Nokia - Nokia sold its television business
Time: Wednesday Jun 12, 1996
Place: Turku, Finland
Details: On 12 June 1996, Nokia announced the sale of its television business to Canada/Hong Kong-based Semi-Tech Corporation. The sale included a factory in Turku, and the rights to use the Nokia, Finlux, Luxor, Salora, Schaub-Lorenz and Oceanic brands until the end of 1999.
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On This Day - 12 June
Marie Curie-Graduating From a Gymnasium For Girls
Tuesday Jun 12, 1883 - Congress Poland, Russian Empire (Now Poland)
Audrey Hepburn-Mother Ella
Tuesday Jun 12, 1900 - Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands
1905 Russian Revolution-All prisoners are released
Monday Jun 12, 1905 - Moscow, Russian Empire
Denmark expedition-Team continued traveling inland
Wednesday Jun 12, 1907 - Greenland
Denmark expedition-The team explored Brønlunds Fjord
Wednesday Jun 12, 1907 - Greenland
Armenian Genocide-Massacre of Phocaea
Friday Jun 12, 1914 - Phocaea, Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)
Mao Zedong-The Third Congress of the Communist Party
Tuesday Jun 12, 1923 - Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Spanish Civil War-Prime Minister Casares Quiroga met General Juan Yagüe
Friday Jun 12, 1936 - Spain
Winston Churchill-Churchill made his first visit to Normandy
Monday Jun 12, 1944 - Normandy, France
Alan Turing-Turing's Remains Were Cremated
Saturday Jun 12, 1954 - England
Bay of Pigs Invasion-26th of July Movement
Sunday Jun 12, 1955 - Cuba
Cypriot intercommunal violence-The crisis reached a climax
Thursday Jun 12, 1958 - Cyprus
Che Guevara-A three-month tour
Friday Jun 12, 1959 - Cuba
June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz-Discovery of the escape
Tuesday Jun 12, 1962 - Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
Nelson Mandela-In The Court
Friday Jun 12, 1964 - South Africa
James Bond-You Only Live Twice
Monday Jun 12, 1967 - London, England, United Kingdom
Popeyes-Chicken on the Run
Monday Jun 12, 1972 - Arabi, Louisiana, U.S.
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Struggle emerged between the RSFSR and the Soviet Union
Tuesday Jun 12, 1990 - Russia
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Russia's President Boris Yeltsin
Wednesday Jun 12, 1991 - Russia
Neil Armstrong-2nd Marriage
Sunday Jun 12, 1994 - Ohio, U.S.
Kosovo War-The NATO-led peacekeeping Kosovo Force (KFOR) began entering Kosovo
Saturday Jun 12, 1999 - Kosovo
Kosovo War-The First NATO troops to enter Pristina
Saturday Jun 12, 1999 - Pristina, Kosovo
Facebook, Inc.-Introducing Clickable Hashtags
Wednesday Jun 12, 2013 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Mass Shootings in the United States-Orlando Nightclub Shooting
Sunday Jun 12, 2016 - Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Kim Jong-un-First summit with US President Donald Trump
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018 - Singapore
Donald Trump-Trump and Kim held a summit in Singapore
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018 - Singapore
Karl Freiherr Birth
Monday Jun 12, 1775 - Halle
June 1996
Kosovo War-Acts of sabotage
Jun, 1996 - Kosovo
David Cameron-Marriage
Saturday Jun 1, 1996 - The Church of St Augustine of Canterbury, East Hendred, Oxfordshire, England
Kobe Bryant-the day before the draft
Tuesday Jun 25, 1996 - Los Angeles,U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Drafted directly out of high school
Wednesday Jun 26, 1996 - East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
Mongolian Revolution of 1990-A Democratic Union Coalition For The First Time Succeeded In Winning The Majority
Sunday Jun 30, 1996 - Mongolia
Kobe Bryant-Bryant traded
Sunday Jun 30, 1996 - Los Angeles,U.S.
1996
Sony Corporation-Sony Entered again Into The Global Computer Market
1996 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Announcing The first Cyber-shot camera
1996 - Tokyo, Japan
Huawei-Major Turning point For The company
1996 - Beijing, China
Shimon Peres-The Peres Center for Peace
1996 - Israel
Zlatan Ibrahimović-The First Contract
1996 - Malmö, Sweden
Google LLC-RankDex
1996 - China
Visa Inc.-Visa settled a 1996 antitrust lawsuit brought by a class of U.S. merchants
1996 - U.S.
