Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Hosni Mubarak…
Tag: 2012
12 October 2012
The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five original Nobel Prizes established by the will…
6 August 2012
NASA’s Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars. As of my last knowledge update in September 2021, the Curiosity rover is a robotic spacecraft…
7 January 2012
A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board
14 December 2012
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
19 June 2012
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London’s Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage…
11 June 2012
More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
13 January 2012
The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain Francesco Schettino’s negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed…