Historical Events In 2012

Aug 31   On this day in history armenia severs diplomatic relations with Hungary, following the extradition to Azerbaijan and subsequent pardoning of Ramil Safarov, who was convicted of killing an Armenian soldier in Hungary in 2004. The move is also met with fierce criticism from other countries.   

Aug 31   Researchers successfully perform the first implantation of an early prototype bionic eye with 24 electrodes on this day in history.   

Sep 01   Islamist rebels seize Douentza, Mali in the year 2012.   

Sep 02   On this day in history a decades-long ban on veiled female news presenters is lifted from State television in Egypt   

Sep 03   On this day in history 3 people are killed and 19 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan   

Sep 04   42 people are killed and 25 injured as a passenger bus falls down a ravine in Morocco in the year 2012.   

Sep 05   In the year 2012 54 people are killed and 50 injured after a firecracker factory explodes in Nadu   

Sep 06   On this day in history 61 illegal immigrants die after a fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Turkey   

Sep 07   In the year 2012 canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over support for Syria, nuclear plans and human rights abuses.   

Sep 07   US drone attack kills 8 people in Kismayo, south Somalia on this day in history.   

Sep 08   On this day in history 6 people are killed by a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan   

Sep 09   In the year 2012 17 people are killed and at least 40 injured after two car bombs explode in Aleppo, Syria   

Sep 10   On this day in history 16 people are killed by a suicide bombing n Kunduz, Afghanistan   

Sep 11   50 Al-Shabaab fighters are killed in conflict with the Somali National Army on this day in history.   

Sep 11   On this day in history a series of terrorist attacks are directed against United States diplomatic missions worldwide, as well as diplomatic missions of Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the US, opinions are divided over whether the attacks are a reaction to a YouTube trailer for the film Innocence of Muslims. In Libya, among the dead is US ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.   

Sep 11   On this day in history garment factory fires in the Pakistani cities of Karachi and Lahore kill 315 and seriously injure more than 250.   

Sep 12   18 soldiers are killed by a rebel car bomb in Syria on this day in history.   

Sep 13   19 people are killed after a freight elevator crashes from 100 meters in Wuhan, China in the year 2012.   

Sep 14   21 people are killed after a ferry sank in Indonesia on this day in history.   

Sep 15   In the year 2012 japan announces that it will phase out nuclear energy by the 2030s   

Sep 16   8 female civilians are killed by a NATO airstrike in Laghman, Afghanistan on this day in history.   

Sep 17   On this day in history panasonic suspends operations at its three factories in China   

Sep 18   10 soliders are killed and 70 injured by a missile attack by Kurdish militants in Bingol, Turkey on this day in history.   

Sep 19   In the year 2012 9 people are killed and 20 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Afghanistan   

Sep 20   In the year 2012 50 people are killed and dozens injured after a gas station is bombed by the Syrian Army in Ain Issa   

Sep 21   In the year 2012 japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, wins a leadership ballot   

Sep 22   In the year 2012 7 pedestrians are killed by a drunk driver who hit a bus stop at 200km an hour in Moscow   

Sep 23   In the year 2012 iran blocks the use of Google as a search engine   

Sep 24   On this day in history books by Japanese authors or about Japan are suspended by Chinese bookstores   

Sep 25   50 Taiwanese ships clash with the Japan Coast Guard in waters off the Senkaku Islands on this day in history.   

Sep 26   Syrian army massacres 40 civilians in Thiabieh, Damascus on this day in history.   

Sep 27   On this day in history uN publicly releases documents from China and Japan detailing their contesting claims for the Senkoku Islands   

Sep 28   On this day in history aircraft crash kills 16 people in Kathmandu, Nepal   

Sep 30   On this day in history two opposition Venezuelan politicians are shot dead a week before the presidential election   

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