June 12

Saturday 12, 2004:

A 1.3 kg chondrite type meteorite strikes a house in Ellerslie, New Zealand causing serious damage but no injuries.

Saturday 12, 1999:

Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins – NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force KFor enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Thursday 12, 1997:

The United States Department of the Treasury unveils a new $50 bill meant to be more counterfeit-resistant. http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/rr1746.htm

Wednesday 12, 1996:

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.

Sunday 12, 1994:

German districts Röbel and Waren are merged to form Müritz

Wednesday 12, 1991:

Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of their republic.

Tuesday 12, 1990:

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

Sunday 12, 1988:

Rusty Wallace wins the last Nascar Winston Cup race at the Riverside International Raceway

Friday 12, 1987:

Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

Saturday 12, 1982:

in New York City's Central Park, 750,000 people rally against nuclear weapons. Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt are in attendance.

Friday 12, 1981:

Major League Baseball players begin a 49 day strike over the issue of free-agent compensation.

Tuesday 12, 1979:

Bryan Allen flies the Gossamer Albatross, man powered, across the English Channel.

Monday 12, 1978:

David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.

Monday 12, 1967:

Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data).

Friday 12, 1964:

South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life in prison.

Wednesday 12, 1963:

Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is shot dead in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith.

Friday 12, 1942:

Holocaust: Future essayist Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.

Wednesday 12, 1940:

World War II: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.

Monday 12, 1939:

The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.

Wednesday 12, 1935:

Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay, fighting since 1932.

Friday 12, 1931:

Charlie Parker equals cricket record for the earliest date to reach 100 wickets. Tich Freeman reaches 100 wickets a day later.

Monday 12, 1922:

the Royal Irish Regiment, the Connaught Rangers, the South Irish Horse, the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

Sunday 12, 1898:

Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.

Friday 12, 1896:

J.T. Hearne sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class wickets.

Wednesday 12, 1889:

88 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in Northern Ireland.

Friday 12, 1885:

At a murder trial in France, a roof collapses, killing 30 people.

Sunday 12, 1864:

American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor – General Ulysses S. Grant pulls his troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.

Sunday 12, 1859:

The Comstock Lode is discovered near Virginia City, Nevada.

Monday 12, 1775:

American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts.

Monday 12, 1758:

French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg – James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.

Friday 12, 1665:

England installs a municipal government in New York City. This was the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.

Thursday 12, 1653:

First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of the Gabbard – lasted until June 13.

Friday 12, 1418:

An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians.

Tuesday 12, 1381:

Peasants' Revolt: In England rebels arrive at Blackheath.

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