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June 12

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In 1665, England installed a municipal government in New York, formerly the Dutch settlement of New amsterdam.

In 1776, Virginia's Colonial legislature became the first to adopt a bill of rights.

In 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, N.Y., 100 years after Abner Doubleday allegedly inveted the sport.

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Banker david Rockefeller  (1915)

President George Bush  (1924)

Singer Vic Damone  (1928)

Actor-singer Jim Nabors  (1932)

Jazz musician Chick Corea  (1941)

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"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams."
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Jacques Barzun, French-born American author