Year 2012 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 2012

The year 2012 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 2012 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

World Events

Important Historical Events of the Year 2012 in World ⚡

Date	Incident/Event
01 january	John Howard, the prime minister of Australia and David Hockney, the famous artist were appointed by Queen Elizabeth II to the order of merit. The world famous USA based NASA brought another glory to its feather. Its second Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory Spacecraft is in orbit around the moon.
02 january	Iran conducted it's military exercises in the Persian Gulf. During which it successfully test-fired two long range missiles.
03 january	Mitt Romney, Ron Paul & Rick Santorum lead Republican Contenders as nominees for president of the USA. 2004- The Flash Airlines flight 604 crushed near Sharm at Sheikh in Egypt, in which 48 people were killed.
03 january	A survey conducted in Spain reported that the rate of unemployment was very high.
04 january	Mitt Romney, the US presidential candidate wins the 2012 IOWA cancus. He won by 8 votes over Rick Samporum.
04 january	The president of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is hospitalized for surgery for Thyroid Cancer. Amado Boudou, vice-president assumes temporary president of the country.
05 january	William Hague begins a 2 day tour of Myanmar. It is believed that the visit of the UK secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs will be historic.
05 january	US President Barack Obama dramatically cut the defence expenses.
06 january	Portia Simpson Miller, Jamaica new P.M. announces that the country will become a republic. It removes Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.
06 january	About 4,500 logins and passwords of FaceBook were stolen by the Rammit worm.
07 january	In New Zealand eleven people are killed when their hot air balloon collides with a power line and was crashed near Carterton.
07 january	The dispute due to the fund issue leads to the closure of several Bosnia's cultural institutions.
08 january	15 Georgian soldiers are released through the efforts made by the Somalian Government after a year of being hostage by pirates.
09 january	700 former Tamil tigers are released by the Sri Lankan army after completing a rehabilitation program.
09 january	There has been a clash between the United Kingdom's Westminster and Scottish government as because of the referendum on Scottish independence.
10 january	The UK Secretary of State for Transport, Justine Greening has approved the HS2, a high speed rail line. This will link major cities in the UK to London.
11 january	Israel is preparing for a increase of Syrian refugees into Golan heights according to Israel's Military chief.
11 january	A journalist was killed with eight other Motors in Horns, Syrian.
12 january	Israel Supreme Court has put a law banning Palestinians from marrying Israel's in order to get citizenship.
12 january	Burmese government and the Karen rebels signed a ceasefire between them, in order to stabilize the situation.
13 january	The Island nation of Kiribati re-elects President. Anote Tong to a third term with over 42% of the vote.
13 january	The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on a reef off the shore of Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, and partially sank.
14 january	Due to a transformer malfunction in Bursa, Turkey millions were left without power supply.
15 january	John Huntsman, a Presidential primary candidate of Republican Party drop out of the race, endorsing Mitt Romney.
16 january	The US Congress has proposed anti-piracy legislation to shutting down the English Wikipedia website. The English Wikipedia and has protested against it.
17 january	India and China are agreed to build a functional office to resolve border issues
18 january	Francesco Settings captain of sunken cruise admits the navigational errors that caused by Costa Concordia to capsize
18 january	An amateur astronomer discovers a new Neptune sized explained in Peterborough, England.
19 january	Kodak, the famous film and Camera Company, files for the bankruptcy protection.
20 january	Around 2000 Malawi women protested against attacks on women wearing trousers by unemployed youths and street vendors.
21 january	Top international virologist agreed to halt work on a more virulent strain of H5N1 influenza virus due to fear over bioterrorism.
22 january	The first round election in Finland has been completed.
23 january	European Union imposes more sanctions on Iran's banking and oil industries due to Iran's nuclear program.
24 january	In 17 year for the first time Spain unemployment level passes five million.
25 january	Iran President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the country is ready to discuss about its nuclear program with other countries.
26 january	Illumina, a U.S. Australia gene sequencing company adopts a poison pill strategy, fighting against a hostile big by Roche Holding.
27 january	The main opposition leader of the Democratic Republic of the Congo condemns parliamentary election as rigged. He calls for a strike in protest of his house arrest.
28 january	The protest run for occupying Oakland in Oakland city turning into a violent movement in California and approximately 300 people were arrested.
29 january	Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela suffering from tumour recovered after that tumor is removed from his pelvis.
30 january	Occupy DC activists are prohibited from camping in freedom plaza and McPherson square.
30 january	A fake medicine crisis at cardiology hospital in Lahore leads to loss of around 112 liver.
31 january	China government tightens its control of monasteries following deadly protests in Tibet.
01 february	The parent company of America Airlines announced that they will cut 13,000 jobs or 15 % work force from their company.
03 february	The US unemployment rate drops to be 8.3% and it was the lowest in last three years after employers added 240,000 jobs in January.
04 february	Florence Green who was the last known veteran from World War I, died in the United Kingdom at the age of 110.
05 february	Josefina Vazquez Mota is the first woman ever endorsed by a Major Mexican Party to run for President of Mexico.
06 february	Email Boc, Romania’s Prime minister resigned along with the entire cabinet due to major social and political unrest in the country.
06 february	Queen Elizabeth II marked her 60th anniversary of becoming monarch of the UK and seven sovereign stated in the country.
07 february	California’s proposition banned 8 gay marriages in the US was court of Appeals for the Ninth circuit.
07 february	Several months of political crisis in the Maldives culminatedin the resignation of President Mohamed Nasheed.
08 february	In London, at Christie’s the collection of Elizabeth Taylor’s artworks by Vincent Van Gogh, Camille Pissarro and Edgar Degas was sold for over 13.7 million pounds.
09 february	During Bankruptcy , a cost saving measure has been taken that do not allow Eastman Kodak Co reports to make digital Cameras , pocket video cameras and digital picture frames any longer.
10 february	A story called “the cats of Copenhagen’ is known as an ‘outrage’, that is written by James Joyce for Choldrens has been published for the first time.
11 february	Whitney Houston, a well known American singer and actress died suddenly in Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in California at the age of 48.
12 february	A British Singer, Adele, was awarded for the song of the year. Record of the year and albino of the year the Germany Awards.
13 february	Moody’s Investors Service peru s a negative outlook for the credit ratings for Austria, France and United Kingdom.
