Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Date: December 14, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 14 π Events on this day in 2012 π On This Day (Today)
North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, KwangmyΕngsΕng-3 Unit 2. Date: December 12, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 12 π Events on this day in 2012 π On This Day (Today)
At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria. Date: December 11, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 11 π Events on this day in 2012 π On This Day (Today)
A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people including singer Jenni Rivera. Date: December 9, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 9 π Events on this day in 2012 π On This Day (Today)
At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines. Date: December 3, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 3 π Events on this day in 2012 π On This Day (Today)
A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people. Date: November 24, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 24 π Events on this day in 2012 π On This Day (Today)
At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv. Date: November 21, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 21 π Events on this day in 2012 π On This Day (Today)
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria becomes the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Date: November 18, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 18 π Events on this day in 2012 π On This Day (Today)
At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt. Date: November 17, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 17 π Events on this day in 2012 π On This Day (Today)
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 β π Other events on November 15 π Events on this day in 2012 π On This Day (Today)