On June 12, 1871, was born in Shkodër, one of the most prominent figures of Albanian education, Gasper Beltoja, the first director of the High School of Shkodër. He developed his pedagogical activity for more than 3 decades in Northern Albania, in Skopje and at the college of Shën Miter Korona, of Arbëresh of Italy. Gasper Beltoja is among the first Albanian laureates of the Klagenfurt Normal School in Austria.

On June 12, 1912, Albanian insurgent forces surrounded Gjakova and launched successive attacks along the Skopje-Mitrovica railway line. Unable to cope with the uprising, the Ottoman rulers were forced to enter into talks with the Albanian leaders who demanded the resignation of the Jean Turk cabinet.

On June 12, 1924, the newspaper “Shqipëria e Re” /New Albania/ announced the establishment in Istanbul of the sports society “Ylli i Shpresës shqiptare” /Star of Albanian Hope/. The members of the Albanian colony of Istanbul and the students of Robert American College participated there. The newly graduated from Robert College, Vasil Andoni, was elected Secretary of the Club.

On June 12, 1939, Prof. Dr. Uran Asllani he was born in Tirana. He started his scientific research activity in 1966. Then his name appears in the Bulletin of Natural Sciences of the University of Tirana. He is the author of the monograph “Aromatic herbal essences of Albania” published in 1988. He is among the Albanian personalities included in the Cambridge Encyclopedia for the year 2003.

On June 12, 1990, the presidential decree “On Issuing Passports for Abroad and Issuing Visas” was past.

On June 12, 1999 – NATO entered Kosova. This day is known as Freedom Day in Kosova, the liberation of Kosova from the Serbian rule.