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June 12
1630 - Englishman John Winthrop, leading a fleet carrying Puritan refugees, arrived at the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he became its governor.
1776 - Virginia's colonial legislature adopted a Declaration of Rights.
1898 - The Philippines declared independence from Spain.
1942 - Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl living in Amsterdam, received a diary for her 13th birthday, less than a month before her and her family went into hiding from the Nazis.
1963 - Civil rights leader Medgar Evers, age 37, was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi. (In 1994, Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of murdering Evers and sentenced to life in prison; he died in 2001.)
1964 - South African Black nationalist Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison along with seven others, including Walter Sisulu, for committing sabotage against the apartheid regime. (All were eventually released, with Mandela freed in 1990.)
1978 - David Berkowitz was sentenced to 25 years-to-life in prison for each of the six "Son of Sam" killings that terrorized New York City.
1987 - President Ronald Reagan, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, exhorted Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall."
1991 - Russians went to the polls to elect Boris Yeltsin president of their republic.
1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were slashed to death outsider her Los Angeles home. (O.J. Simpson was later acquitted of the killings in a criminal trial but was eventually held liable in a civil suit.)
2004 - Former President Ronald Reagan's body was sealed inside a tomb at his presidential library in Simi Valley, California, following a week of mourning and remembrance by world leaders and Americans.
2016 - A gunman opened fire at the Pulse Nightclub, a gay establishment in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 people dead and 53 wounded; Omar Mateen pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group during a three-hour standoff before being killed in a shootout with police.
2020 - Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by one of the two white officers who responded after he was found asleep in his car in the drive-thru lane of a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta; police body camera video showed Brooks struggling with the officers and grabbing a Taser from one of them, firing it as he fled.
Birthdays
28 - Alissa Violet (model)
32 - Ryan Malgarini (actor)
35 - Evelyn Gonzalez (actress)
36 - Cody Horn (actress)
38 - Luke Youngblood (actor)
39 - Chris Young (singer)
39 - Dave Franco (actor)
39 - Kendra Wilkinson (reality star/model)
43 - Adriana Lima (model)
45 - Robyn (singer)
45 - Wil Horneff (actor)
46 - Timothy Simons (actor)
49 - Michael Muhney (actor)
50 - Jason Mewes (actor)
51 - Mel Rodriguez (actor)
54 - Rick Hoffman (actor)
57 - Frances O'Connor (actress)
60 - Paula Marshall (actress)
62 - Paul Schulze (actor)
62 - John Enos (actor)
66 - Jenilee Harrison (actress)
66 - Meredith Brooks (singer)
67 - Timothy Busfield (actor)
74 - Sonia Manzano (actress)
76 - Roger Aaron Brown (actor)
84 - Roy Harper (singer)
84 - Marv Albert (sportscaster)
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Today in Sports History - June 12
1839 - Abner Doubleday created the game of baseball, according to the legend.
1880 - John Lee Richmond pitched baseball's first perfect game.
1939 - The Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, New York.
1967 - The Washington Senators beat the Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings. The game lasted six hours, 38 minutes and ended at 2:43 a.m. and caused the league to adopt a curfew stating that no inning may start after 1:00 a.m.
1981 - Major league baseball players began a 49 day strike. The issue was free-agent compensation.
1984 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1990 - Rickey Henderson becomes just the second player in MLB history to steal 900 bases.
1991 - The Chicago Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in five games to win the NBA championship.
1997 - Interleague play began in Major League Baseball, ending a 126-year tradition of keeping American and National League teams separate from each other until the World Series. The first-ever interleague game featured the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers.
2000 - Quarterback Steve Young announced his retirement from football.
2002 - The Los Angeles Lakers sweep the New Jersey Nets to win a third consecutive NBA championship.
2009 - The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
2011 - The Dallas Mavericks defeat the Miami Heat in six games to win the NBA championship.
2016 - Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first soccer player to top Forbes' Highest-Paid Athletes List, having earned $88 million that year.
2016 - The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the San Jose Sharks to win the Stanley Cup.
2017 - The Golden State Warriors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games to win the NBA championship.
2019 - The St. Louis Blues defeat the Boston Bruins to win their first Stanley Cup.
2023 - The Denver Nuggets defeat the Miami Heat in five games to win their first NBA championship.
