2012
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LeRoy T. Walker was an American track and field coach and the first African-American president of the United States Olympic Committee. In the 1996 Olympics, Walker was delegated to…
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The 2010s
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2012
Gerry Bahen, Australian footballer (born 1929)
Gerald Edmund "Gerry" Bahen was a businessman and Australian rules football player and administrator who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Leag…
Gerry Bahen, Australian footballer (born 1929)
2012
The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs, burning 347 homes in a matter
The Waldo Canyon fire was a forest fire that started approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 23, 2012, and was declared 100 percent contained…
The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs, burning 347 homes in a matter
2012
The United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in Nationa
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cou…
The United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in Nationa
2012
The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
The Higgs boson, sometimes called the Higgs particle, is an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics produced by the quantum excitation of the Higgs field, one…
The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
2012
The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).
The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 95-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the I…
The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).
2012
Denny Jones, American rancher and politician (born 1910)
Denzil Eugene Jones was an American rancher and Republican politician. Jones is remembered as a 13-term member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly in which he represented citizens f…
Denny Jones, American rancher and politician (born 1910)
2012
Terence Spinks, English boxer and trainer (born 1938)
Terence George Spinks MBE was an English boxer, who won the gold medal in the flyweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. In the final he defeated Mirce…
Terence Spinks, English boxer and trainer (born 1938)
2012
Daniel E
Daniel Eugene Boatwright was a Democratic politician from the state of California. Boatwright was a longtime state legislator from Concord, California, a suburb in the San Francisc…
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2012
Bill Skowron, American baseball player (born 1930)
William Joseph Skowron, nicknamed "Moose", was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1954 to 1967 for the New Yo…
Bill Skowron, American baseball player (born 1930)
2012
Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach (born 1920)
Sir Frederick Richard Allen was a captain and coach of the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby union team. The All Blacks won all 14 of the test matches they played under his …
Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach (born 1920)
2012
At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.
The 2012 Krasnodar Krai floods were floods in southwest Russia in early July 2012, mainly in Krasnodar Krai near the coast of the Black Sea. The equivalent of five months of rain f…
At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.
2012
Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68…
The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered…
Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68…
2012
At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas…
The 2012 Burgas bus bombing was a terrorist attack carried out by a suicide bomber on a passenger bus transporting Israeli tourists at the Burgas Airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, on 18…
At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas…
2012
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the…
The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered…
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the…
2012
James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.
James Eagan Holmes is an American convicted mass murderer who perpetrated the 2012 Aurora theater shooting in which he killed 12 people and injured 70 others at a Century 16 movie …
James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.
2012
Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (born 1919)
Aurora Matilde Gómez Camus was a Spanish poet from Cantabria who also wrote non-fiction.
Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (born 1919)
2012
Al Ecuyer, American football player (born 1937)
Allen Joseph Ecuyer was an American football player.
Al Ecuyer, American football player (born 1937)
2012
Patricia Medina, English actress (born 1919)
Patricia Paz Maria Medina was a British actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) and Mr. Arkadin (1955).
Patricia Medina, English actress (born 1919)
2012
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Milan Popović (1924–2012) was a renowned Serbian psychiatrist-psychoanalyst, a full professor of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy.
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2012
Aberdeen Shikoyi, Kenyan rugby player (born 1985)
Aberdeen Shikoyi was a Kenyan rugby union player. She was the captain of the women's rugby union team.
Aberdeen Shikoyi, Kenyan rugby player (born 1985)
2012
Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Libya (born 1942)
Shukri Mohammed Ghanem was a Libyan politician who was the General Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya from June 2003 until March 2006 when, in the first major gov…
Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Libya (born 1942)
2012
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrîn without resistance.
The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered…
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrîn without resistance.
2012
Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
Erden Eruç is a Turkish-American adventurer who became the first person in history to complete an entirely solo and entirely human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth on 21 July …
Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.