Historical Events In 2012

Oct 01   California becomes the first US state to ban conversion therapy for minors on this day in history.  

Oct 02   On this day in history 20 students are gunned down in Mubi, Nigeria  

Oct 03   34 people are killed by a series of bombings in Aleppo, Syria on this day in history.  

Oct 04   In the year 2012 turkey’s parliament approves cross-border military operations in Syria  

Oct 05   On this day in history anglo Platinum Limited fires 12,000 striking workers in South Africa  

Oct 06   Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict XVI's butler, is found guilty of leaking confidential documents and is sentenced to 18 months imprisonment on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 2012.  

Oct 11   On this day in history a further 83 people are killed throughout Syria by the Syrian army  

Oct 12   The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves of an African-led force to oust Islamist militants in northern Mali on this day in history.  

Oct 13   On this day in history 15 people are killed by a market suicide bombing in Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan  

Oct 14   In the year 2012 20 people are gunned down in a mosque in Dogo Dawa, Nigeria  

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   Hilary Mantel wins the 2012 Man Booker Prize for her novel Bring Up the Bodies on this day in history.  

Oct 16   On this day in history conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria, leads to 24 militant deaths and several structures set ablaze  

Oct 17   On this day in history the exoplanet Alpha Centauri Bb is discovered orbiting Alpha Centauri  

Oct 18   On this day in history syrian military airstrikes kill 40 people in Maaret al-Numan  

Oct 19   On this day in history 8 people are killed and 78 injured by a car bomb in Beirut, Lebanon  

Oct 22   6 Italian scientists are convicted of manslaughter for their failure to predict the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake on this day in history.  

Oct 23   12 people are killed and 40 are injured in a hospital fire in Tainan, Taiwan in the year 2012.  

Oct 24   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 on this day in history.  

Oct 24   Libyan militias capture Bani Walid resulting in 130 civilian deaths in the year 2012.  

Oct 25   Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Cuba and Haiti killing 65 people and causing over $80 million in damage in the year 2012.  

Oct 26   64 people are killed in West Burma after continued sectarian clashes on this day in history.  

Oct 27   46 people are killed and 123 injured in Iraq after a series of attacks and bombs in the year 2012.  

Oct 28   On this day in history syrian ceasefire collapses and 128 people are killed in ongoing civil war violence  

Oct 29   On this day in history 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  

Oct 30   In the year 2012 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   Syrian rebels launch a major assault on Taftanaz airbase on this day in history.  

Nov 04   On this day in history bishop Tawadros appointed as the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church  

Nov 05   On this day in history 50 Syrian military personnel are killed by a suicide car bomb in Hama  

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