14 february	The Love Letters written by poets, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning for each other were published online by Wellesley College and Baylor University in 2012.
15 february	A painting of Frenchs Bacon sold at Christies for 21.3 million pounds and the portrait of Henrietta Morales which is the second most valuable post-war contemporary art which was sold at the auction house.
16 february	Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and the Middle East correspondent for the New York Times, dies at 43 of an acute asthma attack.
17 february	About 60 to 70 artefacts of the ancients Olympic Games was stolen by the thieves who broke into the archaeological.
18 february	Pope Benedict XVI announces seven new saints. The saints included American Saint, Kateri Tekawitha. He also appoints twenty two new cardinals.
19 february	On February 19, 2011 a record of 2.2 million people attend the Bola Buta strut Party during Rio Carnival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
20 february	Scientists regenerated specimens from Silene Stenophylla, a 31, 800 year old piece of fruit on February 20, 2012, substantially surpassing previous records for the oldest plant regenerated.
21 february	Among the winners in at the 2012 BRIT awards for British popular music there were One Direction, Adele, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran.
22 february	Thousands of people commemorate the first anniversary of the earthquake where 185 people died last year, in New Zealand’s city of Christchurch.
22 february	A train failed to apply its brakes and crashed through a bufferstop at Once Station in Buenos Aires, resulting in 51 deaths and morethan 700 injuries.
23 february	The State Senate of Maryland approves a bill allowing same-sex marriage in the state.
24 february	After a power struggle within his government, Haiti's prime minister Garry Conille resigns.
24 february	The IAEA reports that Iran has been expanding its nuclear activities.
25 february	The famous film “The Artist” has been awarded with four awards at the spirit awards which honoured independent films.
26 february	The “News of the World” which shut down due to phone hacking controversy is announced to be replaced by “The sun on Sunday” by new cooperation.
27 february	The cruise ship Costa Allegra, a left adrift in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles, following an engine room fire.
28 february	IBM announced that it is on the way of creating the world’s first quantum computer.
29 february	Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela suffering from tumor recovered after that tumor was removed from his pelvis.
29 february	Construction of Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest tower and second-tallest structure, was completed.
01 march	10.7 percent, the highest unemployment level has been experienced by the Euro Zone that has never happened in its history.
02 march	The United States space agency, NASA reveals that it had its security compromised by hackers. It has made 13 times in the past year.
03 march	Mitt Romney, the U.S. Presidential candidate wins the caucus in Washington State.
03 march	Two passenger trains collided head-on near the town ofSzczekociny in Poland, resulting in 16 deaths and 58 injuries.
04 march	The People's Republic of China will increase its defence spending by 11.2 per cent in the year 2012.
05 march	“The Lorax”, the popular animated film earned $70.7 million dollars at the box office which is 5th highest returns ever for an animated film.
06 march	The President of France, Niclas Sarkozy announced a plan that will cut the of emigration people to France by 50%.
07 march	The airline flights GPS system and powers grids will be disturbed by the largest solar flare, nears Earth, which occurs in five years, will be occurring on 6th March 2012.
09 march	J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, has announced that Pottermore website, her version of the Harry Potter Universe will launch early in April.
10 march	French comic artist Jean Giraud, creator of 'Blueberry' and numerous influential science-fiction comics, dies at 73.
10 march	U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney wins caucuses in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam and Wyoming.
11 march	Krasma Horka is heavily damaged due in fire. It’s a historical Slovakian castle.
12 march	A section of China’s high speed railway collapse after it underwent test runs.
13 march	A Harvard Medical School study claims that red meat increases the death and has additional negative health implications.
13 march	A 25 years old Alaskan, Dallas Seavey becomes the youngest winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
14 march	Britain has 2.67 million people unemployed, its highest unemployment rate since 1995.
15 march	China’s premier Wen Jiabao blamed Dalai Lama for engaging self immolations by Tibetan monks.
16 march	Nicolae Timofti is named as the new president of Moldova. There was no elected head in the country for three years.
17 march	Julian Assange announced his peen under house arrest. He planned to run the Rennate house.
17 march	The 2012-13 Biathenean world cup ended with Martin Fourcade winning men’s and Tora Berger winning women’s average world cup titles.
18 march	Germany’s Federal Assembly elected Joachin Gauk as president of FRG.
20 march	The first of two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, resulting in seven deaths.
21 march	Britian’s Chancellor of the Enchequer George Osborne reveals the 2012 budget of Britian which cuts the top rate of income tax paid by the civilians. It was the great gift for the common British people.
22 march	Over 200,000 people march to protest against post-secondary education tuition hikes in Montreal, Canada.
23 march	Pope Benedict XVI rightly said that Cuba needs to find some ways from communism and this will surely help them to find a peaceful way to make the transition.
24 march	Evo Morales, the President Bolivia assets that he will have International court of Justice in Hague, Netherland to solve the dispute of the border between Bolivia and Chile.
24 march	China has planned to phase out the practice of taking and selling organs. This plan is regarding the executed prisoners.
25 march	As tensions rise over North Korea’s proposed missile tests, US President Barack Obama begins a three-day visit to South Korea.
26 march	Campbell Newman is sworn in as Australia’s new Premier of Queensland by following a landslide victory.
27 march	Now a day Nuclear Security was a major issue so world leaders discuss about nuclear security during a summit in scale, South Korea.
28 march	In the country OF United States, the mega millions jackpot reaches a world record in the lottery history of $500 million dollar.
29 march	Viaspan is a solution which is used to pressure some donor’s organs. UK govt. officials announce that Viaspan could be contaminated with bacteria after tests identified Bacillus cereus was present in the solution used to test Viaspan’s security.
29 march	In the meet of 2012 BRICS summit which was held in New Delhi, Indian leaders of Brazil, China, Russia, South Africa and India participated.
30 march	VISA and MasterCard warn bangs that a security branch has compromised over 10 million credit cards no.
30 march	Evidence of citrus, disease that has killed millions of citrus trees in Brazen and Florida is found in a remedial area of Los Angles Country, California.
01 april	Eli young band and tailor swift on song of year for crazy girl and entertainer of the year respectively at 2012 Academy of Country music awards.
02 april	Data from the 1940 U.S census was released including information on 132 million people.
02 april	A gunman shot at people inside Oikos University, a Korean Christian college in Oakland, California, US, leaving seven people deadand three injured.
