Page 7: 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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 01   In the year 2012 islamist rebels seize Douentza, Mali   

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

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

Sep 04   In the year 2012 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   61 illegal immigrants die after a fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Turkey in the year 2012.   

Sep 07   In the year 2012 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.   

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

Sep 08   6 people are killed by a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan in the year 2012.   

Sep 09   In the year 2012 17 people are killed and at least 40 injured after two car bombs explode in Aleppo, Syria   

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

Sep 11   50 Al-Shabaab fighters are killed in conflict with the Somali National Army on this day in history.   

Sep 11   In the year 2012 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   18 soldiers are killed by a rebel car bomb in Syria on this day in history.   

Sep 13   On this day in history 19 people are killed after a freight elevator crashes from 100 meters in Wuhan, China   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 17   In the year 2012 panasonic suspends operations at its three factories in China   

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

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

Sep 20   In the year 2012 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 in the year 2012.   

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 in the year 2012.   

Sep 24   On this day in history books by Japanese authors or about Japan are suspended by Chinese bookstores   

Sep 25   In the year 2012 50 Taiwanese ships clash with the Japan Coast Guard in waters off the Senkaku Islands   

Sep 26   Syrian army massacres 40 civilians in Thiabieh, Damascus in the year 2012.   

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   Aircraft crash kills 16 people in Kathmandu, Nepal in the year 2012.   

Sep 30   Two opposition Venezuelan politicians are shot dead a week before the presidential election on this day in history.   

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