May 12: Birth of Muhammad al-Mahdi (Shia Islam, 2017)
Coppergate Helmet
- 907 – Zhu Wen forced Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule.
- 1881 – Under the threat of invasion, the Bey of Tunis Muhammad III as-Sadiq signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French protectorate.
- 1942 – World War II: Soviet forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launched a major offensive in eastern Ukraine, only to be encircled and destroyed by German troops two weeks later.
- 1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically-acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.
- 1982 – The Coppergate Helmet (pictured), the best preserved of the six known Anglo-Saxon helmets, was discovered.
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