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Battle of Lechfeld (910)

The first Battle of Lechfeld (the first Battle of Augsburg in Hungarian historiography), fought on 12 June 910, was an important victory by a Hungarian army over the combined forces of East Francia and Swabia (Alamannia) under the nominal command of Louis the Child. Located approximately 25 km (15.53 mi) south of Augsburg, the Lechfeld is the floodplain that lies along the river Lech.

Bavaria, Germany

Constantine IX Monomachos is crowned Byzantine emperor

Constantine IX Monomachos was crowned Byzantine emperor on June 12, 1042, the day after his marriage to Empress Zoë Porphyrogenita. He shared rule with Zoë and her sister Theodora.

Turkey

Peasants' Revolt

The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Uprising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of London.

Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels assemble at Blackheath, just outside London.

Paris mob begins massacring Armagnac prisoners and supporters

On June 12, 1418, a false alarm that an Armagnac army was approaching Paris helped set off mob violence in the city, then controlled by the Burgundian faction. Crowds attacked people suspected of supporting the Armagnacs and stormed prisons. Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, was among those killed. The massacres continued into June 13.

The Paris massacres began on June 12 and continued into June 13; the Burgundian takeover of the city had happened on May 29.

France

Battle of Jargeau

The Battle of Jargeau took place on 11–12 June 1429. It was part of the Loire Campaign during the Hundred Years' War, where the forces of Charles VII of France successfully recaptured much of the region, following their victory at the Siege of Orléans. The battle ended in victory for Charles VII and is notable as Joan of Arc's first offensive battle.

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France

Gustav I orders townspeople to move to Helsinki

On June 12, 1550, King Gustav I of Sweden ordered townspeople from Rauma, Ulvila, Ekenäs and Porvoo to move to the new town of Helsinki. The date later became Helsinki’s official birthday. The city’s initial establishment order had been issued on February 1 that year.

June 12 marks the relocation order used for Helsinki’s founding anniversary; Finland was then part of Sweden.

Finland

Battle of Okehazama

The Battle of Okehazama (桶狭間の戦い, Okehazama-no-tatakai) took place on 12 June 1560 in Owari Province, in today's Aichi Prefecture. In this battle, the heavily outnumbered Oda clan troops, commanded by Oda Nobunaga, defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto and established Oda as one of the front-running warlords in the Sengoku period.

Japan

Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain as a result of the Treaty of Union 1707 which merged the parliament with the Parliament of Scotland. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised the English monarch.

The Westminster Assembly is convened by the Parliament of England, without the assent of Charles I, in order to restructure the Church of England.

Battle of Tipton Green

The Battle of Tipton Green was an indecisive engagement fought during the First English Civil War in the area of Tipton Green, about one mile from Dudley Castle on 12 June 1644. The battle occurred when Royalist troops arrived from Worcester to break the Earl of Denbigh's siege of the castle. The battle itself was indecisive, as both sides withdrew from conflict.

Battle of Mauchline Muir

The Battle of Mauchline Muir was an engagement fought on 12 June 1648 between two rival factions of the Covenanters of Scotland. On one side were those who favoured The Engagement, known as Engagers, and on the other those who were opposed to the Engagement, and known as the Kirk party.

Thomas Willett named first mayor under New York's English charter

On June 12, 1665, by the Old Style calendar then used in English New York, Governor Richard Nicolls issued a proclamation establishing a mayor, aldermen and sheriff for the city and named Thomas Willett mayor for a one-year term. Willett and the other officials took their oaths on June 14. The city had previously had Dutch burgomasters, so Willett is traditionally called its first mayor under English rule.

June 12, 1665 is the date in the contemporary Old Style (Julian) calendar; it corresponds to June 22 in the Gregorian calendar. The appointment proclamation came before the officials' June 14 oaths.

United States

Battle of Tolhuis

The Battle of Tolhuis or Crossing of the Rhine took place on 12 June 1672 during the Franco-Dutch War. The battle was fought between the army of Dutch Republic and the army of the French king Louis XIV.

Battle of Jao Modo

The Battle of Jao Modo (Mongolian: Зуунмод-Тэрэлжийн тулалдаан; Chinese: 昭莫多之战; pinyin: zhāo mò duō zhī zhàn) also known as the Battle of Zuunmod (literally "Battle of the Hundred Trees"), was fought on June 12, 1696 on the banks of the upper Terelj river 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of the modern-day Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. A Dzungar-Mongol army under the command of Galdan Boshugtu Khan was defeated by Qing armies personally led by the Kangxi Emperor. This decisive Qing victory in the early stages of the Dzungar–Qing Wars (1687–1758) effectively incorporated Khalkha Mongolia under Qing rule and relegated Dzungar Mongol forces to Inner Asia until they were finally defeated in 1758.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · Zuunmod, Mongolia

Battle of Rheinberg

The Battle of Rheinberg took place on 12 June 1758 in Rheinberg, Germany during the Seven Years' War. A French force under the command of Comte de Clermont and an Anglo-German force under the command of the Duke of Brunswick fought a largely indecisive battle. It was a precursor to the more decisive Battle of Krefeld nine days later.

