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Other Historical Events On June 12 by Giftedgreen: 10:11am On Jun 12, 2013 |
On June 12, 1993 presidential elections were held in Nigeria, which most observers deemed to be Nigeria's fairest. Early returns indicated that wealthy Yoruba businessman M.K.O. Abiola won a decisive victory. However, Babangida, using several pending lawsuits as a pretense, annulled the election, throwing Nigeria into turmoil. More than 100 were killed in riots before Babangida agreed to hand power to an interim government. Around the world we take a look at other events that also took place on this very date, June 12 1. Philippine Declaration Of Independence – 12 June 1898 The Philippine Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on June 12, 1898. With the public reading of the Act of the Declaration of independence, Filipino revolutionary forces proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain. The event also saw the unfurling of the National Flag of Philippines and the performance of the National anthem. Both the flag and the National anthem are still used to this day. 2. Iran’s Tenth Presidential Election -12 June 2009 Iran's tenth presidential election was held on 12 June 2009, with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's official news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes counted, Ahmadinejad had won the election with 62% of the votes cast, and that Mir-Hossein Mousavi had received 34% of the votes cast. There were large irregularities in the results and people were surprised by them, which resulted in protests gathering millions of Iranians in every Iranian city and around the world and the emergence of the opposition Iranian Green Movement. The European Union and several western countries expressed concern over alleged irregularities during the vote, and many analysts and journalists from the United States and United Kingdom news media voiced doubts about the authenticity of the results. 3. Kokkadichcholai Massacre – 12 June 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre refers to the massacres of minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians in the village Kokkadichcholai. The massacre happened on June 12, 1991 in which 152 civilians were killed. On the 12 June 1991 following a rebel landmine attack on a Sri Lankan Army soldiers, number of civilians were greater Kokkadichcholai region were killed. Although the Human Rights agency University Teachers for Human Rights(UTHR) estimates that over 123 civilians were killed the local government authorities certified to the death of only 32 individuals. Although locals allege that 6 women were also raped, the government officials initially denied the allegations In 2001 the army accepted responsibility for the large scale massacre at the hamlet of Kokkadicholai. A military tribunal found the commanding officer guilty of failure to control his troops and illegal disposal of the bodies, and he was dismissed from service. The other 19 soldiers under trial were acquitted but nevertheless sent to the front lines in the north of the country as a punishment. A number of organizations have expressed regret over this decision 4. Interracial Marriage – June 12 - 1967 On the June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage. The case was brought by Mildred Loving, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, who had been sentenced to a year in prison in for marrying each other. Their marriage violated the state's anti-miscegenation statute, the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which prohibited marriage between people classified as "white" and people classified as "colored." The Supreme Court's unanimous decision held this prohibition was unconstitutional. The decision was followed by an increase in interracial marriages in the U.S., and is remembered annually on Loving Day, June 12. 5. Nelson Mandela – June 12 1964 Just in case you live under a rock, Nelson Mandela is a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as the president of South Africa form 1994 to 1999. He is probably the most respected African alive, or ever. On June 12 1964, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government. Mandela served 27 years in prison, he was released in 1990. Within South Africa, Mandela is widely considered to be "the father of the nation", and "the founding father of democracy". He has also received international acclaim. In 1993, he received the joint Nobel Peace Prize with de Klerk. Source: http://www.giftedgreen.com/content/?q=5-Events-That-Also-Took-Place-on-June-12 2 Likes |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by passionate88: 10:19am On Jun 12, 2013 |
Nice one.. 2 Likes |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by Nobody: 4:44pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
On 12 June 1963 Mama Careytommy was born in Edemaya (in present day Akwa Ibom) This may be your golden anniversary but you are worth more than all the world's gold. Inesteemable! Happy Birthday Mummy 12 Likes |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by ACM10: 4:44pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
Na wa o. You wan take shine away from the Nigeria's June 12. Wetin concern us with the massacre of 150 civilians in Tamil Sri Lanka, when our own Murtala Muhammed massacred 3000 civilians at Asaba. 2 Likes |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by Nwoka(m): 4:47pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
Nice one bro.... |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by logica(m): 4:48pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
Giftedgreen:Hahahaha...Land of the Free indeed. So, just 7 years after Nigeria's "independence", I could not go to USA to go marry Oyinbo? |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by Hadeyeancah(m): 4:54pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
Nice one |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by lekanolas: 5:00pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
June 12, 2013- legendary Highlife musician, multi-instrumentalist and stage dynamo Fatai Rolling Dollar died 7 Likes |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by realkola: 5:00pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
Today is my birthday.I'm glad to be here.To share it all with all nairalanders.HaPpy BiRthDaY to ME. 3 Likes |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by gtrust: 5:24pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
logica: Hahahaha...Land of the Free indeed. So, just 7 years after Nigeria's "independence", I could not go to USA to go marry Oyinbo? Now you know why people classified as 'coloured' especially Blacks feel very very bad when people they classify as 'successful black or coloured men or women' go on to marry people classified as 'white' even these days! The White did not want 'contamination' so if they want to marry why not marry the 'ordinary or masses' amongst the coloured |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by Maxymilliano(m): 5:29pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
Don't know if this is historical but today is also Victor Nosakhare Ikpeba's birthday. Victor Nosa Ikpeba (born 12 June 1973 in Benin City) is a former football forward from Nigeria. He has played thirty international matches and scored seven goals for Nigeria, and played at the FIFA World Cups in 1994 and 1998. He also helped win the 1994 African Nations Cup and the Olympic gold medal in 1996. Happy Birthday Bro ... 2 Likes
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Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by cycline404(m): 5:53pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
lekanolas: June 12, 2013- legendary Highlife musician, multi-instrumentalist and stage dynamo Fatai Rolling Dollar diedIS THE MAN DEAD... OOOH I SAW HIM ONE DAY AT AGEGE,,, RIP BABA... |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by Peterboy1(m): 5:57pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
On this day in 1991, Boris Yeltsin was easily elected president of Russia (then part of the Soviet Union) in the republic's first direct, popular elections, and he was president of independent Russia until the eve of 2000. 1924: George Bush, vice president of the United States (1981–89) and 41st president of the United States (1989–93), was born. |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by femi4: 6:38pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
Maxymilliano: Don't know if this is historical but today is also Victor Nosakhare Ikpeba's birthday.Also, 1997 African footballer of the year |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by rushman003: 6:54pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
JUNE born are simply the best!!!! shout out to all my month mates! we are the foundation of DEMOCRACY in Nigeria and Africa @large
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Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by nijanigga: 6:55pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
femi4: Also, 1997 African footballer of the yearThat's his football age. 1 Like |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by logica(m): 7:02pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
gtrust:Guy, Alabama did not even legalize interracial marriages between Negroes and Caucasians till the year 2000! http://civilliberty.about.com/od/raceequalopportunity/tp/Interracial-Marriage-Laws-History-Timeline.htm I am sure interracial marriages had been legal even in England much longer! |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by fexlist(m): 7:22pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
Alsao on june 12 1985 I was born which is d same day as wednesday as today |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by thrugemaster(m): 7:29pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
today, we are all alive.... Thank BABA GOD 1 Like |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by Chillypelly(m): 9:22pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
My Birthday. |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by akpete: 9:53pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
My aunt mrs Orodi is 80years today. Happy birthday aunty! 1 Like |
Re: Other Historical Events On June 12 by Nobody: 12:44am On Jun 13, 2013 |
1840 - Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands 1923 - Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in NYC 1939 - Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor. 1940 – World War II : 13,000 British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux . 1942 - Hitler orders enslavement of Slavic peoples 1942 - Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City 1942 – Holocaust : Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday . 1943 – Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany , Ukraine ). 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot. 1944 – American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan. 1954 – Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint , making him the youngest non-martyr saint in the Roman Catholic Church. 1994 – The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet , makes its first flight |
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