Page 6: Historical Events In June - 01
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
1925 Richard Erdman, Enid Ok, actor (Stalag 17, Anything Goes). 

1926 Andy Griffith, American film and television actor is born. 

1926 Marilyn Monroe, American film actress is born 

1926 Ignacy Mocicki elected president of Poland 

1926 Andy Griffith, Mount Airy NC, actor (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock). 

1926 Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer, dies at 64. 

1927 Colleen McCullough, writer. 

1928 Bob Monkhouse, Kent England, comedian (Bonkers). 

1929 Yehudi Wyner, composer 

1930 6th French Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats Bill Tilden (36 86 63 61) 

1930 Edward Woodward, Croydon England, actor (Breaker Morant, Wickerman). 

1931 Rozenburg soccer team forms in Rozenburg. 

1932 Lunteren soccer team forms in Lunteren. 

1932 Francis Cameron, cricketer (NZ pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65). 

1933 Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago. 

1933 Alan "the Horse" Ameche, Wisc, NFL fullback (Baltimore Colts) 

1934 Pat Boone, Florida, singer/actor (April Love, Cross and Switchblade) 

1935 James George, US, weightlifter (Olympic-silver-1960/bronze-1956) 

1935 Alberto Cametti, composer, dies at 64 

1937 Morgan Freeman, American film actor ('Driving Miss Daisy') is born. 

1938 Superman Comics launched 

1939 British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard. 

1939 The inaugural televised heavyweight boxing match-Max Baer vs Lou Nova 

1941 31.98 cm (12.59") rainfall, Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record) 

1941 Germany bans all Catholic publications 

1941 HMS CALCUTTA (AA)sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean, north west of Alexandria, Egypt by 2 bombs from German Ju88 bombers.255 survivors 

1941 Hugh S Walpole, British writer (Killer and the Slain), dies 

1942 Treblinka opens 

1942 Ernest Pingoud, composer, dies at 53. 

1943 Actor Leslie Howard dies today when a civilian flight from Lisbon to London is shot down by the Germans during WWII, killing all on board. 

1943 Leslie Howard, actor (Romeo and Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at 50. 

1946 Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed 

1947 The OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands 

1948 Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues player, dies at 34 

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