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What happend on 12. June in History
In our data base we found 323 events happened on 12. June:
• 816: Pope Leo III (b. 750) [category: Deaths]
• 918: Æthelflæd, Mercian daughter of Alfred the Great (b. 870) [category: Deaths]
• 1020: Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 999) [category: Deaths]
• 1036: Tedald, Bishop of Arezzo (b. 990) [category: Deaths]
• 1107: Emperor Gaozong of Song (d. 1187) [category: Births]
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• 1381: Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. [category: Events]
• 1418: Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac (b. 1360) [category: Deaths]
• 1418: An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians. [category: Events]
• 1429: Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the second day of the Battle of Jargeau. [category: Events]
• 1435: John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1408) [category: Deaths]
• 1519: Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574) [category: Births]
• 1560: Ii Naomori, Japanese warrior (b. 1506) [category: Deaths]
• 1560: Imagawa Yoshimoto, Japanese daimyo (b. 1519) [category: Deaths]
• 1560: Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto. [category: Events]
• 1565: Adrianus Turnebus, French scholar (b. 1512) [category: Deaths]
• 1567: Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, English lord chancellor (b. 1490) [category: Deaths]
• 1577: Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643) [category: Births]
• 1647: Thomas Farnaby, English schoolmaster and scholar (b. 1575) [category: Deaths]
• 1653: First Anglo-Dutch War: the Battle of the Gabbard begins and lasts until June 13. [category: Events]
• 1665: England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam). [category: Events]
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• 1675: Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1634) [category: Deaths]
• 1734: James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military commander (b. 1670) [category: Deaths]
• 1758: Prince Augustus William of Prussia (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1758: French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg – James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences. [category: Events]
• 1771: Patrick Gass, American sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1772: Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (d. 1851) [category: Births]
• 1775: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged. [category: Events]
• 1776: The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted. [category: Events]
• 1777: Robert Clark, American politician (d. 1837) [category: Births]
• 1778: Philip Livingston, American merchant and statesman, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1716) [category: Deaths]
• 1795: John Marston, American sailor (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1798: Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch. [category: Events]
• 1802: Harriet Martineau, English theorist and writer (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1806: John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1812: Edmond Hébert, French geologist (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1816: Pierre Augereau, French marshal (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1818: Egwale Seyon of Ethiopia [category: Deaths]
• 1819: Charles Kingsley, English writer (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1827: Johanna Spyri, Swiss writer (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1841: Watson Fothergill English architect (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1851: Oliver Lodge, English physicist and writer (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1858: Harry Hamilton Johnston, English polymath (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1860: The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established. [category: Events]
• 1861: William Attewell, English cricketer (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1864: Frank Chapman, American ornithologist (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south. [category: Events]
• 1875: Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1877: Thomas C. Hart, American admiral (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1888: Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1889: 78 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1890: Egon Schiele, Austrian artist (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1892: Apostolos Grozos, Greek leader of the Communist Party of Greece (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1892: Djuna Barnes, American author (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1897: Anthony Eden, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1898: Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain. [category: Events]
• 1899: Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1899: New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200. [category: Events]
• 1902: Hendrik Elias, Flemish politician (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1903: Emmett Hardy, American musician (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1904: Camille of Renesse-Breidbach, Belgian nobleman, entrepreneur, and author (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Ray Barbuti, American football player (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1906: Sandro Penna, Italian poet (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1908: Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian engineer and designer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1908: Marina Semyonova, Russian ballet dancer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1908: Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1910: Bill Naughton, English playwright (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1912: Carl Iver Hovland, American psychologist (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1912: Frédéric Passy, French economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: Jean Victor Allard, Canadian army general (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1915: Christopher Mayhew, English politician (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1915: David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman [category: Births]
• 1916: Irwin Allen, American director and producer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1916: Raul Hector Castro, American politician [category: Births]
• 1917: Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan singer, pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1919: Uta Hagen, American actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1920: Dave Berg, American cartoonist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1920: Jim Siedow, American actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1920: Peter Jones, English actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1921: Christopher Derrick, English writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1921: James Archibald Houston, Canadian artist and author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1921: Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1922: Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and writer [category: Births]
• 1922: King George V receives the colours of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbanded:the Royal Irish Regiment, the Connaught Rangers, the South Irish Horse, the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. [category: Events]
• 1923: Monty Westmore, American make-up artist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1924: George H. W. Bush, American politician, 41st President of the United States [category: Births]
• 1925: Jaime Montestrela, Portuguese writer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1926: Jackie Pallo, English wrestler (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1928: Petros Molyviatis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1928: Richard M. Sherman, American composer, songwriter, and publisher [category: Births]
• 1928: Vic Damone, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1929: Anne Frank, German-Dutch author and Holocaust victim (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1929: Brigid Brophy, English writer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1929: Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani scholar, writer, and linguist [category: Births]
