MONDAY, June 12, 2023

1897-Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India.

Shock waves felt over an area size of Europe. Negligible death toll

1898-Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to US control

1900-German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power

1937-USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continued

1939-Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY

1942-Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City

1964-South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment

1965-Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"

1967-Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages

1967-USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus

1971-T. Smirnova discovers asteroid #2216 Kerch

1980-Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests

1982-750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC

1986-P. W. Botha declares South African national emergency

1989-Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids

1990-NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves