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This is a list of selected June 12 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Ineligible

Blurb Reason
Independence Day in the Philippines; refimprove
1964Nelson Mandela and other leaders of the African National Congress were found guilty for sabotaging the apartheid system in South Africa. refimprove, and Mandela is featured on February 11
1994 – Former American football star O. J. Simpson allegedly murdered his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson. Featured on June 17, date of Simpson's low-speed chase

Eligible

  • 2001 – Robert Edward Dyer was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for conducting a six-month long letter bomb campaign against the British supermarket chain Tesco.
  • 2010 – Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued after her boat was dismasted in the Indian Ocean while trying to become the youngest sailor around the world.

June 12: Duanwu/Dragon Boat Festival in East Asian countries (2013); Dia dos Namorados in Brazil; Russia Day in the Russian Federation

Germany Army armoured vehicle serving in KFOR

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