June 12: On This Day

Events, births, deaths, holidays and observances for June 12.

Events 59

910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
1042 – Constantine IX Monomachos is crowned as Byzantine Emperor, one day after his marriage to Empress Zoe Porphyrogenita.
1206 – The Ghurid general Qutb ud-Din Aibak founds the Delhi Sultanate.
1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian monk and four rabbis.
1381 – Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels assemble at Blackheath, just outside London.
1418 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Parisians slaughter sympathizers of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, along with all prisoners, foreign bankers, and students and faculty of the College of Navarre.
1429 – Hundred Years' War: On the second day of the Battle of Jargeau, 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.
1550 – The city of Helsinki, Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden.
1643 – The Westminster Assembly is convened by the Parliament of England, without the assent of Charles I, in order to restructure the Church of England.
1653 – First Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of the Gabbard begins, lasting until the following day.
1665 – Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of New York City.
1758 – French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
1772 – French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men are killed by Māori in New Zealand.
1775 – American War of Independence: 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.
1776 – The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch.
1813 – War of 1812: Capture of USRC Surveyor.
1817 – The earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse, is driven by Karl von Drais.
1821 – Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
1830 – Beginning of the Invasion of Algiers: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch.
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 position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
1898 – Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
1899 – New Richmond tornado: The ninth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
1900 – The Reichstag approves new legislation continuing Germany's naval expansion program, providing for construction of 38 battleships over a 20-year period. Germany's fleet would be the largest in the world.
1914 – Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
1921 – Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
1935 – A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
1939 – Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
1939 – The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
1940 – World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
1942 – Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
1943 – The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
1944 – World War II: Battle of Carentan: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France.
1950 – An Air France Douglas DC-4 crashes near Bahrain International Airport, killing 46 people.
1954 – Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared as saints.
1963 – NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement.
1963 – The film Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, is released in US theaters. It was the most expensive film made at the time.
1964 – Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela's original 5-year sentence is extended to life sentence for high treason together with Denis Goldberg, Ahmed Kathrada, Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba, Andrew Mlangeni, Elias Motsoaledi and Walter Sisulu in the Rivonia Trial for sabotage in South Africa.
1967 – The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws that prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.
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.
1979 – Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man-powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
1981 – The first of the Indiana Jones film franchise, Raiders of the Lost Ark, is released in theaters.
1982 – A nuclear disarmament rally and concert is held in New York City.
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.
1987 – Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
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.
1990 – Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
1991 – In modern Russia's first democratic election, Boris Yeltsin is elected as the President of Russia.
1991 – Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the Eastern Province town of Batticaloa.
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.
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.
2009 – A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
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.
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.
2018 – United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea hold the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore.
2019 – Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is inaugurated as the second president of Kazakhstan.
2024 – A fire in a residential building in Mangaf, Kuwait City kills at least 50 people.
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.
2026 – South African-American businessman Elon Musk becomes the first US$ trillionaire with the initial public offering of SpaceX.

