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May 12th, 2008	Event	2008 Wenchuan earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 60,000 people
May 12th, 2008	Death	Robert Rauschenberg, American artist (born in 1925)
May 12th, 2007	Death	Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Taliban military leader (born in 1966?)
May 12th, 2007	Death	Teddy Infuhr, American former child actor (born in 1936)
May 12th, 2006	Event	Justin Gatlin equals the 100 metres sprint world record with a time of 9.77 seconds in Doha, Qatar.
May 12th, 2006	Death	Gillespie V. Montgomery, former U.S. representative from Mississippi (born in 1920)
May 12th, 2005	Death	Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (born in 1909)
May 12th, 2005	Death	Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (born in 1937)
May 12th, 2003	Event	The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by Al Qaeda, kill 26.
May 12th, 2003	Event	Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers bring the Texas Legislature to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan.

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