Thursday, June 12, 2008
Banker/philanthropist David Rockefeller is 93.
Banker/philanthropist David Rockefeller is 93.
Former President George H.W. Bush is 84.
Actor-singer Jim Nabors is 78.
Jazz musician Chick Corea is 67.
Sportscaster Marv Albert is 67.
Actor Timothy Busfield is 51.
Singer Meredith Brooks is 50.
Actress Jenilee Harrison is 50.
Actress Paula Marshall is 44.
Actress Frances O'Connor is 41.
Blues musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd is 31.
Singer Robyn is 29.
On June 12, 1665, England installed a municipal government in New York, formerly the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.
In 1776, Virginia's colonial legislature became the first to adopt a Bill of Rights.
In 1898, Philippine nationalists declared independence from Spain.
In 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Miss.; he was 37.
In 1963, one of Hollywood's most notoriously expensive productions, "Cleopatra," starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison, opened in New York.
In 1967, the Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages.
In 1978, David Berkowitz was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for each of the six "Son of Sam" killings.





