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| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 12th of June 1381 | EVENT | Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. |
| 12th of June 1418 | EVENT | An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians. |
| 12th of June 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. |
| 12th of June 1560 | EVENT | Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto. |
| 12th of June 1653 | EVENT | First Anglo-Dutch War: the Battle of the Gabbard begins and lasts until June 13. |
| 12th of June 1665 | EVENT | England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam). |
| 12th of June 1758 | EVENT | French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg : James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences. |
| 12th of June 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. |
| 12th of June 1776 | EVENT | The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted. |
| 12th of June 1798 | EVENT | Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch. |
| 12th of June 1830 | EVENT | Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch. |
| 12th of June 1860 | EVENT | The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established. |
| 12th of June 1864 | EVENT | 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 positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south. |
| 12th of June 1889 | EVENT | 78 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland. |
| 12th of June 1898 | EVENT | Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain. |
| 12th of June 1899 | EVENT | New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200. |
| 12th of June 1922 | EVENT | At Windsor Castle, King George V receives the colours of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbanded : the 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. |
| 12th of June 1935 | EVENT | Chaco War ends: a truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932. |
| 12th of June 1939 | EVENT | Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor. |
| 12th of June 1939 | EVENT | The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York. |
| 12th of June 1940 | EVENT | World War II: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux. |
| 12th of June 1942 | EVENT | Holocaust: Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday. |
| 12th of June 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. |
| 12th of June 1954 | EVENT | Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him the youngest non-martyr saint in the Roman Catholic Church. |
| 12th of June 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. |
| 12th of June 1964 | EVENT | Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa. |
| 12th of June 1967 | EVENT | The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional. |
| 12th of June 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). |
| 12th of June 1978 | EVENT | David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings. |
| 12th of June 1979 | EVENT | Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross. |
| 12th of June 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. |
| 12th of June 1987 | EVENT | Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. |
| 12th of June 1990 | EVENT | Russia Day : the parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty. |
| 12th of June 1991 | EVENT | Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of the republic. |
| 12th of June 1991 | EVENT | 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. |
| 12th of June 1993 | EVENT | An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida. |
| 12th of June 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 wrongful death civil suit. |
| 12th of June 1994 | EVENT | The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, makes its first flight. |
| 12th of June 1996 | EVENT | In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet. |
| 12th of June 1997 | EVENT | Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London. |
| 12th of June 1999 | EVENT | Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. |
| 12th of June 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. |
| 12th of June 2001 | EVENT | Robert Edward Dyer is sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for attempting to extort money from a British supermarket chain through a letter bomb campaign. |
| 12th of June 2009 | EVENT | A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide ranging protests in Iran and around the world. |
| 12th of June 1107 | BIRTHDAY | Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187) |
| 12th of June 1519 | BIRTHDAY | Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574) |
| 12th of June 1577 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643) |
| 12th of June 1771 | BIRTHDAY | Patrick Gass, American sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition (d. 1870) |
| 12th of June 1775 | BIRTHDAY | Karl Freiherr von Muffling, Prussian field marshal (d. 1851) |
| 12th of June 1777 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Clark, American politician (d. 1837) |
| 12th of June 1795 | BIRTHDAY | John Marston, Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War |