Garry Kasparov-Deep Blue
1996 - U.S.
Colombian conflict-The 1996 Civic Protest Movement
1996 - Putumayo, Colombia
First Chechen War-Conflict in Dagestan
Jan, 1996 - Dagestan, Russia
Ebola Most Major Outbreaks-Gabon' Outbreak in 1996
Jan, 1996 - Mayibout, Gabon
Bernard Arnault-Loewe
1996 - Madrid, Spain
Kobe Bryant-NBA Decision
1996 - Philadelphia, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Prom Date
1996 - Philadelphia, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Senior awards
1996 - Philadelphia, U.S.
Tony Hawk-Seond Marriage
1996 - U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Real-time ticker was introduced
1996 - New York, U.S.
Google LLC-The Beginning of Google
Jan, 1996 - Stanford, California, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Bryant Debut
1996 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Bryant first contract
1996 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Before NBA draft
1996 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
MacOS-Apple purchase NeXT
1996 - Cupertino, California, U.S.
Cameras-First compact Flash
1996 - U.S.
Croatian War of Independence-The UNTAES replaced the UNCRO mission
Monday Jan 15, 1996 - Prevlaka, Croatia
Croatian War of Independence-New UN mission
Monday Jan 15, 1996 - Slovenia
First Chechen War-Turkish passenger ship
Tuesday Jan 16, 1996 - Black Sea
Qaboos bin Said al Said-The 1996 Basic Law
1996 - Oman
Java (programming language)-Java 1.0
Tuesday Jan 23, 1996 - U.S.
Internet-Leland Initiative
1996 - Africa
Shakira-Shakira's First International Tour
Tuesday Feb 27, 1996 - South America-North America-Europe
First Chechen War-Chechen fighters infiltrated Grozny and launched a three-day surprise raid on the city
Wednesday Mar 6, 1996 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
First Chechen War-Cypriot passenger jet was hijacked by Chechen sympathizers while flying toward Germany
Wednesday Mar 6, 1996 - Cyprus
Dwayne Johnson-The Brooklyn Brawler
Sunday Mar 10, 1996 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
St. Patrick's Day-St Patrick's Festival
Sunday Mar 17, 1996 - Ireland
Celine Dion-Dion performed a song at the opening Atlanta Olympic Games
Thursday Mar 21, 1996 - canada
Angelina Jolie-First Marriage
Mar, 1996 - London, England, U.K.
Michael Ballack-The Germany National Under-21 Team
Tuesday Mar 26, 1996 - Germany
Nokia-The First With Stereo Speakers and a Sub-Woofer
Apr, 1996 - Espoo, Finland
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal was injured for a great deal of the 1995–96 season
1996 - U.S.
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski arrested by investigators
1996 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski was arrested by FBI
Wednesday Apr 3, 1996 - California, United States
Shimon Peres-Operation Grapes of Wrath
Thursday Apr 11, 1996 - Lebanon
First Chechen War-Arab commander Ibn al-Khattab destroyed a large Russian armored column in an ambush
Tuesday Apr 16, 1996 - Chechnya, Russia
First Chechen War-Dzhokhar Dudayev assassinated
Sunday Apr 21, 1996 - Chechnya, Russia
Diego Maradona-Three-round exhibition boxing match for charity
Apr, 1996 - Argentina
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Midrand Conference
Saturday Apr 27, 1996 - Midrand, South Africa
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal became a free agent
1996 - U.S.
James Bond-Cold was published
Friday May 3, 1996 - United Kingdom
Angelina Jolie-Romeo and Juliet
Friday May 10, 1996 - City Island, New York, United States
First Chechen War-Yeltsin even officially declared "victory"
Tuesday May 28, 1996 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Kosovo War-Acts of sabotage
Jun, 1996 - Kosovo
David Cameron-Marriage
Saturday Jun 1, 1996 - The Church of St Augustine of Canterbury, East Hendred, Oxfordshire, England
Kobe Bryant-the day before the draft
Tuesday Jun 25, 1996 - Los Angeles,U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Drafted directly out of high school
Wednesday Jun 26, 1996 - East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
Library of Congress-The library acquired Lafayette's previously inaccessible papers in 1996 from a castle at La Grangew
1996 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Mongolian Revolution of 1990-A Democratic Union Coalition For The First Time Succeeded In Winning The Majority
Sunday Jun 30, 1996 - Mongolia
Kobe Bryant-Bryant traded
Sunday Jun 30, 1996 - Los Angeles,U.S.
Zinedine Zidane-Moving To Juventus
Monday Jul 1, 1996 - Turin, Italy
Ebola Most Major Outbreaks-Third Outbreak in Gabon
Jul, 1996 - Booué, Gabon
Juneteenth-the first legislation to recognize "Juneteenth Independence Day" was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives
1996 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-1996 Olympics
1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Atari, Inc.-JTS Corp
Jul, 1996 - San Jose, California, U.S.
Plane Accidents-TWA Flight 800
Wednesday Jul 17, 1996 - the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal was named to the United States Olympic basketball team
Jul, 1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-The media announced that O'Neal would join the Los Angeles Lakers
Saturday Jul 20, 1996 - U.S.
Vodafone-Acquiring Talkland
Jul, 1996 - Newbury, England, U.K.
Richard Jewell-The "Town Square" of the Olympics
Saturday Jul 27, 1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Richard Jewell-A Bag
Saturday Jul 27, 1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Richard Jewell-Clearing the Immediate Area
Saturday Jul 27, 1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Richard Jewell-Bombing
Saturday Jul 27, 1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Marvel Studios-New World Animation and Marvel Films Animation were sold
Aug, 1996 - Burbank, California, U.S.
Marvel Studios-Marvel Studios
Aug, 1996 - Burbank, California, U.S.
First Chechen War-The Chechens launched another surprise attack on Grozny
Tuesday Aug 6, 1996 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
First Chechen War-Ultimatum for Chechen fighters to leave the city within 48 hours
Monday Aug 19, 1996 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Gary Webb-Webb published the truth in The Mercury News
Aug, 1996 - San Jose, California, U.S
First Chechen War-Bad Joke
Thursday Aug 22, 1996 - Chechnya, Russia
Angelina Jolie-Foxfire
Friday Aug 23, 1996 - United States
Prince Charles-Divorce
Wednesday Aug 28, 1996 - England
Princess Diana-Divorce
Wednesday Aug 28, 1996 - United Kingdom
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Charles and Diana divorced
Wednesday Aug 28, 1996 - United Kingdom
Colombian conflict-FARC Attack on The Colombian Army base in Las Delicias
Friday Aug 30, 1996 - Las Delicias, Caquetá, Colombia
First Chechen War-Khasav-Yurt Accord
Saturday Aug 31, 1996 - Russia
Slobodan Milošević-Milošević-Rugova Education agreement
Sunday Sep 1, 1996 - Serbia
Jim Carrey-2nd Marriage
Monday Sep 23, 1996 - U.S.
Angelina Jolie-More Than a Friend
1996 - California, United States
Atari, Inc.-Tramiel out of the business
1996 - California, U.S.
Dollar Tree-Dollar Tree acquired Dollar Bill$, Inc.
1996 - U.S.
Gita Gopinath-Gita completed an M.A. degree at the University of Washington
1996 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
James Bond-American author Raymond Benson became the author of the Bond novels
1996 - U.S.
Richard Jewell-Formally Clearing
Saturday Oct 26, 1996 - U.S.
Diego Maradona-Time to retire
1996 - Argentina
Kobe Bryant-Rookie Season
Sunday Nov 3, 1996 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-1996 Andhra Pradesh Cyclone
Monday Nov 4, 1996 - India
Dwayne Johnson-Monday Night Raw Debut
Monday Nov 4, 1996 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Eminem-Infinite
Tuesday Nov 12, 1996 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Second Chechen War-Bomb destroyed an apartment building housing Russian border guards
Saturday Nov 16, 1996 - Dagestan, Russia
Chernobyl disaster-Reactor No. 1 was decommissioned as part of a deal between the Ukrainian government and international organizations
Nov, 1996 - Chernobyl, Ukraine
Dwayne Johnson-Survivor Series (1996)
Sunday Nov 17, 1996 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Vodafone-A Defensive Move
Tuesday Nov 19, 1996 - Newbury, England, U.K.
George Weah-He Was Banned From Six European Matches
Wednesday Nov 20, 1996 - Dragon Stadium, Porto, Portugal