Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 12
June 12: Independence Day in the Philippines (1898) and the Russian Federation (1990), Dia dos Namorados in Brazil
- 1864 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant pulled his troops out of the Battle of Cold Harbor.
- 1889 - The Armagh rail disaster killed 88 people near Armagh, Northern Ireland.
- 1964 - Anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison by the South African government.
- 1979 - A human-powered aircraft named Gossamer Albatross flew across the English Channel.