Historical Events In June - 12

1935  On this day in history christoph Meckel, writer   

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

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

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

1937  USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continued on this day in history.   

1937  41st US Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich on this day in history.   

1939  The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. is dedicated on June - 12.   

1939  43rd US Golf Open: Byron Nelson shoots a 284 at Phila CC in Phila on June - 12.   

1940  On June - 12 hMS CALYPSO, sunk Eastern Mediterranean, south of Crete by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Bagnolini'.   

1942  On this day in history tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City   

1942  Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam) on this day in history.   

1942  Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

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 June - 12 the first V1 rocket falls on England during World War 2   

1944  1st V-1 rocket assault on London on this day in history.   

1945  US 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa on June - 12.   

1946  On June - 12 count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies   

1947  Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ on this day in history.   

1947  Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history 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.   

1952  On this day in history michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83   

1957  On June - 12 paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)   

1957  James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1962  USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m on June - 12.   

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 this day in history 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  Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" on June - 12.   

1965  On June - 12 the Beatles are awarded the MBE   

1966  Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 on June - 12.   

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

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

0918  On this day in history death of ethelfleda, Lady of the Mercians   

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 June - 12.   

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 June - 12.   

1490  Death of Adriaan Vilain II of Rassegem, peace of Tours, murdered at about 39 on June - 12.