May 12

Events



 * 1908 - Patent for wireless telephone granted to Stubblefield
 * 1941 - The Z3 program-controlled (freely programmable) computer is displayed

Births

 * 1829 –, Greek composer (d. 1896)
 * 1928 –, American composer
 * 1942 –, British musician (d. 2000)
 * 1942 –, French singer and songwriter
 * 1942 –, American songwriter and singer
 * 1945 –, British keyboardist (Small Faces)
 * 1948 –, British musician (The Spencer Davis Group; Traffic)
 * 1950 –, American singer
 * 1958 –, American drummer
 * 1961 –, British guitarist (The Cult)
 * 1962 –, American songwriter and record producer (Bad Religion) (Epitaph)
 * 1963 –, American singer (Charles and Eddie) (d. 2001)
 * 1967 –, American bass guitarist (ex-Tool)
 * 1978 –, Acadian-Canadian singer
 * 1978 –, Japanese singer (formerly Morning Musume)
 * 1981 –, Japanese composer