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 163rd 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.
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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.
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June 12 Historical Events
- 1775 –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.
- 1889 –78 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland.
- 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.
- 1964 –Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
- 1978 –David Berkowitz, the “Son of Sam” killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.
- 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.
- 2000 –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.
Who were born on June 12?
- 1802 –Harriet Martineau, controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist (d. 1876)
- 1851 –Sir Oliver Lodge, English physicist and writer (d. 1940)
- 1925 –Jaime Montestrela, Portuguese writer (d. 1975)
- 1929 –Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani scholar, writer, and Urdu linguist
- 1961 –Kira Roessler, American musician (Black Flag) and dialogue editor
- 1963 –Tim DeKay, American actor
- 1964 –Paula Marshall, American actress
- 1971 –Mark Henry, American professional wrestler
- 1982 –Jason David, American football player
- 1986 –Erik Ainge, American football player
Who died on June 12?
- 918 –Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians
- 1435 –John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1408)
- 1567 –Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1490)
- 1734 –James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military commander (b. 1670)
- 1963 –Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (b. 1925)
- 1982 –Ian McKay, British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1953)
- 1994 –Ronald Goldman, American waiter (b. 1968)
- 1994 –Toma Bebić, Dalmatian musician, writer, actor, painter, poet (b. 1935)
- 2005 –Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918)
- 2007 –Don Herbert aka “Mr. Wizard”, American television host (b. 1917)
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