This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
06/12/1468 Juan del Encina, composer 
06/12/1519 Cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno) 
06/12/1526 Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer 
06/12/1599 Jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/field marshal 
06/12/1771 Patrick Gass, Falling Springs PA, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition 
06/12/1795 John Marston Jr, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1885 
06/12/1798 Samuel Cooper, General (Confederate Army), died in 1876 
06/12/1819 Charles Kingsley, [Parson Lot], Engl vicar/historian (Westward Ho!) 
06/12/1821 Henry Moses Judah, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 
06/12/1825 John Cook, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 
06/12/1829 Johanna Spyri, Switzerland, writer (Heidi) 
06/12/1840 Jakub Arbes, Czech author (Modern¡ Up¡ri) 
06/12/1842 Rikard Nordraak, composer 
06/12/1851 Oliver Joseph Lodge, England, early radio pioneer 
06/12/1857 Achille Simonetti, composer 
06/12/1874 Willem Louis Frederic Landre, composer 
06/12/1876 Narciso Garay, composer 
06/12/1877 Thomas C Hart, US admiral (Asiatic fleet) 
06/12/1878 James O Curwood, US, journalist/writer (Kazan the wolfdog) 
06/12/1881 Juan de Hernandez, composer 
06/12/1885 Werner Erich Josten, Elberfeld Germany, composer (Jungle) 
06/12/1890 Egon Schiele, Austrian painter/graphic artist 
06/12/1892 John Donald Robb, composer 
06/12/1893 Kommer Kle˜n, actor (Paul Vlaanderen) 
06/12/1897 Alexandre Tansman, Lodz Poland, composer (Dyptique) 
06/12/1897 Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon (C), British PM (1955-57) 
06/12/1900 Amadeo Roldan, composer 
06/12/1902 Hendrik J Elias, Flemish historian 
06/12/1904 Eino Roiha, composer 
06/12/1907 Giorgio Nataletti, composer 
06/12/1908 Max Tailleur, adjudant to Prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist 
06/12/1908 Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS Fhrer (Mussolini/Horthy) 
06/12/1909 Archie Bleyer, Corona NY, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey) 
06/12/1909 Mansel Treharne Thomas, composer 
06/12/1911 Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavia, writer/politician (New Class) 
06/12/1912 Russell 'Lucky' Hayden, Chico Calif, actor (Judge Roy Bean) 
06/12/1914 Maurice Ohana, British?/French? pianist/composer (La C‚lestine) 
06/12/1914 William Lundigan, Syracuse NY, actor (Climax) 
06/12/1915 David Rockefeller, banker/international power broker 
06/12/1916 Irwin Allen, disaster-movie producer (Towering Inferno) 
06/12/1917 Priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace) 
06/12/1919 Uta Hagen, Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil)/teaches acting 
06/12/1919 Vera Hruba Ralston, Czech, actress (Dakota, Accused of Murder) 
06/12/1920 Peter Jones, England, actor (From a Bird's Eye View) 
06/12/1921 Hendrik J Witteveen, economist/minister of Finance/ director IMF 
06/12/1921 James Houston, Toronto, author/filmmaker (Tikta'Liktak) 
06/12/1921 Vera Hruba Ralston, actress (Dakota, Flame, Surrender, Timberjack) 
06/12/1922 Leif Thybo, composer 
06/12/1923 Marta Pan, Hungarian/French sculptor (Great spiral) 
06/12/1924 George Herbert Walker Bush, (R) 43rd VP (1981-89) 41st Pres (1989-93

