
June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ==Events== *1381 - Peasants' Revolt: In England rebels arrive at Blackheath, London. *1418 - An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians. *1653 - First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of the Gabbard – lasted until June 13. *1665 - England installs a municipal government in New York City. This was the former Netherlands settlement of New Amsterdam. *1758 - French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg – James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences. *1775 - American Revolution: British Army Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts Colony. *1859 - Comstock Silver Lode is discovered near Virginia City,Nevada *1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor – 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 - Jack Hearne (John Thomas Hearne) sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class cricket wickets. *1898 - Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain. *1922 - St.Louis Brown pitcher Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth three consecutive times. *1922 - In Windsor Castle, George V of the United Kingdom receives the Colour (flag) 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 (cricketer) equals cricket record for the earliest date to reach 100 wickets. Tich Freeman reaches 100 wickets a day later. *1935 - United States Senate Huey Long of Louisiana makes the longest speech on Senate record. The speech took 15½ hours and was filled by 150,000 words. [http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Huey_Long_Filibusters.htm] * 1935 - Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay, fighting since 1932. *1939 - The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York. *1940 - World War II: 13,000 United Kingdom and France troops surrender to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel at St. Valery-en-Caux. *1942 - Holocaust: Future essayist Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday. *1963 - ''Cleopatra (movie)'' starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. * 1963 - Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is fatally shot 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. [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/loving.html] * 1967 - Venera program: Venera 4 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 (pilot) 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 - 750,000 people rally against nuclear weapons in New York City's Central Park. 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 - Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. *1988 - Rusty Wallace wins the last Nascar Winston Cup race at the Riverside International Raceway *1990 - Russia Day – The parliament of the Russia formally declares its sovereignty. *1991 - Russias elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of their republic. *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. *1996 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet. *1997 - Interleague play begins in baseball, ending a 126-year tradition of separating the major leagues until the World Series. * 1997 - The United States Department of the Treasury unveils a new United States dollar meant to be more counterfeit-resistant. [http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/rr1746.htm] *1999 - Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins – NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force KFor enter the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. * 2004 - A 1.3 kg chondrite type meteorite struck a house in Ellerslie, New Zealand causing serious damage but no injuries. ==Births== *1519 - Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574) *1827 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (d. 1901) *1861 - William Attewell, Nottinghamshire bowler (cricket) (d. 1927) *1875 - Sam De Grasse, actor (d. 1953) *1890 - Egon Schiele, painter and graphic artist (d. 1918) *1892 - Djuna Barnes, author (d. 1982) *1897 - Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1977) *1903 - Emmett Hardy, jazz musician (d. 1925) *1905 - Ray Barbuti, American athlete (d. 1988) *1915 - Christopher Mayhew, British politician (d. 1997) *1915 - David Rockefeller, banker *1916 - Ivan Tors, movie producer (d. 1983) *1916 - Irwin Allen, movie producer (d. 1991) *1918 - Samuel Z. Arkoff, movie producer (d. 2001) *1919 - Uta Hagen, actress (d. 2004) *1920 - Dave Berg, cartoonist for Mad Magazine (d. 2002) *1921 (some sources say 1919) - Vera Ralston, actress *1921 - James Houston, artist *1924 - George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States *1928 - Vic Damone, singer *1929 - Anne Frank, Nazi victim known for her The Diary of Anne Frank (d. 1945) *1929 - Brigid Brophy, British writer *1930 - Otto Schenk, actor and director *1930 - Jim Nabors, actor and musician *1932 - Rona Jaffe, novelist *1935 - Christoph Meckel, writer *1941 - Chick Corea, musician *1941 - Marv Albert, sportscaster *1945 - Pat Jennings, football player *1946 - Harry Glasper, writer *1957 - Javed Miandad, great cricketer and coach, Pakistan national cricket team *1959 - John Linnell, musician and member of They Might Be Giants *1974 - Jason Mewes, actor *1974 - Hideki Matsui, Major League Baseball player *1981 - Adriana Lima, model ==Deaths== *816 - Pope Leo III *1020 - Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury *1418 - Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, French military leader (b. 1360) *1675 - Duke Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (b. 1634) *1957 - Jimmy Dorsey, American musician (b. 1904) *1962 - John Ireland (composer), English composer (b. 1879) *1963 - Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (b. 1925) *1966 - Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (b. 1891) *1980 - Milburn Stone, actor (b. 1904) *1983 - Norma Shearer, actress (b. 1902) *1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson, American ex-wife of O. J. Simpson (b. 1959) * 1994 - Ronald Goldman, American actor and model (b. 1969) *1995 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (b. 1920) *2002 - Bill Blass, fashion designer (b. 1922) *2003 - Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916) ==Holidays and observances== *Roman Empire – sixth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta (mythology) *Philippines – ''Araw ng Kalayaan'' (Independence Day) 1898 *Russian Federation – Russia Day (Independence Day) 1990 *United Kingdom – Trooping the Colour (Military celebration of the monarch's official birthday held in London on the second Saturday of June) *Brazil – St. Valentine's Day *World Day Against Child Labor == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/12 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/6/12 Today in History: June 12] ---- June 11 - June 13 - May 12 - July 12 – historical anniversaries ---- ka:12 ივნისი la:12 Iunii ml:ജൂണ് 12 th:12 มิถุนายน
