FRIDAY, June 12, 2026

1770-Patent for the "Spinning Jenny," the first multiple spinning machine that revolutionizes cotton spinning, is granted to English weaver James Hargreaves

1830-Beginning of French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers at Sidi Ferruch

1864-Battle of Trevilian Station, the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War, ends with a Confederate tactical victory and a Union successful retreat in Louisa County, Virginia

1931-Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition violations and perjury

1942-Anne Frank receives her diary as a birthday present in Amsterdam

1964-Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa

1991-Boris Yeltsin wins Russia's first presidential election with 57 percent of the vote

2018-Singapore Summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump, the first time a North Korean leader and a sitting U.S. president meet