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2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium, the 12th year of the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.

Events

January

  • January 23 – Iran–European Union relations: The European Union adopts an embargo against Iran in protest of that nation's continued effort to enrich uranium.[1]

February

  • February 1 – At least 79 people are killed and more than 1,000 are injured after a football match in Port Said, Egypt.[2][3]
  • February 6 – The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and the 60th anniversary of her becoming Head of the Commonwealth.[4][5]
  • February 19 – Iran suspends oil exports to Britain and France, following sanctions put in place by the European Union and the United States in January.[6]
  • February 21 – Greek government debt crisis: Eurozone finance ministers reach an agreement on a second, €130-billion Greek bailout.[7]
  • February 27 – Arab Spring: As a result of continuing protests, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is succeeded by his Vice President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi.[8]

March

  • March 4 – A series of explosions are reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, with at least 250 people dead.[9][10]
  • March 13 – After 244 years since its first publication, the Encyclopædia Britannica discontinues its print edition.[11]
  • March 22 – The President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, is ousted in a coup d'état after mutinous soldiers attack government offices.[12]

April

  • April 6 – The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad unilaterally declares the independence of Azawad from Mali.[13]
  • April 12 – Mutinous soldiers in Guinea-Bissau stage a coup d'état and take control of the capital city, Bissau. They arrest interim President Raimundo Pereira and leading presidential candidate Carlos Gomes Júnior in the midst of a presidential election campaign.[14]
  • April 13 – Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3, a North Korean Earth observation satellite, explodes shortly after launch. The United States and other countries had called the impending launch a violation of United Nations Security Council demands.[15] The launch was planned to mark the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, the founder of the republic.[15]
  • April 26 – Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is found guilty on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Sierra Leone Civil War.[16]

May

  • May 2 – A pastel version of The Scream, by the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for US$120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for an auctioned work of art.[17][18]
  • May 12 – August 12 – The 2012 World Expo takes place in Yeosu, South Korea.[19]
  • May 22 – Tokyo Skytree, the tallest self-supporting tower in the world at 634 metres high, is opened to the public.[20]

June

  • June 5–6 – The century's second and last solar transit of Venus occurs. The next pair are predicted to occur in 2117 and 2125.[21]
  • June 24
    • Shenzhou 9, a Chinese spacecraft carrying three Chinese astronauts, including the first-ever female, docks manually with an orbiting module Tiangong 1, making them the third country, after the United States and Russia, to successfully perform the mission.[22]
    • Lonesome George, the last known individual of the Pinta Island Tortoise subspecies, dies at a Galapagos National Park, thus making the subspecies extinct.[23]

July

August

  • August 6 – Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, successfully lands on Mars.[33]
  • August 31
    • Researchers successfully perform the first implantation of an early prototype bionic eye with 24 electrodes.[34]
    • Armenia severs diplomatic relations with Hungary, following the extradition to Azerbaijan and subsequent pardoning of Ramil Safarov, who was convicted of killing an Armenian soldier in Hungary in 2004. The move is also met with fierce criticism from other countries.[35]

September

  • September 7 – Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran, and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over support for Syria, nuclear plans and human rights abuses.[36]
  • September 11 – Garment factory fires in the Pakistani cities of Karachi and Lahore kill 315 and seriously injure more than 250.[37][38][39]
  • September 11–27 – A series of terrorist attacks are directed against United States diplomatic missions worldwide, as well as diplomatic missions of Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the US, opinions are divided over whether the attacks are a reaction to a YouTube trailer for the film Innocence of Muslims. In Libya, among the dead is US ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.[40][41][42][43][44][45]

October

  • October 14 – Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first person to break the sound barrier without any machine assistance during a record space dive out of the Red Bull Stratos helium-filled balloon from 24 miles (39 kilometers) over Roswell, New Mexico in the United States.[46][47][48]
  • October 16 – Seven paintings worth $25 million are stolen from the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[49][50][51][52]
  • October 24–30 – Hurricane Sandy kills at least 209 people in the Caribbean, Bahamas, United States and Canada. Considerable storm surge damage causes major disruption to the eastern seaboard of the United States.[53][54][55]