• 1930: Donald Byrne, American chess player (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1930: Innes Ireland, Scottish race car driver (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1930: Jim Nabors, American actor [category: Births]
• 1932: Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1932: Mimi Coertse, South African soprano [category: Births]
• 1932: Rona Jaffe, American novelist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1932: Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Eddie Adams, American photographer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1934: John A. Alonzo, American cinematographer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1937: Antal Festetics, Austrian biologist [category: Births]
• 1937: Klaus Basikow, German footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1937: Vladimir Arnold, Russian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1937: Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian marshal and commander (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Tom Oliver, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1939: Frank McCloskey, American politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1939: Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor. [category: Events]
• 1939: The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York. [category: Events]
• 1940: World War II: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux. [category: Events]
• 1941: Chick Corea, American pianist, bandleader, and composer (Return to Forever and Five Peace Band) [category: Births]
• 1941: Lucille Roybal-Allard, American politician [category: Births]
• 1941: Marv Albert, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1941: Roy Harper, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, poet, and actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Bert Sakmann, German physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1942: Len Barry, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Dovells) [category: Births]
• 1942: Holocaust: Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday. [category: Events]
• 1943: Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter(The Troggs) [category: Births]
• 1943: Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Berezhany, western Ukraine. 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot. [category: Events]
• 1944: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan. [category: Events]
• 1945: Pat Jennings, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1946: Michel Bergeron, Canadian ice hockey coach [category: Births]
• 1948: Hans Binder, Austrian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1948: Herbert Meyer, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1949: Jens Böhrnsen, German politician [category: Births]
• 1949: John Wetton, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Mogul Thrash, Family, Roxy Music, UK, and Asia) [category: Births]
• 1949: Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1951: Andranik Margaryan, Armenian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1951: Brad Delp, American singer-songwriter and musician (Boston RTZ, and Beatlejuice) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1951: Bun E. Carlos, American drummer and archivist (Cheap Trick and Tinted Windows) [category: Births]
• 1951: Hans Niessl, Austrian politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1952: Spencer Abraham, American politician, 10th United States Secretary of Energy [category: Births]
• 1953: Allan Weiner, American broadcaster and activist [category: Births]
• 1953: David Thornton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Rocky Burnette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1954: Neil Oatley, English engineer and designer [category: Births]
• 1954: Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him the youngest non-martyr saint in the Roman Catholic Church. [category: Events]
• 1956: Terry Alderman, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1957: Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach [category: Births]
• 1957: Timothy Busfield, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Jimmy Dorsey, American musician, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Rebecca Holden, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1958: Rory Sparrow, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Jenilee Harrison, American actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Jervis Johnson, English game designer [category: Births]
• 1959: John Linnell, American singer-songwriter and musician (They Might Be Giants) [category: Births]
• 1959: Scott Thompson, Canadian actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1961: Jim Goad, American author [category: Births]
• 1961: Kira Roessler, American singer and bassist (Black Flag and Dos) [category: Births]
• 1962: John Enos III, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Paul Clark, English musician and writer (The Bolshoi) [category: Births]
• 1962: John Ireland, English composer (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Jerry Lynn, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1963: Johnny Weiss, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1963: Philippe Bugalski, French rally driver (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1963: Tim DeKay, American actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Warwick Capper, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1963: Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith. [category: Events]
• 1964: Derek Higgins, Irish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1964: Kent Jones, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1964: Paula Marshall, American actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa. [category: Events]
• 1965: Filip Topol, Czech singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1965: Vicky Vette, Norwegian-American porn actress and model [category: Births]
• 1966: Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Frances O'Connor, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Icíar Bollaín, Spanish actress, director, and writer [category: Births]
• 1967: The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional. [category: Events]
• 1967: Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data). [category: Events]
• 1968: Bobby Sheehan, American bassist and songwriter (Blues Traveler) (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1968: Htay Kywe, Burmese activist [category: Births]
• 1968: Scott Aldred, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician [category: Births]
• 1969: Mathieu Schneider, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1969: Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (Bikini) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1969: Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Gordon Michael Woolvett, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Rick Hoffman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Arman Alizad, Finnish tailor, columnist, producer, and television host [category: Births]
• 1971: Mark Henry, American weightlifter and wrestler [category: Births]
• 1971: Ryan Klesko, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Bounty Killer, Jamaican rapper and DJ (The Alliance) [category: Births]
• 1972: Finesse Mitchell, American actor and author [category: Births]
• 1973: Darryl White, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Jason Caffey, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Jennifer Jo Cobb, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1973: Takis Fyssas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Jason Mewes, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Kerry Kittles, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Bryan Alvarez, American wrestler and publisher [category: Births]
• 1975: Michael Muhney, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Antawn Jamison, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Thomas Sørensen, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Kenny Wayne Shepherd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1977: Richard Ayoade, English actor and writer [category: Births]
• 1977: Wade Redden, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Shiloh Strong, American actor, screenwriter, photographer and director [category: Births]
• 1978: Yumiko Shaku, Japanese actress and model [category: Births]