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Raid on St Malo

The raid on St Malo took place in June 1758 when an amphibious British naval expedition landed close to the French port of Saint-Malo in Brittany. While the town itself was not attacked, as had been initially planned, the British destroyed large amounts of shipping before re-embarking a week later. The naval forces were under the command of Richard Howe while the army was led by the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Sackville.

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France

Virginia Declaration of Rights

The Virginia Declaration of Rights was drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish "inadequate" government. It influenced a number of later documents, including the United States Declaration of Independence (1776) and the United States Bill of Rights (1789).

The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.

June 1781 Virginia gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on June 12, 1781. The delegate from York County Thomas Nelson Jr. was elected. The incumbent governor of Virginia Thomas Jefferson declined to seek re-election. Jefferson's constitutional term ended on June 2, the date the election of his successor was scheduled to take place. The normal election proceedings were disrupted by the Yorktown campaign, however, and the Virginia General Assembly was forced to flee Richmond to evade the advancing British forces.

Virginia, United States

Avignon–Comtat Venaissin War

Following the unanimous declaration of the various district assemblies of Avignon on 12 June 1790, to secede from the Papal States and unite with France, war broke out between the municipal government of Avignon and the more conservative Comtat Venaissin, the larger county (comtat) which co-existed with Avignon and still pledged loyalty to the Papal States.

First Battle of Saorgio

The First Battle of Saorgio (8–12 June 1793) saw a French army commanded by Gaspard Jean-Baptiste Brunet attack the armies of the Sardinia-Piedmont and Austria led by Joseph Nikolaus De Vins. The local Sardinian commander in the Maritime Alps was Charles-François Thaon, Count of Saint-André. Though the French were initially successful in this War of the First Coalition action, their main assaults against the strong defensive positions on the Massif de l'Authion and the Col de Raus failed with serious losses.

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France

Government forces occupy Ballynahinch and bombard rebel positions

On June 12, 1798, during the Irish rebellion, British commander George Nugent advanced on Ballynahinch, in today's Northern Ireland. His troops took a rebel outpost, occupied the town and began shelling the rebel positions at Montalto and Ednavady Hill that evening. Henry Munro's rebels attacked the next morning, when the main battle ended in a government victory.

June 12 marks Nugent's advance and bombardment; the main rebel assault followed on June 13.

United Kingdom

French invasion of Malta

The French First Republic, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, successfully invaded the islands of Malta and Gozo, then ruled by the Knights Hospitaller, in June 1798 as part of the Mediterranean campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars. The initial landings were met with some resistance from both the Order and the Maltese militia, but in less than a day the French had taken control of the entire Maltese archipelago except for the well-fortified harbour area that included the capital Valletta.

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Malta

Battle of Modena (1799)

The Battle of Modena (12 June 1799) saw a Republican French army commanded by Jacques MacDonald attack a Habsburg Austrian covering force led by Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. The outnumbered Austrians were defeated but in an accidental encounter, MacDonald was painfully wounded by two saber cuts. The action occurred during the War of the Second Coalition, part of a larger conflict known as the French Revolutionary Wars. Modena is a city in northern Italy about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Bologna. In the battles of Magnano and Cassano, the Austrians and allied Russian Empire forces swept the French from much of northern Italy in April 1799.

Modena, Italy

American-led force secretly evacuates Derna

On the night of June 12, 1805, William Eaton's American-led force secretly evacuated Derna, in present-day Libya, after learning that the United States had reached peace with Tripoli. The troops had captured Derna in April and had held it against counterattacks. Eaton's men staged preparations for another attack to conceal their departure, then withdrew by boat.

June 12 is the Derna garrison's secret evacuation date, not the date the city was first captured or the peace treaty signed.

Libya

Battle of Cabezón

The Battle of Cabezón was an engagement early in the Peninsular War on 12 June 1808 between a small Spanish militia force (grandiloquently styled the "Army of Castile"), based in Valladolid, and a detachment of Marshal Bessières' French Army Corps under General Lasalle. The battle took place when General Cuesta's small army, scraped together almost from scratch to defend Old Castile, deployed itself at the bridge over the Pisuerga at Cabezón, just 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) outside Valladolid, to bar the road from Burgos against oncoming French divisions.

Cabezón de Pisuerga, Spain · Valladolid, Spain

Battle of Sopachuy

The Battle of Sopachuy was an armed confrontation that occurred on 12 June 1817 in the village of Sopachuy, some 120 kilometers southeast from the city of Chuquisaca (today Sucre), between a division of the Army of the North of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid and a Spanish Royalist force commanded by Colonel José Santos de la Hera.

Bolivia

Battle of Karlóca

The Battle of Karlóca (now Sremski Karlovci, in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia) was the first battle in the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-1849, fought on 12 June 1848 between the Hungarian Royal Army under the command of Lieutenant-General János Hrabovszky and Major Maximilian Eugen von Stein against the Serbian insurgents led by Lieutenant Đorđe Stratimirović.

