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Officials said the measures could cost as much as $1.2 million. [200][201][202] Over the whole of the United States for the year, there were 243 deaths out of 5387 total cases. August 24. 2012 Empire State Building shooting: A gunman shoots and kills a former coworker near the Empire State Building in New York City.
25 May 2012: SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft (pictured) becomes the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous with the International Space Station. The year 2012 involved many significant scientific events and discoveries, including the first orbital rendezvous by a commercial spacecraft, the discovery of a particle highly similar to the long-sought Higgs boson, and the near-eradication of guinea ...
Tokyo Skytree, which opened in March 2012. January 1 – A strong (magnitude 7.0), but very deep (370 km) earthquake shakes large parts of Eastern Japan at a JMA-intensity of 4. The quake with an epicenter about 500 km South of mainland Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean near Torishima, Tokyo doesn't cause any reported serious damage or injuries, but ...
The upcoming year’s dragon sign is perhaps the most popular zodiac creature, associated with a host of positive qualities such as nobility, wealth and wisdom. ... 1988, 2000, 2012 and 2024, has ...
A traditional Chinese New Year dragon dance is performed in Liverpool’s Chinatown in January 2023. Credit - Getty Images. T he last time China’s birth rates peaked was in 2012: that year, for ...
2015 (Tuesday) 2014 (Monday) December 8 is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 23 days remain until the end of the year.
December 12 is the last time in the 21st century that the month, day and final two digits of the year are the exact same (12/12/12). The next time this will happen will be on New Year's Day in 2101 (01/01/01). December 14 – Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
In 2024, it's the Year of the Dragon. A shopper takes a picture in front of lunar new year decorations inside a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. The Chinese Lunar ...