Eiffel Tower - Commission was set up to examine Eiffel's scheme and its rivals
Time: Wednesday May 12, 1886
Place: France
Details: On 12 May, a commission was set up to examine Eiffel's scheme and its rivals.
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Friday May 12, 1865 - Tampere, Finland


W. E. B. Du Bois-Marriage
Tuesday May 12, 1896 - Wilberforce, Ohio, U.S.


1905 Russian Revolution-The Strike begins
Friday May 12, 1905 - Russian Empire


Mother's Day-The First Mother's Day in Brazil
Sunday May 12, 1918 - Brazil


Great Depression-Agricultural Adjustment Act is enacted
Friday May 12, 1933 - U.S.


Second Sino-Japanese War-Forming The Mongol Military Government
Tuesday May 12, 1936 - Chahar, China


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle activated his new division
Sunday May 12, 1940 - France


Martin Bormann-Bormann became The Head of The Parteikanzlei (Party Chancellery)
Monday May 12, 1941 - Berlin, Germany


World War II-Operation Fredericus
Tuesday May 12, 1942 - Izium and Barvinkove, Kharkov Oblast, U.S.S.R.


Tony Hawk-Birth
Sunday May 12, 1968 - San Diego, California, U.S.


Bosnian War-The Army of Republika Srpska
Tuesday May 12, 1992 - Serbia


Bosnian War-the US Senate adopted S. 2042
Thursday May 12, 1994 - Washington D.C., U.S.


First Chechen War-On peace and the principles of Russian-Chechen relations
Monday May 12, 1997 - Moscow, Russia


Amazon-Barnes & Noble sued Amazon
Monday May 12, 1997 - U.S.


Disasters with highest death tolls-2008 Sichuan Earthquake
Monday May 12, 2008 at 02:28:00 PM - Chengdu, China


2008 Sichuan earthquake-Tremors in Vietnam
Monday May 12, 2008 - Vitnam


2008 Sichuan earthquake-Russia
Monday May 12, 2008 - Tuva, Russia


2008 Sichuan earthquake-Start of rescue operations
Monday May 12, 2008 - China


2008 Sichuan earthquake-First anniversary
Tuesday May 12, 2009 - China


Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-Turkey and Russia signed 17 agreements to enhance cooperation
Wednesday May 12, 2010 - Istanbul, Turkey


Theresa May-Appointed Home Secretary
Wednesday May 12, 2010 - England


Richard Branson-Branson served his duty as a stewardess
Sunday May 12, 2013 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Pope Francis-First Canonizations
Tuesday May 12, 2015 - Vatican City


Apple Inc.-Investing in DiDi
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Mohamed Salah-PL Golden boots
Saturday May 12, 2018 - Liverpool, England

Thomas Wentworth's death
Sunday May 12, 1641 - Ireland
May 1886


Eiffel Tower-Lockroy announced an alteration to the terms of the open competition being held for a centrepiece to the exposition
Saturday May 1, 1886 - France
1886


Second Boer War-Gold was discovered in the Witwatersrand area of the South African Republic
1886 - Witwatersrand, South Africa


Second Boer War-Big gold field was discovered
1886 - South Africa


Vladimir Lenin-Death of father
Tuesday Jan 12, 1886 - Russian Empire


Nikola Tesla-Little interest in Tesla's ideas
1886 - U.S.


Statue of Liberty-Completing the Pedestal
Apr, 1886 - New York, U.S.


Eiffel Tower-Lockroy announced an alteration to the terms of the open competition being held for a centrepiece to the exposition
Saturday May 1, 1886 - France


Eiffel Tower-Commission decided that all the proposals except Eiffel's were either impractical or lacking in details
Jun, 1886 - France


Willem Einthoven-Einthoven became a professor
1886 - Leiden, Netherlands


Albrecht Kossel-Marriage
1886 - Germany


David Ben-Gurion-Birth
Saturday Oct 16, 1886 - Płońsk, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (Poland now)


Statue of Liberty-Ticker-Tape parade Beginning
Thursday Oct 28, 1886 - New York, U.S.


Theodore Roosevelt-Second Marriage
Thursday Dec 2, 1886 - U.S.


Nikola Tesla-Tesla met Alfred S. Brown
1886 - U.S.