Battle of Cold Harbor

The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought during the American Civil War near Mechanicsville, Virginia, from May 31 to June 12, 1864, with the most significant fighting occurring on June 3. It was one of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign. Thousands of Union soldiers were killed or wounded in the frontal assault of June 3 against the fortified positions of Confederate Gen.

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 position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.

Battle of Trevilian Station

The Battle of Trevilian Station (also called Trevilians) was fought on June 11–12, 1864, in Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan fought against Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gens. Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee in the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the war.

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United States

Belgian general election, 1866

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 12 June 1866. In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 70 of the 122 seats. Voter turnout was 70%, although only 51,465 people were eligible to vote. Under the alternating system, elections were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders. Special elections were held in the arrondissements of Antwerp, Brussels and Leuven.

Belgium

Belgian general election, 1888

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 12 June 1888. The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 98 of the 138 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 47 of the 69 seats in the Senate. Under the alternating system, elections were held in only five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.

Belgium

Philippine Declaration of Independence

The Philippine Declaration of Independence (Filipino: Pagpapahayag ng Kasarinlan ng Pilipinas) was proclaimed on June 12, 1898 in Cavite II el Viejo (present-day Kawit, Cavite), Philippines. With the public reading of the Act of the Declaration of independence (Spanish: Acta de la proclamación de independencia del pueblo Filipino; Filipino: Paggawa ng Proklamasyon ng Kasarinlan ng sambayanang Pilipino), Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain.

Philippines

1899 New Richmond tornado

The 1899 New Richmond tornado was an estimated F5 tornado that formed in the early evening of Monday, June 12, 1899, leaving a 45-mile-long (72 km) path of destruction through St. Croix, Polk, and Barron counties in west-central Wisconsin. There were a total of 117 fatalities and 150 injuries, with hundreds more reported as displaced. The worst devastation occurred in the city of New Richmond, which took a direct hit from the storm.

Battle of Diamond Hill

The Battle of Diamond Hill (Donkerhoek) (Afrikaans: Slag van Donkerhoek) was an engagement of the Second Boer War that took place on 11 and 12 June 1900 in central Transvaal.

Massacre of Phocaea

The massacre of Phocaea (Greek: Η Σφαγή της Φώκαιας, romanized: I Sfagí tis Fókaias; Turkish: Foça Katliamı) occurred in June 1914, as part of the ethnic cleansing policies of the Ottoman Empire that included exile, massacre and deportations. It was perpetrated by irregular Turkish bands against the predominantly ethnic Greek town of Phocaea, modern Foça, on the east coast of the Aegean Sea.

Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.

Soviet command orders poison gas against Tambov rebels

On June 12, 1921, Soviet commanders issued an order authorizing poison gas against rebels hiding in forests during the Tambov uprising. The order did not end the rebellion that day; fighting continued into 1922.

Russia

3rd National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party

The 3rd National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in Guangzhou at 31 Xuguyuan Road between 12 June and 20 June 1923. It succeeded the 2nd National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and preceded the 4th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. The congress was attended by 40 representatives across China and Moscow representing 420 party members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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1927 Campeonato de Portugal final

The 1927 Campeonato de Portugal Final was the final match of the 1926–27 Campeonato de Portugal, the 6th season of the Campeonato de Portugal, the Portuguese football knockout tournament, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 12 June 1927 at the Estádio do Lumiar in Lisbon, and opposed Belenenses and Vitória de Setúbal. Belenenses defeated Vitória de Setúbal 3–0 to claim their first Campeonato de Portugal.

Lisbon, Portugal

South African general election, 1929

In the 1929 South African general election, held on 12 June 1929, the National Party under James Barry Munnik Hertzog won an outright majority in the House of Assembly. Hertzog had the opportunity to form a government without the aid of the Labour Party. In fact the Pact government continued, with two ministers from the Creswell Labour faction remaining in office. The National Party remained the dominant party, for its second consecutive term. Due to the split in the Labour Party, just eight MPs were elected for the party, of whom only four sat on the government benches.

South Africa

1932 German football championship final

The 1932 German football championship final decided the winner of the 1932 German football championship, the 25th of the German football championship, a knockout football cup competition contested by the regional league winners to determine the national champions. It was played on 12 June 1932 at the Städtisches Stadion in Nuremberg. Bayern Munich won the match 2–0 against Eintracht Frankfurt, to claim their 1st German title.

Chaco War

The Chaco War (Spanish: Guerra del Chaco, Guarani: Cháko Ñorairõ) was fought from 1932 to 1935. It was between Bolivia and Paraguay over control of the northern part of the Gran Chaco region (known in Spanish as the Chaco Boreal), which was thought to be rich in petroleum. The war is also referred to as La Guerra de la Sed (Spanish for "The War of Thirst"), since it was fought in the semi-arid Chaco.

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Mikhail Tukhachevsky is executed during Stalin’s military purges

On June 12, 1937, Soviet marshal and military theorist Mikhail Tukhachevsky was executed by firing squad during Stalin’s military purges. He had been accused of treason and sentenced to death.

