Page 7: Historical Events In June - 12

1967  Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested).   

1967  Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages   

1967  USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus   

1968  Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76.   

1971  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2216 Kerch   

1971  Tricia Nixon and Edward F Cox marry at White House.   

1972  Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79.   

1976  The Navy phased out the last C-117 (Douglas DC-3), perhaps the most famous transport plane of all time. The last C-117 was flown from Pensacola to Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, the boneyard for obsolete military aircraft   

1977  Ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library   

1978  David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life   

1978  In Japan a 7.5 quake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. The shock was centered about 909 kilometers east of Sendai.   

1979  Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hrs, 49 min.   

1980  Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests   

1980  Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75.   

1981  Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike.   

1982  A rally against the nuclear arms race brings 800000 demonstrators into New York's Central Park.   

1983  Norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo and Juliet), dies at 82   

1986  P W Botha declares South African national emergency.   

1986  Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76.   

1988  Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87   

1989  Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids   

1989  Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80   

1990  In Winnipeg Manitoba, Elijah Harper uses rules of procedure to block the introduction of the resolution ratifying the Meech Lake Accord in the Manitoba legislature   

1990  Terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies.   

1992  Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies   

1994  Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92.   

1995  Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75.   

1996  Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78   

2009  Protes in Iran following e presidential election   

2009  TSC: All television broadcas in e United ates switch from analog NTSC to digital ATSC transmission.   

2011  Arab Spring: Thousands of Syrians flee to Turkey as Syrian troops lay siege to Jisr ash-Shugur.   

2012  The chemical compound NOTT-202, which is capable of selectively absorbing carbon dioxide, is created   

2013  Russia passes a law banning gay propaganda   

2014  Israeli leadership blames Hamas after 3 Israeli teenagers are kidnapped in the West Bank   

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

1468  On June - 12 birth of juan del Encina, composer   

1519  Cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno) was born on June - 12.   

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 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 June - 12.   

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

0918  Death of Ethelfleda, Lady of the Mercians on June - 12.   

1020  Death of Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury on June - 12.   

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  On this day in history death of bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France (b. 1360)   

1435  On June - 12 death of john FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1408)   

1490  On this day in history death of adriaan Vilain II of Rassegem, peace of Tours, murdered at about 39