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It happened on a… June 12

2021

Danish star soccer midfielder Christian Eriksen suffers an on-field cardiac arrest during Euro 2020 game with Finland in Copenhagen; revived with a defibrillator; game controversially restarts with 1-0 Finland win.

2018

Singapore Summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump.

2012

World Health Organization concludes that diesel exhaust causes cancer.

2007

“Transformers”, directed by Michael Bay and starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox premieres in Sydney.

1995

Jacques Parizeau sets up Common Front for the Referendum with Lucien Bouchard of the Bloc Quebecois and Mario Dumont of the Parti de l’Action Democratique.

1991

Boris Yelstin elected President of Russian Federation.

1990

“Mariah Carey” debut album by Mariah Carey is released.

1981

“Raiders of the Lost Ark” (the first Indiana Jones film) directed by Stephen Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford premieres

1964

Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.

1963

“Cleopatra” starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison, and Richard Burton premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.

1954

Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” is originally released.

1939

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.

1931

Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury.

1846

Fire in a Montreal theatre kills 200 people.

1792

Captain George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, British Columbia.

1651

The newly completed Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is unveiled in Rome.

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