Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 12
May 12: Yom Ha'atzma'ut (Independence Day) in Israel (2005), International Nurses Day
- 1551 - National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in South America, was founded in Lima, Peru.
- 1870 - Manitoba became a province of Canada.
- 1881 - Tunisia became a French protectorate.
- 1937 - King George VI of the United Kingdom was crowned at the Westminster Abbey.
- 1958 - A formal agreement on the North American Aerospace Defense Command was signed.