03 april	Following the news international phone hacking scandal, James, Murdock resigned as chairman of BSKYB.
05 april	SkyNews admits it illegally hacked email that belonged to members of the public on two separate occasions in the year 2012.
05 april	As part of a continued tightening on world sanctions on Iran a Chinese company that insures ships will stop indemnifying tankers carrying Iranian oil in the year 2012.
06 april	In England, lawmakers ban the display of tobacco products, hoping the move will lead to a reduction in the number of youths who smoke.
06 april	In the US city of the Virginia Beach a US Navy F-18 Super Hornet Crashed into an apartment complex.
09 april	“The Lion King” earned a lot & ran houseful for several days. It even overtook the movie, “Phantom of the Opera”.
09 april	FaceBook purchased Instagram, a photo sharing application. It purchased it for $1 billion.
10 april	One of the heroes of the French Resistance was Raymond Aubrac he dies at the age of 97 in the year 2012.
10 april	The American company Apple, Inc. announces it is worth over $600 billion dollars, making the technology company the largest in the world by market capitalization.
11 april	The North Korean Workers party names Kin Jong Un First Secretary, with his father, Kim Jong IL declared as the party's 'eternal' General Secretary.
11 april	Greece Prime Minister Lucas Papademos resigns, calling for a new election within a month.
12 april	U.S. company Google, Inc., announces its 2012 first quarter earnings rose by more than 24%, and net profits increased to $8.14 billion.
12 april	Mali swears in Dioncounda Traore, an interim president, marking the country's transition back to civilian rule following last month's coup.
13 april	Shahrukh Khan is detained by the U.S. at a New York airport in 90 minutes. He was angry on S. M. Khisna, India’s external affair minister.
15 april	Ceremonies and special events marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic are help around the world.
15 april	China allows the Yuan to fluctuate up to 1% from 0.5%, in trading against the U.S. dollar.
16 april	Christina Fernandez, President of Argentina introduced a bill nationalizing 5% of YPF. YPF is an oil company located in Argentina.
17 april	Warren Buffet announced that he has Prostate Cancer.
20 april	Less than three years after accepting the position of chairman of Disney studio, Rich Ross, resigns.
20 april	Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in TAHRIR square against continuing military rule in Egypt.
21 april	Four Species of crabs were discovered of bright purpose colour in the Philippines.
23 april	An initial ban on the film borate Kazakhstan was issued and official thank you to sacra boron Cohen the actor because of his nice character.
24 april	The Russian scientist had reported in sightings the first adult white orca which has to be seen in the wild.
26 april	President Christian Fernandez de Kirchenen’s bill was passed by Argentina’s Senate.
27 april	Family of Osama-Bin-Laden was departed from Pakistan to Saudi-Arabia.
28 april	In recognition of democratic reforms, the European Union opens an office in Burma.
28 april	Syria accuses Ban Kin-moon, Secretary of the United Nations, of 'encouraging attacks on the government.
29 april	Accused of spying, Sudan arrest four foreigners in the disputed border region with South Suda.
30 april	The nearly finished One World Trade Center overtakes the Empire State Building as the tallest building in New York City.
30 april	After Chen Guangcheng flees house arrest, U.S. President Barack Obama refuses to comment on the blind Chinese dissident who reportedly went to the U.S. embassy.
02 may	Linonel Messi, football player of FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team broke the record of 67 goals by Gerd Muller by scoring a hat-trick on May 2, 2012 with 68 goals.
05 may	Japan shut down Tomari-3 nuclear reactor, which was the last one out of 54 nuclear reactors operating, on May 5, 2012. It was the first time since 1970 when Japan had no nuclear derived electricity. The decision of shutting down Japan’s nuclear reactors was the result of risk associated with the reactors due to strong seismic activities in Japan.
06 may	Fortune released the list of Fortune 500 companies in which Wal-Mart became the largest company by revenue for the 2012 fiscal year on 6th May. In 2012 list Wal-Mart slipped to number 2 spot after Exxon Mobil Corporation.
08 may	Dmitry Medvedev assumed the office as the Prime Minister of Russia on May 8, 2012 after being nominated by President Vladimir Putin. He had also served as the third President of Russia from 2008 to 2012. He was the one who recognized the corruption as country’s most severe problem and launched anti-corruption campaign.
09 may	‘Orange, Red, Yellow’ painting became the most expensive post war/contemporary art on May 9, 2012, sold for $86,882,500 at a public auction. It is a 1961 Color Field painting by American painter Mark Rothko.
10 may	The International committee of the Red Cross suspended all humanitarian work in Pakistan on May 10, 2012. This suspension was the result of the killing of Khalil Rasjed Dale, a 60 year ICRC staff member who was abducted four months ago in Baluchistan.
11 may	A team of physicists at the University of Science and Technology of China broke the record of quantum teleportation on May 11, 2012 by teleporting a photon more than 97km. presently the record distance of quantum teleportation is 143km with photons.
20 may	The first of two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy,resulting in seven deaths.
22 may	Tokyo Skytree, the tallest structure in Japan with the height of 634.0 metres, opened on May 22, 2012 to the public. It is the second tallest structure in the world after Dubai's Burj Khalifa.
25 may	SpaceX's Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous with the International Space Station.
26 may	The Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with the International Space Station. Dragon is a partially reusable spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space transportation company based in Hawthorne, California. Dragon is launched into space by the SpaceX Falcon 9 two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle.
03 june	In golf, Tiger Woods wins the Memorial Tournament played at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, tying with Jack Nicklaus for PGA Tour victories. Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time. He has been one of the highest-paid athletes in the world for several years.
03 june	Dana Air Flight 992, a passenger flight from Abuja to Lagos,Nigeria, suffered dual engine failure and crashed into a building,resulting in the deaths of all 153 on board and ten more on the ground.
04 june	Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is sworn in as a member of Parliament's upper house the Rajya Sabha.
05 june	The final transit of planet Venus of the 21st century began. It is a phenomenon when the Venus seen as small dark disk which is moving across the sun. It is one of the rarest predictable celestial events which occurred in pairs. This pairs are eight years apart which are themselves divided by duration of century.
11 june	Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering amassive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people.
16 june	China successfully launched its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module. The Shenzhou program is a manned spaceflight initiative by China. Shenzhou 9 was a manned spacecraft flight of China's Shenzhou program, Shenzhou 9 was the second spacecraft and first manned spacecraft to dock with the Tiangong 1 space station.
