Historical Events In June - 12

1967  On June - 12 israel wins 6 day war   

1967  On June - 12 race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested)   

1967  On June - 12 supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages   

1967  USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus on June - 12.   

1968  Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 on June - 12.   

1971  On June - 12 t Smirnova discovers asteroid #2216 Kerch   

1971  Tricia Nixon &Edward F Cox marry at White House on this day in history.   

1972  On June - 12 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 on June - 12.   

1977  Ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library on June - 12.   

1978  David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life on June - 12.   

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 on June - 12.   

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

1980  On this day in history reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests   

1980  Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike   

1982  A rally against the nuclear arms race brings 800,000 demonstrators into New York's Central Park on June - 12.   

1983  Norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82 on June - 12.   

1986  P W Botha declares South African national emergency on June - 12.   

1986  Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76 on June - 12.   

1988  Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1989  Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids on this day in history.   

1989  Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1990  On June - 12 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  On this day in history terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies   

1992  On this day in history edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies   

1994  Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1995  Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1996  On June - 12 ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78   

2009  Protes in Iran following e presidential election on June - 12.   

2009  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

2012  On June - 12 the chemical compound NOTT-202, which is capable of selectively absorbing carbon dioxide, is created   

2013  Russia passes a law banning gay propaganda on this day in history.   

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

1468  Juan del Encina, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On June - 12 birth of marc-Antoine de Muret, composer   

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

1599  On this day in history birth of jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal   

1659  Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719) was born on June - 12.   

0816  On June - 12 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  Death of Tedald, Bishop of Arezzo on June - 12.   

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

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