| 12th of June 1802 | BIRTHDAY | Harriet Martineau, controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist (d. 1876) |
| 12th of June 1806 | BIRTHDAY | John A. Roebling, German-American civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge) (d. 1869) |
| 12th of June 1812 | BIRTHDAY | Edmond Hebert, French geologist (d. 1890) |
| 12th of June 1819 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Kingsley, English writer (d. 1875) |
| 12th of June 1827 | BIRTHDAY | Johanna Spyri, Swiss writer (d. 1901) |
| 12th of June 1841 | BIRTHDAY | Watson Fothergill English Architect based in Nottingham (d. 1928) |
| 12th of June 1851 | BIRTHDAY | Sir Oliver Lodge, English physicist and writer (d. 1940) |
| 12th of June 1861 | BIRTHDAY | William Attewell, English cricketer (d. 1927) |
| 12th of June 1864 | BIRTHDAY | Frank Chapman, American ornithologist (d. 1945) |
| 12th of June 1875 | BIRTHDAY | Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor (d. 1953) |
| 12th of June 1888 | BIRTHDAY | Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician (d. 1920) |
| 12th of June 1890 | BIRTHDAY | Egon Schiele, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1918) |
| 12th of June 1892 | BIRTHDAY | Djuna Barnes, American author (d. 1982) |
| 12th of June 1892 | BIRTHDAY | Apostolos Grozos, leader of the Communist Party of Greece (d. 1981) |
| 12th of June 1897 | BIRTHDAY | Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1977) |
| 12th of June 1899 | BIRTHDAY | Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986) |
| 12th of June 1902 | BIRTHDAY | Hendrik Elias, Flemish politician (d. 1973) |
| 12th of June 1903 | BIRTHDAY | Emmett Hardy, American musician (d. 1925) |
| 12th of June 1905 | BIRTHDAY | Ray Barbuti, American athlete (d. 1988) |
| 12th of June 1906 | BIRTHDAY | Sandro Penna, Italian poet (d. 1977) |
| 12th of June 1908 | BIRTHDAY | Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian TV pioneer and president of the CBC (d. 1988) |
| 12th of June 1908 | BIRTHDAY | Otto Skorzeny, WWII German SS commando (d. 1975) |
| 12th of June 1908 | BIRTHDAY | Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina (d. 2010) |
| 12th of June 1910 | BIRTHDAY | Bill Naughton, English playwright (d. 1992) |
| 12th of June 1912 | BIRTHDAY | Carl Iver Hovland, American psychologist (d. 1961) |
| 12th of June 1913 | BIRTHDAY | Jean Victor Allard, Canadian army general (d. 1996) |
| 12th of June 1915 | BIRTHDAY | David Rockefeller, American banker |
| 12th of June 1915 | BIRTHDAY | Christopher Mayhew, British politician (d. 1997) |
| 12th of June 1916 | BIRTHDAY | Irwin Allen, American film producer (d. 1991) |
| 12th of June 1916 | BIRTHDAY | Raul Hector Castro, American politician |
| 12th of June 1918 | BIRTHDAY | Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer (d. 2001) |
| 12th of June 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Uta Hagen, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 12th of June 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Jones, English actor (d. 2000) |
| 12th of June 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Dave Berg, American cartoonist (d. 2002) |
| 12th of June 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Jim Siedow, American actor (d. 2003) |
| 12th of June 1921 | BIRTHDAY | Christopher Derrick, British writer (d. 2007) |
| 12th of June 1921 | BIRTHDAY | James Archibald Houston, Canadian artist (d. 2005) |
| 12th of June 1921 | BIRTHDAY | Luis Garcia Berlanga, Spanish film director and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 12th of June 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Monty Westmore, American make-up artist (d. 2007) |
| 12th of June 1924 | BIRTHDAY | George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States |
| 12th of June 1926 | BIRTHDAY | Jackie Pallo, English professional wrestler (d. 2006) |
| 12th of June 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Vic Damone, American singer |
| 12th of June 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Richard M. Sherman, American songwriter |
| 12th of June 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Petros Molyviatis, Greek politician |
| 12th of June 1929 | BIRTHDAY | Anne Frank, German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (d. 1945) |
| 12th of June 1929 | BIRTHDAY | Brigid Brophy, British writer (d. 1995) |
| 12th of June 1929 | BIRTHDAY | Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani scholar, writer, and Urdu linguist |
| 12th of June 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Donald Byrne, American chess player (d. 1976) |
| 12th of June 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Jim Nabors, American actor |
| 12th of June 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver (d. 1993) |
| 12th of June 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Rona Jaffe, American novelist (d. 2005) |
| 12th of June 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Mimi Coertse, South African soprano |
| 12th of June 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian athlete (d. 2002) |
| 12th of June 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Eddie Adams, American photographer, won Pulitzer Prize (d. 2004) |
