Historical Events In June - 12
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1935 Christoph Meckel, writer on this day in history.
1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa on this day in history.
1936 On June - 12 1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa)
1936 On June - 12 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 On June - 12 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 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 On this day in history anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam)
1942 Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.
1943 Himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos on June - 12.
1944 First V-1 rocket reaches London on this day in history.
1944 On June - 12 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 June - 12.
1945 US 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa on June - 12.
1946 On this day in history count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies
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 June - 12.
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 this day in history 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 this day in history john N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82
1963 On June - 12 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 South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment on June - 12.
1965 On June - 12 rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
1965 The Beatles are awarded the MBE on June - 12.
1966 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 on June - 12.
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