Uncyclopedia:Anniversaries/May 12

May 12: Barry Manilow Day

• 100 AD - Barry Manilow, immortal muse of all music, writes the very first song. Critics hate it, but what do they know.
• 1877 - Oscar Wilde pens his poem Sonnet to Liberty, advocating socialism and decrying many contemporary fashion trends.
• 1881 - In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate, and thus enjoys its last noteworthy moment for nearly 100 years, until the filming of Star Wars there in 1977.
• 1974 - Depressed mood ring commits suicide, says "I can't handle the pressure" in heartfelt note. (Pictured)
• 1985 - The Book of the Dead is discovered by a 12 year old child in London and sold for three baseball cards and a Jefferson Starship cassette tape.
• 2003 - Pocahontas sells her memoir "Hokey Pokey: Frolicking, Singing, and Doing a White Guy" to Disney, which is subsequently made into a popular children's movie.
• 2004 - The corpse of Walter Cronkite rises from the grave to report on the Alabama tri-county kitten pageant.

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