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| June 12th, 2008 (June 12 2008) | Event | Ireland rejects the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum, thus putting into question the reform programme of the European Union. | |
| June 12th, 2008 (June 12 2008) | Death | Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer (born in 1932) | |
| June 12th, 2007 (June 12 2007) | Death | Don Herbert aka "Mr. Wizard", American television host (born in 1917) | |
| June 12th, 2006 (June 12 2006) | Death | Gyorgy Ligeti, Hungarian composer (born in 1923) | |
| June 12th, 2006 (June 12 2006) | Death | Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (born in 1923) | |
| June 12th, 2005 (June 12 2005) | Death | Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (born in 1918) | |
| June 12th, 2004 (June 12 2004) | Event | A 1.3 kilogram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house in Ellerslie, New Zealand causing serious damage but no injuries. | |
| June 12th, 2003 (June 12 2003) | Death | Gregory Peck, American actor (born in 1916) | |
| June 12th, 2002 (June 12 2002) | Death | Bill Blass, American fashion designer (born in 1922) | |
| June 12th, 2000 (June 12 2000) | Event | 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. | |
| June 12th, 2000 (June 12 2000) | Death | P.L.Deshpande, Marathi writer (born in 1919) | |
| June 12th, 1999 (June 12 1999) | Event | Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins - a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force KFor enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. | |
| June 12th, 1997 (June 12 1997) | Birth | William Cuddy, Canadian actor | |
| June 12th, 1997 (June 12 1997) | Death | Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (born in 1924) | |
| June 12th, 1996 (June 12 1996) | Event | In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet. | |
| June 12th, 1995 (June 12 1995) | Death | Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (born in 1920) | |
| June 12th, 1994 (June 12 1994) | Event | 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 a civil suit. | |
| June 12th, 1994 (June 12 1994) | Death | Ronald Goldman, American actor and model (born in 1969) | |
| June 12th, 1994 (June 12 1994) | Death | Nicole Brown Simpson, American ex-wife of O.J. Simpson (born in 1959) | |
| June 12th, 1994 (June 12 1994) | Death | Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher Rebbe (born in 1902) | |
| June 12th, 1994 (June 12 1994) | Death | Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian (born in 1949) | |
| June 12th, 1993 (June 12 1993) | Event | Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola is elected President of Nigeria in record turnout for Nigerian elections. | Osho Quotes |
| June 12th, 1992 (June 12 1992) | Birth | Allie DiMeco American musician and actress (The Naked Brothers Band) | |
| June 12th, 1992 (June 12 1992) | Birth | Ryan Malgarini, American actor | |
| June 12th, 1991 (June 12 1991) | Event | Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of the republic. | Boris Yeltsin Quotes |
| June 12th, 1990 (June 12 1990) | Event | Russia Day - the parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty. | |
| June 12th, 1989 (June 12 1989) | Death | Lou Monte, American singer (born in 1917) | |
| June 12th, 1988 (June 12 1988) | Event | The Republic of Ireland beats England 1-0 at Euro88 thanks to a headed goal by Ray Houghton. This is Ireland s first competitive match at a major football tournament. | |
| June 12th, 1987 (June 12 1987) | Event | The Central African Republic s former Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule. | Bede Quotes |
| June 12th, 1987 (June 12 1987) | Event | Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| June 12th, 1985 (June 12 1985) | Birth | Blake Ross, American software developer | |
| June 12th, 1985 (June 12 1985) | Birth | Tasha-Ray Evin, Canadian musician (Lillix) | |
| June 12th, 1985 (June 12 1985) | Birth | Kendra Wilkinson, American Playboy bunny/Playmate/Television Personality | |
| June 12th, 1985 (June 12 1985) | Birth | Sam Thaiday, Australian professional rugby league player | |