The execution took place on June 12; contemporary reporting announced it the following day.

Russia

Battle of Bordeaux (1938 FIFA World Cup)

The Battle of Bordeaux is an informal name for the World Cup football match between Brazil and Czechoslovakia on June 12, 1938 in the Parc Lescure in Bordeaux, France, one of the quarter-finals of the 1938 World Cup finals. The match had a series of brutal fouls by both sides, due to the lax officiating of Hungarian referee Pál von Hertzka.

France

1943 Victorian state election

The 1943 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 12 June 1943 to elect 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Battle of Carentan

The Battle of Carentan was an engagement in World War II between airborne forces of the United States Army and the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Normandy. The battle took place from 10 to 14 June 1944, on the approaches to and within the town of Carentan, France. The objective of the attacking American forces was consolidation of the U.S. beachheads (Utah Beach and Omaha Beach) and establishment of a continuous defensive line against expected German counterattacks.

World War II: Battle of Carentan: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France.

Operation Samwest

During World War II, Operation Samwest (5–12 June 1944) was a large raid conducted by 116 Free French paratroops of the 4th Special Air Service Regiment. Their objective was to hinder movement of German troops from west Brittany to the Normandy beaches via ambush and sabotage attempts. The first phase of the mission was to establish a secure base on the Breton Peninsula, near St.

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France

1949 Taça de Portugal final

The 1949 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 1948–49 Taça de Portugal, the 10th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 12 June 1949 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Atlético CP and Benfica.

1950 Bahrain Air France Douglas DC-4 crashes

Two Air France Douglas DC-4 aircraft crashed two days apart in June 1950 within a few miles of each other and under similar circumstances. These two accidents, on 12 and 14 June, occurred while the aircraft were operating the same route from Saigon to Paris. Both aircraft had stopped at Karachi Airport and crashed into the sea on approach to Bahrain.

1952 British Columbia general election

The 1952 British Columbia general election was the 23rd general election in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, alongside a plebiscite on daylight saving time and liquor. The election was called on April 10, 1952, and held on June 12, 1952. The new legislature met for the first time on February 3, 1953.

1955 Taça de Portugal final

The 1955 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 1954–55 Taça de Portugal, the 15th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 12 June 1955 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Benfica and Sporting CP.

1955 Greek Football Cup final

The 1955 Greek Cup final was the 13th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 12 June 1955 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and PAOK. It was Panathinaikos' fourth Greek Cup final in their 47 years of existence and PAOK's third Greek Cup final in their 29-year history.

Slovak parliamentary election, 1960

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 12 June 1960, alongside national elections. All 87 seats in the National Council were won by the National Front.

Slovakia

1960 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 12 June 1960. Voters were presented with a single list from the National Front, dominated by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ). According to official figures, 99.7 percent of eligible voters turned out to vote, and 99.9 percent of those who voted approved the National Front list.

The premiere was held in New York of the historical drama film Cleopatra, the most expensive film made to that point

Cleopatra is a 1963 American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman, adapted from the 1957 book The Life and Times of Cleopatra by Carlo Maria Franzero, and from histories by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor in the eponymous role, along with Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall and Martin Landau.

Battle of Sungei Koemba

The Battle of Sungei Koemba (27 May – 12 June 1965) took place during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. Involving Australian and Indonesian troops, the battle consisted of a series of ambushes launched by the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), along the Sungei Koemba river in Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo).

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Indonesia

1966 Soviet Union legislative election

Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Soviet Union on 12 June 1966.

Loving v. Virginia

Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), is a landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court which held that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The case involved Richard Loving, a white man, and his wife Mildred Loving, a woman of color.

This entry records the decision, as dated in the source infobox.

State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain

The State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain (1975 AIR 865, 1975 SCR (3) 333) was an election case heard by the Allahabad High Court in 1975 that found the Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi guilty of electoral malpractices. The election petition was filed by Raj Narain, a candidate from the Rae Bareli constituency, who alleged misuse of public finances by a political party for the re-election of the Prime Minister of India.

This entry records the decision, as dated in the source infobox.

1976 Coupe de France final

The 1976 Coupe de France final was a football match held at Parc des Princes, Paris on 12 June 1976. Olympique de Marseille defeated Olympique Lyonnais 2–0 thanks to goals by Raoul Noguès and Saar Boubacar.

Paris, France

1977 Bulgarian Cup final

The 1977 Bulgarian Cup final was the 37th final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army), and was contested between Levski Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia on 12 June 1977 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Levski won the final 2–1.

1977 Belgian Cup final

The 1977 Belgian Cup final, took place on 12 June 1977 between Anderlecht and Club Brugge. It was the 22nd Belgian Cup final and the first final in which Club Brugge and Anderlecht met each other. Club Brugge won the match 4-3.

Haryana holds its Legislative Assembly election

On June 12, 1977, voters in Haryana, India, went to the polls to elect the state Legislative Assembly.

India

Delhi holds its Metropolitan Council election

On June 12, 1977, voters in Delhi, India, went to the polls to elect the Metropolitan Council.