18 june	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed crown prince ofSaudi Arabia.
19 june	Wikileaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London’s Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of some classified documents including civilian killings by US Army.
04 july	The discovery of particles concordant with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider was declared at CERN. The Higgs boson particle is a basic particle in the Standard Model of particle physics. Observation of the particle allows scientists to dig into the Higgs field, a key field of extreme importance to particle physics theory.
07 july	The equivalent of five months of rain fell overnight inKrasnodar Krai, Russia, causing flash floods, killing 171 people.
08 july	Israel launched an attack on Gaza strip. This rose tension in the area. It was done in response to the killing of three Israeli teenagers. Israeli defense forces raided in the Palestine region in order to capture killers. More than three hundred Palestinians were arrested during this operation.
11 july	The discovery of fifth moon of Pluto was announced by astronomers. The styx was the name which was given to the moon. The discovery was done after the unclear images of plutonic system. It was imagined that there exist a moon along with Charon which is the largest moon of Pluto. The spacecraft images are not discovered later.
13 july	7.6 percent is the lowest economic growth found in three years by the People’s Republic of China. This has been experienced recently.
13 july	A drought that spread through the United States of America leads to over 1000 counties. This has been declared as natural disaster natural disaster areas.
14 july	An avalanche has swept away nine climbers. Rescue crews of Italian and French recovered the bodies of two climbers on Mont Blanc in the Alps
16 july	Jon Lord, an English composer and pianist and co-founder of the heavy rock group, Deep Purple, dies after suffering a pulmonary embolism
16 july	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves of Truvada, the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection.
17 july	Top executive Marissa Mayer, leaves Google after being appointed Yahoo! Inc.'s new CEO.
17 july	Astronauts, Sunita Williams of the United States, Yuri Malenchenko of Russia and Aki Hoshide of Japan, arrive at the International Space Station for a three-month long mission.
18 july	King Jong-un, son of King Jong-il, is announced the official Supreme Leader of North Korea; he also now holds the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army.
18 july	The 'immediate and severe' fiscal emergency declared by the U.S. city San Bernardino, California, allows it to declare bankruptcy without negotiating with creditors.
18 july	A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli tour bus at BurgasAirport, Bulgaria, which later led the European Union to list themilitary branch of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
19 july	The United Kingdom freezes 100 million pounds of assets of Syrian leaders.
19 july	David Cameron, Britain's Prime Minister, suggests government spending cuts will be required until the end of the decade.
20 july	A long-term deal made between Viacom and DirecTV allows DirecTV to carry Viacom channels.
20 july	In London, the Olympic Torch arrives, signaling the final stages of the U.K.-wide relay ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
21 july	In an apparent effort to keep his contract, a subcontractor at Japan's defunct Fukushima's nuclear power plant shielded dosimeters with lead plates to ensure they did not reach radiation limits, and workers to lie about possible high radiation exposure.
21 july	Illegally excavated Buddhist relics that were recovered by Pakistani police were stolen from a police station in Karachi; the pieces date back to the Gandhara civilization which existed over 2,000 years ago in Pakistan.
22 july	India elects Pranab Mukherjee as its new President.
22 july	After placing first in the 2012 Tour de France, Bradley Wiggins becomes the first British cyclist to win the famous competition.
23 july	Patent law disputes between Samsung and Apple deadlock as the dispute addresses valuation of each other's patents.
23 july	America's first female astronaut, Sally Ride, dies of pancreatic cancer at age 61.
23 july	A solar storm of similar intensity to the Carrington Event,which caused one of the largest geomagnetic storms ever recorded,erupted from the Sun and missed the Earth by a small margin.
24 july	Vice-President John Dramani Mahama becomes President of Ghana after President John Atta Mills, dies.
24 july	Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi appoints Hisham Qandil as Prime Minister, and asks him to form a new government.
25 july	Ivica Dacic is officially sworn in as Prime Minister of Serbia.
25 july	The Egan-Jones Ratings Company projects Italy has a one-year default probability of 22%, downgrading the country to CCC+ from B+
26 july	Tropical Storm Khanun left 16,000 people homeless in South Korea.
26 july	President of France, Francois Holland finalizes a deal with Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara to forgive $4.7 billion dollars in debt incurred by the Ivory Coast when it was a French Colonial Power.
27 july	U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has urged that the countries should work together to reach an agreement to control international arms sales. But till date no agreement is reached.
27 july	Salvatore J. Cordileone is appointed as the ninth Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco. The appointment was made by Pope Benedict XVI.
28 july	The U-550 is discovered off the cost of Massachusetts. This sunken boat is German U-Boat. This was found after a great search.
28 july	Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa has set a world record in the men’s 100m breaststroke. It is set at the 2012 Summer Olympics. It is a new Olympic Record.
29 july	A mechanism is identified by Scientists. This will pull Earth-warming carbon deep into the Southern Ocean and locked away. The scientists also claim that this process may be lead to global warming.
29 july	National patriotism lessons will be introduced in Hong Kong school in China. Thousands protest are planning to do so. They advocated to labeling it Chinese propaganda.
30 july	Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has created a truth commission. This will summon to look into the country's military autocracy.
30 july	The largest power outage in history occurred across 22 Indianstates, affecting over 620 million people, or about 9% of the world'spopulation.
31 july	Michael Phelps, the most popular U.S. Olympic swimming champion wins a record 19th Olympic medal. He has won gold in the 4x200metres freestyle relay.
31 july	Deutsche Bank has announced that the bank has made plan to cut 1,900 jobs. The German based company provides global financial services.
02 august	According to the revelation by a United States government source, Barack Obama agreed upon some sort of secret order in the beginning of 2012, allowing the CIA and US firms to supply the rebels in Syria along with support so as to overthrow the al-Assad regime.
03 august	The Mexican Army arrests another member of Los Zetas drug cartel accused of executing 49 bodies and dumping them in May 2012. The suspect is one of the 37 fugitives in the Apodaca prison riot, which took place earlier this year.
05 august	Seven people died after a gunman attacked a Sikh temple in Oak Creak, Wisconsin. However, the shooter was killed by the Police in a shootout.
08 august	Anthropologists have discovered the skeleton of a woman within a burial in Templo Mayor, confined by 1,789 human bones. This finding is 'unprecedented for the Aztec culture.'
