Historical Events In 2012

May 13   49 dismembered bodies are found on a Mexican highway as part of the Mexican drug war on this day in history.  

May 14   On this day in history 1,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons agree to end mass hunger strike  

May 15   Eurozone economy narrowly avoids recession on this day in history.  

May 19   Chelsea defeat Bayern Munich in penalty shootout to win the UEFA Champion's League on this day in history.  

May 20   Tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia in the year 2012.  

May 21   In the year 2012 120 people are killed and 350 injured by a suicide bomb in Sana'a, Yemen  

May 22   14 people die and 30 are injured in train collision in India on this day in history.  

May 22   Tokyo Skytree, the tallest self-supporting tower in the world at 634 metres high, is opened to public on this day in history.  

May 25   On this day in history up to 116 people are massacred, including women and children, by the Syrian army in Houla, in the Homs province  

May 26   A gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink on this day in history.  

May 27   A NATO airstrike kills a family of eight, including six children, in Afghanistan on this day in history.  

May 29   Thousands march in protest in Johannesburg against Brett Murray's controversial painting The Spear on this day in history.  

May 30   In the year 2012 a number of nations including Germany, Turkey and Canada, expel Syrian diplomats following the Houla massacre  

Jun 01   In the year 2012 new York Mets pitcher Johan Santana pitches a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals  

Jun 03   Suicide car bombing kills 15 and inures 42 people in Bauchi, Nigeria on this day in history.  

Jun 04   US drone attack kills 15 militants in Pakistan, including high ranking al-Qaeda official, Abu Yahya al-Libi in the year 2012.  

Jun 05   The century's second and last solar transit of Venus occurs. The next pair are predicted to occur in 2117 and 2125 in the year 2012.  

Jun 06   Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs on this day in history.  

Jun 07   16th century archaeology remains of the Curtain Theatre, where some of Shakespeare's plays were first performed, were found under a pub in London on this day in history.  

Jun 08   In the year 2012 a bus bombing in Pakistan kills 18 and injures 35 people  

Jun 09   On this day in history it is announced that up to $125 million dollars in loans will be given to aid Spain's struggling banks  

Jun 10   In the year 2012 a Helicopter crash near Nairobi, Kenya, kills five people, including George Saitoti, a Kenyan cabinet minister  

Jun 11   Five people are killed after an ambulance hits a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in the year 2012.  

Jun 12   The chemical compound NOTT-202, which is capable of selectively absorbing carbon dioxide, is created in the year 2012.  

Jun 13   A series of bombings across Iraq kill 93 and wound 300 people on this day in history.  

Jun 14   In the year 2012 an explosion at an Indian steel plant kills 11 people and severely injures 16  

Jun 15   Apple I computer sells for a record $374,500 in the year 2012.  

Jun 16   32 people are killed by a car bomb in Baghdad in the year 2012.  

Jun 17   In the year 2012 france's Socialist Party wins a majority in the legislative election  

Jun 18   15 people are killed and 40 injured in a suicide attack in Baquba, Iraq on this day in history.  

Jun 19   A man in Saudi Arabia is beheaded for witchcraft and sorcery on this day in history.  

Jun 20   Western Libyan tribal clashes kill 105 people and injure 500 on this day in history.  

Jun 21   Moody's downgrades 15 major banks in the UK, US, Canada and Europe in the year 2012.  

Jun 22   Two Baghdad market bombings kill 14 people and injure 106 in the year 2012.  

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