?
On May 12, 1820, Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy — the pioneer of modern nursing who during the Crimean War (1853-1856) transformed healthcare for the wounded in Scutari military hospitals, reducing mortality from 42% to 2%. Her ideas on hospital hygiene and nursing care founded nursing as a modern profession. May 12 is International Nurses Day.
On May 12, 2008, a magnitude-7.9 earthquake struck China's Sichuan province, killing nearly 70,000 people and wounding 375,000. The quake destroyed more than 5 million homes and left about 15 million people homeless. The Sichuan earthquake was the deadliest in China since Tangshan in 1976, and the Chinese government's response was closely watched by the international community.
On May 12, 2017, the WannaCry ransomware attacked more than 230,000 computers in 150 countries within hours, locking files and demanding ransoms in Bitcoin. The attack, attributed to North Korea, was the largest coordinated cyberattack in history to that point. It paralysed the British NHS, telecoms companies in Spain and governments worldwide. Damage was estimated at $4 billion.
Notable birthdays — May 12
Famous people born on May 12
Frederick Holder
Sir Frederick William Holder was an Australian politician who served as the first speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1901 to 1909. A member of the Free Trade Party and later an independent, he served twice as the 19th premier of South Australia from June to October 1892 and again from 1899 to 1901.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian spiritual figure, speaker, and writer. Adopted by members of the Theosophical Society as a child, Krishnamurti was raised to fill the mantle of the prophesied World Teacher, a role tasked with aiding humankind's spiritual evolution.
Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin was an English chemist who advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of biomolecules, which became essential for structural biology. She received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and is the only British woman scientist to have been awarded a Nobel Prize.
Farley Mowat
Farley McGill Mowat was a Canadian writer and environmentalist. His works were translated into 52 languages, and he sold more than 17 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian north, such as People of the Deer (1952) and Never Cry Wolf (1963).
Johnny Bucyk
John Paul "Chief" Bucyk is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. A left winger, he played most of his career with the Boston Bruins, he has been associated in one capacity or another with the Bruins' organization since the late 1950s. Bucyk was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in 2017.
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