Date: April 11, 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 2012Benghazi U.S. Embassy Attack Kills Four,…
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Negros, leaving 112 people dead. Date: February 6, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2012Trayvon Martin Shot by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida February…
A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured. Date: December 29, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 29 📅 Events on this…
Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated. Date: November 15, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2012Agni Air Flight CHT Crashes in…
A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria. Date: June 22, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 22 📅 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 → 📅…