What Happened In June 2012 In History

Historical Events for June, 2012

• 2nd » The former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
• 4th » The Diamond Jubilee Concert is held outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall, London.
• 13th » A 13 June 2012 Iraq attacks called series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
• 15th » Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully Tightrope walking called tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.
• 16th » China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts – including the first female Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang (astronaut) known as Liu Yang – to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
• 22nd » Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is Impeachment of Fernando Lugo or removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
• 23rd » Ashton Eaton breaks the Decathlon world record progression or decathlon world record at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) e.g United States Olympic Trials.
• 24th » Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise, dies.
• 26th » The Waldo Canyon Fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs, Colorado called Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.

Famous Deaths for June 2012

• 1st » Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist and composer (Griot Galaxy) (b. 1942)
• 1st » Pádraig Faulkner, Irish politician, 19th Minister for Defence (Ireland) named Minister of Defence for Ireland (b. 1918)
• 1st » Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (b. 1953)
• 1st » Brahmeshwar Singh, Indian murderer (b. 1947)
• 2nd » Oliver (chimpanzee) e.g Oliver, Congolese chimpanzee (b. 1958)
• 2nd » Avraham Botzer, Polish-Israeli commander (b. 1929)
• 2nd » Adolfo Calero, Nicaraguan businessman (b. 1931)
• 2nd » Richard Dawson, English-American actor and game show host (b. 1932)
• 2nd » LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (b. 1940)
• 2nd » Kathryn Joosten, American actress (b. 1939)
• 2nd » Jan Gmelich Meijling, Dutch commander and politician (b. 1943)
• 3rd » Carol Ann Abrams, American film producer, author, and academic (b. 1942)
• 3rd » Andy Hamilton (saxophonist) named Andy Hamilton, Jamaican-English saxophonist and composer (b. 1918)
• 3rd » Rajsoomer Lallah, Mauritian lawyer and judge (b. 1933)
• 3rd » Roy Salvadori, English race car driver and manager (b. 1922)
• 3rd » Brian Talboys, New Zealand politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921)
• 4th » Abu Yahya al-Libi, Libyan terrorist (b. 1963)
• 4th » Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building (b. 1925)
• 4th » Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1946)
• 4th » Jim Fitzgerald, American businessman (b. 1926)
• 4th » Eduard Khil, Russian singer (b. 1934)
• 4th » Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal (b. 1932)
• 4th » Herb Reed, American violinist (The Platters) (b. 1929)
• 5th » Ray Bradbury, American author (b. 1920)
• 5th » Lucky Diamond (dog) named Lucky Diamond, American dog (b. 1997)
• 5th » Caroline John, English actress (b. 1940)
• 5th » Hal Keller, American baseball player (b. 1928)
• 5th » Mihai Pătraşcu, Romanian-American computer scientist (b. 1982)
• 5th » Charlie Sutton, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1924)
• 6th » Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
• 6th » Nolan Miller, American fashion designer (b. 1933)
• 6th » Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1957)
• 6th » Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (b. 1946)
• 6th » Mykola Volosyanko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972)
• 6th » Li Wangyang, Chinese activist (b. 1950)
• 7th » John T. Cunningham, American journalist and historian (b. 1915)
• 7th » Cotton Owens, American race car driver (b. 1924)
• 7th » Lil Phat, American rapper (b. 1992)
• 7th » J. Michael Riva, American production designer (b. 1948)
• 7th » Phillip V. Tobias, South African palaeontologist and academic (b. 1925)
• 7th » Bob Welch (musician) named Bob Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac and Paris (band) known as Paris) (b. 1945)
• 8th » Pete Brennan, American basketball player (b. 1936)
• 8th » Frank Cady, American actor and singer (b. 1915)
• 8th » K. S. R. Das, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 8th » Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand-Australian mathematician and educator (b. 1940)
• 8th » Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1926)
• 9th » Régis Clère, French cyclist (b. 1956)
• 9th » John Maples, Baron Maples, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (b. 1943)
• 9th » Ivan Minatti, Slovene poet (b. 1924)
• 9th » Georges Sari, Greek author and actress (b. 1925)
