Page 6: Historical Events In 2012

Jul 28   Ye Shiwen of China sets world record in the women's 400m individual medley in 4:28.43 on this day in history.   

Jul 29   Tropical Storm Khanun kills 88 people and leaves 60,000 homeless in North Korea on this day in history.   

Jul 30   In the year 2012 in the worst power outage in world history, the 2012 India blackouts leave 620 million people without power.   

Jul 30   In the year 2012 train fire kills 32 and injures 27 people in Andhra Pradesh, India   

Jul 31   On this day in history two car bombs kill 21 people in Baghdad, Iraq   

Aug 01   In the year 2012 typhoon Saola kills elven people and displaces over 150,000 in the Philippines   

Aug 02   In the year 2012 23 people are killed after two blasts in a fruit market in Lahore, Pakistan   

Aug 03   In the year 2012 united Nations General Assembly c reproaches The United Nations Security Council over its lack of action in Syria   

Aug 04   In the year 2012 45 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Abyan, Yemen   

Aug 05   On this day in history gunman opens fire on Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin killing six people and committing suicide   

Aug 06   Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, successfully lands on Mars on this day in history.   

Aug 06   On this day in history mount Tongariro, New Zealand, erupts for the first time in a century   

Aug 07   21 people are killed by a gun attack in a church in Okene, Nigeria in the year 2012.   

Aug 08   On this day in history china announces that it plans to close 23 rare earth mines and up to 50 smelting companies   

Aug 09   The death toll from the Philippines' floods rise to 70 on this day in history.   

Aug 11   On this day in history 153 people are killed and 1300 injured in Tabriz and Ahar, Iran after two earthquakes of up to 6.4 magnitude   

Aug 12   On this day in history the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony completes the games   

Aug 13   On this day in history nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus is stripped of her shot-put gold medal after failing a doping test   

Aug 14   In the year 2012 46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan   

Aug 16   In the year 2012 julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, is granted political asylum by Ecuador   

Aug 17   In the year 2012 three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot are jailed for two years   

Aug 18   Al-Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden, Yemen on this day in history.   

Aug 19   32 people are killed after a plane crash in Talodi, Sudan on this day in history.   

Aug 20   In the year 2012 20 people are killed in a riot in Caracas, Venezuela   

Aug 21   20 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo die from the Ebola virus in the year 2012.   

Aug 22   On this day in history 47 people are killed in the Syrian civil war   

Aug 23   On this day in history four people are killed and 28 injured in a hot air ballooning accident in Slovenia   

Aug 24   On this day in history monsoon rains and floods kill 26 people in Pakistan   

Aug 25   330 people are killed as a result of conflict in the Syrian civil war on this day in history.   

Aug 26   On this day in history 15 year-old New Zealand golfer, Lydia Ko, becomes the youngest LPGA Tour event winner and the first amateur winner since 1969   

Aug 27   In the year 2012 first interplanetary human voice recording is broadcast from the Mars Rover Curiosity   

Aug 28   Mitt Romney is officially nominated as the United States Republican Party's candidate on this day in history.   

Aug 29   On this day in history georgian hostage crisis results in 3 police officers and 10 militants being killed   

Aug 30   On this day in history cholera outbreak kills 229 people in Sierra Leone   

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