India

Djiboutian presidential election, 1981

Presidential elections were held in Djibouti for the first time on 12 June 1981. The only candidate was incumbent Hassan Gouled Aptidon of the People's Rally for Progress, the country's sole legal party. He was re-elected with 84.58% of the vote. Voter turnout was around 85%.

Djibouti

Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise, was released

Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. Set in 1936, the film stars Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, a globetrotting archaeologist vying with Nazi German forces to recover the long-lost Ark of the Covenant which is said to make an army invincible.

1982 Bulgarian Cup final

The 1982 Bulgarian Cup final was the 42nd final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army), and was contested between Lokomotiv Sofia and Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 12 June 1982 at Slavi Aleksiev Stadium in Pleven. Lokomotiv Sofia won the final 2–1 after extra time.

Pleven, Bulgaria

Battle of Mount Harriet

The Battle of Mount Harriet was a military engagement of the Falklands War, which took place on the night of 11/12 June 1982 between British and Argentine forces. It was one of three battles in a Brigade-size operation all on the same night, the other two being the Battle of Mount Longdon and the Battle of Two Sisters.

Battle of Two Sisters

The Battle of Two Sisters was an engagement of the Falklands War during the British advance towards the capital, Port Stanley. It took place from 11 to 12 June 1982 and was one of three battles in a Brigade-size operation all on the same night, the other two being the Battle of Mount Longdon and the Battle of Mount Harriet.

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Falkland Islands

Battle of Mount Longdon

The Battle of Mount Longdon was fought between the British 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment and elements of the Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment on 11–12 June 1982, towards the end of the Falklands War. It was one of three engagements in a brigade-size operation that night, along with the Battle of Mount Harriet and the Battle of Two Sisters.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Falkland Islands

1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries

From February 20 to June 12, 1984, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1984 United States presidential election. Former Vice President Walter Mondale was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1984 Democratic National Convention held from July 16 to July 19, 1984, in San Francisco, California.

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United States

French legislative election, 1988

French legislative elections took place on June 5 and June 12, 1988, to elect the ninth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, one month after the re-election of François Mitterrand as President of France. In 1986, the Socialist Party (PS) of President Mitterrand lost the legislative election. For the first time under the Fifth Republic, the President was forced to "cohabit" with a hostile parliamentary majority and cabinet. He chose the RPR leader Jacques Chirac as Prime Minister. The two heads of the executive power were rivals for the 1988 presidential election.

France

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046 was an Argentine scheduled domestic flight from Buenos Aires to Posadas, via Resistencia, that undershot the runway at Libertador General José de San Martín Airport in Posadas on June 12, 1988, in conditions of poor visibility. All 22 of the occupants of flight 046 were killed in the crash.

Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty

Russia Day (Russian: День России, romanized: Den' Rossii), called Day of Adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of RSFSR (Russian: День принятия Декларации о государственном суверенитете РСФСР, romanized: Den' prinyatia Declaratsii o gosudarstvennom suverenitete RSFSR) before 2002, is the national holiday of Russia. It has been celebrated annually on 12 June since 1992; the day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) on 12 June 1990.

1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre

On June 12, 1991, 152 minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the Sri Lankan military in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa. The Sri Lankan government instituted a presidential commission to investigate the massacre. The commission found the commanding officer negligent in controlling his troops and recommended that he be removed from office, and identified nineteen other members of the Sri Lankan military to be responsible for mass murder.

1991 Russian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) on 12 June 1991. This was the first ever Russian presidential election. The election was held roughly three months after Russians voted in favor of establishing a presidency and holding direct elections in a referendum held in March that year. The result was a victory for Boris Yeltsin, who received 58.6% of the vote.

1991 Leningrad municipal election

The 1991 Leningrad municipal elections took place on June 12, 1991 in the city of Leningrad (modern-day Saint Petersburg), located in the then-Soviet republic of Russia. The elections included the city's first popular mayoral election and a non-binding referendum on whether to change the city's name to its historic name of "Saint Petersburg". The elections coincided with the 1991 Russian presidential election.

1991–92 Russian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections in 1991 and 1992 took place in 11 federal subjects of Russia. Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tatarstan, Kalmykia, Mari El, Mordovia, Sakha and Chuvashia held their first elections in 1991. In Adygea and Kabardino-Balkaria second tours were held after the New Year celebrations. Tuva was the only one region of the Russian Federation to held its first presidential election in 1992, ignoring the year-long moratorium introduced by Russian parliament in late 1991.

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Russia

Operation Goranboy

Operation Goranboy was a large-scale military offensive by Azerbaijan in the summer of 1992. Its aims were to take complete control of the entire territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and put a decisive end to the secessionist Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). This offensive is regarded as a successful breakthrough by the Azerbaijani Army and marked the peak of Azerbaijani success throughout the entire six years of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.

Nigerian presidential election, 1993

Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 12 June 1993, the first since the 1983 military coup. The result was a victory for Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola of the Social Democratic Party, who defeated Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention. However, the elections were later annulled by military ruler Ibrahim Babangida, leading to a crisis that ended with Sani Abacha heading a coup later in the year.