09 august	In the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí14 bodies are found abandoned inside a van on a major commercial avenue. The number may be some sort of code as It is the fifth time this year drug traffickers leave 14 bodies as a message to their rivals.
11 august	Two earthquakes, the most powerful, with a magnitude 6.4, strike near the northwestern of the Iranian cities, Tabriz and Ahar, killing 250 people and wounding at least 1,800 others.
11 august	At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in apair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
15 august	Two Japanese cabinet ministers, Jin Matsubara and Yuichiro Hata, visit the controversial Yasukuni Shrine. This visit comes amidst the territorial dispute between the People's Republic of China and South Korea.
16 august	Nuclear regulators from nine countries hold an emergency meeting in Brussels due to the unusual fissures found in the basic steel material of the Doel 3pressurized water reactor vessel.
17 august	A rare spider was found in 2010, and is thought of as an entire different category, the Trogloraptoridae. The single species will be named Trogloraptormarchingtoni, after Neil Marchington, a deputy sheriff, amateur biologist and local cave explorer who first found the species.
18 august	Al-Qaeda militants strike an intelligence headquarters in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, at least 14 people died.
19 august	Japan wins the 2012 Women's Baseball World Cup, getting their 3rd straight title.
21 august	In the argument on cosmogony, Physical Review issues a study describing the Big Bang, as a phase change ruled by event symmetry, possibly clarifying better how our well-known space time could originate from original matter.
22 august	A state of emergency is announced in California because of wildfires that endang hundreds of buildings.
22 august	A series of ethnic clashes between the Orma and Pokomo tribesof Kenya's Tana River District resulted in the deaths of at least 52 people.
23 august	The U.S. tests helium-filled surveillance balloons on the Mexican border. The two airships float about 800 meter high and are equipped with very advanced cameras. It is said that the balloons will not watch too far into Mexican territory.
24 august	The United States Anti-Doping Agency says it will forbid former professional road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong for life and suggest he be stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles.
24 august	American cyclist Lance Armstrong was banned from allcompetitions and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles by theUnited States Anti-Doping Agency for using illicit performance-enhancingdrugs.
26 august	An upsurge of Legionellosis disease in Quebec City, Canada, kills 8 people and infects 104.
27 august	The Mars Rover Curiosity makes public the first audio recording of a human voice from another planet. NASA administrator, Charles Bolden’s message is transmitted to earth alongside new images of Mars.
28 august	IBM sells a 'most powerful and advanced' server.
29 august	Brazilian researchers claim that the banana spider venom, in some cases, can help relieve erectile dysfunctions in less than 20 minutes.
30 august	Permex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company, in the northern state of Tamaulipas, finds a large crude oil accumulation; the deposits could at least comprise of 250 - 400 million barrels of oil.
31 august	Apple loses a copyright case against Samsung Electronics smart phones and tablets in Tokyo, Japan.
01 september	Studies reveal that middle-class children in Flanders are fifteen times more likely to be diagnosed with learning disorders/disabilities than their poor counterparts.
02 september	The state TV in Egypt rolls back a decades-long ban on veiled female newsreaders.
04 september	Scientists have created a 'magic carpet' using optical fibers to help avert accidents with elderly people who tend to trip or fall, by detecting whenever unusual footsteps are taken.
07 september	The Reserve Bank of India has allowed investments to and from its neighbor, Pakistan.
08 september	Pakistan and India have mutually agreed to relieve visa requirements needed to travel to the other country.
09 september	A government air strike damaged a main water supply pipe serving central Aleppo, leaving thousands of inhabitants without any drinking water. The Aleppo governor claims that the repair work is going on.
10 september	An agreement permitting the completion of the US National September 11 Memorial & Museum on the World Trade Center site in New York City has been sanctioned.
11 september	Japan formally nationalizes three of the disputed Senkaku Islands.
11 september	Garment factories in the Pakistani cities of Karachi and Lahore caught fire, leaving 315 dead.
12 september	Over 314 people die in factory fires in the Pakistani cities of Karachi and Lahore.
14 september	The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge begin legal action after the magazine Closer published topless pictures of the Duchess taken during a holiday to France last week.
15 september	The Irish Daily Star becomes the second tabloid newspaper to publish topless photographs of Kate Middleton, prompting media boss Richard Desmond to close down the joint venture between Independent News and Media and his Northern and Shell group that published the paper.
17 september	A three-man crew lands on Earth, safely after four months on the International Space Station.
19 september	The cabinet of Yoshihiko Noda reverses a pledge made by the Japanese government earlier in the week to end reliance on nuclear power by the 2030s.
20 september	Trade unions in India hold a strike. This comes in response to plans that will open up supermarkets to international competition.
21 september	A researcher at the University of Cambridge predicts that in about four years, the Arctic polar ice cap will melt completely during the summer months due to a significant rise in global temperatures.
22 september	The Roman Catholic Church in the Australian state of Victoria has shamefully admitted that over 600 children underwent sexual abuse by priests since the 1930s.
23 september	President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi causes a call for large protests. This is after he passed a degree giving himself sweeping new powers over the country.
23 september	Researchers find that there are four genetically distinct types of breast cancer.
24 september	Vice foreign minister of Japan, Chikao Kawai, is sent to China to help improve the status of relations between the two countries.
25 september	The World Health Organisation announces a global alert. It is investigating the case of an unidentified Corona virus found in a Qatari man. The man was returning from Saudi Arabia.
26 september	Trade unions in Greece call a general strike in protest against continuing austerity measures.
27 september	The United States announces that it will seek to lift one of its bans. This ban was on imported goods from Myanmar.
28 september	The World Health Organization says the previously unidentified Corona virus that originated from Saudi Arabia is not highly contagious.
29 september	Iran accuses the United States of 'double standards' over the U.S.' delisting of the Mujahideen-e Khalq as a terrorist entity.
30 september	Spain announces it expects its debt levels to increase in 2013.
02 october	As per a report from the European Commission on the need for improved protection, the nuclear reactors at Europe's 134 power station will cost 10 to 25 billion euros.
04 october	The FBI carries out its inquiry into the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in only one day.
05 october	Around 47 people throughout the United States of America are infested with fungal meningitis from contaminated medicine, with five people dying.
