Today Importance 12th June

Today Importance 12th June

1381 Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels reach Blackheath

1442 King Alfonso V of Aragon captures Naples.

1458 Magdalen College, Oxford, founded by William Wainfleet, Bishop of Winchester

1523 Frisian rebel leader Janko Duvama is arrested

1534 Turkish admiral Chairdin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to be kidnapped and plundered in Naples.

1552 Dutch defenders attack Verdun

1553 English King Edward VI accepts Archbishop Thomas Cranmer's "Forty-Two Articles" on church reform

1651 The recently completed Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers by Gian Lorenzo Bernini) is unveiled in Rome.

1653 – 13] First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Gabbard / Battle of North Foreland, English fleet defeats Dutch

1665 England establishes a municipal government in New York City

1665 New Amsterdam legally becomes an English colony and is named New York after the English Duke of York.

1667 Raid on the Medway: Dutch fleet sails up the Medway, destroys British fleet and captures flagship HMS Royal Charles

1673 James II, then Duke of York, resigns as Lord High Admiral

1683 The Rye House conspiracy against the English King Charles II is exposed.

1691 Pope Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII

1770 Patent for the 'Spinning Jenny', which would revolutionize cotton spinning, is granted to English weaver James Hargreaves [1]

1772 Marion du Fresne is killed by local Maori at Takori Cove in the Gulf of New Zealand.

1775 First Naval Battle of the Revolution - Unity (US) captures Margaretta (UK).

1776 Virginia adopts the Declaration of Rights

1792 British explorer Captain George Vancouver lands in what is now Vancouver, British Columbia.

1819 Dutch colonial troops are expelled from Palembang, Sumatra

1830 French colonization of Algeria begins: 34,000 French troops land at Sidi Ferrouche, 27 km west of Algiers.

1838 Hopkins Observatory, Williamstown, Massachusetts, dedicated

1838 Iowa Territory is formed, with Burlington as its capital.

1840 Meteorite at Woden, Netherlands

1845 George Abernethy becomes Oregon's first governor.

1859 Discovery of the Comstock silver lode in Nevada, the first major discovery of silver in the United States.

1860 The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established

1861 Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to prevent a Confederate "invasion" from taking over his state after US Army forces under Nathaniel Lyon capture the pro-Confederate state militia at Fort Jackson.

1864 Jubal Early's Confederate forces attacked Fort Stevens, just 4 miles from the White House, where Abraham Lincoln was observing the battle.

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1864 Clash at McAfee's Cross Roads, Georgia, about 57 killed in battle

1864 The Battle of Trevillian's Station, the bloodiest and largest cavalry battle of the American Civil War in Louisa County, ends in a Confederate strategic victory and a successful Union retreat.

1873 Physicist and mathematician John William Strutt [Lord Raleigh] elected a Fellow of the Royal Society

1880 Worcester Ruby Legs pitcher Lee Richmond throws the first perfect game in MLB history in a 1-0 win over the Cleveland Blues at the Agricultural County Fairgrounds, Worcester.

1881 USS Jeannette, commanded by George Washington De Long, is crushed by Arctic ice after 21 months at sea.

1885 30 people are killed when a roof collapses during a murder trial in France

1889 The Armagh rail crash in Ireland kills 88

1892 Netherlands Society for Currency and Coin Collection Form

1896 England cricket spin bowler Jack Hearn becomes the first to take 100 first-class wickets in a season, taking 9-73 for MCC as they beat Australia by an innings and 18 runs at Lord's.

1897 Perhaps the worst earthquake in history occurred in Assam, India, whose tremors were felt the size of an area of ​​Europe (low fatality rate considering the size of the earthquake, 1,500 casualties).

1898 Filipino revolutionary forces led by General Emilio Aguinaldo declare sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from Spanish colonial rule.

1899 New Richmond tornado: eighth deadliest tornado in US history kills 117 and injures nearly 200

1901 In Cuba, the Constituent Assembly passed a new hurricane in 1904. The U.N. convention — which would not withdraw U.S. troops until it did — included the Platt Amendment as part of its constitution

1902 The Australian Parliament passes the Commonwealth Franchise Act, giving women the right to vote.

1902 Horn & Hardert opened America's first "auto" (self-service restaurant) on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1903 Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city

1903 Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University of Michigan School of Music.