| 12th of June 1934 | BIRTHDAY | John A. Alonzo, American cinematographer (d. 2001) |
| 12th of June 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Vladimir Arnold, Russian mathematician |
| 12th of June 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Antal Festetics, Austrian biologist |
| 12th of June 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Klaus Basikow, German football player and manager |
| 12th of June 1938 | BIRTHDAY | Tom Oliver, Australian actor |
| 12th of June 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Frank McCloskey, American politician (d. 2003) |
| 12th of June 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Marv Albert, American sportscaster |
| 12th of June 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Chick Corea, American musician |
| 12th of June 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Roy Harper, English musician |
| 12th of June 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Bert Sakmann, German physiologist, Nobel laureate |
| 12th of June 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Len Barry, American singer and musician (The Dovells) |
| 12th of June 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Reg Presley, English singer/songwriter (The Troggs) |
| 12th of June 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Pat Jennings, Northern Irish footballer |
| 12th of June 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Michel Bergeron, NHL head coach |
| 12th of June 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Herbert Meyer, German footballer |
| 12th of June 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Hans Binder, Austrian racing driver |
| 12th of June 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 12th of June 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Jens Bohrnsen, German politician |
| 12th of June 1949 | BIRTHDAY | John Wetton, English musician (Asia) |
| 12th of June 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 2007) |
| 12th of June 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Brad Delp, American singer (Boston) (d. 2007) |
| 12th of June 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Bun E. Carlos, American musician (Cheap Trick) |
| 12th of June 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Hans Niessl, Austrian politician |
| 12th of June 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Pete Farndon, English musician (The Pretenders) (d. 1983) |
| 12th of June 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy under George W. Bush |
| 12th of June 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Rocky Burnette, American Rockabilly musician |
| 12th of June 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Allan Weiner, American radio station owner |
| 12th of June 1953 | BIRTHDAY | David Thornton, American actor |
| 12th of June 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Neil Oatley, English engineer |
| 12th of June 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Terry Alderman, Australian cricketer |
| 12th of June 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Timothy Busfield, American actor |
| 12th of June 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach |
| 12th of June 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Rebecca Holden, American actress and singer |
| 12th of June 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Rory Sparrow, American basketball player |
| 12th of June 1959 | BIRTHDAY | John Linnell, American musician (They Might Be Giants) |
| 12th of June 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Jenilee Harrison, American actress |
| 12th of June 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Scott Thompson, Canadian comedian (Kids in the Hall) |
| 12th of June 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Jervis Johnson, Games Designer for Games Workshop, Nottingham |
| 12th of June 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Kira Roessler, American musician (Black Flag) and dialogue editor |
| 12th of June 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Jim Goad, American author |
| 12th of June 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Clark, English musician (The Bolshoi) |
| 12th of June 1962 | BIRTHDAY | John Enos III, American actor |
| 12th of June 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Warwick Capper, Australian rules footballer |
| 12th of June 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Jerry Lynn, American professional wrestler |
| 12th of June 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Johnny Weiss, American professional wrestler |
| 12th of June 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Philippe Bugalski, French rally driver |
| 12th of June 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Tim DeKay, American actor |
| 12th of June 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Kent Jones, American journalist (The Rachel Maddow Show) |
| 12th of June 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Paula Marshall, American actress |
| 12th of June 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Derek Higgins, Irish racing driver |
| 12th of June 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Filip Topol, Czech musician and writer |
