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June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (164th in Leap Years ), with 202 days remaining.
Events
- rebels arrive at Blackheath .
- 1418 - An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundian s.
- leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William De La Pole, 1st Duke Of Suffolk in the second day of the Battle Of Jargeau .
- – lasted until June 13 .
- 1665 - England installs a municipal government in New York City . This was the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam .
- – James Wolfe 's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.
- and John Hancock , if captured, were to be hanged.
- , at Sidi Ferruch .
- 1859 - The Comstock Lode is discovered near Virginia City, Nevada .
- – General Ulysses S. Grant pulls his troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
- 1885 - At a murder trial in France , a roof collapses, killing 30 people.
- 1889 - 88 are killed in the Armagh Rail Disaster near Armagh in Northern Ireland .
- 1896 - J.T. Hearne sets a Cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 First-class wickets.
- declares the Philippines ' independence from Spain .
- 1903 - Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University Of Michigan School Of Music .
- 1922 - St.Louis Brown pitcher Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth three consecutive times.
- 1922 - In Windsor Castle , King George V receives the Colours of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbanded - the Royal Irish Regiment , The Connaught Rangers , the South Irish Horse , the Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment , the Royal Munster Fusiliers and The Royal Dublin Fusiliers .
- 1931 - Charlie Parker equals Cricket record for the earliest date to reach 100 wickets. Tich Freeman reaches 100 wickets a day later.
- 1935 - Senator Huey Long of Louisiana makes the longest speech on Senate record. The speech takes 15½ hours and was filled by 150,000 words.
- 1935 - and Paraguay , fighting since 1932 .
- 1939 - The Baseball Hall Of Fame and Museum is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York .
- and French troops surrender to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux .
- receives a Diary for her thirteenth Birthday .
- 1963 - '' Cleopatra '' starring Elizabeth Taylor , Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City .
- 1963 - Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers is shot dead in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith .
- 1964 - South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life in prison.
- 1967 - The United States Supreme Court in '' Loving V. Virginia '' declares all U.S. State laws which prohibit Interracial Marriage to be Unconstitutional . {Link without Title}
- 1967 - is launched (it will become the first Space Probe to enter another Planet 's atmosphere and successfully return data).
- 1978 - David Berkowitz , the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City , is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.
- 1979 - Bryan Allen flies the Gossamer Albatross , man powered, across the English Channel .
- 1981 - Major League Baseball players begin a 49 day Strike over the issue of free-agent compensation.
- 1982 - in New York City 's Central Park , 750,000 people rally against Nuclear Weapon s. Jackson Browne , James Taylor , Bruce Springsteen , and Linda Ronstadt are in attendance.
- 1987 - The Central African Republic 's former Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
- 1987 - publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate .
- 1987 - '' Predator '' opens in theaters, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger .
- 1988 - Rusty Wallace wins the last Nascar Winston Cup race at the Riverside International Raceway
- 1990 - Russia Day – The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
- 1991 - Russian s elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of their republic.
- 1993 - Nigeria n Presidential elections held with the largest turnout ever. Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (popularly M. K. O. ), an international businessman and politician, who was the candidate of the Social Democratic Party overwhelmingly defeated rival Alhaji Bashir Tofa , candidate of the National Republican Convention . After most of the results were announced, the election was annulled by military president Ibrahim Babangida . Subsequent nationwide and international protests forced Babangida to relinquish power albeit to his handpicked Interim National Government .
- 1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California . O. J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in a civil suit.
- 1994 - German districts Röbel and Waren are merged to form Müritz
- 1996 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the Internet .