1630 - Englishman John Winthrop, leading a fleet carrying Puritan refugees, arrived at the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he became its governor.
1776 - Virginia's colonial legislature adopted a Declaration of Rights.
1898 - The Philippines declared independence from Spain.
1942 - Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl living in Amsterdam, received a diary for her 13th birthday, less than a month before her and her family went into hiding from the Nazis.
1963 - Civil rights leader Medgar Evers, age 37, was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi. (In 1994, Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of murdering Evers and sentenced to life in prison; he died in 2001.)
1964 - South African Black nationalist Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison along with seven others, including Walter Sisulu, for committing sabotage against the apartheid regime. (All were eventually released, with Mandela freed in 1990.)
1978 - David Berkowitz was sentenced to 25 years-to-life in prison for each of the six "Son of Sam" killings that terrorized New York City.
1987 - President Ronald Reagan, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, exhorted Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall."
1991 - Russians went to the polls to elect Boris Yeltsin president of their republic.
1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were slashed to death outsider her Los Angeles home. (O.J. Simpson was later acquitted of the killings in a criminal trial but was eventually held liable in a civil suit.)
2004 - Former President Ronald Reagan's body was sealed inside a tomb at his presidential library in Simi Valley, California, following a week of mourning and remembrance by world leaders and Americans.
2016 - A gunman opened fire at the Pulse Nightclub, a gay establishment in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 people dead and 53 wounded; Omar Mateen pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group during a three-hour standoff before being killed in a shootout with police.
2020 - Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by one of the two white officers who responded after he was found asleep in his car in the drive-thru lane of a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta; police body camera video showed Brooks struggling with the officers and grabbing a Taser from one of them, firing it as he fled.
Birthdays
28 - Alissa Violet (model)
32 - Ryan Malgarini (actor)
35 - Evelyn Gonzalez (actress)
36 - Cody Horn (actress)
38 - Luke Youngblood (actor)
39 - Chris Young (singer)
39 - Dave Franco (actor)
39 - Kendra Wilkinson (reality star/model)
43 - Adriana Lima (model)
45 - Robyn (singer)
45 - Wil Horneff (actor)
46 - Timothy Simons (actor)
49 - Michael Muhney (actor)
50 - Jason Mewes (actor)
51 - Mel Rodriguez (actor)
54 - Rick Hoffman (actor)
57 - Frances O'Connor (actress)
60 - Paula Marshall (actress)
62 - Paul Schulze (actor)
62 - John Enos (actor)
66 - Jenilee Harrison (actress)
66 - Meredith Brooks (singer)
67 - Timothy Busfield (actor)
74 - Sonia Manzano (actress)
76 - Roger Aaron Brown (actor)
84 - Roy Harper (singer)
84 - Marv Albert (sportscaster)
=============================
Today in Sports History - June 12
1839 - Abner Doubleday created the game of baseball, according to the legend.
1880 - John Lee Richmond pitched baseball's first perfect game.
1939 - The Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, New York.
1967 - The Washington Senators beat the Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings. The game lasted six hours, 38 minutes and ended at 2:43 a.m. and caused the league to adopt a curfew stating that no inning may start after 1:00 a.m.
1981 - Major league baseball players began a 49 day strike. The issue was free-agent compensation.
1984 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1990 - Rickey Henderson becomes just the second player in MLB history to steal 900 bases.
1991 - The Chicago Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in five games to win the NBA championship.
1997 - Interleague play began in Major League Baseball, ending a 126-year tradition of keeping American and National League teams separate from each other until the World Series. The first-ever interleague game featured the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers.
2000 - Quarterback Steve Young announced his retirement from football.
2002 - The Los Angeles Lakers sweep the New Jersey Nets to win a third consecutive NBA championship.
2009 - The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
2011 - The Dallas Mavericks defeat the Miami Heat in six games to win the NBA championship.
2016 - Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first soccer player to top Forbes' Highest-Paid Athletes List, having earned $88 million that year.
2016 - The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the San Jose Sharks to win the Stanley Cup.
2017 - The Golden State Warriors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games to win the NBA championship.
2019 - The St. Louis Blues defeat the Boston Bruins to win their first Stanley Cup.
2023 - The Denver Nuggets defeat the Miami Heat in five games to win their first NBA championship.