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 in the year 2012.   

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

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

Jul 31   Two car bombs kill 21 people in Baghdad, Iraq in the year 2012.   

Aug 01   Typhoon Saola kills elven people and displaces over 150,000 in the Philippines on this day in history.   

Aug 02   On this day in history 23 people are killed after two blasts in a fruit market in Lahore, Pakistan   

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

Aug 04   45 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Abyan, Yemen on this day in history.   

Aug 05   Gunman opens fire on Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin killing six people and committing suicide in the year 2012.   

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

Aug 06   Mount Tongariro, New Zealand, erupts for the first time in a century on this day in history.   

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

Aug 08   China announces that it plans to close 23 rare earth mines and up to 50 smelting companies in the year 2012.   

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

Aug 11   In the year 2012 153 people are killed and 1300 injured in Tabriz and Ahar, Iran after two earthquakes of up to 6.4 magnitude   

Aug 12   The 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony completes the games in the year 2012.   

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   46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan on this day in history.   

Aug 16   Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, is granted political asylum by Ecuador on this day in history.   

Aug 17   Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot are jailed for two years on this day in history.   

Aug 18   In the year 2012 al-Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden, Yemen   

Aug 19   In the year 2012 32 people are killed after a plane crash in Talodi, Sudan   

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

Aug 21   20 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo die from the Ebola virus on this day in history.   

Aug 22   In the year 2012 47 people are killed in the Syrian civil war   

Aug 23   Four people are killed and 28 injured in a hot air ballooning accident in Slovenia on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Monsoon rains and floods kill 26 people in Pakistan on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 27   On this day in history first interplanetary human voice recording is broadcast from the Mars Rover Curiosity   

Aug 28   In the year 2012 mitt Romney is officially nominated as the United States Republican Party's candidate   

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

Aug 30   Cholera outbreak kills 229 people in Sierra Leone in the year 2012.   

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