June 12
Today is the 163rd day of 2017, there are 202 days left in the year.
1776 - Virginia's colonial legislature became the first to adopt a Bill of Rights.
1898 - Emilio Aguinaldo, head of the Philippine nationalists, proclaimed independence from Spain.
1920 - At the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Warren G. Harding was nominated for president on the 10th ballot; and Calvin Coolidge was nominated for vice president.
1924 - President Calvin Coolidge was nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Republican national convention in Cleveland. (Coolidge had become president in 1923 upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding.)
1942 - Anne Frank received a diary for her birthday.
1963 - Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi.
1967 - The Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, unanimously struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages.
1971 - President Richard Nixon's daughter Tricia and Edward F. Cox were married in the White House Rose Garden.
1978 - David Berkowitz was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for each of the six "Son of Sam" murders in New York City.
1987 - During a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to "tear down this wall".
1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were slashed to death outside her Los Angeles homer. (Her former husband, football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson, was later acquitted of the killings in a criminal trial, but was held liable in a civil suit.)
1997 - The Treasury Department unveiled a new $50 bill designed to be more counterfeit resistant.
2008 - A deeply divided Supreme Court ruled that foreign detainees held for years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba had the right to appeal to U.S. civilian courts to challenge their indefinite imprisonment without charges.
2012 - Attorney General Eric Holder fended off Republican demands during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that he appoint a special counsel outside of the Justice Department to look into national security leaks.
2016 - An American-born Muslim opened fire at the Pulse nightclub, a gay establishment in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 dead and another 53 wounded before being shot dead by police.
Birthdays
21 - Alissa Violet (model)
21 - Anna Margaret (singer)
25 - Allie Dimeco (actress)
30 - Abbey Lee Kershaw (model)
31 - Carla Abellana (actress)
32 - Dave Franco (actor)
32 - Kendra Wilkinson (model/reality star)
32 - Chris Young (country singer)
34 - Anja Rubik (model)
36 - Adriana Lima (model)
46 - Mark Henry (professional wrestler)
93 - George H.W. Bush (41st president of the United States)
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Today in Sports History - June 12
1839 - Abner Doubleday created the game of baseball, according to the legend. However, evidence has surfaced that indicates that the game of baseball was played before 1800.
1880 - John Lee Richmond pitched baseball's first recorded perfect game.
1939 - The Baseball Hall of Fame opened to the public in Cooperstown, New York and enshrined its first Hall of Fame Class, which included: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner and Walter Johnson.
1948 - Ben Hogan won his first U.S. Open golf classic.
1967 - The Washington Senators defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-5 in 22 innings. The game lasted six hours and 38 minutes and ended at 2:43 a.m., causing major league baseball to adopt a curfew that no new inning may start after 1 a.m.
1981 - Major league baseball players began a 49 day strike. The issue was free-agent compensation.
1985 - Wayne "The Great One" Gretzky was named winner of the NHL's Hart Trophy. The award is given to the league Most Valuable Player.
1991 - The Chicago Bulls won their first NBA championship, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in five games.
1997 - Interleague play began in Major League Baseball, ending a 126-year tradition of keeping American and National League teams from playing each other until the World Series. The very first interleague game saw the San Francisco Giants defeat the Texas Rangers 4-3.
2000 - Quarterback Steve Young of the San Francisco 49ers announces his retirement from football.
2002 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New Jersey Nets in a sweep to win a third consecutive NBA championship and center Shaquille O'Neal was named Finals MVP for the third straight year.
2009 - The Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup for the third time after defeating the Detroit Red Wings in seven games.
Today is the 163rd day of 2017, there are 202 days left in the year.
1776 - Virginia's colonial legislature became the first to adopt a Bill of Rights.
1898 - Emilio Aguinaldo, head of the Philippine nationalists, proclaimed independence from Spain.
1920 - At the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Warren G. Harding was nominated for president on the 10th ballot; and Calvin Coolidge was nominated for vice president.
1924 - President Calvin Coolidge was nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Republican national convention in Cleveland. (Coolidge had become president in 1923 upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding.)
1942 - Anne Frank received a diary for her birthday.
1963 - Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi.
1967 - The Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, unanimously struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages.
1971 - President Richard Nixon's daughter Tricia and Edward F. Cox were married in the White House Rose Garden.
1978 - David Berkowitz was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for each of the six "Son of Sam" murders in New York City.
1987 - During a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to "tear down this wall".
1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were slashed to death outside her Los Angeles homer. (Her former husband, football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson, was later acquitted of the killings in a criminal trial, but was held liable in a civil suit.)
1997 - The Treasury Department unveiled a new $50 bill designed to be more counterfeit resistant.
2008 - A deeply divided Supreme Court ruled that foreign detainees held for years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba had the right to appeal to U.S. civilian courts to challenge their indefinite imprisonment without charges.
2012 - Attorney General Eric Holder fended off Republican demands during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that he appoint a special counsel outside of the Justice Department to look into national security leaks.
2016 - An American-born Muslim opened fire at the Pulse nightclub, a gay establishment in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 dead and another 53 wounded before being shot dead by police.
Birthdays
21 - Alissa Violet (model)
21 - Anna Margaret (singer)
25 - Allie Dimeco (actress)
30 - Abbey Lee Kershaw (model)
31 - Carla Abellana (actress)
32 - Dave Franco (actor)
32 - Kendra Wilkinson (model/reality star)
32 - Chris Young (country singer)
34 - Anja Rubik (model)
36 - Adriana Lima (model)
46 - Mark Henry (professional wrestler)
93 - George H.W. Bush (41st president of the United States)
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Today in Sports History - June 12
1839 - Abner Doubleday created the game of baseball, according to the legend. However, evidence has surfaced that indicates that the game of baseball was played before 1800.
1880 - John Lee Richmond pitched baseball's first recorded perfect game.
1939 - The Baseball Hall of Fame opened to the public in Cooperstown, New York and enshrined its first Hall of Fame Class, which included: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner and Walter Johnson.
1948 - Ben Hogan won his first U.S. Open golf classic.
1967 - The Washington Senators defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-5 in 22 innings. The game lasted six hours and 38 minutes and ended at 2:43 a.m., causing major league baseball to adopt a curfew that no new inning may start after 1 a.m.
1981 - Major league baseball players began a 49 day strike. The issue was free-agent compensation.
1985 - Wayne "The Great One" Gretzky was named winner of the NHL's Hart Trophy. The award is given to the league Most Valuable Player.
1991 - The Chicago Bulls won their first NBA championship, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in five games.
1997 - Interleague play began in Major League Baseball, ending a 126-year tradition of keeping American and National League teams from playing each other until the World Series. The very first interleague game saw the San Francisco Giants defeat the Texas Rangers 4-3.
2000 - Quarterback Steve Young of the San Francisco 49ers announces his retirement from football.
2002 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New Jersey Nets in a sweep to win a third consecutive NBA championship and center Shaquille O'Neal was named Finals MVP for the third straight year.
2009 - The Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup for the third time after defeating the Detroit Red Wings in seven games.
