Date: June 26, 2012
The SpaceX Dragon 1 becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station. Date: May 25, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2012Wisconsin Sikh Temple Shooting in Oak…
A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction. Date: May 2, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅…
A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake is VII (Very strong). Ten are killed, twelve are injured, and a non-destructive tsunami is observed on the island of Nias. Date: April 11, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…
More than 115,000 websites engage in an online protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act in the US.[citation needed] The websites involved viewed the laws as infringing on the right to free speech and many of them temporarily shut down in protest. Date: January 18, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia…
Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico. Date: February 19, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2012Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo Impeached, Federico Franco Succeeds June 22, 2012Aurora Colorado…
A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured. Date: February 23, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2012Trayvon Martin Shot by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida…