Historical Events In 2012

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

Jul 29   On this day in history tropical Storm Khanun kills 88 people and leaves 60,000 homeless in North Korea  

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   On this day in history typhoon Saola kills elven people and displaces over 150,000 in the Philippines  

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

Aug 03   In the year 2012 united Nations General Assembly c reproaches The United Nations Security Council over its lack of action in Syria  

Aug 04   45 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Abyan, Yemen on this day in history.  

Aug 05   Gunman opens fire on Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin killing six people and committing suicide on this day in history.  

Aug 06   Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, successfully lands on Mars in the year 2012.  

Aug 06   On this day in history mount Tongariro, New Zealand, erupts for the first time in a century  

Aug 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history the death toll from the Philippines' floods rise to 70  

Aug 11   In the year 2012 153 people are killed and 1300 injured in Tabriz and Ahar, Iran after two earthquakes of up to 6.4 magnitude  

Aug 12   The 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony completes the games on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan  

Aug 16   In the year 2012 julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, is granted political asylum by Ecuador  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 20   20 people are killed in a riot in Caracas, Venezuela in the year 2012.  

Aug 21   On this day in history 20 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo die from the Ebola virus  

Aug 22   47 people are killed in the Syrian civil war on this day in history.  

Aug 23   On this day in history four people are killed and 28 injured in a hot air ballooning accident in Slovenia  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 28   Mitt Romney is officially nominated as the United States Republican Party's candidate in the year 2012.  

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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