June 12

Events

 * - : In rebels arrive at.
 * - An insurrection delivers to the s.
 * - : leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander,  in the second day of the.
 * - : defeats.
 * - : – lasted until.
 * - installs a municipal government in . This was the former  settlement of.
 * - : – 's attack at  commences.
 * - :  declares  in .  The British offered a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty:  and, if captured, were to be hanged.
 * - Beginning of the : 34,000 French soldiers landed 27 kilometers west of, at.
 * - The is discovered near.
 * - The established.
 * - :  -  gives the Confederate forces under  a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
 * - The first is pitched by.
 * - At a murder trial in, a roof collapses, killing 30 people.
 * - 88 are killed in the near  in what is now.
 * - sets a  record for the earliest date of taking 100  wickets.
 * - : General declares the '  independence from.
 * - : 8th deadliest in U.S. history - killing 117 and injuring around 200 people.
 * - : Women in the four Australian States without female suffrage achieved the right to vote in Commonwealth elections under Section 3 of the Commonwealth Franchise Act for an Uniform Federal Franchise. Specifically excluded from enrolling to vote were 'aboriginal native[s] of Australia Africa Asia or the Islands of the Pacific except New Zealand' unless covered under Section 41 of the.
 * - International Music Fraternity is founded at the.
 * - pitcher  strikes out  three consecutive times.
 * 1922  - In,  receives the  of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbanded - the , , the , the , the  and.
 * - equals  record for the earliest date to reach 100 wickets.  reaches 100 wickets a day later.
 * - ends: A truce is called between  and, fighting since.
 * - The and Museum is dedicated in.
 * - Shooting begins on ', the first horror film photographed in.
 * - : 13,000 and  troops surrender to   at.
 * - : Future essayist receives a  for her thirteenth.
 * - : German liquidate   in, western . On Saturday morning, 1,180  of  were led to face death at city's old  graveyard, where they had been shot into a.
 * - leader  is shot dead in front of his home in  by  member.
 * - Anti- activist and leader  is  for  in.
 * - The in  declares all  laws which prohibit  to be.
 * 1967  - :  is launched (it will become the first  to enter another 's atmosphere and successfully return data).
 * -, the "Son of Sam" killer in , is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.
 * - flies the, man powered, across the.
 * - players begin a 49 day  over the issue of free-agent compensation.
 * - The 's former Emperor is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
 * 1987  - : U.S. President  publicly challenges  to tear down the  at.
 * - – The parliament of the  formally declares its sovereignty.
 * - ns elect as the president of their republic.
 * - elected  in record turnout for Nigerian elections.
 * - and  are murdered outside her home in .  is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in a civil suit.
 * 1994  - German districts Röbel and Waren are merged to form
 * 1994  - Maiden flight of the Boeing 777
 * - In, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the.
 * - begins in, ending a 126-year tradition of separating the major leagues until the  (with the exception of the All-Star Game).
 * 1997  - The  unveils a new $50 bill meant to be more -resistant.
 * - The celebrates its centennial year of Independence from.
 * - : begins – -led  peacekeeping force  enters the province of  in.
 * - takes hostages while robbing Bus #174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the highly-publicized standoff becomes a  and ends with the death of do Nascimento and a hostage.
 * - A 1.3 chondrite type  strikes a house in  causing serious damage but no injuries.