Nigeria

1993 DFB-Pokal final

The 1993 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 1992–93 DFB-Pokal, the 50th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 12 June 1993 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Hertha BSC's second team, playing in the third division, made it to the final against Bayer Leverkusen, making it the first and only time a reserve side has made it to the final, as second teams have since been disallowed from entering the competition.

Berlin, Germany

1994 European Parliament election in Portugal

An election of MEP representing Portugal constituency for the 1994-1999 term of the European Parliament was held on 12 June 1994. It was part of the wider 1994 European election. In the closest nationwide election in Portuguese history, the Socialist Party (PS) polled just less than 0.5 percent ahead of the Social Democrats (PSD).

Portugal

1994 European Parliament election in Belgium

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 12 June 1994. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 14 MEPs, the French-speaking electoral college elected 10 MEPs and the German-speaking electoral college elected 1 MEP.

Belgium

1994 European Parliament election in Spain

An election was held in Spain on 12 June 1994 as part of the concurrent EU-wide election to the 4th European Parliament. All 64 seats allocated to the Spanish constituency as per the 1993 Council Decision amending the Direct Elections Act were up for election. It was held concurrently with a regional election in Andalusia.

Spain

1994 European Parliament election in Luxembourg

The 1994 European Parliament election in Luxembourg was the election of MEP representing Luxembourg constituency for the 1994–1999 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 1994 European election. It was held on 12 June 1994.

Luxembourg

1994 European Parliament election in Greece

European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 12 June 1994 to elect the 25 Greek members of the European Parliament. Members were elected by party-list proportional representation, with a 3% electoral threshold.

Greece

1994 Andalusian regional election

A regional election was held in Andalusia on 12 June 1994 to elect the 4th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with the 1994 European Parliament election. The candidate for the PSOE, Manuel Chaves, was invested as President of the Regional Government of Andalusia after winning the election.

1994 European Parliament election in Germany

An election of the delegation from Germany to the European Parliament (EP) was held in June 1994. Due to the accession of the former East German states in 1990, these were the first EU elections in Germany to have East Germans voting. Additionally, the ratification of the 1992 Maastricht Treaty meant that for the first time, European Union citizens resident in Germany could vote on the German members of the European Parliament.

Germany

1994 European Parliament election

The 1994 European Parliamentary election was a European election held across the 12 European Union member states in June 1994. This election saw the merge of the European People's Party and European Democrats, an increase in the overall number of seats (567 members were elected to the European Parliament) and a fall in overall turnout to 57%.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Dominican general election, 1995

General elections were held in Dominica on 12 June 1995. Although the Dominica Freedom Party received the most votes, the United Workers' Party won 11 of the 21 seats. Voter turnout was 65.2%, the lowest since universal suffrage was introduced in 1951.

Dominica

June 1996 Bangladeshi general election

Snap general elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. They were called following the controversial February 1996 elections, which were boycotted by the opposition and saw a turnout of just 21%. The result of the snap elections was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 directly elected seats, resulting in its leader Sheikh Hasina becoming Prime Minister.

Bangladesh

1999 DFB-Pokal final

The 1999 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 1998–99 DFB-Pokal, the 56th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 12 June 1999 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Werder Bremen won the match 5–4 on penalties against Bayern Munich, following a 1–1 draw after extra time, to claim their 4th cup title.

Berlin, Germany

2003 Algerian Cup final

The 2003 Algerian Cup final was the 39th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on June 12, 2003, at Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida with kick-off at 15:00. USM Alger beat CR Belouizdad in extra time with a golden goal in the 117th minute in the final after the game ended 1–1. It was USM Alger's sixth Algerian Cup in its history.

2004 European Parliament election in Malta

An election of Members of the European Parliament representing Malta constituency for the 2004–2009 term was held on 12 June 2004 as part of the wider 2004 European election. The election used Single Transferable Vote. The opposition Malta Labour Party polled strongly. The Malta Labour Party has won every European parliament election since, as of 2024.

Malta

2004 European Parliament election in Latvia

The election of MEPs representing Latvia constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament was held on 12 June 2004. It was the first European Parliament election in Latvia following its admission to the European Union in May 2004. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. There were lists of candidates from 16 political parties. with a total of 1019 candidates.

Latvia

2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic

The 2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic was the election of members of the European Parliament (MEPs) representing the Czech Republic for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. These were the first European elections after the country's EU accession and hence the first to be held in the Czech Republic. They took place on 11 and 12 June 2004.

Czechia

ECW One Night Stand (2005)

ECW One Night Stand (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Presented by THQ's Destroy All Humans!, it was held on June 12, 2005, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York. The main event was a tag team match between The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) and the team of Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. Two of the matches on the undercard were Chris Benoit versus Eddie Guerrero, and Mike Awesome versus Masato Tanaka.

