Page 7: Historical Events In June - 12

1967  Israel wins 6 day war on June - 12.   

1967  Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested) on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages   

1967  On June - 12 uSSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus   

1968  On this day in history fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76   

1971  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2216 Kerch on this day in history.   

1971  Tricia Nixon &Edward F Cox marry at White House on June - 12.   

1972  Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library   

1978  On June - 12 david Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life   

1978  On June - 12 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  On June - 12 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 on this day in history.   

1980  Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75 on June - 12.   

1981  Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history a rally against the nuclear arms race brings 800,000 demonstrators into New York's Central Park   

1983  On this day in history norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82   

1986  P W Botha declares South African national emergency on this day in history.   

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

1988  On June - 12 marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87   

1989  On June - 12 ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids   

1989  Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80 on June - 12.   

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  Terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies on this day in history.   

1992  Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies on June - 12.   

1994  On June - 12 menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92   

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

1996  Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78 on June - 12.   

2009  On June - 12 protes in Iran following e presidential election.   

2009  On June - 12 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 June - 12.   

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

2013  On this day in history russia passes a law banning gay propaganda   

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1107  On this day in history birth of emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187)   

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

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 June - 12.   

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

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

0816  On June - 12 leo III, Italian Pope (795-816), dies   

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

1020  On this day in history death of lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1036  On this day in history 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  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 June - 12.