November

  • November 14–21 – Israel launches Operation Pillar of Defense against the Palestinian-governed Gaza Strip, killing Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari. In the following week 140 Palestinians and five Israelis are killed in an ensuing cycle of violence. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is announced by Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after the week-long escalation in hostilities in Southern Israel and the Gaza Strip.[56][57][58][59][60]
  • November 25 – December 9 – Typhoon Bopha, known as "Pablo" in the Philippines, kills at least 1,067 with around 838 people still missing. The typhoon causes considerable damage in the island of Mindanao.[61][62][63]
  • November 29 – The UN General Assembly approves a motion granting Palestine non-member observer state status.[64]

December

  • December 8 – In Qatar, the UN Climate Change Conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol until 2020.[65]

Births

  • January 24 – Princess Athena of Denmark
  • February 23 – Princess Estelle of Sweden, Duchess of Östergötland

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2012
Further information: Category:2012 deaths

January

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Etta James

  • January 1 – Kiro Gligorov, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1917)
  • January 3 – Josef Škvorecký, Czech writer (b. 1924)
  • January 9 – Malam Bacai Sanhá, 6th and 12th President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1947)
  • January 13
    • Rauf Denktaş, Cypriot-born politician (b. 1924)
    • Miljan Miljanić, Yugoslavian-born footballer (b. 1930)
  • January 15 – Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish politician (b. 1922)
  • January 20
    • Etta James, American singer (b. 1938)
    • Jiří Raška, Czech ski jumper (b. 1941)
  • January 24 – Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek filmmaker (b. 1935)
  • January 29
    • François Migault, French racing driver (b. 1944)
    • Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 9th President of Italy (b. 1918)

February

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Renato Dulbecco

  • February 1 – Wisława Szymborska, Polish Nobel poet (b. 1923)
  • February 3
    • Ben Gazzara, American actor (b. 1930)
    • Samuel Youd, British author (b. 1922)
  • February 6 – Antoni Tàpies, Spanish artist (b. 1923)
  • February 11 – Whitney Houston, American singer and actress (b. 1963)
  • February 19 – Renato Dulbecco, Italian-born American Nobel virologist (b. 1914)
  • February 25 – Maurice André, French trumpeter (b. 1933)
  • February 29 – Davy Jones, British singer and actor (b. 1945)

March

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Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria

  • March 6 – Francisco Xavier do Amaral, 1st President of East Timor (b. 1937)
  • March 7 – Włodzimierz Smolarek, Polish footballer (b. 1957)
  • March 10
    • Jean Giraud, French comics artist (b. 1938)
    • Frank Sherwood Rowland, American Nobel chemist (b. 1927)
  • March 14 – Ċensu Tabone, 4th President of Malta (b. 1913)
  • March 16 – Estanislau Basora, Spanish footballer (b. 1926)
  • March 17
    • John Demjanjuk, Ukrainian-American Nazi war crimes defendant (b. 1920)
    • Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, (b. 1923)
  • March 18 – George Tupou V, King of Tonga (b. 1948)
  • March 21 – Tonino Guerra, Italian screenwriter (b. 1920)
  • March 23
    • Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, President of Somalia (2004–2008) (b. 1934)
    • Naji Talib, 52nd Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1917)
  • March 25 – Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer (b. 1943)
  • March 27 – Adrienne Rich, American writer and feminist (b. 1929)
  • March 28
    • Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian composer (b. 1920)
    • Earl Scruggs, American bluegrass musician (b. 1924)

