What are the important events that happened on June 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 12: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 12 is the 163^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 202 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 30, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 486,024 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahexacontatrigon’ day.

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 250 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,556 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 12 Historical Events

• 1758 –
  French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg – James Wolfe’s attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.
• 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 positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
• 1922 –
  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.
• 1942 –
  Holocaust: Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
• 1967 –
  Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet’s atmosphere and successfully return data).
• 1978 –
  David Berkowitz, the “Son of Sam” killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.
• 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.
• 1991 –
  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.
• 1994 –
  The Boeing 777, the world’s largest twinjet, makes its first flight.
• 1996 –
  In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.

Who were born on June 12?

• 1905 –
  Ray Barbuti, American athlete (d. 1988)
• 1908 –
  Otto Skorzeny, WWII German SS commando (d. 1975)
• 1921 –
  James Archibald Houston, Canadian artist (d. 2005)
• 1930 –
  Donald Byrne, American chess player (d. 1976)
• 1930 –
  Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver (d. 1993)
• 1941 –
  Marv Albert, American sportscaster
• 1943 –
  Reg Presley, English singer/songwriter (The Troggs)
• 1951 –
  Brad Delp, American singer (Boston) (d. 2007)
• 1976 –
  Antawn Jamison, American basketball player
• 1981 –
  Adriana Lima, Brazilian supermodel

Who died on June 12?

• 816 –
  Pope Leo III (b. 750)
• 1675 –
  Duke Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (b. 1634)
• 1816 –
  Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (b. 1757)
• 1980 –
  Billy Butlin, Founder of the brand of holiday venues known as Butlins (b. 1899)
• 1982 –
  Ian McKay, British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1953)
• 1989 –
  Lou Monte, American singer (b. 1917)
• 2000 –
  P. L. Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919)
• 2005 –
  Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918)
• 2006 –
  Anna Lee Aldred, American first licenced female jockey (b. 1921)
• 2006 –
  Nijiro Tokuda, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1895)