June 12, 1939 - The greatest-ever gathering of members and future inductees of the Baseball Hall of Fame assembles in Cooperstown, N.Y., for the dedication of the museum: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, Grover Alexander, Nap Lajoie, George Sisler, Eddie Collins, Tris Speaker, Cy Young and Connie Mack accept their plaques.
June 12, 1950 - Major League Baseball names Connie Mack as the Honorary A.L. Manager of the All-Star Game.
June 12, 1957 - Stan Musial plays in his 823rd game for a new N.L. consecutive-game streak. This beats Gus Suhr's old record. Cardinals hurler Larry Jackson beats the Phils 4-0 to improve his record to 8-2. He has now beaten every N.L. team this season.
June 12, 1961 - An ailing Bill Veeck sells his interest in the White Sox to Arthur Allyn, a minority partner. Allyn also buys Hank Greenberg's stock to acquire a controlling interest. Greenberg remains as General Manager.
June 12, 1970 - Pittsburgh's Dock Ellis no-hits San Diego 2-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. Ellis walks eight and hits one and gets all his support on two Willie Stargell home runs.
June 12, 1975 - Milwaukee defeats Oakland 9-7 to move within four games of first. Oakland's Billy Williams hits his 400th career home run, but is matched by Hank Aaron's first home run in Milwaukee since 1965.
June 12, 1979 - The Tigers fire manager Les Moss, hiring Sparky Anderson.
June 12, 1981 - At 12:30 AM, after meeting with the owners for most of the previous day, players' union chief Marvin Miller announces, "We have accomplished nothing. The strike is on
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