New York, United States · New York City, United States

UFC Fight Night: Stout vs. Fisher

UFC Fight Night: Stout vs. Fisher (also known as UFC Fight Night 10) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

Florida, United States

2007 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

A leadership election was held by the Israeli Labor Party on 12 June 2007, to elect the party's new leader, due to internal dissatisfaction with the incumbent chairman Amir Peretz. The winner was Ehud Barak.

Israel

2009 Assembly of Experts by-election in Tehran province

A by-election was held on 12 June 2009 for the vacant seat of the Assembly of Experts in Tehran Province, caused by death of Mohammad-Hassan Marashi. It was held along with the 2009 Iranian presidential election. The seat was won by Mahmoud Alavi, who gained more than 2.6 millions out of 5.8 millions of votes cast. He was not supported by major clerical organizations, The Two Societies had endorsed Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri.

Iran

2009 Sobat River ambush

The 2009 Sobat River ambush was a battle between Jikany Nuer tribesmen and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA), which was escorting a United Nations (UN) aid convoy, on 12 June 2009.

Slovak parliamentary election, 2010

A parliamentary election took place in Slovakia on 12 June 2010. The elections were contested by eighteen parties, six of which passed the 5% threshold for sitting in parliament. Despite the incumbent Smer of Prime Minister Robert Fico winning a plurality, the new government consisted of a coalition led by the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party's Iveta Radičová and included KDH, SaS and Most-Hid. However, her government fell on 11 October 2011 following a vote of no confidence with a new election called for 10 March 2012.

Slovakia

UFC 115

UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 12, 2010 at General Motors Place (now Rogers Arena) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Canada

Slammiversary IX

Slammiversary IX was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on June 12, 2011 at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the seventh Slammiversary event and celebrated the ninth anniversary of TNA Wrestling.

Florida, United States

Battle of Ouraren (2011)

The Battle of Ouraren was fought between Niger and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb on 12 June 2011.

Niger

2011 Turkish general election

General elections were held in Turkey on 12 June 2011 to elect the 550 members of Grand National Assembly. In accordance to the result of the constitutional referendum held in 2007, the elections were held four years after the previous elections in 2007 instead of five.

Turkey

Zawiya skirmish

The Zawiya skirmish began on 11 June 2011, when the National Liberation Army launched an attack into the coastal city of Zawiya, Libya in an attempt to recapture it from army units and militiamen loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. The attack was quickly crushed by the numerically superior and better-equipped loyalist forces, who had taken the city earlier in the Libyan Civil War after defeating rebel forces in a major battle that lasted from February to March 2011.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Libya

June 2011 Jisr ash-Shughur clashes

In June 2011, during the civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War, rebels seized the city of Jisr ash-Shughur, resulting in violent clashes with the Syrian security forces, including the military. The exact reasons of the fighting, the course of events, and the resulting destruction and deaths are disputed.

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Syria

Cyrenaican desert campaign

The Cyrenaican desert campaign was a military campaign that initiated in April 2011 by the Libyan military in the form of hit-and-run attacks against rebel-held towns and oil facilities in the eastern Libyan Desert, during the Libyan Civil War. The campaign failed in denying anti-Gaddafi forces control of southern Cyrenaica.

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Libya

2012 Ivorian coup attempt

The 2012 Ivorian coup attempt was a failed coup d'état by exiled military officers loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo to overthrow President Alassane Ouattara's administration in the Ivory Coast. State security seized documents that outlined plans for the eventual overthrow and replacement of the democratically elected leader with a transitional military council.

Ivory Coast

2012 Champs-Élysées Film Festival

The first edition of the Champs-Élysées Film Festival was held from 6 to 12 June 2012, with actors Lambert Wilson and Michael Madsen presiding. During the first edition, more than 15,000 people attended, with more than 50 films screened. Besides the Official Selection of American Independent Films, the Festival's main event, three other non-competitive selections were presented: French Galas, American Galas and Oscar Nominated Foreign Language Films.

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France

2012 Arizona's 8th congressional district special election

A 2012 special election in Arizona's 8th congressional district was held on June 12, with primary elections held on April 17, to fill a seat in the United States House of Representatives for Arizona's 8th congressional district until the 112th United States Congress ends on January 3, 2013. The election was caused by the resignation of Representative Gabby Giffords on January 25, 2012, to concentrate on recovering from her injuries from the 2011 Tucson shooting.

United States

Camp Speicher massacre

On 12 June 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) killed at least 1,566 Shia Iraqi Air Force cadets in an attack on Camp Speicher in Tikrit. At the time of the attack there were between 4,000 and 11,000 unarmed cadets in the camp. Alleged ISIS fighters singled out Shia and non-Muslim cadets from Sunni ones and murdered them. The Iraqi government blamed the massacre on both ISIS and members from the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region.

Iraq

2014 Ontario general election

General elections were held in Ontario, Canada on June 12, 2014, to elect the members of the 41st Parliament of Ontario. The Liberal Party won a majority of seats in the legislature, allowing its leader, Kathleen Wynne, to continue as premier, moving from a minority to majority government. This was the Liberals' fourth consecutive win since 2003 and an improvement from their performance in the 2011 election.

