| General Information for June 12th 2016 |
| There are 6 public holidays today. |
| Day 164 of 2016 |
| 202 days left in 2016 |
| Week 23 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1999 - Alex Ferguson receives a knighthood in recognition of his services to English football. |
| 1920 - Peter Jones is born. |
| 1878 - William Cullen Bryant, known as the 'Father of American Poetry', dies in New York City in the same month he had predicted for his death in his poem 'June'. |
| 1593 - 'Venus and Adonis' is registered in the Stationers' Register, by Christopher Marlowe. |