A little reason to celebrate
National Nutty Fudge Day
Food ยท May 12
A food day for fudge studded with nuts, the dense, sweet square where chocolate or sugar meets walnuts, pecans and other crunchy additions.
National days on May 12, 2027
Also on May 12
On this day
- 1551: National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru. National University of San Marcos
- 1846: The Donner Party of pioneers departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism. Donner Party
- 1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Union troops assault a Confederate salient known as the "Mule Shoe", with some of the fiercest fighting of the war, much of it hand-to-hand combat, occurring at "the Bloody Angle" on the northwest. Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
- 1942: World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarine U-507. Tanker (ship)
- 1978: In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order. Zaire
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