| June 12th, 1985 (June 12 1985) | Birth | Chris Young, American musician | |
| June 12th, 1983 (June 12 1983) | Birth | Josh Dies, American author and musician (Showbread) | |
| June 12th, 1983 (June 12 1983) | Birth | Bryan Habana, South African rugby player | |
| June 12th, 1983 (June 12 1983) | Birth | Christine Sinclair, Canadian soccer player | |
| June 12th, 1983 (June 12 1983) | Death | Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (born in 1902) | |
| June 12th, 1982 (June 12 1982) | Event | Over 750,000 people attend a concert in New York s Central Park to support MUSE (or Musicians United for Safe Energy, aka: No Nukes), to see Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt (among others) perform. | James Brown Quotes |
| June 12th, 1982 (June 12 1982) | Birth | Ben Blackwell, American musician | |
| June 12th, 1982 (June 12 1982) | Birth | Jason David, American football player | |
| June 12th, 1982 (June 12 1982) | Birth | Loic Duval, French racing driver | |
| June 12th, 1982 (June 12 1982) | Death | Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1886) | |
| June 12th, 1982 (June 12 1982) | Death | Sgt Ian McKay VC, British soldier (Falklands War) (born in 1953) | |
| June 12th, 1981 (June 12 1981) | Birth | Adriana Lima, Brazilian supermodel | |
| June 12th, 1980 (June 12 1980) | Birth | Larry Foote, American football player | |
| June 12th, 1980 (June 12 1980) | Birth | Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby union player | |
| June 12th, 1980 (June 12 1980) | Death | Milburn Stone, American actor (born in 1904) | |
| June 12th, 1980 (June 12 1980) | Death | Billy Butlin, Founder of the brand of holiday venues known as Butlins (born in 1899) | |
| June 12th, 1980 (June 12 1980) | Death | Masayoshi Ohira, Prime minister of Japan (born in 1910) | |
| June 12th, 1979 (June 12 1979) | Event | Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross. | |
| June 12th, 1979 (June 12 1979) | Birth | Dallas Clark, American football player | |
| June 12th, 1979 (June 12 1979) | Birth | Wil Horneff, American actor | |
| June 12th, 1978 (June 12 1978) | Event | David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings. | |
| June 12th, 1978 (June 12 1978) | Birth | DJ Qualls, American model and actor | |
| June 12th, 1978 (June 12 1978) | Death | Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (born in 1892) | |
| June 12th, 1977 (June 12 1977) | Birth | Kenny Wayne Shepherd, American blues-rock guitarist | |
| June 12th, 1977 (June 12 1977) | Birth | Wade Redden, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| June 12th, 1976 (June 12 1976) | Birth | Thomas Sorensen, Danish footballer | |
| June 12th, 1976 (June 12 1976) | Birth | Antawn Jamison, American basketball player | |
| June 12th, 1974 (June 12 1974) | Birth | Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player | |
| June 12th, 1974 (June 12 1974) | Birth | Jason Mewes, American actor | |
| June 12th, 1974 (June 12 1974) | Birth | Kerry Kittles, American basketball player | |
| June 12th, 1973 (June 12 1973) | Birth | Takis Fyssas, Greek footballer | |
| June 12th, 1973 (June 12 1973) | Birth | Darryl White, Australian rules footballer | |
| June 12th, 1972 (June 12 1972) | Birth | Bounty Killer, Jamaican deejay | |
| June 12th, 1971 (June 12 1971) | Birth | Mark Henry, American professional wrestler | |
| June 12th, 1971 (June 12 1971) | Birth | Ryan Klesko, American baseball player | |
| June 12th, 1970 (June 12 1970) | Birth | Gordon Michael Woolvett, Canadian actor | |
| June 12th, 1969 (June 12 1969) | Birth | Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (Omen, Bikini) (died in 2007) | |
| June 12th, 1969 (June 12 1969) | Birth | Mathieu Schneider, American ice hockey player | |
| June 12th, 1969 (June 12 1969) | Death | Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (born in 1899) | |
| June 12th, 1968 (June 12 1968) | Birth | Scott Aldred, American baseball player | |
| June 12th, 1968 (June 12 1968) | Birth | Bobby Sheehan, American musician (Blues Traveler) (died in 1999) | |
| June 12th, 1967 (June 12 1967) | Event | The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional. | |
| June 12th, 1967 (June 12 1967) | Event | Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet s atmosphere and successfully return data). | |
| June 12th, 1967 (June 12 1967) | Birth | Frances O Connor, Australian actress | |
| June 12th, 1967 (June 12 1967) | Birth | Iciar Bollain, Spanish actress, director and writer | |
| June 12th, 1966 (June 12 1966) | Death | Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (born in 1891) | |
| June 12th, 1965 (June 12 1965) | Birth | Filip Topol, Czech musician and writer | |
| June 12th, 1965 (June 12 1965) | Birth | Vicky Vette, Norwegian-born adult film actress | |
| June 12th, 1964 (June 12 1964) | Event | Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa. | Nelson Mandela Quotes |
| June 12th, 1964 (June 12 1964) | Birth | Paula Marshall, American actress | |
| June 12th, 1964 (June 12 1964) | Birth | Derek Higgins, Irish racing driver | |
| June 12th, 1963 (June 12 1963) | Event | Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith. | |
| June 12th, 1963 (June 12 1963) | Birth | Warwick Capper, Australian rules footballer | |
| June 12th, 1963 (June 12 1963) | Birth | Tim DeKay, American actor | |
| June 12th, 1963 (June 12 1963) | Birth | Jerry Lynn, American professional wrestler | |
| June 12th, 1963 (June 12 1963) | Birth | Johnny Weiss, American professional wrestler | |
| June 12th, 1963 (June 12 1963) | Birth | Philippe Bugalski, French rally driver | |
| June 12th, 1963 (June 12 1963) | Death | Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (born in 1925) | |
| June 12th, 1962 (June 12 1962) | Birth | Paul Clark, English musician (The Bolshoi) | |
| June 12th, 1962 (June 12 1962) | Birth | John Enos III, American actor | |
| June 12th, 1962 (June 12 1962) | Death | John Ireland, English composer (born in 1879) | |
| June 12th, 1961 (June 12 1961) | Birth | Jim Goad, American author | |
| June 12th, 1959 (June 12 1959) | Birth | John Linnell, American musician (They Might Be Giants) | |
| June 12th, 1959 (June 12 1959) | Birth | Scott Thompson, Canadian comedian (Kids in the Hall) | |
| June 12th, 1959 (June 12 1959) | Birth | Jervis Johnson, Games Designer for Games Workshop, Nottingham | |
| June 12th, 1958 (June 12 1958) | Birth | Rebecca Holden, American actress and singer | |
| June 12th, 1957 (June 12 1957) | Birth | Timothy Busfield, American actor | |
| June 12th, 1957 (June 12 1957) | Birth | Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach | |
| June 12th, 1957 (June 12 1957) | Death | Jimmy Dorsey, American musician (born in 1904) | |
| June 12th, 1956 (June 12 1956) | Birth | Terry Alderman, Australian cricketer | |
| June 12th, 1956 (June 12 1956) | Birth | Rob Collins, English musician (The Charlatans) (died in 1996) | |
| June 12th, 1954 (June 12 1954) | Birth | Neil Oatley, English engineer | |
| June 12th, 1953 (June 12 1953) | Birth | Allan Weiner, American radio station owner | |
| June 12th, 1952 (June 12 1952) | Birth | Pete Farndon, English musician (The Pretenders) (died in 1983) | |
| June 12th, 1952 (June 12 1952) | Birth | Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy under George W. Bush | George W. Bush Quotes |
| June 12th, 1951 (June 12 1951) | Birth | Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (died in 2007) | Andranik Margaryan Quotes |
| June 12th, 1951 (June 12 1951) | Birth | Bun E. Carlos, American musician (Cheap Trick) | |
| June 12th, 1951 (June 12 1951) | Birth | Brad Delp, American singer (Boston) (died in 2007) | |
| June 12th, 1949 (June 12 1949) | Birth | Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| June 12th, 1949 (June 12 1949) | Birth | John Wetton, English musician (Asia) | |
| June 12th, 1948 (June 12 1948) | Birth | Hans Binder, Austrian racing driver | |
| June 12th, 1946 (June 12 1946) | Birth | Harry Glasper, English writer | |
| June 12th, 1946 (June 12 1946) | Birth | Michel Bergeron, NHL head coach | |
| June 12th, 1945 (June 12 1945) | Birth | Pat Jennings, Northern Irish footballer | |