| 12th of June 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Rob Collins, English keyboard player (Charlatans) (1996) |
| 12th of June 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Vicky Vette, Norwegian-born adult film actress |
| 12th of June 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Frances O'Connor, Australian actress |
| 12th of June 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Iciar Bollain, Spanish actress, director and writer |
| 12th of June 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Scott Aldred, American baseball player |
| 12th of June 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Bobby Sheehan, American musician (Blues Traveler) (d. 1999) |
| 12th of June 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (Omen, Bikini) (d. 2007) |
| 12th of June 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Mathieu Schneider, American ice hockey player |
| 12th of June 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician |
| 12th of June 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Gordon Michael Woolvett, Canadian actor |
| 12th of June 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Ryan Klesko, American baseball player |
| 12th of June 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Mark Henry, American professional wrestler |
| 12th of June 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Bounty Killer, Jamaican deejay |
| 12th of June 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Jason Caffey, American basketball player |
| 12th of June 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Takis Fyssas, Greek footballer |
| 12th of June 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Darryl White, Australian rules footballer |
| 12th of June 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player |
| 12th of June 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Jason Mewes, American actor |
| 12th of June 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Kerry Kittles, American basketball player |
| 12th of June 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Muhney, American actor |
| 12th of June 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Bryan Alvarez, American professional wrestler |
| 12th of June 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Thomas S?rensen, Danish footballer |
| 12th of June 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Antawn Jamison, American basketball player |
| 12th of June 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Kenny Wayne Shepherd, American blues-rock guitarist |
| 12th of June 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Wade Redden, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 12th of June 1978 | BIRTHDAY | DJ Qualls, American actor |
| 12th of June 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Dallas Clark, American football player |
| 12th of June 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Wil Horneff, American actor |
| 12th of June 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Robyn, Swedish musician |
| 12th of June 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Diego Milito, Argentinian football player |
| 12th of June 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Earl Watson, American basketball player |
| 12th of June 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Larry Foote, American football player |
| 12th of June 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby union player |
| 12th of June 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Carrie Davis, American Author |
| 12th of June 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Adriana Lima, Brazilian supermodel |
| 12th of June 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Nora Tschirner, German television presenter |
| 12th of June 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Ben Blackwell, American musician |
| 12th of June 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Jason David, American football player |
| 12th of June 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Loic Duval, French racing driver |
| 12th of June 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Bryan Habana, South African rugby player |
| 12th of June 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Christine Sinclair, Canadian footballer |
| 12th of June 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Alexander Pipa, German rugby player |
| 12th of June 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Kendra Wilkinson, American television personality and glamour model |
| 12th of June 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Blake Ross, American software developer |
| 12th of June 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Chris Young, American musician |
| 12th of June 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Sam Thaiday, Australian professional rugby league player |
| 12th of June 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Stanislava Komarova, Russian swimmer |
| 12th of June 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Carla Abellana, Filipina actress |
| 12th of June 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Sergio Rodriguez, Spanish basketball player |
