What happened on June 12 ?

1107 - Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187)

1519 - Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)

1577 - Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)

1659 - Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719)

1775 - Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (d. 1851)

1812 - Edmond Hébert, French geologist (d. 1890)

1827 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (d. 1901)

1861 - William Attewell, English cricketer (d. 1927)

1875 - Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor (d. 1953)

1890 - Egon Schiele, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1918)

1892 - Djuna Barnes, American author (d. 1982)

1897 - Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1977)

1899 - Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1986)

1903 - Emmett Hardy, American musician (d. 1925)

1905 - Ray Barbuti, American athlete (d. 1988)

1908 - Marina Semenova, Russian ballerina

1908 - Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian TV pioneer and president of the CBC (d. 1988)

1910 - Bill Naughton, British playwright (d. 1992)

1913 - Jean Victor Allard, Canadian army general (d. 1996)

1915 - Christopher Mayhew, British politician (d. 1997)

1915 - David Rockefeller, American banker

1916 - Irwin Allen, American film producer (d. 1991)

1918 - Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer (d. 2001)

1919 - Uta Hagen, American actress (d. 2004)

1920 - Dave Berg, American cartoonist (d. 2002)

1920 - Jim Siedow, American actor (d. 2003)

1921 - James Houston, Canadian artist (d. 2005)

1924 - George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States

1928 - Richard M. Sherman, American songwriter

1928 - Vic Damone, American singer

1929 - Brigid Brophy, British writer

1929 - Anne Frank, German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (d. 1945)

1930 - Jim Nabors, American actor and musician

1932 - Rona Jaffe, American novelist

1939 - Frank McCloskey, American politician (d. 2003)

1941 - Marv Albert, American sportscaster

1941 - Chick Corea, American musician

1942 - Bert Sakmann, German physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate

1945 - Pat Jennings, Northern Irish footballer

1946 - Harry Glasper, British writer

1949 - Marc Tardif, Professional ice hockey player

1951 - Brad Delp, American singer

1951 - Bun E. Carlos, American drummer (Cheap Trick)

1952 - Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (d. 1983)

1953 - Allan Weiner, American radio pirate & shortwave radio station owner.

1957 - Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach

1957 - Timothy Busfield, American actor

1958 - Rebecca Holden, American actress and singer

1959 - John Linnell, American musician (They Might Be Giants)

1964 - Paula Marshall, American actress

1965 - Filip Topol, Czech musician and writer

1967 - Frances O'Connor, Australian actress

1968 - Bobby Sheehan , American musician Blues Traveler (d. 1999)

1969 - Mathieu Schneider, American professional ice hockey player

1971 - Ryan Klesko, American Baseball player

1973 - Darryl White, Australian footballer

1974 - Hideki Matsui, Japanese Major League Baseball player

1974 - Jason Mewes, American actor

1976 - Thomas Sørensen, Danish footballer

1981 - Adriana Lima, Brazilian supermodel

1983 - Christine Sinclair, Canadian soccer player

1985 - Tasha-Ray Evin, Canadian singer/guitarist (Lillix)