• 9th » Hawk Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1939)
• 9th » Abram Wilson, American-English trumpet player (b. 1973)
• 10th » Piero Bellugi, Italian conductor (b. 1924)
• 10th » Will Hoebee, Dutch songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 10th » Georges Mathieu, French painter (b. 1921)
• 10th » Joshua Orwa Ojode, Kenyan politician (b. 1958)
• 10th » George Saitoti, Kenyan economist and politician, 6th Vice-President of Kenya (b. 1945)
• 10th » Sudono Salim, Chinese-Indonesian businessman, founded Bank Central Asia (b. 1916)
• 10th » Gordon West, English footballer (b. 1943)
• 11th » Lee Allen (wrestler) known as Lee Allen, American wrestler and coach (b. 1943)
• 11th » Hector Bianciotti, Argentinian-French author (b. 1930)
• 11th » Dave Boswell (baseball) named Dave Boswell, American baseball player (b. 1945)
• 11th » Stay High 149, American painter (b. 1950)
• 11th » Ann Rutherford, Canadian-American actress (b. 1920)
• 11th » Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer (b. 1952)
• 12th » Pahiño, Spanish footballer (b. 1923)
• 12th » Philip H. Corboy, American lawyer (b. 1925)
• 12th » Henry Hill, American mobster (b. 1943)
• 12th » Annie B. Martin, American activist (b. 1920)
• 12th » Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen, German psychoanalyst (b. 1917)
• 12th » Elinor Ostrom, American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1933)
• 12th » Frank Walker (Australian politician) known as Frank Walker, Australian judge and politician, 41st Attorney General of New South Wales (b. 1942)
• 13th » Sam Beddingfield, American pilot and engineer (b. 1933)
• 13th » Graeme Bell, Australian pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1914)
• 13th » Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini, Brazilian bishop (b. 1936)
• 13th » Roger Garaudy, French philosopher and author (b. 1913)
• 13th » Mehdi Hassan, Indian-Pakistani singer-songwriter (b. 1927)
• 13th » Jože Humer, Slovenian composer (b. 1934)
• 13th » Erica Kennedy, American journalist and author (b. 1970)
• 14th » Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, English politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (b. 1926)
• 14th » Al Brancato, American baseball player (b. 1919)
• 14th » Bob Chappuis, American football player (b. 1923)
• 14th » Margie Hyams, American pianist and vibraphone player (b. 1920)
• 14th » Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, German pianist and academic (b. 1930)
• 14th » Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (b. 1945)
• 14th » Erik Rhodes (pornographic actor) named Erik Rhodes, American porn actor (b. 1982)
• 14th » Gitta Sereny, Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
• 14th » Yvette Wilson, American actress (b. 1964)
• 15th » Phillip D. Cagan, American economist and author (b. 1927)
• 15th » Capitola Dickerson, American pianist and educator (b. 1913)
• 15th » Rune Gustafsson, Swedish guitarist and composer (b. 1933)
• 15th » Barry MacKay, American tennis player (b. 1935)
• 15th » Israel Nogueda Otero, Mexican economist and politician, 10th Governor of Guerrero (b. 1935)
• 15th » Jerry Tubbs, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
• 16th » Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1934)
• 16th » Howie Chizek, American radio host (b. 1947)
• 16th » Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (b. 1917)
• 16th » Jorge Lankenau, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1944)
• 16th » Sławomir Petelicki, Polish general (b. 1946)
• 16th » Thierry Roland, French sportscaster (b. 1937)
• 16th » Susan Tyrrell, American actress (b. 1945)
• 17th » Stéphane Brosse, French mountaineer (b. 1971)
• 17th » Patricia Brown, American baseball player (b. 1931)
• 17th » Nathan Divinsky, Canadian mathematician and chess player (b. 1925)
• 17th » Brian Hibbard, Welsh actor and singer (The Flying Pickets) (b. 1946)
• 17th » Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (b. 1965)
• 17th » R. C. Owens, American football player (b. 1934)
• 17th » Fauzia Wahab, Pakistani politician (b. 1956)
• 18th » Horacio Coppola, Argentinian photographer and director (b. 1906)
• 18th » Lina Haag, German author and activist (b. 1907)
• 18th » Ghazala Javed, Pakistani singer (b. 1988)
• 18th » Tom Maynard, Welsh cricketer (b. 1989)
• 18th » Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín, Peruvian politician, 109th Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1919)
• 18th » Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1934)
• 18th » Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor (b. 1929)
• 18th » William Van Regenmorter, American politician (b. 1939)
• 19th » Anthony Bate, English actor (b. 1929)
• 19th » Richard Lynch, American actor (b. 1936)
• 19th » Michael Palliser, English diplomat (b. 1922)
