Today in History
12 June
203 births · 99 deaths · 57 events recorded
Notable Births
All 203 ›
CarryMinati
b. 1999
Indian YouTuber and streamer (born 1999)
Gustav Forsling
b. 1996
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1996)
Davinson Sánchez
b. 1996
Colombian footballer (born 1996)
Sam Thaiday
b. 1985
Australia international rugby league footballer
Anne Frank
b. 1929
Diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
Ray Barbuti
b. 1905
American football player and sprint runner (1905–1988)
David Gill (astronomer)
b. 1843
Scottish astronomer (1843–1914)
Emperor Gaozong of Song
b. 1107
Emperor of China from 1127 to 1162
Notable Deaths
All 99 ›
William H. Donaldson
d. 2024
American businessman (1931–2024)
Neil Goldschmidt
d. 2024
American politician (1940–2024)
Jerry West
d. 2024
American basketball player and executive (1938–2024)
Silvio Berlusconi
d. 2023
Italian media tycoon and politician (1936–2023)
Francesco Nuti
d. 2023
Italian actor (1955–2023)
John Romita Sr.
d. 2023
American comic book artist (1930–2023)
Treat Williams
d. 2023
American actor (1951–2023)
Gregory Peck
d. 2003
American actor (1916–2003)
On This Day in History
All 57 ›
2025
Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashes shortly after takeoff into the B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India, killing 241 out of 242 onboard as well as 19 on the ground. This marked the first fatal crash and hull loss of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Air India Flight 171
2024
A fire in a residential building in Mangaf, Kuwait City kills at least 50 people.
2024 Mangaf building fire
2019
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is inaugurated as the second president of Kazakhstan.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
2018
United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea held the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore.
United States
2016
Forty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States; the gunman, Omar Mateen, is killed in a gunfight with police.
Pulse nightclub shooting
2014
Between 1,095 and 1,700 Shia Iraqi people are killed in an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Camp Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq. It is the second deadliest act of terrorism in history, only behind 9/11.
Shia Islam in Iraq
2009
A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
2009 Iranian presidential election
1999
Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force, Kosovo Force (KFor), enters the province of Kosovo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Kosovo War