Historical Events for 12th June 2023

[CoM Moderators]

1534 - Turkish admiral Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap and plunder in Naples
1918 - 1st aerial bombing raid by an American unit, France
1926 - Brazil leaves League of Nations
1939 - Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
1948 - "Hold It!" closes at National Theater NYC after 46 performances
1963 - American civil rights activist Medgar Evers is assassinated by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith in Jackson, Mississippi
1973 - Coleraine bombings: six Protestant civilians were killed and 33 wounded by a Provisional Irish Republican Army car bomb in Coleraine, County Londonderry
1981 - Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti Presidential election
1982 - 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC
2016 - Stanley Cup Final, SAP Center, San Jose, CA: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat San Jose Sharks, 3-1 for a 4-2 series victory; Penguins 4th title

More Historical Events »