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Business and economy Libor inter-bank interest rate: Bob Diamond, former CEO of Barclays, gives evidence to the Parliament of the United Kingdom's Treasury Select Committee on the bank's manipulation of Libor and Euribor interest rates. (RTÉ) (BBC) Chancellor George Osborne accuses ministers in Gordon Brown's government of attempting to manipulate interest rates during the recession. (The ...
Disasters Colombia evacuates towns near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano over concerns about a possible eruption. (AP via Atlanta Journal Constitution) Politics and elections Voters in Mexico go to the polls for a general election with Institutional Revolutionary Party presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto claiming victory. (The New York Times) (Reuters) Hong Kong: Protesters throng the streets ...
July 23 – The Solar storm of 2012 is an unusually large coronal mass ejection emitted by the Sun which barely misses the Earth by nine days. If it had hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide. [41] July 27–August 12 – The 2012 Summer Olympics are held in London, England, United Kingdom. [42]
New stars would be added on July 4 after a new state had been admitted. [2] 1827 – Slavery is abolished in the State of New York. 1831 – Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities. 1832 – John Neal delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women. [3] [4]
July 2012 crimes in the United States (5 P) Pages in category "July 2012 events in the United States" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The event occurred in 2012, near the local maximum of sunspots that can be seen in this graph.. At 02:08 UT on 23 July 2012, a large coronal mass ejection (CME) was launched from the Sun. [3] The eruption emanated from solar active region 11520 and coincided with what was at most an X2.5-class solar flare. [4]
4 July – Rugby league: The Queensland Maroons win the 2012 State of Origin series, their seventh consecutive victory, defeating the NSW Blues 21–20 at Suncorp Stadium in the third match. Maroons five-eighth Johnathan Thurston is awarded Man of the Match, while second-rower Nate Myles is awarded the Wally Lewis Medal for player of the series.
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Yangzhou on July 20, at a depth of 13.9 km. 1 death is confirmed. [92] A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Simeulue, Indonesia, on July 25, at a depth of 22 km. One man died while fleeing his home. [93] A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Solomon Islands, on July 25, at a depth of 22.9 km. [94]