06/12/1927 Henry Slesar, Brooklyn NY, headwriter (Edge of Night) 
06/12/1928 Vic Damone, [Vito Farinola], Bkln, singer (Street Where You Live) 
06/12/1929 Anne Frank, Holland, Nazi victim/diarist (Diary of Anne Frank) 
06/12/1930 Barbara Harris, famous African 
06/12/1930 Hans Koetsier, speed artist (KLM-Schiphol) 
06/12/1932 Jim Nabors, Sylacauga Al, actor/singer (Gomer Pyle) 
06/12/1932 Mamo Wolde, Ethiopia, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1968) 
06/12/1932 Rona Jaffe, novelist (Mazes & Monsters) 
06/12/1936 Bill Zeliff, (Rep-R-New Hampshire) 
06/12/1939 Francis X McCloskey, (Rep-D-Indiana) 
06/12/1939 Frank McCloskey, (Rep-D-IN, 1983-  ) 
06/12/1939 GAI Schu˜t, Dutch jurist (right of information) 
06/12/1941 Chick Corea, Chelsea Mass, jazz pianist (Delhpi I, Toy Dance) 
06/12/1941 Lucille Roybal-Allard, (Rep-D-California) 
06/12/1941 Roy Harper, Manchester, rocker (Folkjokeopus) 
06/12/1943 Marv Albert, NYC, 'Yes!' sportscaster (NBC-TV) 
06/12/1943 Reg Presley, rock vocalist (Troggs-Wild Thing) 
06/12/1944 Linda Foster, Lancaster England, actress (Doris-Hank) 
06/12/1944 Maurice Jackson, US singer (Independents-Leaving You) 
06/12/1945 James Naughton, US, actor (Trauma Center) [or 7/6/46] 
06/12/1947 Ronald J Freeman II, Elizabeth NJ, 4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1968)

06/12/1951 Brad Delp, guitarist (Boston-More Than a Feeling) 
06/12/1952 Ben E Carlos, drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police) 
06/12/1952 Dale Krantz, singer (Crossings-Collis Band) 
06/12/1952 Oliver Knussen, Glasgow Scotland, composer (Chicara) 
06/12/1952 Seigfried Brietzke, German DR, coxless rower (Oly-gold-1972, 76, 80)

06/12/1953 Grace Jones, Kingston Jamacia (she claims but actually 5/19/48) 
06/12/1953 Rebecca Holden, Austin Tx, actress (April-Knight Rider) 
06/12/1953 Rocky Burnette, Memphis, rocker (Towing the Line) 
06/12/1954 Tineke Schouten, TV host 
06/12/1957 Jim Morris, impressionist/comedian (Ronald Reagan, George Bush) 
06/12/1957 Timothy Busfield, East Lansing Mich, actor (Elliot-30 Something) 
06/12/1959 Jenilee Harrison, Glendale Calif, actress (Cindy-3's Company, Dallas

06/12/1959 Kenneth Herdigein, Suriname/Dutch actor (Say Once Aaa) 
06/12/1962 Ally Sheedy, [Alexandria], NYC, actress (Wargames, Blue City) 
06/12/1962 Michael Link, Provo Utah, actor (Earl-Julia) 
06/12/1965 Cathy Tyson, Liverpool England, actress (Serpant & Rainbow) 
06/12/1965 Cindy Lee Berryhill, US singer/songwriter (Baby) 
06/12/1965 Gwen Torrence, Atlanta GA, US Olympic runner (Olympic-gold-92) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
06/12/ 816 Leo III, Italian Pope (795-816), dies 
06/12/1490 Adrian Vilain II of Rassegem, peace of Tours, murdered at about 40 
06/12/1616 Cornelis F Schuyt, organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies 
06/12/1675 Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75), dies at 40 
06/12/1687 Jurriaen van Streeck, still life painter, dies 
06/12/1761 Meinrad Spiess, composer, dies at 77 
06/12/1778 Philip Livingston, US merchant (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 62 
06/12/1789 Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Maria-Theresia), dies 
06/12/1799 William Collins, English poet (Ode to Evening), dies 
06/12/1850 Jean V Constantly de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader, dies at 77 
06/12/1853 John C the Young, historian/archivist, dies at 60 
06/12/1858 Cornelis Smit, ship builder/ship owner, dies at 74 
06/12/1858 William Horsley, composer, dies at 83 
06/12/1878 Hendrik J Jut, murderer [head of Jut], dies at 26 
06/12/1887 Gustav Weber, composer, dies at 41 
06/12/1888 Carel Vosmaer, art historian/poet/editor (Neth Spectator), dies at 6

