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History on the 12th of June

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12 Jun 1458 RELIGIOUS In England, the College of St. Mary Magdalen was founded at Oxford University.
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12 Jun 1720 RELIGIOUS Birth of Isaac Pinto, translator of the first Jewish prayerbook published in America.
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12 Jun 1744 RELIGIOUS David Brainerd, 26, was ordained a missionary to the Indians in Colonial New England by the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge (SPCK).
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12 Jun 1911 WW2 Rear Admiral Koki Hirose was named the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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12 Jun 1911 WW2 Joseph McNarney departed Emporium, Pennsylvania, United States for the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, United States. 
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12 Jun 1914 RELIGIOUS The first edition of A.T. Robertson's monumental 'Grammar of the Greek New Testament' was released. Its 1400+ pages make it the largest systematic analysis of the original New Testament language ever published.
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12 Jun 1915 WW2 Omar Bradley was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. 
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12 Jun 1916 WW2 Pennsylvania was commissioned into service. 
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12 Jun 1924 WW2 George Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. 
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12 Jun 1927 WW2 The keel of Colbert was laid down at Brest Naval Shipyard, France. 
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12 Jun 1935 WW2 The US Marine Corps' Fleet Marine Force units on the west coast of the United States completed their participation in the landing operations of US Fleet Problem XVI. 
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12 Jun 1937 WW2 Secret order by Reinhard Heydrich of the German SS organization: Jewish convicted criminals were to be placed into protective custody after completion of their sentence from the justice department. 
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12 Jun 1938 WW2 Japanese 11th Army captured the airfield outside of Anqing, Anhui, China. 
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12 Jun 1940 WW2 British transports of Group II arrived in the Clyde, Scotland at 2300 hours with troops evacuated from Narvik, Norway. The French troops evacuated were later sent to Brest and Lorient to join the fight against the invading German forces. 
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12 Jun 1940 WW2 The Commander-in-Chief of Home Defense of the United Kingdom Edmond Ironside completed a plan for defense against a potential German invasion. 
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12 Jun 1940 WW2 German submarine U-101 sank British ship Earlspark off Cape Finisterre, Spain at 1200 hours, killing 7 and sinking 7,500 tons of coal. Also off Cape Finisterre, U-46 sank British ship Barbara Marie at 1938 hours, killing 32 and sinking 7,200 tons of iron ore, and then sinking Willowbank at 1946 hours. 
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12 Jun 1940 WW2 The Navy Department of the United States placed contracts for 22 new warships. 
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12 Jun 1940 WW2 The Japan-Thailand Non-Aggression Pact was announced. 
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12 Jun 1940 WW2 USS Quincy arrived at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
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12 Jun 1940 WW2 The Soviet Baltic Fleet received orders to blockade Estonia. 
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12 Jun 1940 WW2 Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class medal. 
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12 Jun 1940 WW2 154 Japanese aircraft attacked Chongqing, China at 1200 hours; Chinese fighters claimed 5 Japanese aircraft shot down. 
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12 Jun 1940 WW2 German tanks under Guderian crossed the Marne River at Chalons-sur-Marne, 80 miles east of Paris, France. Meanwhile, in the French capital, US Ambassador William Bullitt, the last ambassador of a major nation left in the city, was named the provisional governor of Paris as the French government moved to Tours. 
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12 Jun 1940 WW2 French Admiral François Darlan, Commander-in-Chief of the French Navy, assured British Prime Minister Winston Churchill that there would be no question of surrendering the French naval ships. He further asserted that orders would be given to scuttle the ships if such a danger were to exist. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 Men of the US Naval Reserve were called to active duty. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 British cruiser HMS Sheffield sank German tanker Friedrich Breme with shellfire in the Atlantic Ocean; 2 were killed 86 survived. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 Indian and Free French forces under French General Paul Legentilhomme captured Deraa, Sheikh Meskine, and Ezraa in southwestern French Mandate of Syria and the Lebanon, but were held up Kissoué. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 British submarine HMS Taku sank Italian ship Silvio Scaroni 70 miles west of Benghazi, Libya; Italian torpedo boats Pallade and Polluce counterattacked without success. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 British submarine HMS Torbay sank Italian schooner Gesue E Maria off the island of Skiros, Greece. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 Dutch submarine O.24 sank Italian tanker Fianona and auxiliary patrol ship Carloforte 10 miles north of the island of Elba, Italy. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 German submarine U-48 sank British ship Empire Dew in the North Atlantic; 23 were killed, 18 survived. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 German submarine U-371 sank British ship Silverpalm in the North Atlantic, killing the entire crew of 68. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 German submarine U-558 sank British ship Susan Mærsk (all 24 aboard killed) and Norwegian tanker Ranella (all 29 aboard survived) in the North Atlantic. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 German submarine U-552 sank British ship Chinese Prince west of Ireland; 45 were killed 19 survived. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 German heavy cruiser Lützow, light cruiser Emden, light cruiser Leipzig, and destroyers passed through the Kattegat between Denmark and Sweden. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 The South African Air Force embarked on its first combat mission in North Africa. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 A three-day conference of SS men of SS-Gruppenführer rank began at the SS castle of Schloß Wewelsburg in Büren, Germany. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 German submarine U-158 sank US tanker Cities Service Toledo 40 kilometers south of Abbeville, Louisiana, United States, killing 15 of 45 aboard. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 US B-17 and B-24 bombers raided Kiska, Aleutian Islands, damaging Japanese destroyer Hibiki. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 Anne Frank received a diary for her thirteenth birthday. "I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support", she wrote in her first entry. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 Shad was commissioned into service. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 German minesweeper M-4212 struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay; the mine was deployed by Free French submarine Rubis on 5 Jun 1942. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 German submarine U-124 sank British ship Dartford 550 miles east of Newfoundland; 30 were killed, 17 survived. U-129 sank British ship Hardwicke Grange 400 miles north of Puerto Rico; 3 were killed, 75 survived. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 USS Swordfish sank Japanese transport Burma Maru in the Gulf of Thailand. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 Greek submarine Papanikolis sank two Italian sailing vessels Catina and Aghia Aikaterini in the Aegean Sea. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 German submarine U-77 sank British destroyer HMS Grove 25 miles off Bardia, Libya at 0537 hours; 110 were killed, 60 survived. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 Japanese submarine I-21 fired 4 torpedoes at an Allied convoy 40 miles off Sydney, Australia at 0114 hours, sinking collier Guatemala (all aboard survived). 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 USS S-28 arrived at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska to receive fuel and provisions. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 11 ships departed Haifa, Palestine and Port Said, Egypt in Operation Vigorous escorted by battleship HMS Centurion (unarmed, serving as a deterrent only), 8 cruisers, 26 destroyers, and 9 submarines, also sailing for Malta; the Vigorous convoy was attacked by German Ju 88 bombers south of Crete, Greece, damaging freighter City Of Calcutta, forcing her to sail for Tobruk, Libya for repairs. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 5 British freighters and 1 tanker departed Gibraltar in Operation Harpoon with 43,000 tons of cargo for Malta, escorted by battleship HMS Malaya, carrier HMS Argus, carrier HMS Eagle, 4 cruisers, 17 destroyers, 4 minesweepers, 1 minelayer, and 6 motor gunboats. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 Japanese submarine I-16 sank Yugoslavian ship Supetar in the Mozambique Channel. In the same area, I-20 sank Panamanian ship Hellenic Trader and British ship Clifton Hall. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 The Japanese Imperial General Headquarters issued the Great Army Instruction No. 1 for a study on the possibility of an over-land invasion of Port Moresby, Australian Papua. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 Naka arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 Axis forces pushed British troops back toward Tobruk, Libya, destroying many tanks; meanwhile, an attack on nearby El Adem was repulsed by Indian troops. The Allied defense line at Gazala was now in danger of being cut off. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 Hans-Joachim Marseille flew a mission in Libya, providing support for ground troops. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 During the morning roll call at Auschwitz Concentration Camp, 60 Polish prisoners were called out. They were shot at the Death Wall in the courtyard of Block 11 in retaliation of clandestine resistance organizations in Silesia region. The victims were transferred to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1942 from Sosnowiec, Katowice, and Krakow. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 13 US B-24 bombers from RAF Fayid, Egypt bombed oil fields at Ploesti, Romania, causing minimal damage; 4 aircraft made emergency landings in Turkey and were interned. 
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12 Jun 1942 WW2 Soviet cruiser Molotov delivered 2,998 men from the Soviet 138th Infantry Brigade to Sevastopol, Russia. 
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12 Jun 1943 WW2 RAF aircraft bombed Bochum, Germany. 
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12 Jun 1943 WW2 Luftwaffe aircraft conducted a night raid on Plymouth, England, United Kingdom. 
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12 Jun 1943 WW2 The German submarine U-441 which sailed from Brest, France on 8 Jun 1943, obeying Admiral Doenitz's order that U-boat crews should fight Allied aircraft on the surface using improved anti-aircraft guns, encountered not a slow patrol aircraft but three Beaufighter Mk VIC of No. 248 squadron and was severely straffed and forced to put back to Brest for repairs. 
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12 Jun 1943 WW2 Aircraft of Japanese 11th Air Fleet from Rabaul were launched to attack American positions in the Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, but this force was turned back by Allied fighters. 
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12 Jun 1943 WW2 Light carrier Ryuho was transferred from the 3rd Force of the Mobile Force Training Force to Carrier Division 2 of the 3rd Fleet. 
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12 Jun 1943 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: More of Photographic Squadron 3 (VD-3) on board. Aircraft storehouse, paint and oil storehouse, and Public Works and Maintenance building, turned over to station. 
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12 Jun 1943 WW2 Germans liquidated the Jewish Ghetto in Berezhany in western Ukraine. 1,180 Jews were led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and killed. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 Yamato arrived at Batjan, Halmahera after Operation KON was postponed. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 US and British forces linked up near Carentan, France, forming a solid 50-mile battle line, with 326,000 men and 54,000 vehicles on the beachhead. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 German Reich Minister for the Eastern Occupied Territories Alfred Rosenberg ordered the start of Heuaktion, which called for the kidnapping of 40,000 Polish children between the age of 10 and 14; they were to be transported to Germany as slave laborers. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 With his company under heavy machine gun and tank fire in Burma, Rifleman Ganjo Lama crawled forward alone with a PIAT and destroyed two tanks. Despite a broken wrist and serious wounds to both hands, he knocked out a third tank by eliminating the crew. His actions earned him the Victoria Cross. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 Canadian Destroyer HMCS Haida under Commander H. C. DeWolf sank the German submarine U-971. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 USS Iowa escroted carriers while the aircraft struck Japanese positions in the Mariana Islands. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 In China, about 100 P-40 and P-51 fighters of the US 14th Air Force attacked Japanese vessels on Dongting Lake, docks and warehouses at Yuanjiang in Hunan Province, and troop concentrations in Changsha in Hunan Province. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 Carl G. E. Mannerheim appealed for German reinforcement to fight against the recent Soviet offensive. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Fifteen aircraft (Model F6F), 2 aircraft (Model TBF), 28 officers and 25 men of Night Fighting Squadron 78 (VF(N)-78) arrived on board. Thirteen aircraft (Model F6F), 5 aircraft (Model TBF), 29 officers and 16 men of Night Fighting Squadron 79 (VF(N)-79) arrived on board. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 Ethnic Bhutia rifleman Ganju Lama of the British Indian Army, using a PIAT anti-tank launcher, knocked out two Japanese tanks under heavy machine gun fire at Ningthoukhong, Manipur, India. Despite a broken wrist and wounds to both hands, he engaged and killed the surviving Japanese tankers. He would be awarded the Victoria Cross for this action. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 USS Wasp's aircraft attacked Japanese positions on Saipan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 USS Alabama escorted US carriers as carrier aircraft attacked Japanese positions on Saipan, Mariana Islands. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 USS Bluefish attacked a Japanese ship in the Makassar Strait; all 6 torpedoes missed. 
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12 Jun 1944 WW2 USS Bergall was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander J. M. Hyde in command. 
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12 Jun 1945 WW2 With Japanese troops hopelessly surrounded in the Oroku sector of Okinawa, Japan requested a ceasefire to allow them to commit suicide rather than surrender. Hundreds blew themselves up with grenades or jumped off cliffs. 
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12 Jun 1945 WW2 Dwight Eisenhower received the Freedom of the City of London of England, United Kingdom and the Order of Merit from the French. 
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12 Jun 1945 WW2 USS Tunny patrolled immediately off the coast of Etomo Ko, Honshu, Japan. She was detected by search lights and withdrew out to sea. 
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12 Jun 1945 WW2 The Oka Prisoners of War Camp in northern Taiwan was opened. 
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12 Jun 1945 WW2 Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Anderson announced the creation of the Arts Council of Great Britain to succeed the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts. 
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12 Jun 1946 WW2 Saufley was decommissioned from service. 
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12 Jun 1946 WW2 USS Bluefish arrived at New London, Connecticut, United States. 
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12 Jun 1947 WW2 Richard O'Connor was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. 
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12 Jun 1948 WW2 Sybil Kathigasu passed away. 
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12 Jun 1948 WW2 Xiao Yisu was named the deputy head of the Department of Defense. 
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12 Jun 1949 WW2 He Yingqin stepped down as the acting Minister of Defense. 
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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.'
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