| June 12th, 1943 (June 12 1943) | Event | Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Berezhany, western Ukraine. 1,180 Jews are led to the city s old Jewish graveyard and shot. | |
| June 12th, 1942 (June 12 1942) | Event | Holocaust: future essayist Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday. | Anne Frank Quotes |
| June 12th, 1942 (June 12 1942) | Birth | Bert Sakmann, German physiologist, Nobel laureate | |
| June 12th, 1942 (June 12 1942) | Birth | Len Barry, American singer and musician (The Dovells) | |
| June 12th, 1941 (June 12 1941) | Birth | Marv Albert, American sportscaster | |
| June 12th, 1941 (June 12 1941) | Birth | Chick Corea, American musician | Chick Corea Quotes |
| June 12th, 1941 (June 12 1941) | Birth | Roy Harper, English musician | |
| June 12th, 1940 (June 12 1940) | Event | World War II: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux. | Erwin Rommel Quotes |
| June 12th, 1939 (June 12 1939) | Event | Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor. | |
| June 12th, 1939 (June 12 1939) | Birth | Frank McCloskey, American politician (died in 2003) | |
| June 12th, 1938 (June 12 1938) | Birth | Tom Oliver, Australian actor | |
| June 12th, 1937 (June 12 1937) | Birth | Vladimir Arnold, Russian mathematician | |
| June 12th, 1937 (June 12 1937) | Birth | Antal Festetics, Austrian biologist | |
| June 12th, 1937 (June 12 1937) | Death | Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (born in 1893) | Mikhail Tukhachevsky Quotes |
| June 12th, 1935 (June 12 1935) | Event | Chaco War ends: a truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932. | |
| June 12th, 1934 (June 12 1934) | Birth | John A. Alonzo, American cinematographer (died in 2001) | |
| June 12th, 1933 (June 12 1933) | Birth | Eddie Adams, American photographer, won Pulitzer Prize (died in 2004) | |
| June 12th, 1932 (June 12 1932) | Birth | Mimi Coertse, a South African soprano | |
| June 12th, 1932 (June 12 1932) | Birth | Rona Jaffe, American novelist | |
| June 12th, 1932 (June 12 1932) | Birth | Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian athlete (died in 2002) | |
| June 12th, 1931 (June 12 1931) | Event | Charlie Parker equals cricket record for the earliest date to reach 100 wickets in a season. Tich Freeman reaches 100 wickets a day later. | |
| June 12th, 1930 (June 12 1930) | Birth | Donald Byrne, American chess player (died in 1976) | |
| June 12th, 1930 (June 12 1930) | Birth | Jim Nabors, American actor | |
| June 12th, 1930 (June 12 1930) | Birth | Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver (died in 1993) | |
| June 12th, 1929 (June 12 1929) | Birth | Brigid Brophy, British writer | |
| June 12th, 1929 (June 12 1929) | Birth | Anne Frank, German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (died in 1945) | Anne Frank Quotes |
| June 12th, 1928 (June 12 1928) | Birth | Vic Damone, American singer | |
| June 12th, 1928 (June 12 1928) | Birth | Richard M. Sherman, American songwriter | |
| June 12th, 1926 (June 12 1926) | Birth | Jackie Pallo, English professional wrestler (died in 2006) | |
| June 12th, 1924 (June 12 1924) | Birth | George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States | George H. W. Bush Quotes |
| June 12th, 1923 (June 12 1923) | Birth | Monty Westmore, American make-up artist (died in 2007) | |
| June 12th, 1922 (June 12 1922) | Event | In Windsor Castle, King George V receives the colours of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbandedthe 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. | |
| June 12th, 1921 (June 12 1921) | Birth | Christopher Derrick, British writer (died in 2007) | |
| June 12th, 1921 (June 12 1921) | Birth | James Houston, Canadian artist (died in 2005) | |
| June 12th, 1920 (June 12 1920) | Birth | Dave Berg, American cartoonist (died in 2002) | |
| June 12th, 1920 (June 12 1920) | Birth | Peter Jones, English actor (died in 2000) | |
| June 12th, 1920 (June 12 1920) | Birth | Jim Siedow, American actor (died in 2003) | |
| June 12th, 1919 (June 12 1919) | Birth | Uta Hagen, American actress (died in 2004) | |
| June 12th, 1918 (June 12 1918) | Birth | Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer (died in 2001) | |