--User:Maveric149 23:48, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:June 12 selected anniversaries - Template talk:June 12 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:June_12_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- An anon editor added under the births section: :*1983 - Chris Lott, actor I did a Google search and came up with nobody that I could see worthy of a wikipedia entry of this name, and a search for '"Chris Lott" actor' returns all of 6 hits, none of them about actors called Chris Lott. So I've removed him. --User:Camembert The 1667 entry on Jean Baptiste is incomplete, at least for the name: Jean Baptiste Denis, and there were a series of transfusions. Thus the entry for the transfusion for a 15 year old boy is incomplete right now.User:Ancheta Wis 02:57, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC) ---- Napoleon's invasion to Russia is both entried on June 12 and June 24. --User:PuzzletChung :Probably the first is Julian calendar and the second is Gregorian calendar. ==Moved/removed== Removed: *1099 - Crusades leaders visit the Mount of Olives, where they meet a hermit who urges them to assault Jerusalem *1442 - Alfonso V of Aragon is crowned King of Naples *1849 - The gas mask is patented by L.P. Haslett *1897 - Carl Elsener patents his penknife. The object later became known as the Swiss army knife. *1901 - Cuba agrees to become an United States protectorate by accepting the Platt Amendment *1912 - Lillian Russell retires from the stage and marries for the fourth time. *1918 - World War I: The first airplane bombing raid by an United States unit occurs on the Western Front in France *1944 - China Communism leader Mao Tse-tung announces that he will support Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek in the war against Japan. *1948 - Ben Hogan wins his first US Open (golf) golf tournament. *1957 - Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury becomes Prime Minister of France. *1985 - The United States House of Representatives approves $27 million in aid to the Nicaraguan Contras. *1986 - South Africa declares a national state of emergency. Virtually unlimited power is given to security forces and restrictions are put on news coverage of the unrest. * 1991 - NAFTA talks open in Toronto, Ontario. *1992 - In a letter to the United States Senate, Russian President Boris Yeltsin states that in the early 1950s the Soviet Union had shot down nine U.S. planes and held 12 American survivors Could not be confirmed at this date outside of 'this day in history'-type webpages and Wikipedia mirrors. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Moved to June 15: *1667 - The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean Baptiste. He transfuses the blood of a sheep to a 15-year old boy (the boy later dies and Baptiste was accused of murder). Nope - was on June 15. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Moved to June 24: *1812 - Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon I of France invasion of Russia begins. Nope - was on June 24. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Moved to July 4: *1838 - The Iowa Territory is organized. Nope - was on July 4. --07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Removed: *1839 - Abner Doubleday creates the game of baseball, according to legend. However, evidence has surfaced that indicates that the game of baseball was played before 1800. :Yes the legend does say that but I could not confirm the exact day. One website says that the Baseball Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12, 1939 to mark the 100th anniversary of the "invention" but that organization's website says ''nothing'' of that. [http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/history/index.htm] --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Moved to June 14: *1900 - The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the Germany navy. Nope - was on June 14. --User:Maveric149 Moved to June 8: *1912 - Carl Laemmle creates Universal Studios Nope - he incorporated the name 'Universal Pictures' on June 8. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Removed: *1926 - Brazil quits the League of Nations in protest over plans to admit Germany. It was in 1926, probably in June, but I could not pin down an exact date. Some sites say that Brazil gave notice on the 14th. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Removed: *1931 - Al Capone and 68 of his henchmen are indicted for violating United States Prohibition laws Some sources give a June 5th date, others a June 15th one, lots of unreliable ones (copies of this article and other 'this day in history' pages) say it was on the 12th. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Moved to June 11: *1937 - Great Purge: The Soviet Union executes eight army leaders under Joseph Stalin. The most famous person to have died in this part of the Great Purge was Mikhail Tukhachevsky and he died the day before. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Removed: *1975 - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is found guilty of corrupt election practices in 1971. It did happen in June, but I could not pin down an exact date. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Moved to June 11: *1998 - Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in largest high-tech acquisition Nope - was the day before. