Page 6: Historical Events In June - 12
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
1935 On June - 12 christoph Meckel, writer
1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa on June - 12.
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 this day in history.
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 On June - 12 43rd US Golf Open: Byron Nelson shoots a 284 at Phila CC in Phila
1940 HMS CALYPSO, sunk Eastern Mediterranean, south of Crete by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Bagnolini' on June - 12.
1942 On June - 12 tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City
1942 On June - 12 anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam)
1942 Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.
1943 On this day in history himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos
1944 On June - 12 first V-1 rocket reaches London.
1944 On June - 12 piolet Off. Andrew C. Mynarski (Royal Cdn. Air Force) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France
1944 The first V1 rocket falls on England during World War 2 on June - 12.
1944 On this day in history 1st V-1 rocket assault on London
1945 US 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa on this day in history.
1946 Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.
1947 On June - 12 babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ
1947 On this day in history jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70
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 Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs) on June - 12.
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 June - 12.
1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m on this day in history.
1962 John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 on this day in history.
1963 Civil rights leader Medger Evers is shot and killed in front of his Jackson, Mississippi home on June - 12.
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 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" on June - 12.
1965 The Beatles are awarded the MBE on June - 12.
1966 On June - 12 hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74
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