This Day In History

June 12th

1776  Virginia's colonial legislature became the first in America to adopt a Bill of Rights.
1838  The Iowa Territory was organized.
1839  Abner Doubleday created baseball in Cooperstown, New York.  He later became a major name in publishing.
1963  Civil rights leader Medger Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi.
1967  The US Supreme Court struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages.

1915  Banker David Rockefeller
1924  41st US President George Bush
1928  Singer Vic Damone born as Vito Farinola
1929  Holocaust victim Anne Frank who also kept diaries
1932  Actor Jim Nabors
1943  Sportscaster Marv Albert

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1956

• The Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant

• Moonglow and Theme from "Picnic" - Morris Stoloff

• Standing on the Corner - The Four Lads

• The Happy Whistler - Don Robertson

1957

• Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone

• Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers

• Searchin' - The Coasters

• Four Walls - Jim Reeves

1964

• Chapel of Love - The Dixie Cups

• Hello, Dolly! - Louis Armstrong

• Walk on By - Dionne Warwick

• Memphis - Johnny Rivers

1965

• Help Me, Rhonda - The Beach Boys

• Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley

• I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops

• Engine Engine #9 - Roger Miller

1972

• The Candy Man - Sammy Davis, Jr.

• Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond

• I Didn't Get to Sleep at All - The 5th Dimension

• The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. - Donna Fargo

1973

• My Love - Paul McCartney & Wings

• Daniel - Elton John

• Kodachrome - Paul Simon

• You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me) - Johnny Rodriquez

1980

• Funkytown - Lipps, Inc.

• Coming Up (Live at Glasgow) - Paul McCartney & Wings

• The Rose - Bette Midler

• My Heart - Ronnie Milsap

1981

• Kiss on My List - Hall & Oates

• Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton

• Woman - John Lennon

• Friends - Razzy Bailey

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