April

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Mike Wallace

  • April 1
    • Miguel de la Madrid, 52nd President of Mexico (b. 1934)
    • Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer (b. 1947)
  • April 5 – Bingu wa Mutharika, 3rd President of Malawi (b. 1934)
  • April 7 – Mike Wallace, American journalist (b. 1918)
  • April 11 – Ahmed Ben Bella, 1st President of Algeria (b. 1918)
  • April 15 – Murray Rose, Australian swimmer (b. 1939)
  • April 16 – Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish shipping magnate (b. 1913)
  • April 18 – Dick Clark, American television host and producer (b. 1929)
  • April 19 – Levon Helm, American musician (b. 1940)
  • April 20 – Valeri Vasiliev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1949)
  • April 21 – Charles Colson, American evangelist (b. 1931)
  • April 29
    • Shukri Ghanem, Prime Minister of Libya (2003–2006) (b. 1942)
    • Joel Goldsmith, American composer (b. 1957)
  • April 30 – Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (b. 1985)

May

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Carlos Fuentes

  • May 4 – Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer (b. 1963)
  • May 8 – Maurice Sendak, American author (b. 1928)
  • May 9 – Vidal Sassoon, British hairdresser (b. 1928)
  • May 10 – Carroll Shelby, American automotive designer, racing driver and entrepreneur (b. 1923)
  • May 15 – Carlos Fuentes, Panamanian-born Mexican writer (b. 1928)
  • May 17 – Donna Summer, American singer (b. 1948)
  • May 18 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German lyric baritone and conductor (b. 1925)
  • May 20 – Robin Gibb, British-Australian musician (b. 1949)
  • May 29 – Kaneto Shindo, Japanese film director (b. 1912)
  • May 30 – Andrew Huxley, British Nobel physiologist (b. 1917)

June

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Yitzhak Shamir

  • June 2 – Kathryn Joosten, American actress (b. 1939)
  • June 3 – Roy Salvadori, British racing driver (b. 1922)
  • June 4 – Eduard Khil, Russian baritone (b. 1934)
  • June 5 – Ray Bradbury, American author (b. 1920)
  • June 11
    • Ann Rutherford, Canadian-born American actress (b. 1917)
    • Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer (b. 1952)
  • June 12 – Elinor Ostrom, American Nobel economist (b. 1933)
  • June 13 – William Standish Knowles, American Nobel chemist (b. 1917)
  • June 16 – Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (b. 1933)
  • June 17 – Rodney King, American criminal (b. 1965)
  • June 26 – Nora Ephron, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
  • June 30 – Yitzhak Shamir, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1915)

July

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Ernest Borgnine

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Maeve Binchy

  • July 1 – Alan G. Poindexter, American astronaut (b. 1961)
  • July 3
    • Andy Griffith, American actor (b. 1926)
    • Sergio Pininfarina, Italian automobile designer (b. 1926)
  • July 8 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (b. 1917)
  • July 13 – Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer (b. 1934)
  • July 14 – Sixten Jernberg, Swedish cross-country skier (b. 1929)
  • July 15 – Celeste Holm, American actress (b. 1917)
  • July 16
    • Stephen Covey, American author (b. 1932)
    • Jon Lord, British musician and composer (b. 1941)
  • July 19 – Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general, diplomat and intelligence officer (b. 1936)
  • July 23 – Sally Ride, American astronaut and physicist (b. 1951)
  • July 24 – John Atta Mills, President of Ghana (b. 1944)
  • July 27 – Jack Taylor, English football referee (b. 1930)
  • July 30
    • Maeve Binchy, Irish author (b. 1940)
    • Chris Marker, French writer and documentary filmmaker (b. 1921)
  • July 31 – Gore Vidal, American author, playwright, screenwriter, and political activist (b. 1925)

