Page 6: Historical Events In June - 12

1935  On June - 12 christoph Meckel, writer   

1936  C Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa on this day in history.   

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

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

1937  On this day in history uSSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continued   

1937  On June - 12 41st US Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich   

1939  On this day in history the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. is dedicated.   

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

1940  HMS CALYPSO, sunk Eastern Mediterranean, south of Crete by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Bagnolini' on this day in history.   

1942  Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City on June - 12.   

1942  Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam) on June - 12.   

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

1943  Himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos on this day in history.   

1944  First V-1 rocket reaches London on June - 12.   

1944  On June - 12 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  On June - 12 1st V-1 rocket assault on London   

1945  On June - 12 uS 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa   

1946  Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies on June - 12.   

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

1947  On June - 12 jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70   

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  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 June - 12.   

1962  On this day in history uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m   

1962  On June - 12 john N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82   

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

1963  On June - 12 andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80   

1964  On this day in history south Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment   

1965  On this day in history rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"   

1965  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of juan del Encina, composer   

1519  On this day in history birth of cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno)   

1519  On this day in history 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 June - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

0816  On this day in history leo III, Italian Pope (795-816), dies   

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

1020  On June - 12 death of lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1036  On June - 12 death of tedald, Bishop of Arezzo   

1231  Antonius van Padua, [Fernando M de Bulhom], Port minister, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1418  On June - 12 death of bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France (b. 1360)   

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

1490  On June - 12 death of adriaan Vilain II of Rassegem, peace of Tours, murdered at about 39