June 12

Events

 * 1906 - Sound movies were patented by John Ballance (U.S. No. 823,022)
 * 1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey.
 * 1837 - Inventors William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone receive patent for their electromagnetic telegraph.

Births

 * 1672 – Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d. 1749)
 * 1704 – Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (d. 1742)
 * 1864 – Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
 * 1910 – Carmine Coppola, American composer, director and songwriter (d. 1991)
 * 1913 – Risë Stevens, American operatic soprano
 * 1920 – Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (d. 1981)
 * 1926 – Carlisle Floyd, American composer
 * 1931 – Audrey Schuh, American soprano
 * 1936 – Jud Strunk, American musician and comedian (d. 1981)
 * 1939 – Bernard Purdie, American session drummer
 * 1940 – Joey Dee, American musician (Joey Dee and the Starliters)
 * 1947 – Richard Palmer-James, British lyricist and guitarist (King Crimson and Supertramp)
 * 1949 – Frank Beard, American drummer (ZZ Top)
 * 1950 – Lynsey De Paul, British singer and songwriter
 * 1950 – Graham Russell, British guitarist and vocalist (Air Supply)
 * 1952 – Donnie Van Zant, American rock musician
 * 1957 – Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American musician
 * 1965 – Joey Santiago, Filipino guitarist (Pixies)
 * 1969 – Steven Drozd, American drummer
 * 1970 – Chris Rice, singer/songwriter
 * 1985 – Chris Trousdale, American pop singer and dancer
 * 1987 – TiA, Japanese R&B singe