History for June 12

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David Rockefeller 1915 - Banker, Irwin Allen 1916 - Television and film producer, nicknamed "The Master of Disaster", George H.W. Bush 1924 - 41st President of the United States, father of President George W. Bush


Vic Damone 1928 - Singer,  (Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank) 1929 - Known for her diary which documented her experiences during World War II, Jim Nabors 1930 - Actor, singer ("Gomer Pyle, USMC")


1812 - Napoleon's invasion of Russia began.


1897 - Carl Elsener patented his penknife. The object later became known as the Swiss army knife.


1939 - The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.


1963 - "Cleopatra" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison, and Richard Burton premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.


1963 - Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, MS.


1979 - Bryan Allen flew the Gossamer Albatross, man powered, across the English Channel.


1987 - U.S. President Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. 


1991 - Russians went to the election polls and elected Boris N. Yeltsin as the president of their republic.