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May 12 events span nursing birth to Mayaguez seizure
Timeline notes Florence Nightingale born in 1820 in Florence Italy. Lindberghs’ kidnapped son body found in Hopewell New Jersey in 1932. King George VI crowned in 1937 at Westminster Abbey. Axis powers surrender in North Africa in 1943. Berlin Blockade ends in 1949. West Germany Israel exchange letters in 1965. Blackmun confirmed to Supreme Court in 1970. Mayaguez seized by Cambodian government announced in 1975.
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Florence Nightingale
Florence
Italy
Charles
Anne Lindbergh
Hopewell
N.J
Britain
George VI
Westminster Abbey
North Africa
Soviet Union
Berlin
West Germany
Israel
Senate
Harry A. Blackmun
Supreme Court
White House
Mayaguez