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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) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê, during clashes…
On July 23, 2012 at 02:08 UTC, a solar storm involving an unusually large and strong coronal mass ejection occurred. It missed Earth by a margin of roughly nine days, as the Sun's …
The Solar storm of 2012 was an unusually large coronal mass ejection that was emitted by the Sun which barely missed…
Joel King Goldsmith was an American composer of film, television, and video game music.
Joel Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (born 1957)
Roland Moreno was a French inventor, engineer, humorist and author who was the inventor of the smart card. Moreno's smart card, or la carte à puce in French, was little known inter…
Roland Moreno
George S. Kingsbury Jr., better known as Kenny Roberts, was an American country music singer. He is best known for his recordings of "I Never See Maggie Alone" and "Choc'late Ice C…
Kenny Roberts, American singer-songwriter (born 1926)
Alexander Dale Oen was a Norwegian competitive swimmer. He was an Olympic silver medallist, World Championships gold medallist, World Championships (25m) bronze medallist, two-time…
Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (born 1985)
Giannis Gravanis was a Greek footballer.
Giannis Gravanis, Greek footballer (born 1958)
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 Girkê Legê.
The Nellore train fire occurred on 30 July 2012, when the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express train caught fire at 4:22 am near Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. At least 32 passengers …
A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Two severe power outages affected most of northern and eastern India on 30 and 31 July 2012. The 30 July 2012 blackout affected over 400 million people and lasted about 13.5 hrs. D…
A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India.
Michael Fred Phelps II is an American former competitive swimmer. He won more Olympic medals than any other athlete, a total of 28 medals across four Olympic Games. Phelps also hol…
Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting was a mass shooting that took place at the gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on August 5, 2012, when 40-year-old Wade Michael Page fatally shot s…
The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting took place in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six victims; the perpetrator committed…
John James Kinley was a Canadian engineer, industrialist and the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia since confederation.
James Kinley, Canadian engineer and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (born 1925)
Mordechai Virshuvski was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for several parties between 1977 and 1992.
Mordechai Virshubski, German-Israeli lawyer and politician (born 1930)
Fernando Lopes, GCIH was a Portuguese film director. He was a Film teacher at the Portuguese National Conservatory, nowadays the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. He died, aged 76, i…
Fernando Lopes, Portuguese director and screenwriter (born 1935)
Zenaida Elvira González Manfugás was a Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist, considered to be one of the best Cuban pianists in history.
Zenaida Manfugás, Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist (born 1932)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program, as well as researc…
NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
The Marikana massacre was the killing of thirty-four miners by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on 16 August 2012 during a six-week wildcat strike at the Lonmin platinum min…
The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
The 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes – also known as the Ahar earthquakes – occurred on 11 August 2012, at 16:53 Iran Standard Time, near the cities of Ahar and Varzaqan in Iran's …
At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is the national police force of the Republic of South Africa. Its 1,165 police stations in South Africa are divided according to the provinc…
South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
From August 2012 to January 2013, a series of ethnic clashes between the Orma and Pokomo peoples of Kenya's Tana River District resulted in the deaths of at least fifty-two people.…
Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.
Miñnullin Tufan Ğabdulla ulı aka Tufan Miñnullin was a famous Tatar writer, playwright, publicist, Tatarstan State Council deputy and honorary citizen of Kazan. He was a permanent …
Tufan Miñnullin, Russian playwright and politician (born 1936)
Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih was an Indonesian physician, researcher, and author. She served as Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia from 22 October 2009 until 30 April 20…
Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, Indonesian physician and politician, Indonesian Minister of Health (born 1955)
Akira Tonomura was a Japanese physicist, best known for his development of electron holography and his experimental verification of the Aharonov–Bohm effect.
Akira Tonomura, Japanese physicist, author, and academic (born 1942)