Births 207

950 – Reizei, Japanese emperor (died 1011)
1107 – Gao Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1187)
1161 – Constance, Duchess of Brittany (died 1201)
1519 – Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1574)
1561 – Anna of Württemberg, German princess (died 1616)
1564 – John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (died 1633)
1573 – Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, soldier (died 1629)
1577 – Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (died 1643)
1580 – Adriaen van Stalbemt, Flemish painter (died 1662)
1653 – Maria Amalia of Courland, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (died 1711)
1686 – Marie-Catherine Homassel Hecquet, French writer (died 1764)
1711 – Louis Legrand, French priest and theologian (died 1780)
1760 – Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, French author, playwright, journalist, and politician (died 1797)
1771 – Patrick Gass, American sergeant (Lewis and Clark Expedition) and author (died 1870)
1775 – Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (died 1851)
1777 – Robert Clark, American physician and politician (died 1837)
1798 – Samuel Cooper, American general (died 1876)
1800 – Samuel Wright Mardis, American politician (died 1836)
1802 – Harriet Martineau, English sociologist and author (died 1876)
1806 – John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (died 1869)
1807 – Ante Kuzmanić, Croatian physician and journalist (died 1879)
1812 – Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (died 1890)
1819 – Charles Kingsley, English priest, historian, and author (died 1875)
1827 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss author, best known for Heidi (died 1901)
1831 – Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (died 1905)
1841 – Watson Fothergill, English architect, designed the Woodborough Road Baptist Church (died 1928)
1843 – David Gill, Scottish-English astronomer and author (died 1914)
1851 – Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (died 1940)
1857 – Maurice Perrault, Canadian architect, engineer, and politician, 15th Mayor of Longueuil (died 1909)
1858 – Harry Johnston, English botanist and explorer (died 1927)
1858 – Henry Scott Tuke, English painter and photographer (died 1929)
1861 – William Attewell, English cricketer and umpire (died 1927)
1864 – Frank Chapman, American ornithologist, photographer, and author (died 1945)
1873 – Jacques Pellegrin, French zoologist (died 1944)
1877 – Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (died 1971)
1883 – Fernand Gonder, French pole vaulter (died 1969)
1883 – Robert Lowie, Austrian-American anthropologist and academic (died 1957)
1888 – Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1920)
1890 – Egon Schiele, Austrian soldier and painter (died 1918)
1892 – Djuna Barnes, American novelist, journalist, and playwright (died 1982)
1895 – Eugénie Brazier, French chef (died 1977)
1897 – Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1977)
1899 – Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
1899 – Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (died 1968)
1902 – Hendrik Elias, Belgian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Ghent (died 1973)
1905 – Ray Barbuti, American sprinter and football player (died 1988)
1906 – Sandro Penna, Italian poet (died 1977)
1908 – Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina and educator (died 2010)
1908 – Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer (died 1975)
1912 – Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1993)
1912 – Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (died 1961)
1913 – Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (died 1996)
1913 – Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral (died 2005)
1914 – William Lundigan, American actor (died 1975)
1914 – Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player (died 2014)
1915 – Priscilla Lane, American actress (died 1995)
1915 – Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician (died 1997)
1915 – David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman (died 2017)
1916 – Irwin Allen, American director and producer (died 1991)
1916 – Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (died 2015)
1918 – Georgia Louise Harris Brown, American architect (died 1999)