• 19th » Emili Teixidor, Catalan journalist (b. 1933)
• 19th » Norbert Tiemann, American politician, 32nd Governor of Nebraska (b. 1924)
• 20th » Judy Agnew, American wife of Spiro Agnew, 29th Second Lady of the United States (b. 1921)
• 20th » Robert J. Kelleher, American tennis player and judge (b. 1913)
• 20th » LeRoy Neiman, American painter (b. 1921)
• 20th » Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (b. 1919)
• 20th » Andrew Sarris, American critic (b. 1928)
• 21st » Richard Adler, American composer and producer (b. 1921)
• 21st » Abid Hussain, Indian economist and diplomat (b. 1926)
• 21st » Sunil Janah, Indian photographer and journalist (b. 1918)
• 21st » Radha Vinod Raju, Indian police officer (b. 1949)
• 21st » Anna Schwartz, American economist and author (b. 1915)
• 21st » Ramaz Shengelia, Georgian footballer (b. 1957)
• 22nd » Obaidullah Baig, Pakistani journalist and author (b. 1926)
• 22nd » María Teresa Castillo, Venezuelan journalist, politician, and activist (b. 1908)
• 22nd » Mary Fedden, English painter (b. 1915)
• 22nd » Fernie Flaman, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1927)
• 22nd » Juan Luis Galiardo, Spanish actor (b. 1922)
• 22nd » Rolly Tasker, Australian sailor (b. 1926)
• 22nd » Hans Villius, Swedish historian (b. 1923)
• 23rd » Franz Crass, German singer (b. 1928)
• 23rd » Robin de La Lanne-Mirrlees, English author and soldier (b. 1925)
• 23rd » James Durbin, English economist and statistician (b. 1923)
• 23rd » Brigitte Engerer, French pianist and educator (b. 1952)
• 23rd » Ken Hargreaves, English politician (b. 1939)
• 23rd » Alan McDonald (association football) named Alan McDonald, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1963)
• 23rd » Frank Chee Willeto, American politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation (b. 1925)
• 23rd » Walter J. Zable, American football player and businessman, founded the Cubic Corporation (b. 1915)
• 24th » Darrel Akerfelds, American baseball player and coach (b. 1962)
• 24th » Gad Beck, German educator and author (b. 1923)
• 24th » Gu Chaohao, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
• 24th » Jean Cox, American tenor (b. 1922)
• 24th » Youssef Dawoud, Egyptian actor (b. 1938)
• 24th » Lonesome George, Ecuadorian tortoise (b. 1910)
• 24th » Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (b. 1988)
• 24th » Ann C. Scales, American lawyer, educator, and activist (b. 1952)
• 25th » Shigemitsu Dandō, Japanese jurist (b. 1913)
• 25th » Campbell Gillies, Scottish jockey (b. 1990)
• 25th » George Randolph Hearst, Jr., American businessman (b. 1927)
• 25th » Lucella MacLean, American baseball player (b. 1921)
• 25th » Edgar Ross, American boxer (b. 1949)
• 25th » Doris Schade, German actress (b. 1924)
• 26th » Sverker Åström, Swedish diplomat (b. 1915)
• 26th » Daniel Batman, Australian sprinter (b. 1981)
• 26th » Pat Cummings, American basketball player (b. 1956)
• 26th » Ann Curtis, American swimmer (b. 1926)
• 26th » Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 26th » Doris Singleton, American actress (b. 1919)
• 26th » Risley C. Triche, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 27th » Stan Cox, English runner (b. 1918)
• 27th » Rosemary Dobson, Australian poet and illustrator (b. 1920)
• 27th » Jesse Glover, American martial artist (b. 1924)
• 27th » Don Grady, American actor and composer (b. 1944)
• 27th » Iurie Miterev, Moldovan footballer (b. 1975)
• 28th » Richard Isay, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1934)
• 28th » Leontine T. Kelly, American bishop (b. 1920)
• 28th » Zhang Ruifang, Chinese actress (b. 1918)
• 28th » Robert Sabatier, French author and poet (b. 1923)
• 28th » Doris Sams, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 28th » Norman Sas, American businessman (b. 1925)
• 28th » Paul Stassino, Greek actor (b. 1930)
• 29th » Takeo Chii, Japanese actor (b. 1942)
• 29th » Graham Horn, English footballer (b. 1954)
• 29th » Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean politician (b. 1918)
• 29th » Vincent Ostrom, American political scientist and academic (b. 1919)
• 29th » Juan Reccius, Chilean triple jumper (b. 1911)
• 29th » Floyd Temple, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1926)
• 30th » Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun (b. 1942)
• 30th » Richard Eardley, American politician (b. 1928)
• 30th » Miguel S. Demapan, American jurist (b. 1953)
• 30th » Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (Abraxas (Czech band) known as Abraxas) (b. 1952)
• 30th » Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician, 7th List of Prime Ministers of Israel known as Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1915)
• 30th » Yomo Toro, Puerto Rican Cuatro (instrument) or cuatro player (b. 1933)

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