Events That Happened in 2012

2012 Events

2012 Jan 3 Iowa Republican Caucus a Virtual Tie for Romney and Santorum
The Republican nomination process to choose a candidate to run against President Barack Obama began with a virtual tie in the Iowa caucus. The race was originally called in favor of fo...
2012 Jan 5 Prosecution Seeks Death Penalty for Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
he prosecutor in the trial of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak is seeking a death sentence for the former president and his security chief for killing protesters, the Associated Press reports.
2012 Jan 10 Mitt Romney Wins New Hampshire Republican Primary
Former Massachusetts Governor, Mitt Romney, won the New Hampshire Republican Primary for the 2012 Presidential Nomination. Texas Congressman, Ron Paul - considered a long-shot and a prote...
2012 Jan 13 Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Runs Aground off the Coast of Tuscany
There were scenes of panic as the Costa Concordia hit a sandbar on Friday evening near the island of Giglio and listed about 20 degrees. Most people reached land by lifeboats but some ...
2012 Jan 21 Newt Gingrich Wins South Carolina Republican Primary
Former Georgia Congressman and Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, won the South Carolina Republican Primary, beating out presumed front-runner, former Massachusetts Governor, Mitt Romne...
2012 Feb 5 Russian Exploration Team Reaches Ancient Arctic Lake
Russia said on Wednesday it had pierced through Antarctica's frozen crust to a vast, subglacial lake that has lain untouched for at least 14 million years hiding what scientists believe m...
2012 Feb 7 Van Halen releases A Different Kind of Truth
A Different Kind of Truth is the 12th studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released on February 7, 2012 through Interscope Records. Produced by both the band and John Shanks...
2012 Feb 11 Whitney Houston Dies
On Saturday, Houston's publicist confirmed to the Associated Press that the award-winning "I Will Always Love You" singer died. She was 48. The timing of her death, the eve of the Grammys...
2012 Feb 17 Amine El Khalifi Arrested on Charges of Attempted Terrorism
A 29-year-old man from Morocco was arrested Friday and charged with attempting to bomb the U.S. Capitol building in a suicide attack, authorities said. Suspect Amine El Khalifi made an...
2012 Feb 18 Whitney Houston Funeral
After all the testimonials from relatives and friends, the songs from legends and pop stars, the preaching and even laughter, the raw emotion of Whitney Houston's funeral came down to jus...
2012 Mar 15 Rod Blagojevich Arrives at Colorado Federal Prison to Begin Sentence
Convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich entered a federal prison in Colorado to begin a 14-year sentence for corruption Thursday.
2012 Mar 15 Two Uniformed Soldiers Killed and a Third Serioulsy Injured in Montauban, France
Seven people were killed and two seriously injured in three attacks in southern France over the past eight days. President Nicolas Sarkozy says the same person and same handgun were behin...
2012 Mar 16 Neutrinos Found Not to Travel Faster Than Light
European researchers said Friday they have measured the speed of neutrinos and found the subatomic particles don't travel faster than light after all
2012 Apr 13 North Korea Rocket Launch Fails, Setback for New Leader Kim Jong-un
While the UN security council prepares to discuss its limited options in response to Friday's failed rocket launch, the repercussions inside North Korea should prove far more illuminating.
2012 Apr 16 Anders Breivik Trial Begins
The trial began Monday morning for Anders Breivik, the man accused of terrorist attacks in Norway that killed 77 people last July.
2012 Apr 24 New Case of Mad Cow Disease in California
A new case of mad cow disease has surfaced in a dairy cow in California, but the animal was not bound for the nation's food supply and posed no danger, the Agriculture Department said Tue...
2012 Apr 24 Swiss Scientists Demonstrate Thought-Controlled Robot
Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone.
2012 Apr 27 Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Escapes House Arrest
The dramatic nighttime escape of a blind rights lawyer from extralegal house arrest in his village dealt a major embarrassment to the Chinese government and left the United States, which ...
2012 May 1 TERA Launches (North America)
The Exiled Realm of Arborea (officially abbreviated as TERA) is a 3D fantasy themed MMORPG developed by Bluehole Studio. The game was launched and published in South Korea on January 25, ...
2012 May 4 Beastie Boys founder Adam Yauch dies of cancer
Various news outlets are reporting that Adam Yauch (A.K.A. MCA) of the Beastie Boys has passed away after a long bout with cancer at the age of 47. Beyond his music with the Beastie Boys,...
2012 May 20 Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees dies
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has died aged 62 after a lengthy battle with cancer. The announcement was made by his family with "great sadness". British-born Gibb's musical career bega...
2012 Jul 3 The Secret World Launches
The Secret World is a massively multiplayer online world with a unique modern-day setting and unparalleled freedom of character progression. Imagine if every myth, conspiracy theory an...
2012 Jul 16 Jon Lord of Deep Purple dies
Jon Lord of Deep Purple has died at the age of 71. The co-founder and keyboard player with the metal pioneers passed away today (July 16) after suffering a pulmonary embolism. He had b...
2012 Jul 20 Aurora Movie Theater Shooting
12 dead, 38 injured. The attack occurred in Theater 9 at the Century 16 movie theater adjacent to the Town Center at Aurora shopping mall. The shooter is reported to have entered the t...
2012 Aug 6
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 Curiosity Rover Lands Safely on Mars
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to en...
2012 Aug 25 Neil Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies
Armstrong, who had just turned 82, underwent surgery on August 7, 2012, to relieve blocked coronary arteries. He died on August 25, 2012, at a hospital in Columbus, Ohio, from complicatio...
2012 Aug 28 Guild War 2 Launches
Guild Wars 2 is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game in development by ArenaNet. Set in the fantasy world of Tyria, the game follows the re-emergence of Destiny's Edge, a disb...
2012 Sep 15 Meridian 59 Released as Open Source
Zandramas and I are happy to announce that we've decided to release Meridian as open source. We've been running the game for almost 3 years, and while we've made a lot of infrastructure i...
2012 Sep 25 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Released
Mists of Pandaria will raise the existing level cap from level 85 to 90. It will introduce a new character class, the Monk, along with a new playable race, the Pandaren. The vanity pet sy...
2012 Sep 27 Curiosity Rover Finds Ancient Streambed on Martian Surface
NASA's Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There is earlier evidence for the presence of water on M...
2012 Oct 15 The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan Launches
The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan is the fourth expansion pack for The Lord of the Rings Online, and it is available as a web-based download and on Steam. New game enhancement...
2012 Nov 13 RIFT: Storm Legion Released
WELCOME HOME Debuting in Storm Legion™, Dimensions are player- and guild-owned slivers of Telara. Fully customizable with items and building blocks you acquire throughout your adventures...
2012 Nov 20 PlanetSide 2 Launches
PlanetSide 2 is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online first person shooter (MMOFPS) published by Sony Online Entertainment and released on November 20, 2012. It is the sequel to Pla...
2012 Dec 25 King of the Elves is released
Based on Philip K. Dick's 1953 short story fantasy [[King of the Elves]], the film is about a band of elves and one dwarf living in the modern-day Mississippi Delta who name a local human...