Page 6: Historical Events In June - 12

1935  On this day in history christoph Meckel, writer   

1936  On June - 12 c Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa   

1936  1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa) on this day in history.   

1936  Isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies on June - 12.   

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 June - 12.   

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 this day in history 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 June - 12.   

1942  On June - 12 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 this day in history.   

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

1945  On this day in history uS 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa   

1946  Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

1947  Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ on June - 12.   

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

1952  On June - 12 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1962  John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 on June - 12.   

1963  On this day in history civil rights leader Medger Evers is shot and killed in front of his Jackson, Mississippi home.   

1963  Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1964  South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment on this day in history.   

1965  Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" on June - 12.   

1965  On June - 12 the Beatles are awarded the MBE   

1966  On June - 12 hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74   

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1107  On June - 12 birth of emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187)   

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  On June - 12 birth of cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)   

1526  On June - 12 birth of marc-Antoine de Muret, composer   

1577  On this day in history birth of paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)   

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  On this day in history leo III, Italian Pope (795-816), dies   

0918  On June - 12 death of ethelfleda, Lady of the Mercians   

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

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 June - 12.   

1435  Death of John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1408) on June - 12.   

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