Page 4: Historical Events In 2012

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

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

May 15   On this day in history eurozone economy narrowly avoids recession   

May 19   In the year 2012 chelsea defeat Bayern Munich in penalty shootout to win the UEFA Champion's League   

May 20   Tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia on this day in history.   

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 in the year 2012.   

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   Up to 116 people are massacred, including women and children, by the Syrian army in Houla, in the Homs province in the year 2012.   

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

May 27   In the year 2012 a NATO airstrike kills a family of eight, including six children, in Afghanistan   

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

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

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

Jun 03   Suicide car bombing kills 15 and inures 42 people in Bauchi, Nigeria in the year 2012.   

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

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

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

Jun 07   In the year 2012 16th century archaeology remains of the Curtain Theatre, where some of Shakespeare's plays were first performed, were found under a pub in London   

Jun 08   A bus bombing in Pakistan kills 18 and injures 35 people in the year 2012.   

Jun 09   It is announced that up to $125 million dollars in loans will be given to aid Spain's struggling banks in the year 2012.   

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

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

Jun 12   On this day in history the chemical compound NOTT-202, which is capable of selectively absorbing carbon dioxide, is created   

Jun 13   A series of bombings across Iraq kill 93 and wound 300 people in the year 2012.   

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

Jun 15   In the year 2012 apple I computer sells for a record $374,500   

Jun 16   32 people are killed by a car bomb in Baghdad on this day in history.   

Jun 17   France's Socialist Party wins a majority in the legislative election in the year 2012.   

Jun 18   15 people are killed and 40 injured in a suicide attack in Baquba, Iraq in the year 2012.   

Jun 19   In the year 2012 a man in Saudi Arabia is beheaded for witchcraft and sorcery   

Jun 20   Western Libyan tribal clashes kill 105 people and injure 500 in the year 2012.   

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

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

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