June 12

Tuesday 12, 1979:

Bryan Allen flies the Gossamer Albatross, man powered, across the English Channel.

Friday 12, 1964:

South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life in prison.

Wednesday 12, 1963:

Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is shot dead in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith.

Monday 12, 1939:

The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.

Sunday 12, 1898:

Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.