06/12/1912 Fr‚d‚ric Passy, French economist/pacifist (Nobel 1901), dies 
06/12/1917 Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63 
06/12/1922 Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp putsch 1920), dies at 63 
06/12/1928 Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies 
06/12/1932 Ren‚ de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies 
06/12/1932 Theodorus Heemskerk, lawyer/Dutch sec of state (1866..88), dies at 7

06/12/1936 Isidore Weiss,French world checker champion, dies 
06/12/1941 Guy de PourtalŠs, Swiss/French writer (Pˆche miraculous), dies 
06/12/1942 Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 
06/12/1946 Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese field marshal, dies 
06/12/1947 Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70 
06/12/1952 Michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies 
06/12/1957 James F 'Jimmy' Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53 
06/12/1962 John Ireland, composer, dies at 82 
06/12/1962 John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic march), dies 
06/12/1963 Medgar Evers, NAACP official, shot in Jackson Miss, at 37 
06/12/1966 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 
06/12/1966 Thomas Chalmers, actor (Blind Alleys, Outrage), dies at 81 
06/12/1968 Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 
06/12/1972 Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies 
06/12/1972 Saul David Alinsky, radical writer (John L Lewis), dies at 63 
06/12/1980 Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75 
06/12/1983 Norma Shearer, Academy Award actress (Romeo & Juliet), dies at 80 
06/12/1986 Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76 
06/12/1986 Tony Desimone, combo leader (Ernie in Kovacsland), dies at 66 
06/12/1988 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87 
06/12/1989 Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80 
06/12/1992 Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille spejl), dies 
06/12/1992 Gerda Nicolson, actress (Next of Kin, Clinic), dies 
06/12/1992 Serge Daney, French film critic (Les cahiers du cin‚ma, Traffic), di

06/12/1994 Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92

06/12/1994 Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of OJ, murdered at 35 (probably by OJ)

06/12/1994 Ronald Goldman, waiter, murdered with OJ's ex-wife Nicole Simpson 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
06/12/  28 Gaius Carrinas' triumphant procession through Rome 
06/12/ 816 St Leo III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 
06/12/1442 King Alfonso V van Arag¢n occupies Naples 
06/12/1523 Fries rebel leader Jancko Douwama arrested 
06/12/1575 Willem of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon 
06/12/1665 English rename New Amsterdam, NY, after Dutch pull out 
06/12/1672 French army reach Lobith the Rhine 
06/12/1701 Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover

06/12/1775 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (Am) captures Margaretta (Br) 
06/12/1776 Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights 
06/12/1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old 
06/12/1792 George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC 
06/12/1812 Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins 
06/12/1819 Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra 
06/12/1838 Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Mass 
06/12/1838 Territory of Iowa organized 
06/12/1839 1st baseball game played in America 
06/12/1840 Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands 
06/12/1845 George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country 
06/12/1849 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky 
06/12/1859 Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered 
06/12/1861 Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers 
06/12/1861 to stop Federates from taking over his state 
06/12/1864 Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley 
06/12/1864 Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle 
06/12/1867 Austro-Hungarian Empire forms 
06/12/1880 1st baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleve 
06/12/1885 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France 
06/12/1889 Single tornado kills 119, injures 146 (New Richmond Wisc) 
06/12/1892 Neth Society for Currency & Coin collecting forms 
06/12/1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India. Shock 
06/12/1897 waves felt over an area size of Europe. Negligible death toll 
06/12/1898 Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to US contr