August

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Neil Armstrong

  • August 5 – Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-born Mexican singer (b. 1919)
  • August 6
    • Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor (b. 1944)
    • Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (b. 1913)
  • August 14 – Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess grandmaster (b. 1923)
  • August 15 – Harry Harrison, American author (b. 1925)
  • August 18
  • August 19 – Tony Scott, British film director (b. 1944)
  • August 20
    • Phyllis Diller, American comedian (b. 1917)
    • Dom Mintoff, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1916)
    • Meles Zenawi, 3rd President and 10th Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1955)
  • August 21 – William Thurston, American mathematician (b. 1946)
  • August 24 – Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer (b. 1937)
  • August 25 – Neil Armstrong, American astronaut (b. 1930)
  • August 31
    • Carlo Maria Martini, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (b. 1927)
    • Sergey Leonidovich Sokolov, Soviet military commander (b. 1911)

September

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Sun Myung Moon with his wife Hak Ja Han

  • September 1 – Hal David, American lyricist (b. 1921)
  • September 3
  • September 8 – Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist (b. 1920)
  • September 12 – Sid Watkins, English neurosurgeon (b. 1928)
  • September 16 – Ragnhild Alexandra Lorentzen, Princess of Norway, (b. 1930)
  • September 18 – Santiago Carrillo, Spanish politician (b. 1915)
  • September 23
    • Pavel Grachev, Russian military commander (b. 1948)
    • Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (b. 1966)
  • September 25 – Andy Williams, American singer (b. 1927)
  • September 27 – Herbert Lom, Czech-born actor (b. 1917)
  • September 28 – Michael O'Hare, American actor (b. 1952)
  • September 30 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian Olympic figure skater (b. 1928)

October

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Helmut Haller

  • October 1 – Eric Hobsbawm, British Marxist historian (b. 1917)
  • October 6 – Chadli Bendjedid, 3rd President of Algeria (b. 1929)
  • October 11 – Helmut Haller, German footballer (b. 1939)
  • October 14 – Arlen Specter, American politician (b. 1930)
  • October 15 – King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, (b. 1922)
  • October 17 – Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress (b. 1952)
  • October 20 – E. Donnall Thomas, American Nobel physician (b. 1920)
  • October 21
    • Yash Chopra, Indian film director and producer (b.1932)
    • George McGovern, American politician, historian and author (b. 1922)
  • October 22 – Russell Means, American Sioux actor and activist (b. 1939)
  • October 24 – Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (b. 1918)
  • October 27 – Hans Werner Henze, German composer (b. 1926)

November

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Lars Hörmander

  • November 5 – Elliott Carter, American composer (b. 1908)
  • November 19 – Boris Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian science fiction writer (b. 1933)
  • November 23 – Larry Hagman, American actor (b. 1931)
  • November 25
    • Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician (b. 1931)
    • Dave Sexton, English footballer and coach (b. 1930)
  • November 26 – Joseph Murray, American Nobel surgeon (b. 1919)
  • November 30 – I. K. Gujral, 12th Prime Minister of India (b. 1919)

December

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Oscar Niemeyer

  • December 4 – Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer (b. 1971)
  • December 5
    • Dave Brubeck, American pianist (b. 1920)
    • Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect (b. 1907)
  • December 9 – Patrick Moore, English astronomer and broadcaster (b. 1923)
  • December 10 – Iajuddin Ahmed, 13th President of Bangladesh (b. 1931)
  • December 11
    • Ravi Shankar, Indian sitarist (b. 1920)
    • Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano (b. 1926)
  • December 17 – Daniel Inouye, American politician (b. 1924)
  • December 24
    • Charles Durning, American actor (b. 1923)
    • Jack Klugman, American actor (b. 1922)
  • December 27 – Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general (b. 1934)
  • December 30 – Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian Nobel neurologist (b. 1909)

Nobel Prizes

Nobel medal
  • Chemistry – Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka
  • Economics – Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd Shapley
  • Literature – Mo Yan
  • Peace – European Union
  • Physics – Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland
  • Physiology or Medicine – John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka

