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Birthdays occurring on May, 12
| 1812 |
Edward Lear was born on May 12, 1812
English landscape painter and writer of an original kind of nonsense verse. The popularizer of the limerick. 1812-1888They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon More quotations from Edward Lear |  |
| 1842 |
Jules Massenet was born on May 12, 1842
I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are useless; at last I am living in the scintillating splendor of the stars, each of which used to seem to me as large as millions of suns.. More quotations from Jules Massenet |
Deaths occurring on May, 12
| 1992 |
Robert Reed died on May 12, 1992
Before I was reading science fiction, I read Hemingway. Farewell to Arms was my first adult novel that said not everything ends well. It was one of those times where reading has meant a great deal to me, in terms of my development - an insight came from that book. More quotations from Robert Reed |
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