Page 3: Historical Events In 2012

Apr 10   United Nations deadline for Syrian troop withdrawal passes as violence continues.   

Apr 11   magnitude 8.6 earth quack and 8.2 aftershock occurs off the coast of Indonesia   

Apr 12   A ceasefire in the 2011-2012 Syrian uprising comes into effect.   

Apr 12   Mutinous soldiers in Guinea-Bissau stage a coup d'état and take control of the capital city, Bissau. They arrest interim President Raimundo Pereira and leading presidential candidate Carlos Gomes Júnior in the midst of a presidential election campaign.   

Apr 13   Kwangmy.ngs.ng-3, a North Korean Earth observation satellite, explodes shortly after launch. The United States and other countries had called the impending launch a violation of United Nations Security Council formally claims.[15] The launch was planned to mark the centenary of Birth of Kim Il-sung, the founder of the republic   

Apr 13   North Korean long range rocket testing ends in failure after the rocket broke up after launch   

Apr 15   400 Islamist Militants escape from a Pakistan prison after an insurgent attack.   

Apr 16   At least 55 people are killed in the Syrian uprising despite UN presence to oversee ceasefire   

Apr 17   The St Cuthbert Gospel, Europe's oldest intact book, purchased by the British Library for 9 million pounds.   

Apr 18   The Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples begins burning artworks after cultural institution budget cuts.   

Apr 19   Levon Helm, American rock musician, dies from throat cancer at 71.   

Apr 20   Plane crash near Islamabad, Pakistan, results in the deaths of 127 people.   

Apr 21   Two trains in Sloterdijk, Netherlands, injure 117 people in a head on collision.   

Apr 22   30 year old women collapses and dies during London Marathon   

Apr 23   Netherlands Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, tenders resignation, paving the way for early elections.   

Apr 25   The United Kingdom dips back into recession after the economy shrunk 0.2% in the inaugural quarter of 2012.   

Apr 26   70 people are killed by rocket attacks by the Syrian Army on the city of Hama.   

Apr 26   Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is are discovered guilty on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Sierra Leone Civil War   

Apr 27   Four explosions in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, kill 27 people.   

Apr 28   Tent collapse in St Louis, Missouri, results in the deaths of one and injures 110 people.   

Apr 29   International Chemical Weapons Convention deadline for chemical weapon stockpiles comes into effect   

Apr 30   The unfinished One World Trade Center overtakes the Empire State building to become the tallest building in New York   

May 01   China and Russia sign $15 billion dollar trade deal   

May 02   A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for US$120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for an auctioned work of art.   

May 02   Edvard Munch's famous painting 'The Scream' sells at auction for $119922500.   

May 04   14 decapitated bodies and 9 hung from a bridge are are discovered in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico   

May 05   17 people are killed and 47 missing after a flash flood in Nepal.   

May 06   Francois Hollande elected President of France   

May 07   NATO air strike results in the deaths of 14 and woulds 6 civilians in Afghanistan's Badghis Province   

May 09   Mark Rothko's "Orange, Red, Yellow" is recorded as becoming the most expensive contemporary art piece to be sold at auction for $86.9 million dollars   

May 10   The Red Cross suspends all humanitarian work in Pakistan after a worker was kidnapped and killed   

May 11   Chinese scientists break world record by transferring photons over 97 kilometers using quantum teleportation.   

May 12   aug 12 - The 2012 World Expo takes place in Yeosu, South Korea   

May 12   The discovery of a missing Mayan calender piece disproves 2012 Armageddon   

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