June 12th in US Political History Part II

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On June 12th in 1908 the Lusitania crossed the Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours.

On June 12th in 1920 Republicans in Chicago nominated Warren G. Harding for president and Calvin Coolidge, governor of Massachusetts, for vice president.

On June 12th in 1921 President Harding urged every young man to attend military training camp.

On June 12th in 1934 The US Farm Mortgage Foreclosure Act allowed federal loans to farmers to recover property lost to foreclosure.

On June 12th in 1935 Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15 hours in Senate's longest speech on record.

On June 12th in 1942 American bombers struck the oil refineries of Ploesti, Romania for the first time.

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