1909 "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray reaches #1

1910 Dutch soccer club PEC Zwolle formed; It was renamed FC Zwolle in 1990 and PEC Zwolle in 2012

1923 Harry Houdini freed himself from a straitjacket hanging 40 feet (12 m) above the ground in NYC.

1926 Brazil leaves the League of Nations

1928 Future Baseball Hall of Fame New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig collects 14 total bases with 2 triples and 2 home runs in a 15-7 win over the Chicago White Sox.

1930 German boxer Max Schmeling defeats Jack Sharkey via disqualification in round 4 for lineal heavyweight title in NBA, NYSAC, The Ring and NYC; Won the title unfairly for the first time

1931 Al Capone is charged with 5,000 contrabands and perjury charges

1933 World Conference on Finance and Economics begins (66 countries)

1934 Passage of the Black-McKellar Bill splits William Boeing's empire into Boeing United Aircraft [Technology] and United Airlines.

1935 Senator Huey Long of Louisiana delivers the longest Senate speech (150,000 words), lasting 15½ hours

1935 Armistice Agreement ends 3-year war in Gran Chaco (Bolivia vs. Paraguay)

1936 First 50 kW US radio station (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

1936 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Topeka CC: Opal Hill wins her second consecutive major title with a 3 and 2 win 

1937 After a one-day show trial, eight Soviet generals are executed and hanged by the NKVD.

1939 Baseball Hall of Fame dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.

1939 Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Doctor Cyclops, the first horror film shot in three-strip Technicolor.

1944 First V-1 rocket attack on London

1944 British 12th Airborne Battalion and 13th and 18th Hussars attack and capture Breville

1944 Churchill/Marshall/Arnold visit Montgomery's headquarters at Chateau de Cruly

1944 US troops advance to Carentan/Commont in Normandy

1945 The US 7th Marine Regiment conquers the summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa.

1947 British Amateur Women's Golf, Gullen GC: Babe Didrickson becomes first American to win event; Defeated England's Jacqueline Gordon 5 and 4

1949 Kwame Nkrumah announces the formation of the Ghana People's Party (CPP) convention, the word "convention" being chosen to "take the people with it".

1950 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, killing about 100

1950 Connie McKay is named honorary manager of the MLB All-Star Game after announcing his retirement after 49 years as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics.

1954 Bill Haley and his Comets release the hit single "Rock Around the Clock."

1954 Milwaukee Braves spot starting pitcher Jim Wilson throws the first no-hitter in County Stadium history as he beats the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0

1955 The Monitor (full weekend program) begins on the NBC Radio Network

1957 Paul Anderson of the United States back-lifts a record 2,850 kg (6,270 lb)

1957 Stan Musial plays in 823rd game (new streak in NL streak)

1958 The "Make Me Laugh" TV game show last aired on ABC-TV, airing in 1979.

1960 KORN (now KDLT) TV Channel 5 Mitchell-SyukSaw Falls, SD (ABC) begins

1961 Dutch Lockheed Electric "Sirius" crashes in Cairo, 20 killed

1962 Prince Suvanna Phouma of Laos forms a coalition government

1962 USAF Major Robert M. 56,270 meters from White Pilot X-15

1963 "Cleopatra", directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, premieres in NYC, the most expensive film ever made at the time.

1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa

1965 The Big Bang theory of the creation of the universe is supported by the announcement of the discovery of a new celestial body known as the Blue Galaxy.

1965 Japan's Morio Shigematsu runs a world record marathon (2:12:00) at the Polytechnic Marathon in London, England.

1965 Sonny and Cher make their first television appearance on "American Bandstand."

1965 South Vietnamese General Nguyen Cao Cai succeeds Phan Hue as Prime Minister of Kuwait.

1966 The Dave Clark Five appear on "The Ed Sullivan Show" for a record 12th time.

1967 "You Only Live Twice", the 5th James Bond film starring Sean Connery and written by Roald Dahl, premieres in London

1967 Race Riots in Cincinnati, Ohio (300 Arrests)

1967 Washington Senators D.C. Chicago beat the White Sox 6-5 in 22 innings at the stadium

1968 US horror film "Rosemary's Baby", based on Ira Levin's best-selling novel of the same name, premieres

1970 Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Doc Ellis beats the Padres 2-0 at San Diego Stadium

1970 Rocker and blues singer Janis Joplin makes her debut in Kentucky

1973 Coleraine bombing: Six Protestant civilians were killed and 33 injured in a Provisional Irish Republican Army car bomb in Coleraine, County Londonderry.