1918 – Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic (died 2001)
1919 – Uta Hagen, German-American actress and educator (died 2004)
1920 – Dave Berg, American soldier and cartoonist (died 2002)
1920 – Peter Jones, English actor and screenwriter (died 2000)
1921 – Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2010)
1921 – James Archibald Houston, Canadian author and illustrator (died 2005)
1922 – Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author (died 2013)
1924 – George H. W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (died 2018)
1924 – Grete Dollitz, German-American guitarist and radio host (died 2013)
1926 – Amadeo Carrizo, Argentine footballer (died 2020)
1928 – Vic Damone, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018)
1928 – Petros Molyviatis, Greek politician and diplomat, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 2025)
1928 – Richard M. Sherman, American composer and director (died 2024)
1929 – Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (died 1995)
1929 – Roy Bull, Australian rugby league player (died 2004)
1929 – Anne Frank, German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (died 1945)
1929 – Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani linguist and academic (died 2019)
1929 – John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland (died 2017)
1930 – Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (died 1979)
1930 – Donald Byrne, American chess player (died 1976)
1930 – Barbara Harris, 1st US Episcopal female bishop (died 2020)
1930 – Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver and engineer (died 1993)
1930 – Jim Nabors, American actor and singer (died 2017)
1931 – Trevanian, American author and scholar (died 2005)
1931 – Rona Jaffe, American novelist (died 2005)
1932 – Mimi Coertse, South African soprano and producer (died 2026)
1932 – Charlie Feathers, American country music and rockabilly singer-songwriter (died 1998)
1932 – Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (died 2002)
1933 – Eddie Adams, American photographer and journalist (died 2004)
1933 – Marian Burros, American food writer best known for her plum torte (died 2025)
1934 – John A. Alonzo, American actor and cinematographer (died 2001)
1934 – Kevin Billington, English director and producer (died 2021)
1935 – Ian Craig, Australian cricketer (died 2014)
1935 – Paul Kennedy, English lawyer and judge
1937 – Vladimir Arnold, Russian-French mathematician and academic (died 2010)
1937 – Klaus Basikow, German footballer and manager (died 2015)
1937 – Antal Festetics, Hungarian-Austrian biologist and zoologist
1937 – Chips Moman, American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter (died 2016)
1938 – Jean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (died 2016)
1938 – Tom Oliver, English-Australian actor
1939 – Ron Lynch, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2024)
1939 – Frank McCloskey, American sergeant and politician (died 2003)
1940 – Jacques Brassard, Canadian educator and politician
1941 – Marv Albert, American sportscaster
1941 – Chick Corea, American pianist and composer (died 2021)
1941 – Roy Harper, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1941 – Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1941 – Lucille Roybal-Allard, American politician
1942 – Len Barry, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2020)
1942 – Bert Sakmann, German physiologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1945 – Pat Jennings, Northern Irish footballer and coach
1946 – Michel Bergeron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1946 – Bobby Gould, English footballer and manager
1946 – Catherine Bréchignac, French physicist and academic
1948 – Hans Binder, Austrian racing driver
1948 – Herbert Meyer, German footballer
1948 – Len Wein, American comic book writer and editor (died 2017)
1949 – Jens Böhrnsen, German judge and politician
1949 – Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 – John Wetton, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2017)
1950 – Oğuz Abadan, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Michael Fabricant, English politician
1950 – Sonia Manzano, American actress
1951 – Brad Delp, American musician and singer (died 2007)
1951 – Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (died 2007)
