22 Khordad 1398

Events

• 1772 (254 years ago) French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men are killed by Māori in New Zealand.
• 1898 (128 years ago) Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
• 1935 (91 years ago) A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
• 1982 (44 years ago) A nuclear disarmament rally and concert is held in New York City.
• 1987 (39 years ago) Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
• 1987 (39 years ago) The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
• 1990 (36 years ago) Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
• 2018 (8 years ago) United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea hold the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore.

Births

• 1827 (199 years ago) Johanna Spyri, Swiss author, best known for Heidi (died 1901)
• 1890 (136 years ago) Egon Schiele, Austrian soldier and painter (died 1918)
• 1897 (129 years ago) Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1977)
• 1924 (102 years ago) George H. W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (died 2018)
• 1929 (97 years ago) Anne Frank, German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (died 1945)
• 1962 (64 years ago) Jordan Peterson, Canadian psychologist, professor and cultural critic
• 1981 (45 years ago) Adriana Lima, Brazilian model and actress
• 1992 (34 years ago) Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer

Deaths

• 816 (1210 years ago) Pope Leo III,
• 1912 (114 years ago) Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1822)
• 1937 (89 years ago) Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (born 1893)
• 1982 (44 years ago) Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)
• 1983 (43 years ago) Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (born 1902)
• 2003 (23 years ago) Gregory Peck, American actor and political activist (born 1916)
• 2012 (14 years ago) Elinor Ostrom, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1933)
• 2023 (3 years ago) Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936)

All 366 events, births and deaths of June 12