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Friday, 12 June 2026

2009

A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide ranging protests in Iran and around the world.

2004

A 1.3 kilogram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house in Ellerslie, New Zealand causing serious damage but no injuries.

2000

Sandro Rosa do Nascimento takes hostages while robbing Bus #174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the highly-publicized standoff becomes a media circus and ends with the death of do Nascimento and a hostage.

1999

Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1997

Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.

1996

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.

1994

Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in wrongful death civil suit.

The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, makes its first flight.

1993

An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida.

1991

1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

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