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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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== *1381 - Peasants' Revolt: In England rebels arrive at Blackheath, London. *1418 - An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians. *1653 - First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of the Gabbard – lasted until June 13. *1665 - England installs a municipal government in New York City. This was the former Netherlands settlement of New Amsterdam. *1758 - French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg – James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences. *1775 - American Revolution: British Army Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts Colony. *1859 - Comstock Silver Lode is discovered near Virginia City,Nevada *1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor – 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 - Jack Hearne (John Thomas Hearne) sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class cricket wickets. *1898 - Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain. *1922 - St.Louis Brown pitcher Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth three consecutive times. *1922 - In Windsor Castle, George V of the United Kingdom receives the Colour (flag) 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 (cricketer) equals cricket record for the earliest date to reach 100 wickets. Tich Freeman reaches 100 wickets a day later. *1935 - United States Senate Huey Long of Louisiana makes the longest speech on Senate record. The speech took 15½ hours and was filled by 150,000 words. [http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Huey_Long_Filibusters.htm] * 1935 - Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay, fighting since 1932. *1939 - The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York. *1940 - World War II: 13,000 United Kingdom and France troops surrender to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel at St. Valery-en-Caux. *1942 - Holocaust: Future essayist Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday. *1963 - ''Cleopatra (movie)'' starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. * 1963 - Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is fatally shot 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. [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/loving.html] * 1967 - Venera program: Venera 4 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 (pilot) 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 - 750,000 people rally against nuclear weapons in New York City's Central Park. 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 - Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. *1988 - Rusty Wallace wins the last Nascar Winston Cup race at the Riverside International Raceway *1990 - Russia Day – The parliament of the Russia formally declares its sovereignty. *1991 - Russias elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of their republic. *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. *1996 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet. *1997 - Interleague play begins in baseball, ending a 126-year tradition of separating the major leagues until the World Series. * 1997 - The United States Department of the Treasury unveils a new United States dollar meant to be more counterfeit-resistant. [http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/rr1746.htm] *1999 - Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins – NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force KFor enter the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. * 2004 - A 1.3 kg chondrite type meteorite struck a house in Ellerslie, New Zealand causing serious damage but no injuries. ==Births== *1519 - Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574) *1827 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (d. 1901) *1861 - William Attewell, Nottinghamshire bowler (cricket) (d. 1927) *1875 - Sam De Grasse, actor (d. 1953) *1890 - Egon Schiele, painter and graphic artist (d. 1918) *1892 - Djuna Barnes, author (d. 1982) *1897 - Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1977) *1903 - Emmett Hardy, jazz musician (d. 1925) *1905 - Ray Barbuti, American athlete (d. 1988) *1915 - Christopher Mayhew, British politician (d. 1997) *1915 - David Rockefeller, banker *1916 - Ivan Tors, movie producer (d. 1983) *1916 - Irwin Allen, movie producer (d. 1991) *1918 - Samuel Z. Arkoff, movie producer (d. 2001) *1919 - Uta Hagen, actress (d. 2004) *1920 - Dave Berg, cartoonist for Mad Magazine (d. 2002) *1921 (some sources say 1919) - Vera Ralston, actress *1921 - James Houston, artist *1924 - George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States *1928 - Vic Damone, singer *1929 - Anne Frank, Nazi victim known for her The Diary of Anne Frank (d. 1945) *1929 - Brigid Brophy, British writer *1930 - Otto Schenk, actor and director *1930 - Jim Nabors, actor and musician *1932 - Rona Jaffe, novelist *1935 - Christoph Meckel, writer *1941 - Chick Corea, musician *1941 - Marv Albert, sportscaster *1945 - Pat Jennings, football player *1946 - Harry Glasper, writer *1957 - Javed Miandad, great cricketer and coach, Pakistan national cricket team *1959 - John Linnell, musician and member of They Might Be Giants *1974 - Jason Mewes, actor *1974 - Hideki Matsui, Major League Baseball player *1981 - Adriana Lima, model ==Deaths== *816 - Pope Leo III *1020 - Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury *1418 - Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, French military leader (b. 1360) *1675 - Duke Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (b. 1634) *1957 - Jimmy Dorsey, American musician (b. 1904) *1962 - John Ireland (composer), English composer (b. 1879) *1963 - Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (b. 1925) *1966 - Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (b. 1891) *1980 - Milburn Stone, actor (b. 1904) *1983 - Norma Shearer, actress (b. 1902) *1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson, American ex-wife of O. J. Simpson (b. 1959) * 1994 - Ronald Goldman, American actor and model (b. 1969) *1995 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (b. 1920) *2002 - Bill Blass, fashion designer (b. 1922) *2003 - Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916) ==Holidays and observances== *Roman Empire – sixth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta (mythology) *Philippines – ''Araw ng Kalayaan'' (Independence Day) 1898 *Russian Federation – Russia Day (Independence Day) 1990 *United Kingdom – Trooping the Colour (Military celebration of the monarch's official birthday held in London on the second Saturday of June) *Brazil – St. Valentine's Day *World Day Against Child Labor == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/12 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/6/12 Today in History: June 12] ---- June 11 - June 13 - May 12 - July 12 – historical anniversaries ---- ka:12 ივნისი la:12 Iunii ml:ജൂണ് 12 th:12 มิถุนายน
