Page 6: Historical Events In June - 12

1935  On this day in history christoph Meckel, writer   

1936  On this day in history c Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa   

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

1936  On June - 12 isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies   

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

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

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

1939  43rd US Golf Open: Byron Nelson shoots a 284 at Phila CC in Phila on this day in history.   

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

1942  Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City on June - 12.   

1942  Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam) on this day in history.   

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

1943  On this day in history himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos   

1944  On this day in history first V-1 rocket reaches London.   

1944  On this day in history piolet Off. Andrew C. Mynarski (Royal Cdn. Air Force) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France   

1944  On this day in history the first V1 rocket falls on England during World War 2   

1944  On this day in history 1st V-1 rocket assault on London   

1945  US 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa on June - 12.   

1946  Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

1947  Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ on June - 12.   

1947  On this day in history jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70   

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 this day in history.   

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

1957  On June - 12 paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)   

1957  On this day in history 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 June - 12.   

1962  On this day in history 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  Civil rights leader Medger Evers is shot and killed in front of his Jackson, Mississippi home on this day in history.   

1963  Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1964  On June - 12 south Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment   

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

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

1966  On June - 12 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  Juan del Encina, composer was born on June - 12.   

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

1519  On June - 12 birth of cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)   

1526  Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1599  On June - 12 birth of jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal   

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

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

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

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

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

1231  On this day in history antonius van Padua, [Fernando M de Bulhom], Port minister, dies at 35   

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

1435  Death of John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1408) on this day in history.   

1490  Death of Adriaan Vilain II of Rassegem, peace of Tours, murdered at about 39 on June - 12.