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100 years anniversary | ||||
12 Jun 1925 | Jaime Montestrela, Portuguese psychiatrist, author, and poet (d. 1975) | |||
12 Jun 1925 | William DeHart Hubbard of US, sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4" | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
12 Jun 1950 | 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die | |||
12 Jun 1950 | Connie Mack named Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game | |||
12 Jun 1950 | Michael Fabricant, English politician | |||
12 Jun 1950 | RELIGIOUS | American missionary martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'Earthly blessing is no sign of heavenly favor. Behold how many wicked prosper.' | ||
50 years anniversary | ||||
12 Jun 1975 | Ryan Tucker: NFL center (St. Louis Rams) | |||
12 Jun 1975 | Scott Ferrier: Australia -- High jumper / decathlete (1996 Olympics) | |||
12 Jun 1975 | Bryan Alvarez, American wrestler and publisher | |||
12 Jun 1975 | Michael Muhney, American actor | |||
12 Jun 1975 | Stephanie Szostak, French-American actress | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
12 Jun 2000 | Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1919) | |||
12 Jun 2000 | Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, Brazilian criminal (b. 1978) | |||
12 Jun 2000 | Sinead O'Connor announced that she was a lesbian. The mother of two told the American magazine Curve that she had been in the closet for years saying "I am a lesbian. I haven't been very open about that, I've gone out with blokes because I haven't necessarily been terribly comfortable about being a lesbian." | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
12 Jun 2005 | Ryzza Mae Dizon, Filipino actress | |||
12 Jun 2005 | Scott Young, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1918) | |||
12 Jun 2005 | Pink Floyd announced they would reunite with former bassist Roger Waters, who left the band in 1985, on July 2 for the Live 8 London concert. This would be the first time the band had played together as a quartet since The Wall tour in 1981. | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
12 Jun 2010 | Al Williamson, American illustrator (b. 1931) | |||
12 Jun 2010 |
death Richard Darwin Keynes Died 12 Jun 2010 at age 90 (born 14 Aug 1919). British physiologist who did pioneering work on the mechanisms underlying the conduction of the action potential along nerve fibres. Early in his career, he worked with the giant nerve fibers of squid, which would help discover how nerve impulses are transmitted in all animals. In later resarch, he determined how electric eels project electric fields outside their bodies. Keynes was the first to use radioactive sodium and potassium tracer atoms to follow the movements of these atoms when an impulse is transmitted along a nerve fibre. He has written extensively about the life and work of his great-grandfather, Charles Darwin, beginning with The Beagle Record (1979). |