Historical Events In 2012
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Oct 01 In the year 2012 california becomes the first US state to ban conversion therapy for minors
Oct 02 On this day in history 20 students are gunned down in Mubi, Nigeria
Oct 03 On this day in history 34 people are killed by a series of bombings in Aleppo, Syria
Oct 04 In the year 2012 turkey’s parliament approves cross-border military operations in Syria
Oct 05 Anglo Platinum Limited fires 12,000 striking workers in South Africa in the year 2012.
Oct 06 In the year 2012 paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict XVI's butler, is found guilty of leaking confidential documents and is sentenced to 18 months imprisonment
Oct 07 13 people are killed after a Sudanese military aeroplane crashes near Khartoum on this day in history.
Oct 08 35 people are killed by a Nigerian military bomb struck a convoy in Maiduguri in the year 2012.
Oct 09 25,000 people in Athens protest German Chancellor Angela Merkel on this day in history.
Oct 10 Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka win the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on G protein-coupled receptors on this day in history.
Oct 11 A further 83 people are killed throughout Syria by the Syrian army on this day in history.
Oct 12 On this day in history the United Nations Security Council unanimously approves of an African-led force to oust Islamist militants in northern Mali
Oct 13 15 people are killed by a market suicide bombing in Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan on this day in history.
Oct 14 20 people are gunned down in a mosque in Dogo Dawa, Nigeria in the year 2012.
Oct 14 In the year 2012 austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first person to break the sound barrier without any machine assistance during a record space dive out of the Red Bull Stratos helium-filled balloon from 24 miles (39 kilometers) over Roswell, New Mexico in the United States.
Oct 15 In the year 2012 hilary Mantel wins the 2012 Man Booker Prize for her novel Bring Up the Bodies
Oct 16 On this day in history conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria, leads to 24 militant deaths and several structures set ablaze
Oct 17 The exoplanet Alpha Centauri Bb is discovered orbiting Alpha Centauri in the year 2012.
Oct 18 In the year 2012 syrian military airstrikes kill 40 people in Maaret al-Numan
Oct 19 8 people are killed and 78 injured by a car bomb in Beirut, Lebanon on this day in history.
Oct 22 6 Italian scientists are convicted of manslaughter for their failure to predict the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake in the year 2012.
Oct 23 12 people are killed and 40 are injured in a hospital fire in Tainan, Taiwan in the year 2012.
Oct 24 In the year 2012 hurricane Sandy kills at least 209 people in the Caribbean, Bahamas, United States and Canada. Considerable storm surge damage causes major disruption to the eastern seaboard of the United States.
Oct 24 On this day in history libyan militias capture Bani Walid resulting in 130 civilian deaths
Oct 25 Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Cuba and Haiti killing 65 people and causing over $80 million in damage on this day in history.
Oct 26 64 people are killed in West Burma after continued sectarian clashes in the year 2012.
Oct 27 In the year 2012 46 people are killed and 123 injured in Iraq after a series of attacks and bombs
Oct 28 On this day in history syrian ceasefire collapses and 128 people are killed in ongoing civil war violence
Oct 29 Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in New Jersey resulting in 110 deaths and $50 billion in damage and forces the New York stock exchange to close on this day in history.
Oct 30 On this day in history walt Disney purchases Lucasfilm Ltd and its rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4.05 billion
Nov 01 Google's Gmail becomes the world's most popular email service in the year 2012.
Nov 03 In the year 2012 syrian rebels launch a major assault on Taftanaz airbase
Nov 04 Bishop Tawadros appointed as the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church on this day in history.
Nov 05 In the year 2012 50 Syrian military personnel are killed by a suicide car bomb in Hama
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