Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/June/June 12

Film releases
 * 1987 - Predator, an American science fiction and action film

Births
 * 1927 - Henry Slesar (d. 2002), an American author, playwright and copywriter

Anniversaries and observances
 * 2000 - Schlock Mercenary, a Hugo-nominated, satiric, mildly-dystopian space opera webcomic written and drawn by Howard Tayler, makes its premiere