12 JuneIt is the 163st (164nd in leap years) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 202 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1550 – Helsinki, the capital of Finland, was founded.
- 1826 – Eskinci corps started to be established instead of Janissary corps.
- 1898 - The Philippines declared its independence from Spain.
- 1908 – There was a flood disaster in Tokat. 459 buildings were damaged, 223 people died.
- 1919 – Mustafa Kemal Pasha passed from Havza to Amasya.
- 1921 – Before the Greek offensive, Greek King Alexandros, Prime Minister Venizelos and Chief of General Staff arrived in Izmir.
- 1924 – Heybeliada Sanatorium, Turkey's first sanatorium, was opened.
- 1925 – Istanbul Teachers' Association congress was held.
- 1932 – Emir Faisal, Regent of the Hejaz, visited Turkey.
- 1935 – Bolivia and Paraguay end the three-year Chaco War in the Gran Chaco region with a treaty.
- 1940 - The Government convened under the Presidency of President İsmet İnönü and decided to stay out of the war.
- 1940 – II. World War II: British and French troops of 54 surrender to the armies of German Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux on the English Channel border. German troops continued to advance towards Paris.
- 1941 – A French merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk off Çanakkale. The crew of the ship was rescued and brought to Istanbul.
- 1947 - Big East The magazine was closed for 4 months by the decision of the Court.
- 1948 – Hungarian Workers' Party, which was in power in the Hungarian People's Republic until 1956, was established.
- 1957 – Kırşehir was made a province again.
- 1958 – More than 150 thousand people attended the rally for Cyprus in Ankara.
- 1960 – The Provisional Constitution was announced. All the rights and powers of the TGNA were given to the National Unity Committee in accordance with the Temporary Constitution.
- 1966 – The foundation of the Keban Dam was laid.
- 1967 - The Soviet Union sent the spacecraft "Venera 4" to the planet Venus.
- 1967 – Laws banning interracial marriage in the USA are completely repealed.
- 1968 – Istanbul University was occupied by students under the leadership of Deniz Gezmiş.
- 1971 – The Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor applied to the Constitutional Court for the closure of the Workers Party of Turkey.
- 1974 – The government announced that it would nationalize the Ataş Refinery.
- 1975 – Greece formally applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC).
- 1982 – 12th execution of the September 17 Coup: Şahabettin Ovalı, who killed a person with 3 bullets, was executed on February 1976, 5, because of the blood feud.
- 1984 – The name of Urfa was changed to “Şanlıurfa”.
- 1984 – Photojournalists Association was founded.
- 1986 – Ahmet Altan's novel “Trace in the Water” was found to be “bad”. A lawsuit was filed against Altan and his publisher, Erdal Öz.
- 1986 – Haydar Dümen's book “Sexual Life 2” was confiscated.
- 1987 – A general election was held in the United Kingdom. Under Margaret Thatcher, the Conservatives won the third election.
- 1988 – The wind and heavy rain at a speed of 15 kilometers blowing for 80 minutes in Ankara left 14 dead behind.
- 1989 – The number of Turks immigrating from Bulgaria reached 90 thousand.
- 1990 - Russia officially declared its independence.
- 1994 - The Boeing 777 made its maiden flight, taking off from Paine Field.
- 2000 – Turkey's first space camp, “Space Camp Turkey” was opened.
- 2002 – TOFAŞ terminated the production of the Bird Series.
- 2004 – A 1,3 kg chondrite meteorite crashed on top of a house in New Zealand, causing extensive damage to the house but no casualties.
- 2005 – The first oil was supplied to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline.
- 2007 – Tülay Tuğcu, the first female President of the Constitutional Court, retired.
- 2009 – Presidential elections were held in Iran.
- 2011 – 2011 General Elections for the Parliament of Parliament were held in Turkey.
- 2016 – 49 people were killed and 53 injured in an attack on a gay bar in Orlando, Florida. The attacker, Omar Mateen, was killed in a gunfight with the police.
Births
- 950 – Reizei, 63rd emperor of Japan in the traditional succession order (d. 1011)
- 1107 – Gaozong, 10th emperor of China's Song Dynasty (d. 1187)
- 1519 – Cosimo I, Duchy of Florence II. Duke of Tuscany and I Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1584)
- 1819 – Charles Kingsley, English writer (d. 1875)
- 1827 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss writer (d. 1901)
- 1890 – Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (d. 1918)
- 1892 – Djuna Barnes, American modernist writer (d. 1982)
- 1897 – Anthony Eden, British politician (d. 1977)
- 1899 – Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1986)
- 1908 Otto Skorzeny, German SS soldier (d. 1975)
- 1909 – Ali Tantavi, Syrian scientist (d. 1999)
- 1910 – Füreyya Koral, Turkish ceramic artist (d. 1997)
- 1915 – David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman (d. 2017)
- 1924 – George HW Bush, 41st President of the United States (d. 2018)
- 1926 – Norval White, American architect, historian, and professor (d. 2009)
- 1929 – Anne Frank, Jewish daughter (whose diary exposed Nazi persecution) (d. 1945)
- 1930 – Adolf Born, Czech painter, cartoonist, and cartoon producer (d. 2016)
- 1931 – Rodney William Whitaker, American author (d. 2005)
- 1941 – Chick Corea, Spanish-American jazz pianist
- 1941 – Roy Harper, English musician
- 1943 – Sennur Sezer, Turkish poet and writer (d. 2015)
- 1950 – Oğuz Abadan, Turkish musician
- 1951 – Andranik Markarian, Armenian politician (d. 2007)
- 1953 – Mohammad Reza Sersar; researcher, literary critic, novelist and writer
- 1960 – Angela Ahrendts, American businessperson
- 1965 – Gwen Torrence, American athlete
- 1969 – Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician
- 1973 – Victor Ikpeba, Nigerian football player
- 1974 - Jason Mewes, American actor
- 1976 – Antawn Jamison, American basketball player
- 1976 – Thomas Sørensen, Danish former national goalkeeper
- 1979 – Burcu Kaya Koç, Turkish volleyball referee and newscaster
- 1979 – Evrim Akın, Turkish cinema, television and theater actress and presenter
- 1979 – Diego Milito, Argentinean former international football player
- 1979 – Robyn, Swedish musician
- 1979 – Earl Watson, American Basketball Player
- 1980 – Denis Monastirsky, Ukrainian lawyer, politician, and Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (d. 2023)
- 1981 – Adriana Lima, Brazilian model
- 1982 – Diem Brown, American host and journalist (d. 2014)
- 1983 – Anja Rubik, Polish model
- 1983 - Christine Sinclair, Canadian football player
- 1984 - Bruno Soriano, former Spanish football player
- 1985 – Dave Franco, American actor
- 1986 – Mario Casas, Spanish actor
- 1986 – Sergio Rodríguez, Spanish national professional basketball player
- 1988 – Eren Derdiyok, Swiss national football player
- 1988 – Mauricio Isla, Chilean national football player
- 1990 – Umut Gundogan, Turkish football player
- 1990 – Jrue Holiday, American professional basketball player
- 1990 – Cemal Kütahya, Turkish handball player (d. 2023)
- 1992 – Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian national football player
- 1994 – Don Toliver, American rapper
- 1995 – Furkan Soyalp, Turkish football player
- 1995 – Ezgi Dilik, Turkish volleyball player
- 1995 – Sun Qiaolu, Chinese actress and model (d. 2021)
Deaths
- 816 – III. Leo, Pope of the Catholic Church from December 27, 795 to June 12, 816 (b. 750)
- 1124 – Hasan Sabbah, founder of the Assassins order (b. 1050s)
- 1144 – Zamakhshari, Iranian Islamic scholar (b. 1075)
- 1772 – Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724)
- 1816 – Pierre Augereau, French field marshal and member of the High Council (b. 1757)
- 1840 – Gerald Griffin, Irish writer (b. 1803)
- 1841 – Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (b. 1768)