06 october	According to Iran, Israel should become a part of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
07 october	Sudanese military’s aircraft, Antonov An-12 crashes in Khartoum which leads to the death of around 13 of the 22 people travelling.
08 october	Scientist’s caution of the hazards associated with using liquid nitrogen in drinks after a teenage girl from the United Kingdom required emergency surgery after drinking a cocktail comprising of the substance.
09 october	Around 25,000 people protest in Athens because German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Greece.
09 october	Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai was shot at by a Talibangunman in a failed assassination attempt.
10 october	ESO astronomers find an astonishing spiral structure around carbon star R Sculptoris.
11 october	The U.S. court ruling banning the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus is overturned, winning a round for Google's Android against Apple.
16 october	The CEO of Citigroup, Vikram Pandit, resigns from his post, and is instantly superseded by Michael Corbat.
20 october	Thousands of protesters march through Glasgow, Belfast and London in a series of protests against UK government’s severity measures.
22 october	UCI-sanctioned events participant and US professional road cyclist, Lance Armstrong, is stripped of the International Cycling Union of his seven Tour de France titles.
24 october	The analogue television service in the Republic of Ireland is turned off at ten that morning.
25 october	Cuba and Jamaica are hit by Hurricane Sandy, which then heads towards The Bahamas.
26 october	Silvio Berlusconi, tainted former Italian PM, has received a four year sentence for fiscal fraud.
30 october	Aid workers and the United Nations raise concerns about rising food prices and increased cholera in Haiti, where Hurricane Sandy has killed at least 52 people.
03 november	The city of Turin, Italy, has been officially nominated as 2015 European Capital of Sport, a decision made by ACES Europe Evaluation Committee.
06 november	Malawi delays its anti-homosexual law amidst a parliamentary and public debate on whether it should be repealed.
07 november	As a result of the U.S. elections, three states have passed a verdict in favor of same-sex marriage. This includes Maine, Maryland and Washington.
08 november	U.S. President Barack Obama announces his objective of visiting Burma this month. This would make him the first U.S. President to visit the country.
09 november	An Algerian C-295 military transport carrying six people, crashes near Avignon in southern France. Rescuers are able to find the remains of four of the passengers, whereas two others remain missing.
10 november	François Bozizé, the president of the Central African Republic François Bozizé asks for his son to detain after he refuses to pay a hotel bill.
11 november	The Iranian parliament is yet to reach to the bottom of the death of protuberant blogger SattarBeheshti, who was in police custody.
12 november	Abu Qatada, a Muslim priest will be freed on bail after winning a petition against expulsion from the United Kingdom to Jordan. However, the UK government claims that it will plea against the ruling.
14 november	The death of a pregnant woman from septicemia in an Irish hospital provokes international rage, objections and conviction. University College Hospital Galway rejected several appeals from Savita Halappanavar and her family for an abortion on the grounds that "this is a Catholic country."
15 november	After ten years as General Secretary of the Communist Party ofChina Hu Jintao stepped down and was replaced by Xi Jinping.
16 november	An oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, near Louisiana injured 4 people while two people are reported missing.
18 november	Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells foreign leaders Israel is ready to accept a cease fire agreement with Hamas if their rocket attacks cease. Israel launched Operation Pillar of Defense in response to rocket attacks from Gaza and is currently amassing troops in preparation for a ground incursion.
19 november	As per the International charity Save The Children around 200,000 Syrian refugee children are in danger as winter begins in the Middle East.
20 november	Iran has been blamed by the President of Israel, Shimon Peres for prompting the Palestinians to continue rocket attacks on Israel instead of negotiating a truce, claiming, "they are out of their mind."
21 november	A truce between Israel and Hamas, comes into effect. It was declared by Mohamed KamelAmr, the Egyptian Foreign Minister and Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State.
22 november	Policemen have succeeded in ending hostage situation in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece peacefully as they arrest a 72-year-old Greek pensioner who was threatening to set a tax office building on fire because of financial conflict.
23 november	Opposition leaders in Egypt call for large objections after President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi passed a ruling giving himself extensive new powers. Remonstrations for and against his judgment are taking place in Cairo, and violence has befallen Egypt.
24 november	A fire at a clothing factory in the Ashulia district on theoutskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 117 people.
26 november	Scientists have found life in an Antarctic Lake Vida that was sealed off from the outside world by a thick sheet of ice several thousands of years ago.
28 november	The European Commission approves a Spanish government plan to shrink and restructure three major Spanish banks (Bankia, NCG Banco and Catalunya Banc) and sell a fourth (Banco de Valencia).
29 november	Train services in the Channel Tunnel are suspended after a freight train fire on the French side. Everybody on the train is safely evacuated, traffic is resumed two hours after.
30 november	A freight train derails at the Stuttgart-Feuerbach station, Germany, after a collision with the railway platform. There were no reports of injuries.
02 december	Flooding in a coalmine in northeast China's Heilongjiang province trapped 16 miners underground.
03 december	The former employees of General Motors have been permitted by the U.S. Supreme Court to file a complaint against a unit of State Street Corp. over the supposed maladministration of their retirement savings.
06 december	A tornado and wild weather in the city of Auckland, New Zealand has led to the deaths of three people and forced around 250 others to evacuate their homes.
07 december	Russia declares a tit-for-tat visa restriction on Americans guilty of human rights defilements, over the US Magnitsky bill.
08 december	The President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino declares a state of emergency in the country after Typhoon Bopha, has lead to the death of around 450 people.
09 december	Chinese authorities arrest a Tibetan monk, who is accused of provocative self-sacrifice protests against Chinese rule.
13 december	The European Central Bank will be given more powers to administer eurozone banks. The finance minister of the European Union passed this decision.
14 december	Thousands of North Koreans rejoice the positive launch of the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 satellite in Pyongyang's Kim Il-Sung Square.
14 december	A 20-year-old gunman shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,Connecticut, USA.
15 december	Egyptian voters go to the polls to vote on a highly protested referendum on a new constitution.
15 december	Hilary Clinton, the U.S. Secretary of State, fainted from dehydration and sustained a concussion after falling in her home.
15 december	Japan holds it's general election, with Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister and opposition Liberal Democratic Party leader, predicted as winner.
15 december	Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa, challenges party leadership by President Jacob Zuma at the opening of the African National Congress (ANC).
16 december	Japan holds it's general election, with Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister and opposition Liberal Democratic Party leader, predicted as winner.
