Year 1758
French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.
JUNE 12
Daily Historical Chronicle
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12 June: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 12 June.
Observances & Special Days
World Day Against Child Labour
Year 1891
Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
Year 1849
Lewis Phectic Haslett received a patent for a gas mask.
Year 1897
Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll).
Year 1905
Gopalkrishna Gokhale founded the Servants of India Society.
Year 1913
John Bray’s first American cartoon film ‘The Artist’s Dream’ was released.
Year 1947
Gandhiji addresses Congress Working Committee.
Year 1952
J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy.
Year 1960
783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
Year 1964
Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa.
Year 1975
Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.
Year 1990
Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA.
Year 1990
Russian Federation parliament formally declared itself to be sovereign. This day is celebrated as Russia Day.
Year 1994
World’s biggest twinjet, Boeing 777, took its first flight.
Year 1996
India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front coalition.
Year 1997
Jain hawala case dropped against former ministers Kamal Nath, B.D. Dhakne, Chand Ram and Bhuta Singh.
Year 1997
Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
Born 1894
Purushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator, and editor was born.
Born 1929
Anne Frank, a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish origin.
Born 1932
Padmini, an Indian actress, and trained Bharatanatyam dancer.
Born 1957
Javed Miandad, a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator, and former cricketer.
Born 1975
Anjana Om Kashyap, an Indian journalist, and anchor.
Born 1985
Blake Ross, an American software engineer who is best known for his work as the co-creator of the Mozilla Firefox internet browser with Dave Hyatt.
Died 1761
Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third Peshwa, died after losing in the battle of Panipat. (12 or 23)
Died 1972
D. G. Tendulkar, the historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died.
Died 1976
Gopinath Kaviraj, Indian philosopher, and scholar (b. 1887)
Died 1978
Guo Moruo, a Chinese archaeologist, historian, poet, politician, and writer.
Died 2000
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, a Marathi writer, and humorist from Maharashtra, India.
Died 2015
Nek Chand Saini, a self-taught Indian artist.
Died 2020
Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlavi, an Indian Urdu poet, scholar, and journalist.