Historical Events In June - 12

1935  Christoph Meckel, writer on this day in history.   

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

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

1936  On this day in history isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies   

1937  On this day in history uSSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continued   

1937  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 June - 12.   

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  Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1946  Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies on June - 12.   

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 June - 12 south Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment   

1965  On this day in history rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"   

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  On this day in history birth of juan del Encina, composer   

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

1577  Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643) was born on this day in history.   

1599  Jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.   

1659  Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

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

0918  Death of Ethelfleda, Lady of the Mercians on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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.