16 december	Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa, challenges party leadership by President Jacob Zuma at the opening of the African National Congress (ANC).
16 december	A woman in New Delhi was gang-raped on a bus, generating public protests across the country against the Government of India and the Government of Delhi for not providing adequate security for women.
17 december	Outgoing U.S. Senator Jim DeMint is replaced by GOP Congressman Tim Scott, the first black senator from the South since 1881.
18 december	United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II attends a meeting of the Cabinet for the first time, receiving a gift honoring her Diamond Jubilee; this was first time a Cabinet meeting was attended by a British monarch since the reign of Queen Victoria.
19 december	UBS becomes the second bank after Barclays, to be fined for attempting to manipulate the Libor interbank lending rate; the company is fined $1.5 billion.
20 december	Atlanta Intercontinental Exchange purchases the New York Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in the world.
21 december	Voters in Alexandria, Egypt clash during the evening of the second voting session on the highly charged constitutional referendum.
21 december	Scientists studying the Sutter's Mill meteorite found near where the Sutter's Mill California Gold Rush site, determine it contains the oldest material in the Solar System.
22 december	Christmas food parcels are distributed in the Republic of Ireland; hundreds of people line up to receive them.
22 december	Following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Monti, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano dissolves the Parliament.
23 december	Volcanic activity alerts are issued in Chile and Argentina, in areas near the Copahue volcano, after it started to spew ash.
23 december	The launch of a space satellite into space by North Korea is disputed by South Korean defense ministry, who claim it was a disguised test of a 10,000 km range missile.
24 december	Pakistan's government announces it will accord recognition to the Republic of Kosovo.
24 december	A video of SpaceX's latest test of the company's Grasshopper rocket with vertical takeoff and vertical landing is released; the rocket rose 131 feet, hovered and landed safely on the landing pad December 17, 2012.
25 december	Queen Elizabeth II shares her Christmas Message with her Commonwealth subjects, referencing the 'humbling' experience of her diamond jubilee celebrations and the 2012 Summer Olympics; the speech is the first to be broadcast in 3D.
25 december	At St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Rome, Pope Benedict XVI delivers the annual Christmas Message and holds traditional Mass at St. Peters Basilica.
26 december	A law banning Americans from adopting Russian children is approved by Russia's parliament; the action is a response to the U.S. Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act.
26 december	Severe weather hits the U.S. on Christmas Day; more than 30 tornadoes are reported in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
27 december	Toyota Motor Corporation agrees to pay $1 billion to settle over a dozen lawsuits related to sudden acceleration.
27 december	In his first political speech, marking the five-year anniversary of his mother's death, ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, vows to maintain democracy and fight militancy.
28 december	At 115 years old and 266 days, Jiroemon Kimura of Japan became the world's oldest living person.
28 december	The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act is signed into law by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III.
29 december	Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leaves the hospital after undergoing minor surgery to remove a tumor.
29 december	The Constitutional Council of France strikes down a plan to impose a 75 percent marginal income tax rate on the wealthy, calling the 'super tax' unconstitutional and unfair.
30 december	After suffering from a concussion caused by fainting from dehydration, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hospitalized for a blood clot.
30 december	Science' magazine names Higgs boson, the confirmation of the existence of a subatomic particle, as the 2012 Breakthrough of the Year.
31 december	A study conducted at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York, announces a harmful type of space radiation may accelerate the development of Alzheimer's disease.
31 december	Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recovers from a cancer operation; his Cabinet ministers get together to pray for his recovery.
05 May	The floods in Nepal killed 17 people and left 47 missing.
10 May	55 people were killed and 370 others injured in two bomb blasts in Damascus, the capital of Southwest Asian Syria.
18 May	Social networking company Facebook Inc. began trading on Nasdaq.
20 May	The earthquake in Italy killed 27 people.
21 May	The earthquake in Italy killed 27 people.
22 May	Tokyo Skytree Tower opened in Japan. After Dubai's Burj Khalifa and China's Canton Tower, Japan built its tallest building, the Tokyo Sky Tree.
11 June	In Afghanistan, 80 people died in a landslide after the earthquake.
13 June	Famous Ghazal singer Mehdi Hasan passed away.
14 June	The explosion at the Indian steel plant in Visakhapatnam killed 11 people and injured 16.
16 June	The multinational soft drink company Coca-Cola commenced business in Myanmar after 60 years.
20 June	Community violence in Libya killed 105 people, injured 500.
21 June	90 refugees killed by boat sinking to Australia.
22 June	Paraguay's president Fernando Lugo was impeached and Federico Franco became the new president.
23 June	Aston Eaton broke the world record at the US Olympic Trials in Dekthalon.
24 June	Mohammed Mursi, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, became the President of Egypt.
28 June	A series of bomb blasts in Iraq left 14 dead and 50 injured.
29 June	Around 15,000 anti-nuclear agitators surrounded the office of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo.
30 June	Mohammed Mursi became the President of Egypt.
03 July	Bombings in Iraq killed 25, 40 injured.
07 July	140 people died due to severe floods in Russia.
12 July	Wrestler and Bollywood artist Dara Singh passed away.
18 July	India's first superstar Rajesh Khanna died.
20 July	A bus accident in Nayarit, Mexico killed 21 people and injured 29.
22 July	Pranab Mukherjee became the 13th President of India.
23 July	Freedom fighter and philanthropist Laxmi Sehgal died.
26 July	The violence in Syria killed about 200 people a day.
30 July	32 people died and 27 were injured when a train caught fire in Andhra Pradesh.
31 July	American swimmer Michael Phelps won 6 medals at the London Olympics. He became the highest player to win 22 Olympic medals in total.
