Hot Air Balloon Crash Kills 11 Near Carterton, New Zealand – January 7, 2012

The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain Francesco Schettino's negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths. Date: January 13, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

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 2012Damascus Bombings Kill 55 Outside Military Intelligence Complex, May 10, 2012115,000 Websites…

The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children. Date: March 13, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 13 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2012Agni Air Flight CHT Crashes in Nepal, 15 Killed – May 14, 2012Brazzaville Munitions Dump…

Tokyo Skytree opens to the public. It is the tallest tower in the world (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth after Burj Khalifa (829.8 m). Date: May 22, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day…