The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people. Date: May 10, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 📅…
An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 108 people. At least 150 more are missing and presumed dead. Date: April 30, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 30 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured. Date: April 27, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, killing one person and injuring 116 others. Date: April 21, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad, Pakistan. Date: April 20, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Pulitzer Prize winners are announced. It was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize. Date: April 16, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway. Date: April 16, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅…
Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali. Date: April 6, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)