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This Day in History: June 12

What Happened On Your Birthday

What Happend On Today In History

Famous Birthday On June 12

  • 1929 Anne Frank

    German/Dutch author, Holocaust victim

  • 1924 George H. W. Bush

    American politician, 41st President of the United States

  • 1971 Mark Henry

    American weightlifter, wrestler

  • 1897 Anthony Eden

    British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

  • 1941 Roy Harper

    English singer-songwriter, guitarist, poet, actor

Deaths On June 12

  • 1994 Menachem Mendel Schneerson

    Russian/French rabbi

  • 1980 Billy Butlin

    South African/English businessman, founded Butlins

  • 1963 Medgar Evers

    American civil rights activist

  • 2010 Al Williamson

    American illustrator

  • 2006 György Ligeti

    Romanian/Austrian composer

More Events On June 12

1381: Peasants' Revolt in England

Rebels arrive at Blackheath.

1830: French Colonization of Algeria

34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch, marking the beginning of the French colonization of Algeria.

1864: Battle of Trevilian Station

The bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War in Louisa County ends with Confederate tactical victory and Union successful retreat.

1931: Al Capone is Indicted

Al Capone, the notorious gangster, is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury.

1942: Anne Frank's Birthday

Anne Frank receives her diary as a birthday present in Amsterdam, which she uses to document her experiences as a Jewish girl in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

1964: Nelson Mandela's Life Sentence

The South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison, where he spends 27 years before being released and becoming the President of South Africa in 1994.

1987: Reagan's Speech Near Berlin Wall

US President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" near the Berlin Wall, which later became a symbol of the end of the Cold War when it was dismantled in 1989.

1991: Boris Yeltsin Becomes Russia's First President

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin becomes Russia's first President and launches radical economic reforms aimed at dismantling socialism and restoring capitalism.

1994: Maiden Flight of Boeing 777

The Boeing 777, or Triple Seven, takes off on its maiden flight and becomes one of Boeing's most commercially successful planes, typically transporting up to 451 passengers.

2016: Pulse Nightclub Shooting

In what is now thought to be one of the deadliest incidents of violence against LGBTQ people in history, a shooting committed by 29-year old Omar Mateen kills 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. It is also the second deadliest terrorist attack on US soil since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

2018: Singapore Summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump meet at the Singapore summit, marking the first time a North Korean leader and an incumbent US President have ever met.

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