Page 6: Historical Events In June - 12

1935  Christoph Meckel, writer on June - 12.   

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

1943  On June - 12 himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos   

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

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

1957  On this day in history paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)   

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 June - 12.   

1962  On June - 12 uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m   

1962  On this day in history john N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82   

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 June - 12.   

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

1965  Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" on this day in history.   

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

1526  Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer was born on June - 12.   

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 June - 12 death of ethelfleda, Lady of the Mercians   

1020  On June - 12 death of lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury   

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

1231  Antonius van Padua, [Fernando M de Bulhom], Port minister, dies at 35 on June - 12.   

1418  Death of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France (b. 1360) on this day in history.   

1435  On this day in history 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 this day in history.