Page 4: Historical Events In 2012

May 13   49 dismembered bodies are found on a Mexican highway as part of the Mexican drug war in the year 2012.   

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

May 15   In the year 2012 eurozone economy narrowly avoids recession   

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

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

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

May 22   14 people die and 30 are injured in train collision in India in the year 2012.   

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

May 25   In the year 2012 up to 116 people are massacred, including women and children, by the Syrian army in Houla, in the Homs province   

May 26   On this day in history a gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvink   

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

May 29   In the year 2012 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 in the year 2012.   

Jun 01   On this day in history 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 in the year 2012.   

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

Jun 06   In the year 2012 transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs   

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   On this day in history a bus bombing in Pakistan kills 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 in the year 2012.   

Jun 10   A Helicopter crash near Nairobi, Kenya, kills five people, including George Saitoti, a Kenyan cabinet minister on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history a series of bombings across Iraq kill 93 and wound 300 people   

Jun 14   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 32 people are killed by a car bomb in Baghdad   

Jun 17   France's Socialist Party wins a majority in the legislative election on this day in history.   

Jun 18   In the year 2012 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 on this day in history.   

Jun 20   In the year 2012 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 in the year 2012.   

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

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