- 1912 – Frédéric Passy, French economist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1822)
- 1932 – Theo Heemskerk, Dutch anti-Revolutionary politician (b. 1852)
- 1937 – Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Soviet marshal and Chief of Staff of the Red Army (b. 1893)
- 1937 – Mariya Ulyanova, Russian female revolutionary (b. 1878)
- 1946 – Hisaichi Terauchi, II. Marshal of the Imperial Japanese Land Forces during World War II (b. 1879)
- 1968 – Helbert Read, English poet and critic (b. 1893)
- 1969 – Alexander Deyneka, Soviet-Russian painter, graphic artist and sculptor (b. 1899)
- 1972 – Edmund Wilson, American author, critic, and essayist (b. 1895)
- 1978 – Guo Moruo, Chinese author, poet, politician, screenwriter, historian, archaeologist, and ancient scriptwriter (b. 1892)
- 1980 – Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician (b. 1910)
- 1982 – Karl von Frisch, Austrian ethologist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886)
- 1983 – Clemens Holzmeister, Austrian architect and designer (b. 1886)
- 1983 – Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (b. 1902)
- 1994 – Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-born American Orthodox Jewish rabbi (b. 1902)
- 1996 – Tolga Aşkıner, Turkish theater artist (b. 1942)
- 1997 – Bulat Okucava, Georgian-Armenian origin Soviet musician, poet and writer (b. 1924)
- 2003 – Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916)
- 2005 – Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese communist politician (b. 1912)
- 2006 – György Ligeti, Hungarian-Austrian music composer and music teacher (b. 1923)
- 2008 – Şener Seat, Turkish test pilot (b. 1951)
- 2009 – Félix Malloum, Chadian soldier and politician (b. 1932)
- 2011 – Laura Ziskin, American film producer (b. 1950)
- 2012 – Henry Hill, American gangster (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Elinor Ostrom, American political scientist and economist (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Pahiño, Spanish former football player (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Sabri Ülker, Turkish industrialist and businessperson (founder of Ülker Group) (b. 1920)
- 2015 – Rick Ducommun, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1952)
- 2015 – Sümer Tilmaç, Turkish actress (b. 1948)
- 2015 – Antoni Pitxot, Spanish painter (b. 1934)
- 2016 – Michu Meszaros, Hungarian-American midget actor, circus performer, and stuntman (b. 1939)
- 2016 – Janet Waldo, American actress and voice actor (b. 1920)
- 2017 – Piotr Andrejew, Polish film director and screenwriter (b. 1949)
- 2017 – Sam Beazley, British actor (b. 2016)
- 2017 – Fernando Martínez Heredia, Cuban politician (b. 1939)
- 2017 – Charles P. Thacker, American pioneer computer designer (b. 1943)
- 2019 – Philomena Lynott, Irish writer and businessperson (b. 1930)
- 2019 – Sylvia Miles, American actress (b. 1924)
- 2020 – Ali Hadi Muhsin, Iraqi professional football player and manager (b. 1967)
- 2020 – Ricky Valance, Welsh pop singer (b. 1936)
- 2020 – Perfecto Yasay Jr., Filipino politician (b. 1947)
- 2021 – Dennis Berry, American-French film director, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
- 2021 – Igor Zhelezovski, Soviet-Belarusian speed skater (b. 1963)
- 2022 – Philip Bennett, Welsh rugby union player (b. 1948)
- 2022 – Sylvie Granger, French modern historian (b. 1955)
- 2022 – Philip Baker Hall, American character actor (b. 1931)
- 2022 – Heidi Horten, Austrian billionaire and art collector (b. 1941)
- 2022 – Vĕslav Michalik, Czech politician and physicist (b. 1963)
- 2023 – Silvio Berlusconi, Italian politician and Prime Minister (b. 1936)
Holidays and special occasions
- Russia Day (Independence Day)
- World Day Against Child Labor
