On This Day: 12 June

12 June in Indian history

• 2025Air India Flight 171 crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing 260 people.India
• 2010Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued after her boat was dismasted in the Indian Ocean while trying to become the youngest sailor around the world.India
• 1991More than 150 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the military in the village of Kokkadichcholai.India
• 1975State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain: Judge Jagmohanlal Sinha rules against Indira Gandhi in a case on her election to the Indian Parliament, and that she should be banned from holding any public office, triggering a political crisis.India
• 1758French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.India

12 June in world history

• 2018United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea hold the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore.
• 2014Between 1,095 and 1,700 Shia Iraqi people are killed in an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Camp Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq. It is the second deadliest act of terrorism in history, only behind 9/11.
• 1999In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered the territory with a mandate of establishing a secure environment.
• 1994The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, made its maiden flight.
• 1987Cold War: During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate by the Berlin Wall, US president Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!" (speech featured).
• 1967The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws restricting interracial marriage in the landmark civil rights case Loving v. Virginia.
• 1964Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela's original 5-year sentence is extended to life sentence for high treason together with Denis Goldberg, Ahmed Kathrada, Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba, Andrew Mlangeni, Elias Motsoaledi and Walter Sisulu in the
• 1963NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement.
• 1943The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
• 1935A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
• 1775American War of Independence: 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,
• 1643The Westminster Assembly is convened by the Parliament of England, without the assent of Charles I, in order to restructure the Church of England.
• 1240The Disputation of Paris, in which four rabbis defended the Talmud against Nicholas Donin's accusations of blasphemy, began in the court of King Louis IX.

Born on 12 June

• 1999CarryMinati, Indian YouTuberIndia
• 1982Shailaja Pujari, Indian weightlifterIndia
• 1982James Tomlinson, English cricketer
• 1908Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer (died 1975)
• 1843David Gill, Scottish-English astronomer and author (died 1914)
• 1107Gao Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1187)

Died on 12 June

• 1994Philip Vera Cruz, Filipino-American labor leader and farmworker (born 1904)
• 1976Gopinath Kaviraj, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1887)India
• 1972Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar, Indian writer and documentary filmmaker (born 1909)India
• 1816Pierre Augereau, French general (born 1757)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 12 June in history?

2025: Air India Flight 171 crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing 260 people. 2018: United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea hold the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore. 2014: Between 1,095 and 1,700 Shia Iraqi people are killed in an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Camp Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq. It is the second deadliest act of terrorism in history, only behind 9/11. 2010: Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued after her boat was dismasted in the Indian Ocean while trying to become the youngest sailor around the world.

What happened on 12 June in Indian history?

2025: Air India Flight 171 crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing 260 people. 2010: Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued after her boat was dismasted in the Indian Ocean while trying to become the youngest sailor around the world. 1991: More than 150 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the military in the village of Kokkadichcholai.

Which famous people were born on 12 June?

CarryMinati, Indian YouTuber (1999); Shailaja Pujari, Indian weightlifter (1982); James Tomlinson, English cricketer (1982); Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer (died 1975) (1908).

Which day is observed on 12 June?

World Day Against Child Labour; Chaco Armistice Day (Paraguay); Dia dos Namorados (Brazil); Helsinki Day (Finland); Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Philippines from Spain in 1898..