1991

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.

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1991 Russian presidential election

1991

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. In a military tribunal that followed in the presidential commission in the capital city of Colombo, all nineteen soldiers were acquitted.

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1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre

1992

Birth of Philippe Coutinho

Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer

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Philippe Coutinho

1992

Birth of Allie DiMeco

Allie DiMeco, American actress and musician

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Allie DiMeco

1993

1993 Nigerian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 12 June 1993. The elections were the first held since the 1983 military coup d'état which ended the Second Nigerian Republic. They were the culmination of a transition from military to civilian rule spearheaded by incumbent president Ibrahim Babangida. However, the results were annulled by the military government, citing electoral irregularities, when unofficial returns indicated a substantial victory for Moshood Abiola of the Social Democratic Party over his opponent, Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention.

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1993 Nigerian presidential election

1994

Birth of Don Toliver

Don Toliver, American rapper and singer-songwriter

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Don Toliver

1996

Birth of Gustav Forsling

Gustav Forsling is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Forsling was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the fifth round of the 2014 NHL entry draft, but did not play for the team. He previously played for the Chicago Blackhawks. Forsling won back-to-back Stanley Cup championships with the Panthers in 2024 and 2025.

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Gustav Forsling

1996

Birth of Davinson Sánchez

Davinson Sánchez Mina is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Colombia national team.

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Davinson Sánchez

1996

Birth of Shonica Wharton

Shonica Wharton, Barbadian netball player

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Shonica Wharton

1999

Kosovo War

The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the Kosovo Albanian separatist militia known as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The conflict ended when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intervened by beginning air strikes in March 1999 which resulted in Yugoslav forces withdrawing from Kosovo.

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Kosovo War

1999

Birth of CarryMinati

Ajey Nagar, better known as CarryMinati, is an Indian YouTuber, streamer and rapper. He is known for his roasting videos, comedic skits and reactions to various online topics on his channel CarryMinati. His other channel CarryisLive is dedicated to gaming and live streams. With over 45 million subscribers as of January 2026, he is one of the most-subscribed individual YouTubers in India. In May 2020, his roast video titled YouTube vs TikTok: The End caused controversy on YouTube. The video was removed by YouTube for violations against the platform's terms of service, citing reasons such as cyberbullying and harassment.

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CarryMinati

2002

Birth of Koni De Winter

Koni De Winter is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Serie A club AC Milan and the Belgium national team.

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Koni De Winter

2009

2009 Iranian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Iran on 12 June 2009, with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes counted, Ahmadinejad had won the election with 62% of the votes cast, and that Mir-Hossein Mousavi had received 34% of the votes cast. There were large irregularities in the results and people were surprised by them, which resulted in protests of millions of Iranians, across every Iranian city and around the world and the emergence of the opposition Iranian Green Movement.

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2009 Iranian presidential election

2014

Shia Islam in Iraq

Shia Islam in Iraq has a history going back to the times of Ali ibn Abi Talib who moved the capital of the Rashidun Caliphate from Medina to Kufa, two decades after the death of Muhammad. Iraqi Shias constitute the chief component of Iraqi society and the term is used as a socio-political and religious identifier. Their historical stronghold has been Lower Mesopotamia, historically known as Babylonia.

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Shia Islam in Iraq

2016

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.

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Pulse nightclub shooting