History for June 12 - On-This-Day.com
David Rockefeller 1915 - Banker, Irwin Allen 1916 - Television and film producer, nicknamed "The Master of Disaster", George H.W. Bush 1924 - 41st President of the United States, father of President George W. Bush
Vic Damone 1928 - Singer, Anne Frank (Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank) 1929 - Known for her diary which documented her experiences during World War II, Jim Nabors 1930 - Actor, singer ("Gomer Pyle, USMC")
1897 - Carl Elsener patented his penknife. The object later became known as the Swiss army knife.
1935 - U.S. Senator Huey Long of Louisiana made the longest speech on Senate record. The speech took 15 1/2 hours and was filled by 150,000 words.
1939 - The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.
1963 - "Cleopatra" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison, and Richard Burton premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.
1963 - Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, MS.
1979 - Bryan Allen flew the Gossamer Albatross, man powered, across the English Channel.
1981 - "Raiders of the Lost Ark" opened in the U.S.
1987 - U.S. President Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
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