Historical Events for May 12th

1831 – First US bank robber indicted and sentenced to 5 years at Sing Sing *

1978 – National Oceanic Atmospheric Adm. announced bisexual hurricane names

1997 – Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida

1991 – Taxol cancer drug is announced found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest