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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_12" title="June 12">June 12</a></b>: <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dia_dos_Namorados" title="Dia dos Namorados">Dia dos Namorados</a></b></i> in Brazil; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_Day" title="Loving Day">Loving Day</a></b> in the United States (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1775" title="1775">1775</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gage" title="Thomas Gage">Thomas Gage</a></b>, the governor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay" title="Province of Massachusetts Bay">Province of Massachusetts Bay</a>, offered a general pardon to colonists who remained loyal to Britain.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914" title="1914">1914</a> – As part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>'s policies of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing" title="Ethnic cleansing">ethnic cleansing</a>, Turkish irregulars began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Phocaea" title="Massacre of Phocaea">a six-day massacre</a></b> of the predominantly Greek town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phocaea" title="Phocaea">Phocaea</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921" title="1921">1921</a> – Soviet politician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Antonov-Ovseenko" title="Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko">Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko</a> authorised the use of chemical weapons against <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambov_Rebellion" title="Tambov Rebellion">a peasant rebellion</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambov_Governorate" title="Tambov Governorate">Tambov Governorate</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – The premiere was held in New York of the historical drama film <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_(1963_film)" title="Cleopatra (1963 film)">Cleopatra</a></b></i>, the most expensive film made to that point.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>: During a speech at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate" title="Brandenburg Gate">Brandenburg Gate</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a>, US president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> challenged Soviet leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev" title="Mikhail Gorbachev">Mikhail Gorbachev</a> to "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall!" title="Tear down this wall!">tear down this wall!</a></b>" <i>(speech featured)</i>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelfl%C3%A6d" title="Æthelflæd">Æthelflæd</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 918); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaen_van_Stalbemt" title="Adriaen van Stalbemt">Adriaen van Stalbemt</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1580); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Yen_Wu" title="Daisy Yen Wu">Daisy Yen Wu</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1902); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Coutinho" title="Philippe Coutinho">Philippe Coutinho</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1992)</p>
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