JUNE 12 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for June 12

Carl Hovland (1912-1961) - Psychologist who developed social judgment theory of attitude change.

Georgia Brown (1918-1999) - The second Black woman to become an architect in the U.S.

Samuel Arkoff (1918-2001) - Co-founder of American International Pictures.

George H. W. Bush (1924-2018) - The 41st President of the U.S.

Jim Nabors (1930-2017) - Actor who will always be remembered for his iconic character Gomer Pyle.

Barbara Hillary (1931-2019) - Adventurer who became the first Black woman to reach the North Pole.

Eddie Adams (1933-2004) - Photographer who took the iconic Pulitzer Prize photograph (1969) of the execution of a Viet Cong soldier.

Sonia Manzano (1950-Still Living) - Actress who played Marie on Sesame Street.

Brad Delp (1951-2007) - Musician and lead singer of the rock band Boston.

Blake Ross (1985-Still Living) - Co-creator of Mozilla Firefox.

Memorable Events for June 12

1917 - The Secret Service extends protection of the President to include his family.

1939 - Filming begins on the first horror movie (Dr. Cyclops) photographed in three-strip technicolor.

1939 - The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY.

1944 - The 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France.

1963 - Civil rights activist Medgar Evers is assassinated by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith.

1967 - The Supreme Court declares all U.S. state laws that prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional (Loving v. Virginia).