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This isn't as good as Armymann's morning thread info, but found these kind of interesting...

On this day in history:

O.J. Simpson Murders

June 12, 1994

Football Hall of Fame running back O.J. Simpson's ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman are murdered at her home. Simpson was later arrested for the murders and then subsequently found not guilty in what was called "The Trial of the Century." Goldman was there returning glasses Nicole's mother had left at the restaurant where he worked.

Tear Down This Wall!

June 12, 1987

U.S. President Ronald Reagan makes his famous proclamation, "Tear down this Wall!", in a speech calling for the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to tear down the Berlin Wall that had divided West and East Berlin since 1961. The Berlin wall would ultimately come down in 1989.

Interracial Marriage Legalized

June 12, 1967

The banning of interracial marriage is ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, bringing to an end such laws in 16 states. The case was brought by Mildred Loving, a woman of color, and Richard Loving, a white man, who had been sentenced to a year in prison in Virginia for marrying each other. After becoming pregnant, the couple went to Washington D.C. to marry in order to avoid Virginia law which made marriage between whites and non-whites a crime. After returning, the police raided their home finding the couple in bed together. Sex between interracial couples was also a crime in Virginia. The Lovings pleaded guilty to "cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth" and were sentenced to one year in prison, with the sentence suspended on condition that the couple leave Virginia and not return together for at least 25 years. In 1964, the couple requested that judgments be vacated, only to receive the judge's response, "Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix." The case eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
June 12th is now known as "Loving Day."

Escape from Alcatraz

June 12, 1962

Alcatraz Prison inmates Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin are found to be missing from their cells. They had escaped their cells and left the island in a raft they constructed from stolen raincoats during the night. They dug holes through their cell walls using spoons, saw blades, and a drill they made out of a vacuum cleaner motor. They then used dummy heads they made out of a home-made papier-mâché-like mixture of soap, toothpaste, concrete dust, and toilet paper, and with hair from the barbershop floor to make it look as if they were sleeping in their beds.

After the escape was discovered, a 10-day search ensued. A wallet with the names, addresses, and photos of the Anglins' friends and relatives was found off the southern shore of Angel Island. Raincoat material, believed to be remnants of the raft, was found on a beach not far from the Golden Gate Bridge. It is generally believed by authorities that the men drowned and did not survive the escape attempt, but their bodies were never found.

In 2013, San Francisco Police Department received a letter allegedly written by John Anglin claiming that Frank Morris died in 2008 and was buried in Alexandria under a different name, and that Clarence Anglin died in 2011. The letter alleged Anglin had cancer and wanted to strike a deal with the FBI, offering to be locked up again for a year in exchange for medical care. The authenticity of the letter has never been determined.
A fourth inmate was supposed to escape with them, but he was late leaving his cell and was left behind.

First Baseball Game

June 12, 1839

According to a 1907 report, commissioned by major league baseball executives, Abner Doubleday taught his new game to military cadets in Cooperstown, New York on this date. Modern historians, however, dispute this information, citing the first game as being played in 1846. (So maybe not on this day in history

First Jockey to Win the Triple Crown Twice

June 12, 1948

Eddie Arcaro riding Citation to win the Belmont Stakes - having already won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. He had previously won the Triple Crown in 1941.

Mornin everybody

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Good Morning y'all.

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First Baseball Game

June 12, 1839

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Baseball was actually played long before, as evidenced by its mention in the Bible.

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