May 12

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1551	National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru.	Animal Collective	College	Sung Tongs
2	1588	French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry of Guise enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs.	Sonic Youth	(I Got a) Catholic Block	Sister
3	1864	American Civil War: the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die in "the Bloody Angle".	The Fall	Flat of Angles	Dragnet
4	1870	The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.	Manitoba	People Eating Fruit	Start Breaking My Heart
5	1935	Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith (founders of Alcoholics Anonymous) meet for the first time in Akron, Ohio, at the home of Henrietta Siberling.	The New Pornographers	The Slow Descent into Alcoholism	Mass Romantic
6	2002	Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.	Septeto Matamoros	Oye Mi Coro	Secret Museum of Mankind
7	2003	Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers bring the Texas Legislature to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan.	The Olivia Tremor Control	Hideaway	Black Foliage: Animation Music Vol. 1

(Historical facts about May 12 are from Wikipedia.)