| June 12th, 1917 (June 12 1917) | Death | Teresa Carreno, Venezuelan pianist (born in 1853) | |
| June 12th, 1916 (June 12 1916) | Birth | Irwin Allen, American film producer (died in 1991) | |
| June 12th, 1915 (June 12 1915) | Birth | Christopher Mayhew, British politician (died in 1997) | |
| June 12th, 1915 (June 12 1915) | Birth | David Rockefeller, American banker | |
| June 12th, 1913 (June 12 1913) | Birth | Jean Victor Allard, Canadian army general (died in 1996) | |
| June 12th, 1912 (June 12 1912) | Birth | Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani scholar, writer, and Urdu linguist | |
| June 12th, 1912 (June 12 1912) | Death | Frederic Passy, French economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1822) | |
| June 12th, 1910 (June 12 1910) | Birth | Bill Naughton, English playwright (died in 1992) | |
| June 12th, 1908 (June 12 1908) | Birth | Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian TV pioneer and president of the CBC (died in 1988) | |
| June 12th, 1908 (June 12 1908) | Birth | Marina Semenova, Russian ballerina | |
| June 12th, 1908 (June 12 1908) | Birth | Otto Skorzeny, Famous WWII German SS commando (died in 1975) | Otto Skorzeny Quotes |
| June 12th, 1906 (June 12 1906) | Birth | Sandro Penna, Italian poet (died in 1977) | |
| June 12th, 1905 (June 12 1905) | Birth | Ray Barbuti, American athlete (died in 1988) | |
| June 12th, 1904 (June 12 1904) | Death | Camille de Renesse, Belgian Count (born in 1836) | |
| June 12th, 1903 (June 12 1903) | Event | The Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University of Michigan School of Music. | |
| June 12th, 1903 (June 12 1903) | Birth | Emmett Hardy, American musician (died in 1925) | |
| June 12th, 1902 (June 12 1902) | Event | Australia: women in the four Australian States without female suffrage are given the right to vote in Commonwealth elections under Section 3 of the Commonwealth Franchise Act for a Uniform Federal Franchise. Specifically excluded from enrolling to vote are aboriginal native[s] of Australia Africa Asia or the Islands of the Pacific except New Zealand unless covered under Section 41 of the Constitution of Australia. | |
| June 12th, 1902 (June 12 1902) | Birth | Hendrik Elias, Flemish politician (died in 1973) | |
| June 12th, 1899 (June 12 1899) | Event | New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 peoples and injures around 200. | |
| June 12th, 1899 (June 12 1899) | Birth | Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1986) | |
| June 12th, 1898 (June 12 1898) | Event | Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines independence from Spain. | |
| June 12th, 1897 (June 12 1897) | Birth | Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1977) | |
| June 12th, 1896 (June 12 1896) | Event | J.T. Hearne sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class wickets in a season. | |
| June 12th, 1892 (June 12 1892) | Birth | Djuna Barnes, American author (died in 1982) | |
| June 12th, 1890 (June 12 1890) | Birth | Egon Schiele, Austrian painter and graphic artist (died in 1918) | |
| June 12th, 1889 (June 12 1889) | Event | 88 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland. | |
| June 12th, 1888 (June 12 1888) | Birth | Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician (died in 1920) | |
| June 12th, 1875 (June 12 1875) | Birth | Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor (died in 1953) | |
| June 12th, 1864 (June 12 1864) | Event | American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold HarborUlysses 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. | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
| June 12th, 1861 (June 12 1861) | Birth | William Attewell, English cricketer (died in 1927) | |
| June 12th, 1860 (June 12 1860) | Event | The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established. | |
| June 12th, 1849 (June 12 1849) | Event | The gas mask is patented by Lewis Haslett in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. | |
| June 12th, 1830 (June 12 1830) | Event | Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch. | |