1952 – Spencer Abraham, American academic and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Energy
1952 – Junior Brown, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Rocky Burnette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Árni Steinar Jóhannsson, Icelandic politician (died 2015)
1956 – Terry Alderman, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1956 – Michael Angelo Batio, American heavy metal guitarist
1957 – Timothy Busfield, American actor, director, and producer
1957 – Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1958 – Meredith Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Barry Michael Cooper, American writer, producer and director (died 2025)
1959 – John Linnell, American singer-songwriter and musician
1959 – Scott Thompson, Canadian actor and comedian
1960 – Joe Kopicki, American basketball player and coach
1962 – Jordan Peterson, Canadian psychologist, professor and cultural critic
1963 – Philippe Bugalski, French racing driver (died 2012)
1963 – Warwick Capper, Australian footballer, coach, and actor
1964 – Derek Higgins, Irish racing driver
1964 – Takashi Yamazaki, Japanese filmmaker
1965 – Adrian Toole, Australian rugby league player
1965 – Gwen Torrence, American sprinter
1965 – Cathy Tyson, English actress
1966 – Marc Glanville, Australian rugby league player
1966 – Tom Misteli, Swiss cell biologist
1967 – Aivar Kuusmaa, Estonian basketball player and coach
1967 – Frances O'Connor, English-Australian actress
1968 – Scott Aldred, American baseball player and coach
1968 – Bobby Sheehan, American bass player and songwriter (died 1999)
1969 – Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (died 2007)
1969 – Héctor Garza, Mexican wrestler (died 2013)
1969 – Mathieu Schneider, American ice hockey player
1969 – Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician
1971 – Mark Henry, American weightlifter and wrestler
1971 – Ryan Klesko, American baseball player
1971 – Jérôme Romain, Caribbean-Dominican triple jumper and coach
1973 – Jason Caffey, American basketball player and coach
1973 – Darryl White, Australian footballer
1974 – Flávio Conceição, Brazilian footballer
1974 – Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player
1975 – Bryan Alvarez, American wrestler and journalist
1975 – Stéphanie Szostak, French-American actress
1976 – Antawn Jamison, American basketball player and sportscaster
1976 – Ray Price, Zimbabwean cricketer
1976 – Thomas Sørensen, Danish footballer
1976 – Paul Stenning, English author
1977 – Wade Redden, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Kenny Wayne Shepherd, American blues-rock guitarist
1978 – Lewis Moody, English rugby player
1979 – Dallas Clark, American football player
1979 – Martine Dugrenier, Canadian wrestler
1979 – Diego Milito, Argentine footballer
1979 – Robyn, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
1979 – Earl Watson, American basketball player and coach
1980 – Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby player
1981 – Raitis Grafs, Latvian basketball player
1981 – Adriana Lima, Brazilian model and actress
1982 – Shailaja Pujari, Indian weightlifter
1982 – James Tomlinson, English cricketer
1983 – Bryan Habana, South African rugby player
1983 – Christine Sinclair, Canadian soccer player
1984 – James Kwalia, Kenyan-Qatari runner
1984 – Bruno Soriano, Spanish footballer
1985 – Dave Franco, American actor
1985 – Blake Ross, American computer programmer, co-created Mozilla Firefox
1985 – Sam Thaiday, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1985 – Kendra Wilkinson, American model, actress, and author
1986 – Salim Mehajer, Australian politician
1988 – Eren Derdiyok, Swiss footballer
1988 – Mauricio Isla, Chilean footballer
1989 – Emma Eliasson, Swedish ice hockey player
1989 – Ibrahim Jeilan, Ethiopian runner
1990 – Jrue Holiday, American basketball player
1990 – David Worrall, English footballer
1991 – Avisaíl García, Venezuelan baseball player
1992 – Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer
1992 – Allie DiMeco, American actress and musician
1994 – Don Toliver, American rapper and singer-songwriter
1996 – Gustav Forsling, Swedish ice hockey player
1996 – Davinson Sánchez, Colombian footballer
1996 – Shonica Wharton, Barbadian netball player
1999 – CarryMinati, Indian YouTuber
2002 – Koni De Winter, Belgian footballer