| 12th of June 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Erik Ainge, American football player |
| 12th of June 1987 | BIRTHDAY | Seyi Ajirotutu, American football player |
| 12th of June 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Eren Derdiyok, Swiss footballer |
| 12th of June 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Kevin Wu, American comedian |
| 12th of June 1992 | BIRTHDAY | Allie DiMeco, American actress and musician |
| 12th of June 2001 | BIRTHDAY | John Bigelow, IV, golf prodigy from North Philadelphia |
| 12th of June 0816 | DEATH | Pope Leo III (Born 750) |
| 12th of June 0918 | DEATH | AEthelflaed, Lady of the Mercians |
| 12th of June 1020 | DEATH | Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 12th of June 1036 | DEATH | Tedald, Bishop of Arezzo (Born 990) |
| 12th of June 1418 | DEATH | Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France (Born 1360) |
| 12th of June 1435 | DEATH | John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (Born 1408) |
| 12th of June 1560 | DEATH | Imagawa Yoshimoto, Japanese daimyo (Born 1519) |
| 12th of June 1560 | DEATH | Ii Naomori, Japanese warrior (Born 1506) |
| 12th of June 1565 | DEATH | Adrianus Turnebus, French classical scholar (Born 1512) |
| 12th of June 1567 | DEATH | Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England (Born 1490) |
| 12th of June 1647 | DEATH | Thomas Farnaby, English grammarian (Born 1575) |
| 12th of June 1675 | DEATH | Duke Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (Born 1634) |
| 12th of June 1734 | DEATH | James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military commander (Born 1670) |
| 12th of June 1758 | DEATH | Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (Born 1722) |
| 12th of June 1772 | DEATH | Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (Born 1724) |
| 12th of June 1778 | DEATH | Philip Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (Born 1716) |
| 12th of June 1816 | DEATH | Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (Born 1757) |
| 12th of June 1818 | DEATH | Egwale Seyon, Emperor of Ethiopia |
| 12th of June 1904 | DEATH | Camille de Renesse, Belgian Count (Born 1836) |
| 12th of June 1912 | DEATH | Frederic Passy, French economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (Born 1822) |
| 12th of June 1917 | DEATH | Teresa Carreno, Venezuelan pianist (Born 1853) |
| 12th of June 1932 | DEATH | Theo Heemskerk, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (Born 1852) |
| 12th of June 1937 | DEATH | Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (Born 1893) |
| 12th of June 1957 | DEATH | Jimmy Dorsey, American musician (Born 1904) |
| 12th of June 1962 | DEATH | John Ireland, English composer (Born 1879) |
| 12th of June 1963 | DEATH | Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (Born 1925) |
| 12th of June 1966 | DEATH | Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (Born 1891) |
| 12th of June 1969 | DEATH | Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (Born 1899) |
| 12th of June 1978 | DEATH | Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (Born 1892) |
| 12th of June 1980 | DEATH | Milburn Stone, American actor (Born 1904) |
| 12th of June 1980 | DEATH | Billy Butlin, Founder of the brand of holiday venues known as Butlins (Born 1899) |
| 12th of June 1980 | DEATH | Masayoshi Ohira, Prime minister of Japan (Born 1910) |
| 12th of June 1982 | DEATH | Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Born 1886) |
| 12th of June 1982 | DEATH | Ian McKay, British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (Born 1953) |
| 12th of June 1983 | DEATH | Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (Born 1902) |
| 12th of June 1989 | DEATH | Lou Monte, American singer (Born 1917) |
| 12th of June 1994 | DEATH | Ronald Goldman, American waiter (Born 1968) |
| 12th of June 1994 | DEATH | Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian (Born 1949) |
| 12th of June 1994 | DEATH | Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher Rebbe (Born 1902) |
| 12th of June 1994 | DEATH | Nicole Brown Simpson, American ex-wife of O.J. Simpson (Born 1959) |
| 12th of June 1995 | DEATH | Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (Born 1920) |
| 12th of June 1997 | DEATH | Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (Born 1924) |
| 12th of June 2000 | DEATH | P. L. Deshpande, Marathi writer (Born 1919) |
| 12th of June 2002 | DEATH | Bill Blass, American fashion designer (Born 1922) |
| 12th of June 2003 | DEATH | Gregory Peck, American actor (Born 1916) |
| 12th of June 2005 | DEATH | Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (Born 1918) |
| 12th of June 2006 | DEATH | Gyorgy Ligeti, Hungarian composer (Born 1923) |
| 12th of June 2006 | DEATH | Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (Born 1923) |
| 12th of June 2006 | DEATH | Anna Lee Aldred, American first licenced female jockey (Born 1921) |
| 12th of June 2006 | DEATH | Nijiro Tokuda, Japanese supercentenarian (Born 1895) |
| 12th of June 2007 | DEATH | Don Herbert aka "Mr. Wizard", American television host (Born 1917) |
| 12th of June 2008 | DEATH | Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer (Born 1932) |