Historical Events In 2012

Aug 31   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 in the year 2012.   

Aug 31   In the year 2012 researchers successfully perform the first implantation of an early prototype bionic eye with 24 electrodes.   

Sep 01   Islamist rebels seize Douentza, Mali on this day in history.   

Sep 02   In the year 2012 a decades-long ban on veiled female news presenters is lifted from State television in Egypt   

Sep 03   3 people are killed and 19 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan on this day in history.   

Sep 04   On this day in history 42 people are killed and 25 injured as a passenger bus falls down a ravine in Morocco   

Sep 05   In the year 2012 54 people are killed and 50 injured after a firecracker factory explodes in Nadu   

Sep 06   On this day in history 61 illegal immigrants die after a fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Turkey   

Sep 07   Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over support for Syria, nuclear plans and human rights abuses on this day in history.   

Sep 07   In the year 2012 uS drone attack kills 8 people in Kismayo, south Somalia   

Sep 08   On this day in history 6 people are killed by a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan   

Sep 09   On this day in history 17 people are killed and at least 40 injured after two car bombs explode in Aleppo, Syria   

Sep 10   16 people are killed by a suicide bombing n Kunduz, Afghanistan in the year 2012.   

Sep 11   In the year 2012 50 Al-Shabaab fighters are killed in conflict with the Somali National Army   

Sep 11   On this day in history 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.   

Sep 11   On this day in history garment factory fires in the Pakistani cities of Karachi and Lahore kill 315 and seriously injure more than 250.   

Sep 12   On this day in history 18 soldiers are killed by a rebel car bomb in Syria   

Sep 13   19 people are killed after a freight elevator crashes from 100 meters in Wuhan, China in the year 2012.   

Sep 14   On this day in history 21 people are killed after a ferry sank in Indonesia   

Sep 15   Japan announces that it will phase out nuclear energy by the 2030s on this day in history.   

Sep 16   8 female civilians are killed by a NATO airstrike in Laghman, Afghanistan in the year 2012.   

Sep 17   On this day in history panasonic suspends operations at its three factories in China   

Sep 18   In the year 2012 10 soliders are killed and 70 injured by a missile attack by Kurdish militants in Bingol, Turkey   

Sep 19   On this day in history 9 people are killed and 20 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Afghanistan   

Sep 20   On this day in history 50 people are killed and dozens injured after a gas station is bombed by the Syrian Army in Ain Issa   

Sep 21   Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, wins a leadership ballot on this day in history.   

Sep 22   On this day in history 7 pedestrians are killed by a drunk driver who hit a bus stop at 200km an hour in Moscow   

Sep 23   Iran blocks the use of Google as a search engine on this day in history.   

Sep 24   Books by Japanese authors or about Japan are suspended by Chinese bookstores on this day in history.   

Sep 25   50 Taiwanese ships clash with the Japan Coast Guard in waters off the Senkaku Islands on this day in history.   

Sep 26   In the year 2012 syrian army massacres 40 civilians in Thiabieh, Damascus   

Sep 27   On this day in history uN publicly releases documents from China and Japan detailing their contesting claims for the Senkoku Islands   

Sep 28   On this day in history aircraft crash kills 16 people in Kathmandu, Nepal   

Sep 30   In the year 2012 two opposition Venezuelan politicians are shot dead a week before the presidential election   

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