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Friday, June 12th 2026

Events:

1859   The Comstock Lode is discovered near Virginia City, Nevada.

1939   Opening of the Baseball Hall of Fame Cooperstown, New York.

1987   President Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall

1991   Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of their new republic.

Famous Birthdays:

1924   George Bush (41st US President)

1929   Anne Frank (Wrote diary of hiding from the Nazis)

1930   Jim Nabors (Actor)

1941   Marv Albert (Sportscaster)

1979   Dallas Clark (NFL Football player)

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