- Emily Morgan was born
Births
- 1107 - Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187 )
- 1519 - Cosimo I De' Medici, Grand Duke Of Tuscany (d. 1574 )
- 1577 - Paul Guldin , Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643 )
- 1659 - Yamamoto Tsunetomo , Japanese samurai (d. 1719 )
- 1775 - Karl Freiherr Von Müffling , Prussian field marshal (d. 1851 )
- 1812 - Edmond Hébert , French geologist (d. 1890 )
- 1827 - Johanna Spyri , Swiss author (d. 1901 )
- 1861 - William Attewell , English cricketer (d. 1927 )
- 1875 - Sam De Grasse , Canadian actor (d. 1953 )
- 1890 - Egon Schiele , Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1918 )
- 1892 - Djuna Barnes , American author (d. 1982 )
- 1897 - Anthony Eden , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (d. 1977 )
- 1899 - Fritz Albert Lipmann , American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1986 )
- 1903 - Emmett Hardy , American musician (d. 1925 )
- 1905 - Ray Barbuti , American athlete (d. 1988 )
- 1910 - Bill Naughton , British playwright (d. 1992 )
- 1915 - Christopher Mayhew , British politician (d. 1997 )
- 1915 - David Rockefeller , American banker
- 1916 - Irwin Allen , American film producer (d. 1991 )
- 1918 - Samuel Z. Arkoff , American film producer (d. 2001 )
- 1919 - Uta Hagen , American actress (d. 2004 )
- 1920 - Dave Berg , American cartoonist (d. 2002 )
- 1920 - Jim Siedow , American actor (d. 2003 )
- 1921 - James Houston , Canadian artist (d. 2005 )
- 1924 - George H. W. Bush , 41st President Of The United States
- 1928 - Richard M. Sherman , American songwriter
- 1928 - Vic Damone , American singer
- 1929 - Brigid Brophy , British writer
- 1929 - Anne Frank , German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (d. 1945 )
- 1930 - Jim Nabors , American actor and musician
- 1932 - Rona Jaffe , American novelist
- 1939 - Frank McCloskey , American politician (d. 2003 )
- 1941 - Marv Albert , American sportscaster
- 1941 - Chick Corea , American musician
- 1942 - Bert Sakmann , German physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1945 - Pat Jennings , Northern Irish footballer
- 1946 - Harry Glasper , British writer
- 1951 - Brad Delp , American singer
- 1953 - Allan Weiner , American Radio Pirate & Shortwave Radio Station owner.
- 1954 - Elizabeth May , Former executive director of Sierra Club Of Canada
- 1957 - Javed Miandad , Pakistani cricketer and coach
- 1957 - Timothy Busfield , American actor
- 1958 - Rebecca Holden , American actress and singer
- 1959 - John Linnell , American musician ( They Might Be Giants )
- 1964 - Paula Marshall , American actress
- 1968 - Bobby Sheehan , American musician Blues Traveler (d. 1999 )
- 1973 - Darryl White , Australian footballer
- 1974 - Hideki Matsui , Japanese Major League Baseball player
- 1974 - Jason Mewes , American actor
- 1976 - Thomas Sørensen , Danish footballer
- 1981 - Adriana Lima , Brazilian-born Model
- 1983 - Christine Sinclair , Canadian soccer player
- 1996 - Emily Morgan ,World Leader
Deaths
- 816 - Pope Leo III
- 1020 - Lyfing, Archbishop Of Canterbury
- 1418 - Bernard VII, Count Of Armagnac , Constable of France (b. 1360 )
- 1435 - John FitzAlan, 14th Earl Of Arundel , English military leader (b. 1408 )
- 1565 - Adrianus Turnebus , French classical scholar (b. 1512 )
- 1567 - Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich , Lord Chancellor Of England (b. 1490 )
- 1647 - Thomas Farnaby , English grammarian
- 1675 - Duke Charles Emmanuel II Of Savoy (b. 1634 )
- 1734 - James FitzJames, 1st Duke Of Berwick , French military commander (b. 1670 )
- 1758 - Augustus William, Prince Of Prussia (b. 1722 )
- 1778 - Philip Livingston , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1716 )
- 1816 - Pierre François Charles Augereau, Duc De Castiglione , French marshal (b. 1757 )
- 1912 - Frédéric Passy , French economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1822 )
- 1917 - Teresa Carreño , Venezuelan pianist (b. 1853 )
- 1957 - Jimmy Dorsey , American musician (b. 1904 )
- 1962 - John Ireland , English composer (b. 1879 )
- 1963 - Medgar Evers , American civil rights activist (b. 1925 )
- 1966 - Hermann Scherchen , German conductor (b. 1891 )
- 1978 - Guo Moruo , Chinese writer (b. 1892 )
- 1980 - Milburn Stone , American actor (b. 1904 )
- 1982 - Karl Von Frisch , Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1886 )
- 1983 - Norma Shearer , Canadian actress (b. 1902 )
- 1994 - Ronald Goldman , American actor and model (murdered) (b. 1969 )
- 1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson , American ex-wife of O. J. Simpson (murdered) (b. 1959 )
- 1995 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli , Italian pianist (b. 1920 )
- 1997 - Bulat Okudzhava , Russian writer and musician (b. 1924 )
- 2002 - Bill Blass , American fashion designer (b. 1922 )
- 2003 - Gregory Peck , American actor (b. 1916 )
Holidays and observances
External links
June 11 - June 13 - May 12 - July 12 – Listing Of All Days
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