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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 ...
In 2012, a show presented by Garden State Fireworks went awry. On Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 7,000 fireworks, [1] intended for a 17-minute display, discharged prematurely and simultaneously from all four barges and the pier. [10] The entire cache exploded in less than a minute. [11]
Pages in category "July 2012 events" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Deaths in July 2012; J.
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.
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 4: Independence Day in the United States 1610 – Polish–Muscovite War : The outnumbered forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth defeated the Russians at the Battle of Klushino . 1862 – In a rowing boat on the River Thames from Oxford to Godstow , author Lewis Carroll (pictured) told Alice Liddell and her sisters a story that ...
October 2012 events in the United States (2 C, 11 P) November 2012 events in the United States (7 C, 30 P) December 2012 events in the United States (3 C, 15 P)