On this day — June 12

J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India, killing 241 out of 242 onboard as well as 19 on the ground. This marked the first fatal crash and hull loss of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Kuwait City kills at least 50 people.

Florida, United States; the gunman, Omar Mateen, is killed in a gunfight with police.

Kosovo Force (KFor), enters the province of Kosovo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Its results are later annulled by the military government of Ibrahim Babangida.

Boris Yeltsin is elected as the President of Russia.

The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the Eastern Province town of Batticaloa.

a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, crashes short of the runway at Libertador General José de San Martín Airport, killing all 22 people on board.

President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.