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2012 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.
Their claims were presented at that press conference, and at a second press conference held on March 31, 2012. [ 178 ] [ 179 ] The allegations regarding the birth certificate were repeated at a July 17, 2012, news conference, where Arpaio stated that his investigators are certain that Obama's long-form birth certificate is fraudulent. [ 180 ]
In May 2012, an Ipsos poll of 16,000 adults in 21 countries found that 8 percent had experienced fear or anxiety over the possibility of the world ending in December 2012, while an average of 10 percent agreed with the statement "the Mayan calendar, which some say 'ends' in 2012, marks the end of the world", with responses as high as 20 percent ...
Disasters and accidents A severe cold spell kills at least 83 people in Ukraine. Across Russia, the deep freeze killed at least 45 people over the last week. (BBC) (NBC News) Five people are killed and one injured in Zeebrugge, Belgium, when a bus rolled off into the water. (Deredactie.be) International relations A British court rejects an attempt by the son of a man killed in U.S. drone ...
2012 – A gunman kills 12 and injures 70 at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. [5] 2012 – U.S. presidential election, 2012: Barack Obama reelected president, Joe Biden reelected vice president. [6] 2012 – A gunman kills 26, including 20 children, at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. [7]
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. That's what they say, at least. Does the same principle apply for time? Eli Lilly is one company that probably hopes that what happened in 2012 stays in 2012.
I went out on a limb last year, predicting three things that would happen in 2012. Going out on a limb -- or in this case three different limbs -- usually means eating a fair amount of crow later on.
Disasters Heading toward Taiwan, slow-moving Typhoon Saola's torrential rains lead to the deaths of at least 12 people and displacement of 154,000 in the Philippines. (The Washington Post) Law and crime The Tal Law, which granted a sweeping exemption from military service to a majority of the Israeli ultra-Orthodox population in Israel, expires. As a result Defense Minister Ehud Barak orders ...