06 September	Barack Obama became the Democratic Party nominee for the US presidency.
07 September	An earthquake in southwest China killed 64 people and injured 715.
09 September	The suicide bombings in Iraq killed more than 100 people and injured 350.
12 September	Apple released Ai Phone-5 and iOS-6.
24 September	Books related to Japan were banned in China.
02 October	Gunmen killed 20 students in Nigeria.
04 October	Former German racing driver Michael Schumacher announced his retirement.
06 October	B. Satya Narayan Reddy, the famous Indian lawyer, leader and 19th Governor of West Bengal, passed away.
14 October	Gunmen killed 20 people in a mosque in Nigeria.
16 October	A new planet 'Alpha Century Bibi' was detected outside the solar system.
19 October	The bombing in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, killed eight people and injured 110.
21 October	Indian filmmaker-director Yash Chopra died.
26 October	Violent clashes in Burma killed 64 people.
29 October	Sandy storms on the east coast of America killed 286 people.
02 November	Indian-American mathematician Shriram Shankar Abhyankar died.
05 November	The floods in Nigeria killed 363 people and displaced over 21 lakh people.
07 November	An earthquake in Guatemala left 52 dead.
17 November	Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray died.
20 November	The Church of England voted against the priesthood of women.
26 November	Arvind Kejriwal formed a new political party called Aam Aadmi Party.
28 November	Two car bomb blasts in the Syrian capital Damascus left 54 dead and 120 injured.
29 November	The United Nations General Assembly gave Palestine the status of non-member observer state.
30 November	Former Prime Minister Indra Kumar Gujral died.
06 August	NASA's Curiosity Rover reached Mars.
07 August	Three gunmen attacked and killed 19 people at a church in Oaken, Nigeria.
11 August	The earthquake in Tabriz and Ahar in Iran killed 153 people and injured about 1,300 people.
16 August	Ecuador gave political asylum to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.
18 August	At least 13 Afghan terrorists killed in NATO air strike.
22 August	Pranab Mukherjee was elected the 13th President of India.
25 August	Voyager 1 became the first manned vehicle to enter space outside the solar system.
25 August	Neil Armstrong, who stepped on the moon, died.
26 August	Hindi film actor AK Hangal passed away.
29 August	At least 26 Chinese workers were killed and 21 went missing in the Siaojiawan coal mine explosion in Sichuan province in China.
03 December	In the Philippines, at least 475 people died in the earthquake storm.
04 December	A mortar attack in Syria killed 29 people.
06 December	Seven people were killed and 770 were injured during a demonstration in Egypt.
19 December	Park Gyun Hee became the first female president of South Korea.
21 December	\ Gangnam Style became the first video to be viewed one billion times on YouTube.
25 December	Antonov Company's AN-72 plane crashed in the town of Shimkent in southern Kazakhstan, killing 27 people.
26 December	The world's longest High Speed Railroad, built from China's capital Beijing to Guangzhou City, was opened.
29 December	In Pakistan, 21 security personnel were killed in an attack by terrorists near Peshawar.
30 December	19 people died in a suicide attack in Bluechistan, Pakistan.
06 January	A suicide attack in the Syrian capital Damascus killed 26 people and injured 63.
09 January	Lionel Messi won FIFA's Ballon Or Best Footballer) award for the second consecutive year.
28 January	The bombings in Kano, Nigeria killed 185 people.
01 February	During a football match in Port Saeed, Egypt, 74 people were killed in the rioting.
15 February	A massive fire killed 358 people in the Comayagua prison in the Central American country of Honduras.
19 February	44 people were killed in a prison riot in Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
03 March	In Poland, 16 people were killed and 50 were injured in two train collisions.
04 March	Vladimir Putin won the presidential election of Russia.
09 March	Film actor and producer director Joy Mukherjee passed away.
13 March	110 people died in a collision between an oil tanker and a ferry near Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
16 March	India's master blaster Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 100 centuries in international cricket.
23 March	Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to record 100 centuries in international cricket.
30 March	Spain's budget stuck in recession was cut by 27 billion euros.
03 April	17 migrant workers killed in heavy fire in Moscow, capital of Russia.
07 April	Landslides in Siachen killed 130 Pakistani soldiers.
15 April	400 terrorists escaped after an attack on a Pakistani prison.
16 April	55 people killed in Syrian conflict.
27 April	27 killed in four blasts in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
14 January	A suicide attack in Basra, Iraq, killed 53 and injured 130 people.
01 February	73 people died in Egyptian football riots in Port Said.
04 March	Vladimir Putin won Russia's presidential election amid allegations.
07 April	Joyce Banda became the President of Malawi.
01 May	China and Russia signed a $ 15 trillion dollar trade deal.
15 June	Apple Eye Computer sold a record $ 374.500.
12 July	200 people were killed in Tremsey by the Syrian army.
12 August	The 30th Olympic Games ended in London.
06 September	Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for US President.
02 October	20 students were killed in Mubi, Nigeria.
06 November	Barack Obama was re-elected as US President.
06 December	7 people were killed and 770 were injured during Egyptian protests.
26 August	The Sixteenth Non-Aligned Movement Summit began in Tehran, Iran.
31 August	The 16th NAM Summit ended in Tehran, Iran.

India Events

Important Historical Events of the Year 2012 in India ⚡

Date	Incident/Event
17 january	India and China are agreed to build a functional office to resolve border issues
27 february	The cruise ship Costa Allegra, a left adrift in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles, following an engine room fire.
29 march	In the meet of 2012 BRICS summit which was held in New Delhi, Indian leaders of Brazil, China, Russia, South Africa and India participated.
13 april	Shahrukh Khan is detained by the U.S. at a New York airport in 90 minutes. He was angry on S. M. Khisna, India’s external affair minister.
04 june	Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is sworn in as a member of Parliament's upper house the Rajya Sabha.
22 july	India elects Pranab Mukherjee as its new President.
30 july	The largest power outage in history occurred across 22 Indianstates, affecting over 620 million people, or about 9% of the world'spopulation.
07 september	The Reserve Bank of India has allowed investments to and from its neighbor, Pakistan.
08 september	Pakistan and India have mutually agreed to relieve visa requirements needed to travel to the other country.
20 september	Trade unions in India hold a strike. This comes in response to plans that will open up supermarkets to international competition.
16 december	A woman in New Delhi was gang-raped on a bus, generating public protests across the country against the Government of India and the Government of Delhi for not providing adequate security for women.
14 June	The explosion at the Indian steel plant in Visakhapatnam killed 11 people and injured 16.
18 July	India's first superstar Rajesh Khanna died.
22 July	Pranab Mukherjee became the 13th President of India.
06 October	B. Satya Narayan Reddy, the famous Indian lawyer, leader and 19th Governor of West Bengal, passed away.
21 October	Indian filmmaker-director Yash Chopra died.
02 November	Indian-American mathematician Shriram Shankar Abhyankar died.
22 August	Pranab Mukherjee was elected the 13th President of India.
16 March	India's master blaster Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 100 centuries in international cricket.