06/12/1900 German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power 
06/12/1903 Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city 
06/12/1907 Yanks commit 11 errors & lose 14-6 to Tigers 
06/12/1908 Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC) 
06/12/1913 'Dachshund' by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released 
06/12/1917 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family 
06/12/1918 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France 
06/12/1919 Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education 
06/12/1920 Farmer Labor Party organized (Chicago) 
06/12/1922 St Louis gets record 10 hits in a row & beats Phillies 14-8 
06/12/1925 William DeHart Hubbard of US, sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4' 
06/12/1926 Brazil leaves League of Nations 
06/12/1928 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples & 2 HRs to be White Sox 15-7 
06/12/1930 Heavyweight Max Schmeling KOs Jack Sharkey in NYC 
06/12/1933 Financial & Economy World conference opens (66 countries) 
06/12/1935 Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco (Bolivia vs Paraguay) 
06/12/1936 1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa) 
06/12/1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa 
06/12/1937 Ralph Guldahl wins US Open golf tournament 
06/12/1937 USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continues 
06/12/1939 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY 
06/12/1939 Byron Nelson wins US Open golf tournament 
06/12/1942 Anne Frank begins her diary 
06/12/1942 Hitler orders importing Slavic slaves 
06/12/1942 Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City 
06/12/1943 Himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos 
06/12/1944 1st V-1 rocket assault on London 
06/12/1944 British 12th batallion conquers Br‚ville 
06/12/1944 US troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy 
06/12/1945 Attack on 7th Marine regiment on Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa 
06/12/1947 Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Br Women's Amateur Golf Champ 
06/12/1948 Ben Hogan wins US Open golf tournament 
06/12/1948 Eddie Arcaro on Citation wins 80th Belmont Stakes (2:28.2) 
06/12/1948 Eddie Arcaro becomes 1st jockey to win triple crown twice 
06/12/1950 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die 
06/12/1952 420th kitten (record) born to cat named Dusty, Bonham, TX 
06/12/1952 USSR declares peace treaty with Japan invalid 
06/12/1954 Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0 
06/12/1955 Monitor (full weekend program) begins on NBC radio network 
06/12/1957 Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs) 
06/12/1959 SF Giants Mike McCormick no-hits Phillies, 3-0 in 5 inning game 
06/12/1960 KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begin

06/12/1961 Dutch Lockheed Electricity 'Sirius' accident at Cairo, kills 20 
06/12/1962 Laos prince Souvanna Phouma forms coalition govt 
06/12/1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m 
06/12/1963 'Cleopatra' premieres in NYC 
06/12/1964 South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment 
06/12/1965 Beatles are awarded MBE 
06/12/1965 Rolling Stones release 'Satisfaction' 
06/12/1965 South Vietnam Gen Nguyen Cla Ky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier 
06/12/1967 Israel wins 6 day war 
06/12/1967 Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested) 
06/12/1967 Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages 
06/12/1967 USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus 
06/12/1967 Wash Senators beat Chic White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings 
06/12/1970 Pitts Pirate Dock Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0 
06/12/1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2216 Kerch 
06/12/1971 Tricia Nixon & Edward F Cox marry at White House 
06/12/1973 Yanks trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer 
06/12/1977 Ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library 
06/12/1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life 
06/12/1978 US House of Representatives allows live radio coverage 
06/12/1979 Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record 185' 
06/12/1979 Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Assn meditation in Boston 
06/12/1979 Sanista occupies parts of Managua 
06/12/1980 Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests 
06/12/1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike 
06/12/1981 Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti pres election 
06/12/1982 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC 
06/12/1982 Battle of Mount Longdon Falkland Islands 
06/12/1986 P W Botha declares South African national emergency 
06/12/1987 Central Afr Rep ex-emperor Jean-B‚del Bokassa sentenced to death 
06/12/1988 Andy Hampton is 1st American to win Round of Italy 
06/12/1989 Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids 
06/12/1991 Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation 
06/12/1991 Mount Pinatubo volcano on Philippines erupts 
06/12/1994 -17] Pope John Paul II visits Spain 
  
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