JUNE 12 | Birthdays and Events
Famous Birthdays
People born on June 12
John Roebling
Died: July 22, 1869
Civil engineer who was a pioneer in the design of wire rope suspension bridges, including the iconic Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. Unfortunately, he died before the project was completed.
Georgia Louise Harris Brown
Died: September 21, 1999
Georgia Louise Harris Brown is considered to be the second African American woman to become a licensed architect in the U.S. Unfortunately, she moved to Brazil on 1953 because there were fewer racial boundaries to her success in her field of study.
George H. W. Bush
Died: September 30, 2018
George H. W. Bush was 41st President of the U.S. He also served a pilot in the United States Navy Reserve during World War II.
Jim Nabors
Died: November 30, 2017
American actor fondly remembered for playing the endearing, naive mechanic-turned-Marine Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show.
Len Wein
Died: September 10, 2017
Comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine.
Blake Ross
Computer programmer and co-created of Mozilla Firefox.
Historical Events on June 12
Events that occurred on June 12 throughout history
The First Mayor of New York City is appointed.
Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of New York City primarily to ease the transition of power from Dutch to English rule.
The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (formerly the Baseball Hall of Fame) opens in Cooperstown, New York. The grand opening inducted baseball legends including Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Honus Wagner.
The first horror film in Technicolor begins production.
Paramount Pictures' begins production on Dr. Cyclops, the he first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor and special effects.
Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, .[18]
The 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France.
Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France. Known as the Battle of Carentan, the Allies were able to establish a the front line to push deeper into occupied France.
Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home by a Ku Klux Klan member.
Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith. The accused was never charged or prosecuted until 1989, when the case was reopened. In 1994, a racially "mixed" jury convicted him of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
The Supreme Court declares interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia, declares state bans on interracial marriage to be unconstitutional U.S. The law recognized the freedom to marry as a fundamental right protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.