Public Holidays on June 12

• 🌍 Democracy Day (Nigeria)
• 🌍 Independence Day (Philippines)
• 🌍 Russia Day (Russia)
• 🌍 День России (Russia)

All public holidays for June 12 →

On This Day in History — June 12

• 2016 — Forty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida; the gunman, Omar Mateen, is killed in a gunfight with police.
• 2009 — A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
• 1999 — 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.
• 1997 — Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
• 1994 — Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman are murdered outside Simpson's home in Los Angeles. Her estranged husband, O.J. Simpson is later charged with the murders, but is acquitted by a jury.
• 1993 — An election takes place in Nigeria which is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida.

More about history on this day →

Notable Births on June 12

• 1992 — Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 — Laura Jones, English gymnast
• 1991 — Avisail García, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1990 — Jrue Holiday, American basketball player
• 1990 — Kevin López, Spanish runner
• 1990 — David Worrall, English footballer

Notable Deaths on June 12

• 2016 — George Voinovich, American politician (b. 1936)
• 2016 — Janet Waldo, American actress and voice artist (b. 1920)
• 2015 — Fernando Brant, Brazilian journalist, poet, and composer (b. 1946)
• 2015 — Frederick Pei Li, Chinese-American physician and academic (b. 1940)
• 2015 — Patrick Lennox Tierney, American historian and academic (b. 1914)
• 2014 — Nabil Hemani, Algerian footballer (b. 1979)

Sports on June 12

• WNBA: Phoenix Mercury @ Dallas Wings — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Las Vegas Aces @ Portland Fire — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• Formula 1: ? @ MSC Cruises Barcelona-Catalunya GP — 11:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Miami Marlins @ Pittsburgh Pirates — 21:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Washington Nationals — 22:45 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: San Diego Padres @ Baltimore Orioles — 23:05 UTC Scheduled

All sports schedules for June 12 →

On This Day in History — June 13

• 2015 — A man opens fire at policemen outside the police headquarters in Dallas, Texas, while a bag containing a pipe bomb is also found. He was later shot dead by police.
• 2012 — A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
• 2010 — A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.
• 2007 — The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
• 2002 — The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• 2000 — President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.

More about history on this day →

Notable Births on June 13

• 2000 — Penny Oleksiak, Canadian swimmer
• 1995 — Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player
• 1995 — Laura Ucrós, Colombian tennis player
• 1993 — Simona Senoner, Italian ski jumper (d. 2011)
• 1993 — Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater
• 1992 — Semi Radradra, Fijian rugby league player

Notable Deaths on June 13

• 2015 — Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1917)
• 2015 — Sergio Renán, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 2015 — Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1940)
• 2014 — Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (b. 1933)
• 2014 — Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
• 2014 — Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)

Sports on June 13

• MLB: Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals — 00:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: St. Louis Cardinals @ Minnesota Twins — 00:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Tampa Bay Rays @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Golden State Valkyries @ Seattle Storm — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Athletics — 02:05 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago Cubs @ San Francisco Giants — 02:15 UTC Scheduled

All sports schedules for June 13 →