On This Day: June 12

9 verified moments happened on June 12. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1939The National Baseball Hall of Fame is dedicated in Cooperstown with its first induction classSports · Source: Baseball Hall of Fame: inaugural induction ceremony held June 12, 1939
2. 1960🥇 Alberto Spencer scores the winner as Penarol beats Olimpia in the first leg of the first-ever Copa Libertadores final.Soccer · Source: Wikipedia, '1960 Copa Libertadores finals' (Jun 12 1960)
3. 1963👑 Cleopatra, the costliest film ever made at that point, premieres at New York's Rivoli Theatre without star Elizabeth Taylor, having nearly bankrupted its studio.Movies · Source: Wikipedia / Hollywood Reporter: world premiere, Rivoli Theatre
4. 1967💍 The Supreme Court strikes down state laws banning interracial marriage in a unanimous ruling.USA 250 · Source: Justia / Britannica, Loving v. Virginia decided (Jun 12 1967)
5. 1981🤠 Raiders of the Lost Ark hits theaters, sending whip-cracking archaeologist Indiana Jones racing villains for a sacred relic.Movies · Source: Wikipedia; FilmRetrospect (Jun 12 1981)
6. 1987🎙️ Standing before the Berlin Wall, President Reagan challenges the Soviet leader to "tear down this wall."USA 250 · Source: National Archives, Reagan's Brandenburg Gate speech (Jun 12 1987)
7. 2010🧤 Clint Dempsey's long-range shot squirms through England goalkeeper Robert Green as the United States earns a World Cup draw.Soccer · Source: Wikipedia, '2010 FIFA World Cup Group C' (Jun 12 2010)
8. 2015🦖 A fully operational dinosaur park unleashes a deadly engineered hybrid on its visitors in Jurassic World.Movies · Source: Wikipedia, 'Jurassic World' (Jun 12 2015)
9. 2022Daniel Suárez wins at Sonoma to become the first driver born in Mexico to win a NASCAR Cup Series raceStock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, "2022 Toyota/Save Mart 350" — June 12, 2022 at Sonoma Raceway