Canada

2014 Antiguan general election

General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 12 June 2014. The result was a victory for the opposition Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party led by Gaston Browne, which won 14 of the 17 seats. Following the election, Browne became the country's youngest Prime Minister.

Antigua and Barbuda

Results of the 2014 Ontario general election by riding

The following is the list of riding-by-riding results, with candidate names, for the 2014 Ontario general election that was held on June 12, 2014.

2014 FIFA World Cup

The 2014 FIFA World Cup (Portuguese: Copa do Mundo da FIFA Brasil 2014) was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2007.

Pulse nightclub shooting

On June 12, 2016, 29-year-old Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people and wounded 58 in a mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States. Pulse was hosting a "Latin Night", and most of the victims were of Latino descent. In a 911 call made shortly after the shooting began, Mateen swore allegiance to the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and said the U.S. killing of Abu Waheeb in Iraq the previous month "triggered" the shooting.

Florida, United States

Slammiversary (2016)

The 2016 Slammiversary was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on June 12 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the twelfth event under the Slammiversary chronology and the first event in the 2016 TNA PPV schedule. It was the final Slammiversary event to be branded under the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling name — until 2024 — before it was changed to Impact Wrestling the following year.

United States

2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit

The 2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, commonly known as the Singapore Summit, was a summit meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. president Donald Trump, held at the Capella Hotel, Sentosa, Singapore, on June 12, 2018. It was the first-ever meeting between leaders of North Korea and the United States.

Singapore

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is inaugurated as the second president of Kazakhstan

Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev (born 17 May 1953) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who has served as the second president of Kazakhstan since 2019. He previously served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002 and as Chairman of the Senate from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2013 to 2019. Tokayev also held the position of Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva from 2011 to 2013.

Impact Wrestling Against All Odds (2021)

The 2021 Against All Odds was a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on June 12, 2021, and aired exclusively on Impact Plus. It was held at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, except for the main event, which was taped at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the 10th event under the Against All Odds chronology and the first to be held since the 2019 event.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

UFC 263

UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 12, 2021, at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, United States.

Arizona, United States

Battle of Loikaw (2021)

The 2021 Battle of Loikaw was an engagement between the Tatmadaw against ethnic Karenni militias and local PDF civilian guerrillas. The battle began on 21 May 2021, and was one of the first engagements of the current Myanmar Civil War in Kayah State.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Myanmar

2022 French legislative election in Ain

The 2022 French legislative election occurred on 12 June 2022 and 19 June 2022. In the Ain department, five deputies were elected with the department's five constituencies.

France

UFC 275

UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Procházka was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 12, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.

Singapore

2022 French legislative election

Legislative elections were held in France on 12 and 19 June 2022 to elect the 577 members of the 16th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. The elections took place following the 2022 French presidential election, which was held in April 2022. They have been described as the most indecisive legislative elections since the establishment of the five-year presidential term in 2000 and subsequent change of the electoral calendar in 2002.

This entry records the first round, as dated in the source infobox.

France

2023 Guyanese local elections

The 2023 Guyanese local elections, officially due since 2020, were held on Monday, June 12, 2023, following the latest delay of the officially biennial polls by three years due to lawsuits and vacancies at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following the fallout and misconduct of the 2020 Guyanese general election and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guyana

2023 Barishal City Corporation election

The 2023 Barishal City Corporation election was a local government election in the city of Barisal, Bangladesh, held on 12 June 2023 to elect the Mayor of Barisal and the Barishal City Council. The election resulted in a victory for the Awami League candidate Abul Khair Abdullah. In the 40-member City Council, the Awami League won 29 seats, while the Bangladesh Nationalist Party won 9 seats, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami won 1 seat, and independents won 1 seat.

Bangladesh

2023 Khulna City Corporation election

The 2023 Khulna City Corporation election was a local government election in the city of Khulna, Bangladesh, held on 12 June 2023 to elect the Mayor of Khulna and the Khulna City Council. The election resulted in a victory for the Awami League candidate Talukder Abdul Khaleque. In the 41-member City Council, the Awami League won 39 seats, while Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami won 1 seat and independents won 1 seat.

Bangladesh

2024 Mangaf building fire

On 12 June 2024, an early-morning fire broke out at a residential building in Mangaf in Kuwait's Ahmadi Governorate housing 196 male migrant workers of NBTC Group, killing 50 migrant workers, at least 46 of whom were from India, and injuring around 50 others. Most victims died of smoke inhalation, while others were fatally injured from falling. The building's owner was arrested in the wake of the fire.

Air India Flight 171

Air India Flight 171 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Ahmedabad Airport, Gujarat, India, to London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, England. On 12 June 2025, at 13:39 IST (08:09 UTC), the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating the flight crashed 32 seconds after takeoff into the student hostels of the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College, 1.7 kilometres (1 mi; 0.9 nmi) from the runway.

England, United Kingdom

PFL 5 (2025)

The PFL 5 mixed martial arts event for the 2025 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on June 12, 2025, at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. This event marked the semifinals of the single-elimination tournament format in the Welterweight and Featherweight divisions.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States