Births

 * - of China (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. )
 * -, Japanese samurai (d. )
 * -, Prussian field marshal (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist (d. )
 * -, French geologist (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, Swiss author (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, Canadian actor (d. )
 * -, Polish mathematician (d. )
 * -, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American biochemist, (d. )
 * -, Belgian politician (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American athlete (d. )
 * -, Italian poet (d. )
 * -, Canadian TV pioneer and president of the (d. )
 * 1908  -, Russian ballerina
 * 1908  -, Famous WWII German Operative (d. )
 * -, English playwright (d. )
 * -, Pakistani scholar, writer, and linguist
 * -, Canadian army general (d. )
 * -, British politician (d. )
 * 1915  -, American banker
 * -, American film producer (d. )
 * -, American film producer (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American cartoonist (d. )
 * 1920  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, British writer (d. )
 * 1921  -, Canadian artist (d. )
 * -, 41st
 * -, English professional wrestler (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * 1928  -, American songwriter
 * -, British writer
 * 1929  -, German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (d. )
 * -, American chess player (d. )
 * 1930  -, American actor
 * -, American novelist
 * 1932  -, Ethiopian athlete (d. )
 * -, American photographer, won  (d. )
 * -, American cinematographer (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician
 * -, Australian actor
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, American sportscaster
 * 1941  -, American musician
 * 1941  -, English musician
 * 1941  -, Canadian/American actor
 * -, German physiologist,
 * 1942  -, American singer and musicien
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * -, English writer
 * 1946  -, NHL head coach
 * 1948  -, Austrian racing driver
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1949  -, English musician
 * -, 14th (d. )
 * 1951  -, American musician
 * 1951  -, American singer  (d. )
 * -, English musician (d. )
 * 1952  -, Secretary of Energy under George W. Bush
 * -, American radio station owner
 * -, Australian cricketer
 * 1956  -, English musician  (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * 1957  -, Pakistani cricketer and coach
 * -, American actress and singer
 * -, American musician
 * 1959  -, Canadian comedian
 * -, American author
 * -, English musician
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * 1963  -, American professional wrestler
 * -, American actress
 * -, Czech musician and writer
 * 1965  -, Norwegian-born adult film actress
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1968  -, American musician  (d. )
 * -, Hungarian guitarist (Omen, Bikini) (d. )
 * 1969  -, American ice hockey player
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * 1971  -, American baseball player
 * -, Greek footballer
 * 1973  -, Australian rules footballer
 * -, Japanese baseball player
 * 1974  -, American actor
 * -, Danish footballer
 * -, American blues-rock guitarist
 * -, American football player
 * 1979  -, American actor
 * -, American football player
 * -, Brazilian supermodel
 * -, American musician
 * 1982  -, American football player
 * -, American author and musician
 * 1983  -, South African rugby player
 * 1983  -, Canadian soccer player
 * -, Canadian musician
 * 1985  -, American Playboy bunny/Playmate
 * 1985  -, American musician
 * -, American actress

Deaths

 * -, Lady of the Mercians
 * -, Constable of France (b. )
 * -, English military leader (b. )
 * -, Japanese daimyo (b. )
 * 1560 -, Japanese warrior (b. )
 * -, French classical scholar (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, English grammarian
 * - Duke (b. )
 * -, French military commander (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, French explorer (b. )
 * -, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. )
 * -, and duc de Castiglione (b. )
 * -, Emperor of Ethiopia
 * -, Belgian Count (b. )
 * -, French economist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Venezuelan pianist (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, American civil rights activist (b. )
 * -, German conductor (b. )
 * -, Ukrainian painter (b. )
 * -, Chinese writer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 1980  -, Founder of the brand of holiday venues known as  (b. )
 * 1980  -,  (b. )
 * -, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Canadian actress (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, American actor and model (b. )
 * 1994  -, American ex-wife of  (b. )
 * 1994  -, Lubavitcher Rebbe (b. )
 * 1994  -, American actor and comedian (b. )
 * -, Italian pianist (b. )
 * -, Russian writer and musician (b. )
 * -, Marathi Writer (b. )
 * -, American fashion designer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * - . Canadian sports novelist and educationist (b. )
 * -, Hungarian composer (b. )
 * 2006  -, Canadian businessman and art collector  (b. )
 * - aka "", American television host (b. )
 * 2006  -, Canadian businessman and art collector  (b. )
 * - aka "", American television host (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * – sixth day of the in honor of
 * – (Independence Day)
 * – (Independence Day)
 * – (Military celebration of the monarch's official birthday held in London on the second Saturday of June)
 * – (Lover's Day; similar to St. Valentine's)

Liturgical feasts

 * Saints Basilides, Quirinus, Nabor and Nazarius (and Celsus), martyrs
 * [HCC]
 * Blessed, bishop, martyr [ GTZ: Scandinavia]
 * Saint, hermit, confessor
 * died 816
 * died 865
 * Odulph, confessor [GTZ: Cologne; HCC, in red]
 * Blessed Guido (died 1250)
 * , martyrs [GTZ: St. Avold]
 * Blessed Onuphrius, monk
 * Saint Rufus, bishop, martyr [WTS (Bruges)]
 * Blessed, bishop, confessor [ GTZ: Scotland]
 * Saint Ursinus,, confessor (Translation day) [GTZ: Rouen]
 * , virgin [GTZ: Artois]