Page 4: Historical Events In 2012

May 13   49 dismembered bodies are are discovered on a Mexican highway as part of the Mexican drug war.   

May 14   1500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons agree to end mass hunger strike   

May 15   Eurozone economy narrowly avoids recession   

May 19   Chelsea defeat Bayern Munich in penalty shootout to win the UEFA Champion's League   

May 20   Tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia   

May 21   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.   

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

May 25   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.   

May 27   A NATO airstrike results in the deaths of 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.   

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

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

Jun 03   Suicide car bombing results in the deaths of 15 and inures 42 people in Bauchi, Nigeria.   

Jun 04   US drone attack results in the deaths of 15 militants in Pakistan, including high ranking al-Qaeda official, Abu Yahya al-Libi.   

Jun 05   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 and Sun) occurs   

Jun 07   16th century archaeology remains of the Curtain Theatre, where some of Shakespeare's plays were inaugural performed, were are discovered under a pub in London   

Jun 08   A bus bombing in Pakistan results in the deaths of 18 and injures 35 people.   

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

Jun 10   A Helicopter crash near Nairobi, Kenya, results in the deaths of five people, including George Saitoti, a Kenyan cabinet minister   

Jun 11   Five people are killed after an ambulance hits a roadside bomb in Afghanistan   

Jun 12   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.   

Jun 14   An explosion at an Indian steel plant results in the deaths of 11 people and severely injures 16   

Jun 15   Apple I computer sells for a record $374500   

Jun 16   32 people are killed by a car bomb in Baghdad   

Jun 17   In this year, France's Socialist Party claims a majority in the legislative election   

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

Jun 19   A man in Saudi Arabia is beheaded for witchcraft and sorcery   

Jun 20   Western Libyan tribal clashes kill 105 people and injure 500   

Jun 21   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.   

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