Deaths 100

796 – Hisham I, Muslim emir (b. 757)
816 – Pope Leo III (born 750)
918 – Æthelflæd, Mercian daughter of Alfred the Great (born 870)
1020 – Lyfing, English archbishop (born 999)
1036 – Tedald, Italian bishop (born 990)
1144 – Al-Zamakhshari, Persian theologian (born 1075)
1152 – Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (born 1114)
1266 – Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben (born 1215)
1294 – John I of Brienne, Count of Eu
1418 – Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac (born 1360)
1420 – Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen (born 1362)
1435 – John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English commander (born 1408)
1478 – Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (born 1412)
1524 – Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Spanish conquistador (born 1465)
1560 – Ii Naomori, Japanese warrior (born 1506)
1560 – Imagawa Yoshimoto, Japanese daimyō (born 1519)
1565 – Adrianus Turnebus, French philologist and scholar (born 1512)
1567 – Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, English politician, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1490)
1574 – Renée of France, Duchess of Ferrara (born 1510)
1647 – Thomas Farnaby, English scholar and educator (born 1575)
1668 – Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge, English politician (born 1599)
1675 – Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (born 1634)
1697 – Ann Baynard, English philosopher (born 1672)
1734 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French-English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (born 1670)
1758 – Prince Augustus William of Prussia (born 1722)
1772 – Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (born 1724)
1778 – Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (born 1716)
1816 – Pierre Augereau, French general (born 1757)
1818 – Egwale Seyon, Ethiopian emperor
1841 – Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (born 1786)
1900 – Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (born 1820)
1904 – Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (born 1836)
1912 – Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1822)
1917 – Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (born 1853)
1932 – Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1852)
1937 – Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (born 1893)
1944 – Erich Marcks, German general (born 1891)
1946 – Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (born 1869)
1952 – Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (born 1875)
1957 – Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (born 1904)
1962 – John Ireland, English composer and educator (born 1879)
1963 – Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist (born 1925)
1966 – Hermann Scherchen, German viola player and conductor (born 1891)
1968 – Herbert Read, English poet and critic (born 1893)
1969 – Aleksandr Deyneka, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (born 1899)
1972 – Edmund Wilson, American critic, essayist, and editor (born 1895)
1972 – Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar, Indian writer and documentary filmmaker (born 1909)
1976 – Gopinath Kaviraj, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1887)
1978 – Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (born 1892)
1978 – Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (born 1912)
1980 – Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded the Butlins Company (born 1899)
1980 – Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime minister of Japan (born 1910)
1980 – Milburn Stone, American actor (born 1904)
1982 – Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1953)
1982 – Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)
1983 – Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (born 1902)
1989 – Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant (born 1911)
1990 – Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, English captain and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1914)
1994 – Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of O. J. Simpson (born 1959) and Ron Goldman, restaurant employee (born 1968)
1994 – Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi and author (born 1902)
1994 – Philip Vera Cruz, Filipino-American labor leader and farmworker (born 1904)
1995 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (born 1920)
1995 – Pierre Russell, American basketball player (born 1949)
1997 – Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1924)
1998 – Leo Buscaglia, American author and educator (born 1924)
1998 – Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (born 1922)
1999 – Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani, Iranian numismatist (born 1910)
1999 – J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (born 1917)
2000 – Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1919)
2002 – Bill Blass, American fashion designer, founded Bill Blass Limited (born 1922)
2002 – Zena Sutherland, American reviewer of children's literature (born 1915)
2003 – Gregory Peck, American actor and political activist (born 1916)
2005 – Scott Young, Canadian journalist and author (born 1918)
2006 – Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player and fighter pilot (born 1915)
2006 – György Ligeti, Romanian-Hungarian composer and educator (born 1923)
2006 – Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (born 1923)
2008 – Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (born 1951)
2008 – Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1932)
2010 – Al Williamson, American illustrator (born 1931)
2011 – René Audet, Canadian bishop (born 1920)
2012 – Hector Bianciotti, Argentinian-French journalist and author (born 1930)
2012 – Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen, Danish-German psychoanalyst and author (born 1917)
2012 – Medin Zhega, Albanian footballer and manager (born 1946)
2012 – Elinor Ostrom, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1933)
2012 – Pahiño, Spanish footballer (born 1923)
2012 – Frank Walker, Australian judge and politician, 41st Attorney General of New South Wales (born 1942)
2013 – Teresita Barajuen, Spanish nun (born 1908)
2013 – Jason Leffler, American racing driver (born 1975)
2015 – Fernando Brant, Brazilian journalist, poet, and composer (born 1946)
2018 – Jon Hiseman, English drummer (born 1944)
2019 – Sylvia Miles, American actress (born 1924)
2022 – Philip Baker Hall, American actor (born 1931)
2022 – Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby union player (born 1948)
2023 – Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936)
2023 – Francesco Nuti, Italian actor and director, (born 1955)
2023 – John Romita Sr., comic book artist and author (born 1930)
2023 – Treat Williams, American actor (born 1951)
2024 – William H. Donaldson, American businessman (born 1931)
2024 – Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon (born 1940)
2024 – Jerry West, American basketball player and executive (born 1938)

Holidays and observances 25

Chaco Armistice Day (Paraguay)
Christian feast day: 108 Martyrs of World War II Basilides Blessed Hildegard Burjan Enmegahbowh (Episcopal Church) Eskil Blessed Florida Cevoli First Ecumenical Council (Lutheran) Gaspar Bertoni Blessed Maria Candida of the Eucharist Blessed Mercedes de Jesús Molina Onuphrius Pope Leo III Ternan June 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
108 Martyrs of World War II
Basilides
Blessed Hildegard Burjan
Enmegahbowh (Episcopal Church)
Eskil
Blessed Florida Cevoli
First Ecumenical Council (Lutheran)
Gaspar Bertoni
Blessed Maria Candida of the Eucharist
Blessed Mercedes de Jesús Molina
Onuphrius
Pope Leo III
Ternan
June 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Dia dos Namorados (Brazil)
Helsinki Day (Finland)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Philippines from Spain in 1898.
June 12 Commemoration (Lagos State)
Loving Day (United States)
Russia Day (Russia)
Women Veterans Recognition Day (United States)
World Day Against Child Labour, and its related observances: Children's Day (Haiti)
Children's Day (Haiti)