What happend on 12th June

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1987

Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

1987

The Central African Republic's former Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.

1982

in New York City's Central Park, 750,000 people rally against nuclear weapons. Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt are in attendance.

1981

Major League Baseball players begin a 49 day strike over the issue of free-agent compensation.

1979

Bryan Allen flies the Gossamer Albatross, man powered, across the English Channel.

1978

David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.

1967

Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data).

1967

The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional. [1]

1964

South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life in prison.

1963

Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.