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The Midnight Sun is visible at the Arctic Circle from June 12 until July 1. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_sun#When_to_see_the_midnight_sun

Montrealhenge can be viewed around the 12th June
http://w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog/?p=27471

Russia Day is the national holiday of the Russian Federation, celebrated on June 12.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_Day



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The Nabro Volcano erupted shortly after midnight local time on 13 June 2011
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43380516/nabro-volcano/

Inauguration of LOFAR was on the 12th June, 2010.
http://www.astron.nl/iskaf2010/lofar-inauguration/lofar-inauguration

In 2008, Doritos embarked upon an "out-of-this-world" advertising campaign
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t15820378/broadcast-into-space/

USS Jeannette was crushed by ice on 12 June 1881
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jeannette_(1878)#Arctic_voyage



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The Venera 4 spacecraft was launched on the 12 June, 1967.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36451743/venera-4-spacecraft/

The Nimbus 6 satellite was launched on the 12 June, 1975.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus_program

On June 12, 1979 the Gossamer Albatross completed a successful crossing of the English Channel
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49556059/the-gossamer-albatross/

BLAST balloon's second flight was its first scientific flight. BLAST launched at 1:10 UTC June 12, 2005
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3225169/blast-balloon/



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Yuri Mikhailovich Baturin (born 12 June 1949) is a Russian cosmonaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Baturin

Fernando Caldeiro (1958 - 2009) was a NASA astronaut from Argentina. 
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/caldeiro.html

Hermann Ganswindt (June 12, 1856 - October 25, 1934) was a German inventor and spaceflight scientist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Ganswindt

Vladimir Igorevich Arnold (12 June 1937 - 3 June 2010) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Arnold

Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, FRS (12 June 1851 - 22 August 1940) was a British physicist and writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lodge

Margherita Hack (12 June 1922 - 29 June 2013) was an Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margherita_Hack

Sir David Gill FRS (12 June 1843 - 24 January 1914) was a Scottish astronomer 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53618099/david-gill-1843-1914/

Paul Guldin (June 12, 1577 - November 3, 1643) was a Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Guldin

Rhishard Llewelyn Jones was born at Pempompren, Uchaf-Talybont, Cardiganshire, on 1865 June 12.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1933MNRAS..93S.229.



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Predator is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by John McTiernan
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49556055/predator/



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NGC 5891 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 12th June 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57810516/ngc-5891/

NGC 5934 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 12th June 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57810501/ngc-5934/

NGC 5935 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 12th June 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57810493/ngc-5935/

NGC 5945 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 12th June 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57810484/ngc-5945/

NGC 6330 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 12th June 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57810475/ngc-6330/



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Supernova 2003gd was discovered on 12 June 2003 by Robert Evans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_2003gd

An Aerobee 150 rocket launched on June 12, 1962, detected the first X-rays from another celestial source (Scorpius X-1) 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49523605/scorpius-x-1/

Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke was discovered on June 12, 1819
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7P/Pons-Winnecke

On June 12 [1887] at ioh 14m, a large meteor was seen by several persons at Bristol.
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1887Obs....10..265D/0000266.000.html



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Meteorites

The Charwallas (H6) meteorite fell in Haryana, India, on the 12th June, 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49555840/charwallas-meteorite/

The Uden (LL7) meteorite fell in Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, on the 12th June, 1840.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43339129/uden-meteorite/

The Château-Renard (L6) meteorite fell in Centre, France, on the 12th June, 1841.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49555830/chteau-renard-meteorite/

The Forsbach (H6) meteorite fell in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, on the 12th June, 1900.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49555822/forsbach-meteorite/

On June 12, 1963 a stony meteorite fell in the village of Kerhartice near Usti nad Orlici in Czechoslovakia.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43341316/usti-nad-orlici-meteorite/

In 2004 on June 12th a 1.3 kg chondrite type meteorite struck house in Ellerslie, New Zealand
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36454769/ellerslie-meteorite/

The Plescoi (L5-6) meteorite fell in Buzau, Romania, on the 12th June, 2008.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54017151/ple351coi-meteorite/



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