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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in June 2012.
The US president was Barack Obama (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was David Cameron (Conservative), Pope Benedict XVI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on June 2012: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 2012?


Events

  • 01 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising: The United Nations Human Rights Council votes against the resolution that condemned the massacre perpetrated by Syrian forces in Houla, May 25, despite Russia and China voting against it.
  • 02 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 03 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 04 Jun 2012 Mexican Drug War: 11 gunmen shoot victims at a rehabilitation center in Torreon (Coahuila).
  • 05 Jun 2012 6 amdash This is the century's second and final solar transit of Venus. The 2117 and 2125 pairs are expected to be the next.
  • 06 Jun 2012 NATO planes strike Afghanistan with an air attack, killing civilians.
  • 07 Jun 2012 U.S. drone strikes on Pakistan by the CIA raise serious legal issues, declares Navi Pillay, United Nations human rights chief at the conclusion of a fact-finding trip to Pakistan.
  • 08 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 09 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 10 Jun 2012 Syrian activists claim that 35 people died in the Syrian Army's offensive in Homs in the last day.
  • 11 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 12 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 13 Jun 2012 At least 93 people are killed and more than 300 injured in a series of bombings that took place across Iraq including Baghdad and Hillah.
  • 14 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 15 Jun 2012 Shuqra is captured by the Yemeni army, which was the third stronghold of militants to fall within the last week.
  • 16 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 17 Jun 2012 Multiple bombings have killed at least 12 people in Kaduna, northern Nigeria.
  • 18 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 19 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 20 Jun 2012 After seizing four hostages from the Credit Industriel et Commercial bank, in Toulouse in southern France, a gunman was arrested. This is the same bank where Mohammed Merah killed five people in March.
  • 21 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 22 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 23 Jun 2012 An elder was severely injured when Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israel from Gaza Strip. Israel launches a missile attack in return, killing two Palestinians.
  • 24 Jun 2012 In clashes in Aleppo with rebels, at least 16 Syrian soldiers were killed.
  • 25 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 26 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 27 Jun 2012 Uprising in Syria:
  • 28 Jun 2012 Mexican Drug War: Mexican Mayor kidnapped is tortured and murdered in Oaxaca.
  • 29 Jun 2012 Mexican Drug War: 7 people are injured when a car bomb explodes in front of the Nuevo Laredo city hall. This is the third car explosion in Nuevo Laredo this season. Most of the violence can be attributed to the country's most powerful cartels, Los Zetas Cartel and Sinaloa Cartel.
  • 30 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 03 Jun 2012 A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and six people on the ground.

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Music charts

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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Somebody That I Used To Know
  2. - Call Me Maybe
  3. - Payphone
  4. - We Are Young
  5. - Wide Awake

Movies

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Books

Which were the most popular books released in June 2012?

Kiss The Dead by Laurell K. Hamilton

Kiss The Dead

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The U.S. is called upon to rescue a 15-year-old girl who has been abducted by vampires. It's up to Marshal Anita Blake, the U.S. Marshal, to rescue her. When she finally does, she is confronted with something she has never …

A Blaze Of Glory by Jeff Shaara

A Blaze Of Glory

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"[A] fascinating read. . . In this first book in a trilogy, Jeff Shaara returns to the U.S. Civil War. . . . This novel is meticulously researched, and gives a vivid reality of the historical events ."--Library.

Fifty Shades Trilogy Bundle by E L James

Fifty Shades Trilogy Bundle

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Entertainment Weekly has praised E L James's #1 New York Times bestseller trilogy as "in a league of its own" and now it is available in one volume.

The Witness by Nora Roberts

The Witness

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NORA ROBERTS 200th BOOK!

Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris

Deadlocked

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Sookie Stackhouse's penultimate novel is the #1 New York Times bestseller series. She must team up with her first love in order to extinguish her undead flame of crime...Felipe