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The Vietnam War draft lottery ran from 1969 to 1972. If you were born on June 12, would your number have been called?
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Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines begins erupting for the first time in 600 years.
The U.S. House of Representatives approves $27 million in aid to the Nicaraguan Contras.
David Berkowitz gets 25 years to life for the Son of Sam murders in New York.
At a hearing in front the of a U.S. House of Representatives committee, Air Force General John Lavalle defends his orders on engagement in Vietnam.
The Supreme Court rules that states cannot ban interracial marriages.
Black civil rights leader Medgar Evers is assassinated by a gunman outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi.
American bombers strike the oil refineries of Ploesti, Romani a for the first time.
Eight of Stalin’s generals are sentenced to death during purges in the Soviet Union.
Gangster Al Capone and 68 of his henchmen are indicted for violating Prohibition laws.
Anne Frank , German diarist, victim of the Holocaust.
Brazil quits the League of Nations in protest over plans to admit Germany.
George H. W. Bush , 41st President of the United States (1989-1993).
President Warren Harding urges every young man to attend military training camp.
Republicans nominate Warren G. Harding for president and Calvin Coolidge for vice president.
The first airplane bombing raid by an American unit occurs in France.
David Rockefeller, international banker.
Cuba agrees to become an American protectorate by accepting the Platt Amendment.
Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister (1955-1957).
Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart begins his ride around the Union Army outside of Richmond, Virginia.
The gas mask is patented by Lewis P. Haslett.
Johanna Spyri, Swiss author ( Heidi ).
Napoleon Bonaparte and his army invade Russia.
John Roebling, civil engineer, pioneer in designing suspension bridges.
Alfonso V of Aragon is crowned King of Naples.