Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
June 12
| 1442 | Alfonso V of Aragon is crowned King of Naples. | |
| 1812 | Napoleon Bonaparte and his army invade Russia. | |
| 1849 | The gas mask is patented by L. P. Haslett. | |
| 1862 | Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart begins his ride around the Union Army outside of Richmond, Virginia. | |
| 1901 | Cuba agrees to become an American protectorate by accepting the Platt Amendment. | |
| 1918 | The first airplane bombing raid by an American unit occurs in France. | |
| 1920 | Republicans nominate Warren G. Harding for president and Calvin Coolidge for vice president. | |
| 1921 | President Warren Harding urges every young man to attend military training camp. | |
| 1926 | Brazil quits the League of Nations in protest over plans to admit Germany. | |
| 1931 | Gangster Al Capone and 68 of his henchmen are indicted for violating Prohibition laws. | |
| 1937 | Eight of Stalin's generals are sentenced to death during purges in the Soviet Union. | |
| 1942 | American bombers strike the oil refineries of Ploesti, Rumania for the first time. | |
| 1963 | Black civil rights leader Medgar Evers is assassinated by a gunman outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi. | |
| 1967 | The Supreme Court rules that states cannot ban interracial marriages. | |
| 1972 | At a hearing in front the of a U.S. House of Representatives committee, Air Force General John Lavalle defends his orders on engagement in Vietnam. | |
| 1977 | David Berkowitz gets 25 years to life for the Son of Sam murders in New York. | |
| 1985 | The U.S. House of Representatives approves $27 million in aid to the Nicaraguan Contras. | |
| 1991 | Mount Pinatubo in the Phillipines begins erupting for the first time in 600 years. | |
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Born on June 12 |
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| 1806 | John Roebling, civil engineer, pioneer in designing suspension bridges. | |
| 1829 | Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (Heidi). | |
| 1897 | Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister (1955-1957). | |
| 1915 | David Rockefeller, international banker. | |
| 1924 | George Bush, 41st President of the United States (1989-1993). | |
| 1929 | Anne Frank, German diarist, victim of the Holocaust. | |
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