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Today in American History - June 12

By Martin Kelly, About.com

Events:


1764 - The Massachusetts House of Representatives organized the Committees of Correspondence in response to the Sugar Act.

1775 - Massachusetts Governor General Gage declared martial law and all armed colonists traitors.

1839 - The first baseball game was played.

1931 - The Untouchables of the Chicago police force arrested Al Capone.

Births:


1915 - David Rockefeller

1924 - George H. W. Bush

Deaths:


1778 - Philip Livingston, signer of the Declaration of Independence

1963 - Medgar Evers, Civil Rights lawyer

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