Major religious holidays

  • January 6 – Christmas Day (Celebrated by the Armenian Church)
  • January 7 – Christmas Day (December 25 in the Julian Calendar, celebrated by Eastern Orthodoxy)
  • February 1 – Imbolc, a Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places)
  • February 22 – Ash Wednesday – Western Christianity
  • March 8
  • March 20 – Spring Equinox, Persian New Year, also known as Ostara
  • April 1 – Ramanavami – Hinduism
  • April 6
    • Good Friday – Western Christianity
    • Hanuman Jayanti – Hinduism
  • April 7 – Passover – Judaism
  • April 8 – Easter – Western Christianity
  • April 13 – Vaisakhi – Sikhism
  • April 15 – Easter – Eastern Christianity
  • May 1 – Beltane, a Cross-quarter day
  • May 27 – Shavuot – Judaism
  • June 4 – Vesak – Buddhism[66]
  • June 20 – Summer solstice, also known as Midsummer
  • July 20 – Ramadan begins – Islam
  • August 1 – Lammas, a Cross-quarter day
  • August 2 – Raksha Bandhan – Hinduism
  • August 10 – Janmashtami – Hinduism
  • August 19 – Eid al Fitr – Islam
  • September 17 – Rosh Hashanah – Judaism
  • September 21 – Autumn Equinox, also known as Mabon
  • September 26 – Yom Kippur – Judaism
  • October 1 – Sukkot – Judaism
  • October 2 – Mehregan – Zoroastrianism and Persian Culture
  • October 24 – Vijaya Dashami/Dusshera – Hinduism
  • October 26 – Eid al-Adha, a religious festival in Islam
  • November 1 – Samhain, a Cross-quarter day, Neopagan new year and Christian All Saints' Day
  • November 13 – Diwali – Sikhism - Hinduism
  • November 15 – Islamic New Year
  • December 9 – Hanukkah – Judaism
  • December 21 – Winter solstice, also known as Yule
  • December 25 – Christmas – Western Christianity

In fiction

Main article: Works of fiction set in 2012

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ Fahmy, Mohamed Fadel; Lee, Ian (2 February 2012). "Anger flares in Egypt after 79 die in soccer riot". Turner Broadcasting System. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/02/world/africa/egypt-soccer-deaths/index.html?hpt=hp_t1. Retrieved 2 February 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Egypt football violence leaves many dead in Port Said". BBC News. 1 February 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16845841. Retrieved 1 February 2012. 
  4. ↑ The Government of Canada (January 23, 2012). "Official Canadian website for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II". Retrieved January 23, 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  5. ↑ "Diamond Jubilee: Queen celebrating 60-year reign". BBC News UK (bbc.co.uk). 6 February 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16896731. Retrieved 6 February 2012. 
  6. ↑ CNN Wire Staff (19 February 2012). "Iran suspends oil exports to Britain and France". CNN News (cnn.com). http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/19/world/meast/iran-oil-exports/index.html?hpt=wo_c2. Retrieved 19 February 2012. 
  7. ↑ "Euro zone strikes deal on Greece bailout". Reuters (www.smh.com.au). 21 February 2012. http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/euro-zone-strikes-deal-on-greece-bailout-20120221-1tkxm.html. Retrieved 25 February 2012. 
  8. ↑ "Obama hails 'new beginning' for Yemen". BBC News (bbc.co.uk). 25 February 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17169216. Retrieved 26 February 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Reuters". In.reuters.com. 2012-03-04. http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/03/04/congo-explosions-idINDEE82304620120304. Retrieved 2012-05-06. 
  10. ↑ "BBC". BBC. 2012-03-04. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17249480. Retrieved 2012-05-06. 
  11. ↑ McCarthy, Tom (2012-03-13). "Encyclopedia Britannica halts print publication after 244 years". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/13/encyclopedia-britannica-halts-print-publication?newsfeed=true. Retrieved 2012-03-14. 
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