Page 6: Historical Events In June - 12

1935  On this day in history christoph Meckel, writer   

1936  C Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa on this day in history.   

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 June - 12.   

1937  On June - 12 41st US Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich   

1939  On this day in history the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. is dedicated.   

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

1940  HMS CALYPSO, sunk Eastern Mediterranean, south of Crete by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Bagnolini' on this day in history.   

1942  On June - 12 tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City   

1942  Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam) on June - 12.   

1942  On this day in history walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36   

1943  Himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos on June - 12.   

1944  On June - 12 first V-1 rocket reaches London.   

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

1944  On June - 12 the first V1 rocket falls on England during World War 2   

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

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

1946  On this day in history count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies   

1947  Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ on this day in history.   

1947  Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70 on June - 12.   

1952  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 on June - 12.   

1952  Michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1957  Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs) on June - 12.   

1957  On June - 12 james F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53   

1961  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 on this day in history.   

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 June - 12.   

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

1963  Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 on June - 12.   

1964  South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment on June - 12.   

1965  Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" on June - 12.   

1965  The Beatles are awarded the MBE on June - 12.   

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

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1107  On June - 12 birth of emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187)   

1468  Juan del Encina, composer was born on this day in history.   

1519  On June - 12 birth of cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno)   

1519  Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574) was born on June - 12.   

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

1577  On June - 12 birth of paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)   

1599  Jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal was born on June - 12.   

1659  On June - 12 birth of yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719)   

0816  Leo III, Italian Pope (795-816), dies on June - 12.   

0918  On this day in history death of ethelfleda, Lady of the Mercians   

1020  Death of Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1036  On June - 12 death of tedald, Bishop of Arezzo   

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 June - 12.