June 12th in History
June 12th in History
- 1665: England establishes New York city as the name for the city they've just acquired which was formerly known as new Amsterdam
- 1898: The Phillipines declare independence from Spain.
- 1922: Insulin patented
- 1944: The first V1 rocket falls on England during World War 2
June 12th birthdays
- 1519: Cosimo de Medici, Florencian monarch
- 1890: Egon Schiele, German painter
- 1924: George Bush, Former (41st) US President
- 1929: Anne Frank, Dutch wartime diarist
