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The 2013 Moore tornado was a large and extremely violent EF5 tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, and adjacent areas on the afternoon of May 20, 2013, with peak winds estimated at…
A tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, United States, killing 24 people and causing an estimated $2 billion of damage
The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is an ongoing conflict between the Indian government and left-wing extremist groups. The Naxalites are a group of communist groups following Maoist p…
Naxalite insurgents of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) attacked a convoy of Indian National Congress leaders in th
The 2013 El Reno tornado was an extremely large, intense, and erratic tornado that occurred and hit a rural part of Central Oklahoma during the early evening of May 31, 2013. This …
An extremely large, powerful, and erratic tornado struck Central Oklahoma, killing eight people and injuring more than 1
The 2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions were a series of co-ordinated explosions in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine on 27 April 2012. The bombs went off between 11:50 and 13:00 near four tram s…
At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured
On 30 April 2012, a ferry carrying about 350 passengers capsized in the Brahmaputra River in the Dhubri district of Assam in Northeast India. The disaster killed at least 108 peopl…
An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 108 people
On 14 May 2012, a Dornier 228 passenger aircraft of Agni Air operating Flight CHT, crashed near Jomsom Airport, Nepal, killing 15 of the 21 people on board, including both pilots a…
Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people
The trial of Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, took place between 16 April and 22 June 2012 in Oslo District Court. Breivik was sentenced to 21 ye…
The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway
The 2012 Deir ez-Zor bombing involved a car bomb blast in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor killing 9 people on 19 May 2012 during the Syrian Civil War. The blast that reportedly stru…
A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people
In May 2012, two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, causing 27 deaths and widespread damage. The events are known in Italy as the 2012 Emilia earthquakes, because they mainly…
At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6
The Qafa e Vishës bus accident occurred on 21 May 2012, at Qafa e Vishës near Himarë, Albania, when a bus plunged 80 metres (260 ft) off a cliff. Most of the victims were students …
A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others
The Arkankergen massacre occurred on 28 May 2012 in the Arkankergen military post in the Alakol District of Kazakhstan on the border with China, near the village of Usharal. Fiftee…
The Arkankergen massacre in Kazakhstan's Alakol District kills 15 people
The 2012 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on April 16, 2012, by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work during the 2011 calendar year. The deadline for submitting entries was January 25, 201…
The Pulitzer Prize winners are announced
Bhoja Air Flight 213 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight operated by Pakistani private airline Bhoja Air from Karachi to Islamabad. On 20 April 2012, the Boeing 737-236A airc…
One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto Internatio
On 21 April 2012 at 18:30 local time, two trains were involved in a head-on collision at Westerpark, near Sloterdijk, in the west of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Approximately 117 peopl…
Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, killing one person and in
A pastel is an art medium that consists of powdered pigment and a binder. It can exist in a variety of forms, including a stick, a square, a pebble, and a pan of color, among other…
A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, se
A pair of car bombs, allegedly detonated by suicide bombers, exploded outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, on 10 May 2012. Combined, the perpetrators detonat…
The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside a military intellig
In May 2012, two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, causing 27 deaths and widespread damage. The events are known in Italy as the 2012 Emilia earthquakes, because they mainly…
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Doug the Pug is a celebrity pug living in Nashville, Tennessee, who has gained a large internet and social media following.
Doug the Pug, American celebrity dog
Sári Barabás was a Hungarian operatic soprano, particularly associated with coloratura roles.
Sári Barabás, Hungarian soprano (born 1914)
Marian Biskup was a Polish historian, author and academic, who specialized in the history of the Baltics, Pomerelia, Teutonic Order, Prussia, Toruń and Copernicus. He was a member …
Marian Biskup, Polish author and academic (born 1922)
Alan Ray Hacker was an English clarinettist, conductor, and music professor.
Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and conductor (born 1938)
George Kunda was a Zambian lawyer and politician who was the 11th vice-president of Zambia from 2008 to 2011. He served as the vice-president under President Rupiah Banda until the…
George Kunda, Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia (born 1956)
The Cadereyta Jiménez massacre occurred on the Fed 40 on 12–13 May 2012. Mexican officials stated that 49 people were decapitated and mutilated by members of Los Zetas drug cartel …
Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40
The Brindisi school bombing occurred on 19 May 2012, when three gas cylinder bombs hidden in a large rubbish bin exploded in front of the Morvillo Falcone high school in Brindisi, …
Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and