Page 2: Historical Events In 2012

Mar 04   A series of explosions are reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, with at least 250 people dead   

Mar 04   Munitions dump explosions kill at least 250 people in the Republic of Congo   

Mar 05   27 members of Iraq's security force are killed by gunmen disguised as police in Haditha.   

Mar 06   9000 residents are evacuated from Wagga Wagga, Australia, as the Murrimbidgee River threatens to overflow   

Mar 08   Greece secures debt-restructuring deal with private lenders   

Mar 09   Senior members of hacking group Lulz Sec are arrested, including one member of the FBI, in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland.   

Mar 10   At least 130 rockets are fired into Israel from Gaza   

Mar 11   US soldier results in the deaths of 16 civilians in Afghanistan.   

Mar 12   100 people are killed in ethnic clashes and cattle raids in South Sudan   

Mar 13   19 people are shot dead in a bus attack in Ethiopia.   

Mar 13   After 244 years since its inaugural publication, the Encyclopædia Britannica discontinues its print edition   

Mar 16   Turkish NATO helicopter crashes into a house killing ten people in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan   

Mar 17   Bolton Wanderer footballer Fabrice Muamba collapses and is rushed to hospital during a live football match against Tottenham Hotspur.   

Mar 18   Superleague Greece football match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos is abandoned after fans set fire to Athens' Olympic Stadium   

Mar 19   Wendy's overtakes Burger King to become the second best selling hamburger chain.   

Mar 20   50 people are killed and 240 injured in a wave of terror attacks across 10 cities in Iraq   

Mar 21   Greek Parliament votes in favour of an international bailout deal   

Mar 22   Largest protest in Quebec's history occurs in Montreal with over 200000 people marching against government tuition hikes and for free access to post-secondary education   

Mar 22   The President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, is ousted in a coup d'état after mutinous soldiers attack government offices   

Mar 23   African Union suspends Mali's membership following a coup.   

Mar 24   African Union deploys 5000 strong force with the aim of catching or killing warlord Joseph Kony.   

Mar 25   Peter Cruddas, treasurer of Britain's Conservative Party, steps down after being caught on film selling access to British Prime Minister David Cameron   

Mar 26   Macky Sall elected as President of Senegal.   

Mar 30   Spanish Government cuts 27 Billion Euros from its budget in one of its toughest austerity driver in history   

Apr 01   Plane crash in Western Siberia results in the deaths of at least 31 people ( UTair Aviation ATR-72)   

Apr 02   Oikos University, Oakland shooting results in the deaths of seven people and injures 3.   

Apr 03   Spanish unemployment reaches record high, youth unemployment stands at 50%   

Apr 04   In this year, German Nobel Laureat, Gunter Grass, publishes controversial poem that claims Israel is plotting to wipe out Iran.   

Apr 05   Severe storms in Argentina kill 14 people   

Apr 06   The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad unilaterally declares the independence of Azawad from Mali   

Apr 06   US F-18 Hornet crashes into side of apartment building in Virginia with no fatalities   

Apr 07   Joyce Banda is recorded as becoming President of Malawi   

Apr 08   Gunter Grass labelled persona non gratta by Israeli internal affairs minister Eli Yishai.   

Apr 09   The Lion King is recorded as becoming highest grossing Broadway show after overtaking The Phantom of the Opera.   

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