Historical Events In 2012

Jul 28   On this day in history ye Shiwen of China sets world record in the women's 400m individual medley in 4:28.43  

Jul 29   Tropical Storm Khanun kills 88 people and leaves 60,000 homeless in North Korea in the year 2012.  

Jul 30   On this day in history in the worst power outage in world history, the 2012 India blackouts leave 620 million people without power.  

Jul 30   On this day in history train fire kills 32 and injures 27 people in Andhra Pradesh, India  

Jul 31   Two car bombs kill 21 people in Baghdad, Iraq on this day in history.  

Aug 01   Typhoon Saola kills elven people and displaces over 150,000 in the Philippines in the year 2012.  

Aug 02   In the year 2012 23 people are killed after two blasts in a fruit market in Lahore, Pakistan  

Aug 03   On this day in history united Nations General Assembly c reproaches The United Nations Security Council over its lack of action in Syria  

Aug 04   In the year 2012 45 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Abyan, Yemen  

Aug 05   Gunman opens fire on Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin killing six people and committing suicide in the year 2012.  

Aug 06   On this day in history curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, successfully lands on Mars.  

Aug 06   Mount Tongariro, New Zealand, erupts for the first time in a century on this day in history.  

Aug 07   In the year 2012 21 people are killed by a gun attack in a church in Okene, Nigeria  

Aug 08   On this day in history china announces that it plans to close 23 rare earth mines and up to 50 smelting companies  

Aug 09   The death toll from the Philippines' floods rise to 70 on this day in history.  

Aug 11   153 people are killed and 1300 injured in Tabriz and Ahar, Iran after two earthquakes of up to 6.4 magnitude on this day in history.  

Aug 12   In the year 2012 the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony completes the games  

Aug 13   In the year 2012 nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus is stripped of her shot-put gold medal after failing a doping test  

Aug 14   46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan on this day in history.  

Aug 16   Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, is granted political asylum by Ecuador in the year 2012.  

Aug 17   On this day in history three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot are jailed for two years  

Aug 18   Al-Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden, Yemen in the year 2012.  

Aug 19   32 people are killed after a plane crash in Talodi, Sudan in the year 2012.  

Aug 20   20 people are killed in a riot in Caracas, Venezuela on this day in history.  

Aug 21   20 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo die from the Ebola virus in the year 2012.  

Aug 22   In the year 2012 47 people are killed in the Syrian civil war  

Aug 23   Four people are killed and 28 injured in a hot air ballooning accident in Slovenia on this day in history.  

Aug 24   In the year 2012 monsoon rains and floods kill 26 people in Pakistan  

Aug 25   330 people are killed as a result of conflict in the Syrian civil war in the year 2012.  

Aug 26   15 year-old New Zealand golfer, Lydia Ko, becomes the youngest LPGA Tour event winner and the first amateur winner since 1969 in the year 2012.  

Aug 27   On this day in history first interplanetary human voice recording is broadcast from the Mars Rover Curiosity  

Aug 28   In the year 2012 mitt Romney is officially nominated as the United States Republican Party's candidate  

Aug 29   On this day in history georgian hostage crisis results in 3 police officers and 10 militants being killed  

Aug 30   In the year 2012 cholera outbreak kills 229 people in Sierra Leone  

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