| June 12th, 1827 (June 12 1827) | Birth | Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (died in 1901) | |
| June 12th, 1819 (June 12 1819) | Birth | Charles Kingsley, English writer (died in 1875) | Charles Kingsley Quotes |
| June 12th, 1818 (June 12 1818) | Death | Egwale Seyon, Emperor of Ethiopia | |
| June 12th, 1816 (June 12 1816) | Death | Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (born in 1757) | |
| June 12th, 1812 (June 12 1812) | Birth | Edmond Hebert, French geologist (died in 1890) | |
| June 12th, 1806 (June 12 1806) | Birth | John A. Roebling, German-America civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge) (died in 1869) | |
| June 12th, 1802 (June 12 1802) | Birth | Harriet Martineau, controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist (died in 1876) | Harriet Martineau Quotes |
| June 12th, 1778 (June 12 1778) | Death | Philip Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (born in 1716) | |
| June 12th, 1777 (June 12 1777) | Birth | Robert Clark, American politician (died in 1837) | |
| June 12th, 1775 (June 12 1775) | Event | American Revolution: 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. | Samuel Adams Quotes |
| June 12th, 1775 (June 12 1775) | Birth | Karl Freiherr von Muffling, Prussian field marshal (died in 1851) | |
| June 12th, 1772 (June 12 1772) | Death | Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (born in 1724) | |
| June 12th, 1758 (June 12 1758) | Event | French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg - James Wolfe s attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences. | |
| June 12th, 1758 (June 12 1758) | Death | Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (born in 1722) | |
| June 12th, 1734 (June 12 1734) | Death | James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military commander (born in 1670) | |
| June 12th, 1675 (June 12 1675) | Death | Duke Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (born in 1634) | |
| June 12th, 1665 (June 12 1665) | Event | England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam). | |
| June 12th, 1659 (June 12 1659) | Birth | Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (died in 1719) | |
| June 12th, 1653 (June 12 1653) | Event | First Anglo-Dutch War: the Battle of the Gabbard begins and lasts until June 13. | |
| June 12th, 1647 (June 12 1647) | Death | Thomas Farnaby, English grammarian | |
| June 12th, 1577 (June 12 1577) | Birth | Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (died in 1643) | Ron Paul Quotes |
| June 12th, 1567 (June 12 1567) | Death | Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England (born in 1490) | |
| June 12th, 1565 (June 12 1565) | Death | Adrianus Turnebus, French classical scholar (born in 1512) | |
| June 12th, 1560 (June 12 1560) | Event | Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto. | |
| June 12th, 1560 (June 12 1560) | Death | Imagawa Yoshimoto, Japanese daimyo (born in 1519) | |
| June 12th, 1560 (June 12 1560) | Death | Ii Naomori, Japanese warrior (born in 1506) | |
| June 12th, 1519 (June 12 1519) | Birth | Cosimo I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died in 1574) | |
| June 12th, 1435 (June 12 1435) | Death | John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (born in 1408) | |
| June 12th, 1429 (June 12 1429) | Event | 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. | Joan of Arc Quotes |
| June 12th, 1418 (June 12 1418) | Event | An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians. | |
| June 12th, 1418 (June 12 1418) | Death | Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France (born in 1360) | |
| June 12th, 1381 (June 12 1381) | Event | Peasants Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. | |
| June 12th, 1107 (June 12 1107) | Birth | Emperor Gaozong of China (died in 1187) | |
| June 12th, 1036 (June 12 1036) | Death | Tedald, Bishop of Arezzo | |
| June 12th, 1020 (June 12 1020) | Death | Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| June 12th, 0918 (June 12 0918) | Death | Ethelfleda, Lady of the Mercians | |
| June 12th, 0816 (June 12 0816) | Death | Pope Leo III | |
