On this day, June 12

1630 Englishman John Winthrop, leading a fleet carrying Puritan refugees, arrived at the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he became its governor.

1906 By a majority of 19,943 votes, an act of the Legislature uniting the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny was approved in a public referendum.

1947 The Brentwood Motor Coach strike ended after 44 days of one of the longest transportation tie-ups in city history. 1964 South African black nationalist Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison along with seven other people, including Walter Sisulu, for committing sabotage

against the apartheid regime. (All were eventually released; Mandela in 1990.)

1998 Charles H. “Teenie” Harris, famed principal photographer for The Pittsburgh Courier from 1936 to 1975, died at 89.

Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology).

— Compiled by Rick Nowlin Today’s birthdays: Songwriter Richard M. Sherman, 92. Jazz musician Chick Corea, 79. Sportscaster Marv Albert, 79. Actor Roger Aaron Brown, 71. Actress Sonia Manzano, 70. Actor Timothy Busfield, 63.

Actress Jenilee Harrison, 62. Actor John Enos, 58. Actor Paul Schulze, 58. Actor Eamonn Walker, 58. Actress Paula Marshall, 56. Actress Frances O’Connor, 53. Actor Rick Hoffman, 50. Actor-comedian Finesse Mitchell, 48. Actor Mel Rodriguez, 47. Actor Jason Mewes, 46. Actor Michael Muhney, 45. Actor Timothy Simons, 42. Actor Dave Franco, 35. Actor Luke Youngblood, 34. Actor Ryan Malgarini, 28. Thought for Today: “It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.”

— Eric Hoffer, American philosopher

(1902-1983)