12 History Lessons + 6 Births & 6 Deaths for June 12, 2024
Today’s History:
- 1381 – The Peasants’ Revolt begins in England with an uprising in Essex.
- 1665 – England installs a municipal government in New York City (formerly New Amsterdam).
- 1775 – The first naval battle of the American Revolutionary War takes place in Machias, Maine.
- 1898 – Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaims independence from Spain.
- 1924 – George H. W. Bush, 41st U.S. President, is born in Milton, Massachusetts.
- 1935 – Senator Huey Long’s “Share Our Wealth” plan gains national traction in the U.S.
- 1963 – Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is assassinated in Jackson, Mississippi.
- 1964 – Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa.
- 1987 – Ronald Reagan delivers his “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” speech in West Berlin.
- 1991 – Boris Yeltsin wins Russia’s first democratic presidential election.
- 1994 – Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman are murdered; O.J. Simpson becomes a suspect.
- 2016 – A mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida kills 49 and wounds 53 others.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1979 – Robyn, Swedish pop singer (Dancing On My Own) (45)
- 1985 – Dave Franco, American actor (Now You See Me, Neighbors) (39)
Today’s Deaths:
- 816 – Pope Leo III, pope who crowned Charlemagne (Age unknown)
- 1963 – Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (37)
- 2003 – Gregory Peck, American actor (To Kill a Mockingbird) (87)
- 2008 – Harold Johns, Canadian medical physicist, pioneer in cancer radiation therapy (92)
- 2015 – Jim Ed Brown, American country singer and Grand Ole Opry star (81)
- 2016 – Christina Grimmie, American singer and YouTube personality, shot and killed (22)
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