NEWS AND NOTIONS.
Date: 12 May 1885
Saneatsu Mushanokōji Birthday, Date of Birth
Saneatsu Mushanokōji (武者小路 実篤(實篤), Mushanokōji Saneatsu; May 12, 1885 – April 9, 1976) was a Japanese novelist, playwright, poet, artist, and philosopher active during the late Taishō and Shōwa periods of Japan. Later on in life he requested that the pronunciation of his surname (as far as was concerned) be changed from the usual Mushanokōji, to Mushakōji, but without much success. He was nicknamed Musha and Futo-o by his colleagues.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Tuesday, May 12, 1885
- Place of Birth
- Kōjimachi-ku
- Age
- 140
- Star Sign
- ♉
The May 12, 1885 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 131 day of the year. President of the United States was Grover Cleveland.
If you were born on this day, you are 140 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, May 12, 2025, 126 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in 238 days. You have lived for 51,260 days, or about 1,230,240 hours, or about 73,814,441 minutes, or about 4,428,866,460 seconds.
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12th of May 1885 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on May 12, 1885
LITERARY AND DRAMATIC NEWS.
Date: 12 May 1885
LONDON, May 11.--Lord Tennyson is writing a historical drama, a sequel to "Thomas a Becket." He is also collecting his detached poems, which will be issued with new lyrics.
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Date: 13 May 1885
WASHINGTON, May 12.--Leave of absence for four months, to take effect about June 1, has been granted Capt. William G. Wedemeyer, Sixteenth Infantry. Capt. William R. Parnell. First Cavalry, having been found by an army retiring board incapacitated for active service, has been granted leave of absence until further orders on account of disability.
TELLING PARLIAMENT THE NEWS.
Date: 12 May 1885
Afghan Policy; Lord Hamilton's Motion of Censure Defeated
NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS.; ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Date: 12 May 1885
WASHINGTON, May 11.--A board of medical officers, to consist of Lieut-Col. Andrew K. Smith. Surgeon; Major John C.G. Happersett, Surgeon, and Capt. James P. Kimball, Assistant Surgeon, will assemble at the Military Academy, West Point, on June 1, to examine into the physical qualifications of the members of the graduating class and the candidates for admission to the Academy.
CITY AND SUBURBAN NEWS; NEW-YORK. BROOKLYN. WESTCHESTER COUNTY. LONG ISLAND. NEW-JERSEY.
Date: 13 May 1885
The Yale Alumni Association will hold a social meeting on Friday evening at the University Club Theatre.
CITY AND SUBURBAN NEWS; NEW-YORK. BROOKLYN. WESTCHESTER COUNTY. STATEN ISLAND. NEW-JERSEY.
Date: 12 May 1885
Morris, Cora; Architect's Bill
SWARMS OF GRASSHOPPERS IN TEXAS.
Date: 13 May 1885
GALVESTON, Texas, May 12.--A special to the News from Longview says: "Swarms of grasshoppers have appeared in Panola County, which borders on the Louisiana line. In the neighborhood of Hendricks, on the East and West Texas Narrow Gauge Railroad, several fields of corn and other grain have been entirely destroyed."
THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN.
Date: 12 May 1885
SUAKIN, May 11.--The Egyptian troops at Kasaala are compelled to eat donkeys to relieve their hunger. The Governor of Kassala rejects all appeals of the garrison to attempt to escape from the town.