June 12 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for June 12
In the headlines today:

2003	Academy award-winning actor Gregory Peck dies at his Los Angeles home at age 87.
1991	Boris Yeltsin is elected President of Russia, by popular vote.
1981	A 49-day strike by major league baseball players begins.
1979	Actor John Wayne dies of cancer, at age 72.
1973		Grand Funk Railroad records the song We're An American Band, which would appear on their album of the same name. (The song would later peak at #1 on the US Top 40 singles chart.) (photo credit: Capitol)
1971	Tricia Nixon (daughter of US president Richard Nixon) and Edward Cox are married in a White House ceremony.
1963	Civil rights activist Medger Evers is shot and killed at his Jackson, MI home.
1939	The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY is dedicated.
1931		Chicago mobster Al Capone is indicted for violating Prohibition laws (photo credit: FBI)
1898	The Philippines declare their independence from Spain.
1838	The Iowa Territory is organized in the US.
1812	Napoleon Bonaparte invades Russia.