Page 6: Historical Events In June - 12

1935  On June - 12 christoph Meckel, writer   

1936  C Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa on June - 12.   

1936  On June - 12 1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa)   

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

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

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

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

1942  Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City on this day in history.   

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  Himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos on this day in history.   

1944  First V-1 rocket reaches London on June - 12.   

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 June - 12.   

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

1945  On June - 12 uS 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa   

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

1947  On June - 12 babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ   

1947  On June - 12 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 June - 12.   

1952  Michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83 on June - 12.   

1957  On June - 12 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 June - 12.   

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

1965  On June - 12 rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"   

1965  The Beatles are awarded the MBE on this day in history.   

1966  On June - 12 hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74   

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1107  Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187) was born on June - 12.   

1468  Juan del Encina, composer was born on June - 12.   

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

1519  Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

0816  Leo III, Italian Pope (795-816), dies on this day in history.   

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  On June - 12 death of bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France (b. 1360)   

1435  On this day in history death of john FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1408)   

1490  On June - 12 death of adriaan Vilain II of Rassegem, peace of Tours, murdered at about 39