12 June
Notable Births
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)
Don Toliver
b. 1994
American singer (born 1994)
Philippe Coutinho
b. 1992
Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
Allie DiMeco
b. 1992
American actress, reality television personality, and multi-instrumentalist
Avisaíl García
b. 1991
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1991)
Jrue Holiday
b. 1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Ibrahim Jeilan
b. 1989
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Eren Derdiyok
b. 1988
Swiss footballer (born 1988)
Mauricio Isla
b. 1988
Chilean footballer (born 1988)
Sam Thaiday
b. 1985
Australia international rugby league footballer
Dave Franco
b. 1985
American actor (born 1985)
Blake Ross
b. 1985
American software developer
Kendra Wilkinson
b. 1985
American television personality (born 1985)
James Kwalia
b. 1984
Qatari-Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1984)
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
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)
Philip Baker Hall
d. 2022
American actor (1931–2022)
Phil Bennett
d. 2022
British Lions & Wales international rugby union player (1948–2022)
Sylvia Miles
d. 2019
American actress (1924–2019)
Jon Hiseman
d. 2018
English drummer and sound engineer (1944–2018)
Fernando Brant
d. 2015
Teresita Barajuen
d. 2013
Spanish Roman Catholic nun
Jason Leffler
d. 2013
American racing driver (1975-2013)
Elinor Ostrom
d. 2012
American political economist (1933–2012)
Pahiño
d. 2012
Spanish footballer (1923–2012)
Frank Walker (Australian politician)
d. 2012
Australian politician
Al Williamson
d. 2010
American cartoonist (1931–2010)
Miroslav Dvořák (ice hockey)
d. 2008
Czechoslovak ice hockey player
Gregory Peck
d. 2003
American actor (1916–2003)
On This Day in History
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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
1993
An election takes place in Nigeria and is won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Its results are later annulled by the military government of Ibrahim Babangida.
1993 Nigerian presidential election
1991
In modern Russia's first democratic election, Boris Yeltsin is elected as the President of Russia.
1991 Russian presidential election
1991
Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the Eastern Province town of Batticaloa.
1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre
1990
Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
Russia Day
1988
Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, crashes short of the runway at Libertador General José de San Martín Airport, killing all 22 people on board.
Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046
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.
Central African Republic
1987
Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
Cold War
1982
A nuclear disarmament rally and concert is held in New York City.
New York City
1981
The first of the Indiana Jones film franchise, Raiders of the Lost Ark, is released in theaters.
Indiana Jones
1979
Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man-powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
Bryan Allen (hang glider)
1975
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain: Judge Jagmohanlal Sinha rules against Indira Gandhi in a case on her election to the Indian Parliament, and that she should be banned from holding any public office, triggering a political crisis.
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain
1967
The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws that prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.
Supreme Court of the United States