June 12 History Quiz — 5 Questions

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2025

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on June 12?

AAir India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashes shortly after takeoff i

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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2024

Question 2 of 5

On June 12, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BA fire in a residential building in Mangaf, Kuwait City kills at least 50 people

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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2019

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on June 12 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CKassym-Jomart Tokayev is inaugurated as the second president of Kazakhstan

DFirst commercial flight

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2018

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember June 12 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DUnited States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea held the fir

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2016

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on June 12?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BForty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nigh

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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