Historical Events In June - 12

1935  On this day in history christoph Meckel, writer   

1936  On June - 12 c Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa   

1936  1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa) on this day in history.   

1936  Isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies on this day in history.   

1937  USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continued on this day in history.   

1937  41st US Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich on this day in history.   

1939  On June - 12 the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. is dedicated.   

1939  43rd US Golf Open: Byron Nelson shoots a 284 at Phila CC in Phila on June - 12.   

1940  On June - 12 hMS CALYPSO, sunk Eastern Mediterranean, south of Crete by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Bagnolini'.   

1942  On June - 12 tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City   

1942  On June - 12 anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam)   

1942  On June - 12 walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36   

1943  On June - 12 himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos   

1944  First V-1 rocket reaches London on this day in history.   

1944  Piolet Off. Andrew C. Mynarski (Royal Cdn. Air Force) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France on June - 12.   

1944  The first V1 rocket falls on England during World War 2 on this day in history.   

1944  On June - 12 1st V-1 rocket assault on London   

1945  On this day in history uS 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa   

1946  On June - 12 count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies   

1947  On this day in history babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ   

1947  On June - 12 jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70   

1952  On this day in history in British Columbia. W. A. C. Bennett 1900-1979 invited to form a Social Credit minority government after BC provincial election; start of 20 years of power for the Socreds.   

1952  On June - 12 michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83   

1957  On this day in history paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)   

1957  James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1961  On June - 12 the DND buys 66 F-101 Voodoos in exchange for US control of Pinetree Line, plus a Mutual Air Program for purchase of 200 Canadian-built F-104 Starfighters.   

1962  On June - 12 uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m   

1962  John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1963  On June - 12 civil rights leader Medger Evers is shot and killed in front of his Jackson, Mississippi home.   

1963  On June - 12 andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80   

1964  On this day in history south Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment   

1965  Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history the Beatles are awarded the MBE   

1966  On this day in history hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74   

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1107  On this day in history birth of emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187)   

1468  On June - 12 birth of juan del Encina, composer   

1519  On this day in history birth of cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno)   

1519  On this day in history birth of cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)   

1526  On this day in history birth of marc-Antoine de Muret, composer   

1577  Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643) was born on June - 12.   

1599  On this day in history birth of jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal   

1659  On this day in history birth of yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719)   

0816  On this day in history leo III, Italian Pope (795-816), dies   

0918  On June - 12 death of ethelfleda, Lady of the Mercians   

1020  On this day in history death of lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1036  Death of Tedald, Bishop of Arezzo on June - 12.   

1231  Antonius van Padua, [Fernando M de Bulhom], Port minister, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1418  Death of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France (b. 1360) on June - 12.   

1435  On June - 12 death of john FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1408)   

1490  Death of Adriaan Vilain II of Rassegem, peace of Tours, murdered at about 39 on this day in history.