A tornado outbreak occurs over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities. Date: March 2, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida. Date: February 26, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 26 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45. Date: February 26, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 26 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others. Date: February 22, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Three hundred and sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua. Date: February 15, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Date: February 13, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military. Date: February 7, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)