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--User:Maveric149 23:48, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:June 12 selected anniversaries - Template talk:June 12 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:June_12_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- An anon editor added under the births section: :*1983 - Chris Lott, actor I did a Google search and came up with nobody that I could see worthy of a wikipedia entry of this name, and a search for '"Chris Lott" actor' returns all of 6 hits, none of them about actors called Chris Lott. So I've removed him. --User:Camembert The 1667 entry on Jean Baptiste is incomplete, at least for the name: Jean Baptiste Denis, and there were a series of transfusions. Thus the entry for the transfusion for a 15 year old boy is incomplete right now.User:Ancheta Wis 02:57, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC) ---- Napoleon's invasion to Russia is both entried on June 12 and June 24. --User:PuzzletChung :Probably the first is Julian calendar and the second is Gregorian calendar. ==Moved/removed== Removed: *1099 - Crusades leaders visit the Mount of Olives, where they meet a hermit who urges them to assault Jerusalem *1442 - Alfonso V of Aragon is crowned King of Naples *1849 - The gas mask is patented by L.P. Haslett *1897 - Carl Elsener patents his penknife. The object later became known as the Swiss army knife. *1901 - Cuba agrees to become an United States protectorate by accepting the Platt Amendment *1912 - Lillian Russell retires from the stage and marries for the fourth time. *1918 - World War I: The first airplane bombing raid by an United States unit occurs on the Western Front in France *1944 - China Communism leader Mao Tse-tung announces that he will support Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek in the war against Japan. *1948 - Ben Hogan wins his first US Open (golf) golf tournament. *1957 - Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury becomes Prime Minister of France. *1985 - The United States House of Representatives approves $27 million in aid to the Nicaraguan Contras. *1986 - South Africa declares a national state of emergency. Virtually unlimited power is given to security forces and restrictions are put on news coverage of the unrest. * 1991 - NAFTA talks open in Toronto, Ontario. *1992 - In a letter to the United States Senate, Russian President Boris Yeltsin states that in the early 1950s the Soviet Union had shot down nine U.S. planes and held 12 American survivors Could not be confirmed at this date outside of 'this day in history'-type webpages and Wikipedia mirrors. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Moved to June 15: *1667 - The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean Baptiste. He transfuses the blood of a sheep to a 15-year old boy (the boy later dies and Baptiste was accused of murder). Nope - was on June 15. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Moved to June 24: *1812 - Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon I of France invasion of Russia begins. Nope - was on June 24. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Moved to July 4: *1838 - The Iowa Territory is organized. Nope - was on July 4. --07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Removed: *1839 - Abner Doubleday creates the game of baseball, according to legend. However, evidence has surfaced that indicates that the game of baseball was played before 1800. :Yes the legend does say that but I could not confirm the exact day. One website says that the Baseball Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12, 1939 to mark the 100th anniversary of the "invention" but that organization's website says ''nothing'' of that. [http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/history/index.htm] --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Moved to June 14: *1900 - The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the Germany navy. Nope - was on June 14. --User:Maveric149 Moved to June 8: *1912 - Carl Laemmle creates Universal Studios Nope - he incorporated the name 'Universal Pictures' on June 8. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Removed: *1926 - Brazil quits the League of Nations in protest over plans to admit Germany. It was in 1926, probably in June, but I could not pin down an exact date. Some sites say that Brazil gave notice on the 14th. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Removed: *1931 - Al Capone and 68 of his henchmen are indicted for violating United States Prohibition laws Some sources give a June 5th date, others a June 15th one, lots of unreliable ones (copies of this article and other 'this day in history' pages) say it was on the 12th. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Moved to June 11: *1937 - Great Purge: The Soviet Union executes eight army leaders under Joseph Stalin. The most famous person to have died in this part of the Great Purge was Mikhail Tukhachevsky and he died the day before. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Removed: *1975 - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is found guilty of corrupt election practices in 1971. It did happen in June, but I could not pin down an exact date. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) Moved to June 11: *1998 - Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in largest high-tech acquisition Nope - was the day before. --User:Maveric149 07:47, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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