1973 New Zealand all-rounder Bevan Congdon scored 176 in the first Test against England in Nottingham as the Kiwis chased down 479; The visitors all out for just 440 runs

1975 Billy Williams' 400th career HR

1975 Hank Aaron hits his first home run in Milwaukee since 1965 as his new team, the Brewers, defeat the Oakland A's 9-7

1976 Bill Cosby's "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" single reaches #46

1977 in Boston, Massachusetts John F. groundbreaking ceremony for the Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum; Architect I.M. Pei's design took over 2 years to complete

1978 David Berkowitz is sentenced in New York Supreme Court to 25 years to life in prison.

1979 Brian Allen flies a manned Gossamer Albatross across the English Channel in 2 hours, 49 minutes [1]

1979 Kevin St. Onge throws card record 185 feet-1 inch; The record was broken in 1992

1979 Inaugural event at the Cambridge Buddhist Society Meditation in Boston, Massachusetts

1979 The Sandinistas occupy parts of Managua

1981 "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (first Indiana Jones film), directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Harrison Ford, with a story by George Lucas, premieres

1981 Baseball players begin a 50-day strike, their third strike.

1981 Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spins in 3rd for WBC Heavyweight Boxing Title

1982 750,000 anti-nuclear protesters rally in NYC's Central Park

1982 Battle of Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands

1983 Comet C/1983 (Sugano-Sagusa-Fujikawa) approaches Earth within 0.0628 AU

1983 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Miller wins 1 stroke ahead of Gene Littler

1986 P.W. Botha declared a national emergency in South Africa

1987 - Jean-Bedell Bokassa, former emperor of the Central African Republic, is executed.

1988 Andy Hampton becomes the first American to win the Tour of Italy

1988 SeniorTournament Players Championship Men's Golf, at TPC Sawgrass: Billy Casper wins final major title of his career by 2 strokes over Al Geiberger

1988 The Soviet Union wins its first beauty pageant in Moscow, with 16-year-old Maria Kalinina crowned the winner.

1988 Republic of Ireland beat England 1-0 at Euro 88 thanks to Ray Houghton's header. This is Ireland's first competitive match in a major football tournament.

1989 "Doctor Doctor", TV comedy starring Matt Freire, premieres on CBS-TV

1989 Canadian Olympian Ben Johnson admits to using steroids

1990 Egypt (500-1 longshot) Netherlands tied 1-1 in World Cup match

1990 Cubs outfielder Doug DiZanzo pitches a scoreless 9th inning as the NY Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field.

1990 NY Yankees reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th player to record 200 saves

1990 Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes second player to steal 900 bases

1990 Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game and passes Everett Scott for second on the all-time list.

1991 Boris Yeltsin wins Russia's first presidential election with 57% of the vote.

1993 Green Jelly's "Three Little Pigs" reached #17

1994-17] Pope John Paul II visits Spain

1994 48th Tony Awards: "Angels in America: Perestroika" (play) and "Passion: (musical)" win

1994 Cab Calloway suffers a massive stroke at his home in White Plains NY

1994 Moshood Abiola declares himself the legitimate president of Nigeria

1996 3 federal court judges in Philadelphia strike down US internet pornography ban

1996 Marge Shot Adolf Hitler quits his day job due to his many insensitive comments about working women and Asians

1997 "Batman & Robin", directed by Joel Schumacher, starring George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chris O'Donnell, premieres in Los Angeles

1997 First baseball regular season inter-league game SF Giants defeat Texas Rangers 4-3

1997 Shakespeare's Globe Theater opens in London, England, a replica of the original Globe Theater (1599–1642) with performances of Henry V following a campaign by Sam Wanamaker.

1999 Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins - NATO-led UN peacekeeping force KF.O.R. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia accedes to the province of Kosova.