• 1978: Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings. [category: Events]
• 1979: Dallas Clark, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Diego Milito, Argentinian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Earl Watson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Robyn, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer [category: Births]
• 1979: Wil Horneff, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross. [category: Events]
• 1980: Ifet Taljević, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Jason Dent, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1980: Larry Foote, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1980: Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded the Butlins Company (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Masayoshi Ohira, Prime minister of Japan (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Milburn Stone, American actor (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Adriana Lima, Brazilian model [category: Births]
• 1981: Jeremy Howard, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Nora Tschirner, German actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Paul Hasleby, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Ben Blackwell, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and author (The Dirtbombs) [category: Births]
• 1982: Diem Brown, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1982: Jason David, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Loïc Duval, French race car driver [category: Births]
• 1982: Samantha Tolj, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Ian McKay, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Alexander Pipa, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Andy Ologun, Nigerian boxer and actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Bryan Habana, South African rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Christine Sinclair, Canadian soccer player [category: Births]
• 1983: Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Blake Ross, American software developer, co-created Mozilla Firefox [category: Births]
• 1985: Chris Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1985: Colin Doyle, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Dave Franco, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Kendra Wilkinson, American model, actress, and author [category: Births]
• 1985: Sam Thaiday, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1985: Tasha-Ray Evin, Canadian guitarist (Lillix) [category: Births]
• 1986: Benjamin Schmideg, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Carla Abellana, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Erik Ainge, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Jamie Lee Darley, English-American model [category: Births]
• 1986: Mario Casas, Spanish actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Sergio Rodriguez, Spanish basketball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Stanislava Komarova, Russian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1987: Abbey Lee Kershaw, Australian model [category: Births]
• 1987: Antonio Barragán, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Sammy O'Grady, English actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Seyi Ajirotutu, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. [category: Events]
• 1987: The Central African Republic's former Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule. [category: Events]
• 1988: Dakota Morton, Canadian actor and radio host [category: Births]
• 1988: Eren Derdiyok, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Mauricio Isla, Chilean footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Emma Eliasson, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1989: Krista Arrieta Kleiner, Filipino-American model, actress, and singer [category: Births]
• 1989: Lou Monte, Italian-American singer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: KevJumba, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1990: Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, Irish politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Russia Day – the parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty. [category: Events]
• 1991: Emmalee Thompson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1991: 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. [category: Events]
• 1991: Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of the republic. [category: Events]
• 1992: Allie DiMeco, American actress and musician (The Naked Brothers Band) [category: Births]
• 1992: Laura Jones, English gymnast [category: Births]
• 1992: Ryan Malgarini, American actor [category: Births]
• 1993: An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida. [category: Events]
• 1994: Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-French rabbi (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Nicole Brown Simpson, American murder victim, ex-wife of O.J. Simpson (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Ronald Goldman, American waiter (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Toma Bebić, Dalmatian artist, journalist, and educator (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in wrongful death civil suit. [category: Events]
• 1994: The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, makes its first flight. [category: Events]
• 1995: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Anna Margaret, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1996: In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet. [category: Events]
• 1997: William Cuddy, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1997: Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer-songwriter, musician, and author (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London. [category: Events]
• 1999: Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. [category: Events]
• 2000: P. L. Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Sandro Rosa do Nascimento takes hostages while robbing Bus #174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the highly-publicized standoff becomes a media circus and ends with the death of do Nascimento and a hostage. [category: Events]
• 2001: John Bigelow IV, American golfer [category: Births]
• 2002: Bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Scott Young, Canadian journalist and novelist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Anna Lee Aldred, American jockey (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Nijiro Tokuda, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Don Herbert, American television host and producer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide ranging protests in Iran and around the world. [category: Events]
• 2012: Don Woods, American meteorologist and cartoonist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Elinor Ostrom, American economist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Frank Walker, Australian politician and judge (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Henry Hill, American mobster (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jung Ayul, South Korean actress (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen, German psychoanalyst (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Marwan Arafat, Syrian footballer and referee (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Pahiño, Spanish footballer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Philip H. Corboy, American lawyer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• _: Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Chaco Armistice Day (Paraguay) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dia dos Namorados (Brazil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eskil [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Helsinki Day (Finland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Philippines from Spain in 1898. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John of Sahagún [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 12 Commemoration (Lagos State) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Loving Day (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Onuphrius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Leo III [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Russia Day (Russia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ternan [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Day Against Child Labour (International) [category: Holidays and observances]