On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
In just one week, developments solidified the future of a new kind of media, with The Huffington Post and Time Inc. both announcing new tablet offerings.
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s move into maps is hardly a surprise, but the question is if it can build a service that does as good a job, or a better one, than Google's does.
As President Obama left Sunday for a summit in Mexico, a daunting array of overseas issues underscored the challenges for an incumbent trying to manage global affairs while arguing a case for re-election.
Three years after saying he would not buy a newspaper at any price, Warren Buffett has moved aggressively into the business, buying 63 papers and taking a 3 percent stake in Lee Enterprises.
Recent sexual assaults on children by adults who pretended to be minors on Skout, a mobile social networking app, has highlighted the challenge of verifying ages online.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 13, 2012, covering June 18, 2012.
John Mayer
Adele
Regina Spektor
One Direction
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
2012Horacio Coppola, Argentinian photographer and director (born 1906)[†]
Horacio Coppola was an Argentine photographer and filmmaker, and the husband of the German photographer Grete Stern.
2012Lina Haag, German author and activist (born 1907)[†]
Lina Haag née Jäger was a German anti-Fascist activist.
2012Tom Maynard, Welsh cricketer (born 1989)[†]
Thomas Lloyd Maynard was a Welsh professional cricketer who played for Glamorgan and Surrey, and was selected for the England Lions tour to Bangladesh. On the night of his death, he was stopped by police in Wimbledon for erratic driving, and fled across rail tracks at Wimbledon Park tube station, where he was electrocuted and then hit by a train. The son of former England batsman Matthew Maynard, he was regarded as a highly promising young player.
2012Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín, Peruvian general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Peru (born 1919)[†]
Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín was a Peruvian politician who was Prime Minister of Peru from January 31, 1973 to February 1, 1975. He was Foreign Minister. He served in both positions during the military dictatorship of President Juan Velasco Alvarado. Mercado had considerably influence on the foreign policy of the Velasco regime. Velasco was a critic of U.S. foreign policy towards Peru. He was a critic of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, arguing that it led to the dependence of Latin American states on the United States.
2012Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (born 1934)[†]
Alketas 'Alkis' Panagoulias was a Greek association football player and manager. He managed the national teams of both Greece and the United States. He also managed several clubs, including Aris, his birthplace team, and Olympiakos with whom he won three Alpha Ethniki championships.
2012William Van Regenmorter, American businessman and politician (born 1939)[†]
William Van Regenmorter was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, representing Ottawa County. He served as the representative of Michigan's 55th district from 1982 to 1990 and the 74 district from 2002 to 2006. Between those terms, from 1990 to 2002, he served as senator of the 22nd district. He authored Michigan's Crime Victims Rights Act, which has served as the national model for victims' rights. He also authored and passed two successful amendments to the Michigan Constitution.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]