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1325376000 – 1356998399. 2012 ( MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade. 2012 was designated as:
Polls conducted in 2012 across 20 countries found over 14% of people believe the world will end in their lifetime, with percentages ranging from 6% of people in France to 22% in the US and Turkey. Belief in the apocalypse is observed to be most prevalent in people with lower rates of education, lower household incomes, and those under the age ...
The 2012 phenomenon was a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events would occur on or around 21 December 2012. [1] [2] [3] This date was regarded as the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, [4] and festivities took place on 21 December 2012 to commemorate the event in the ...
2012 Year in tech: A timeline. While planet Earth has yet to meet its demise, the end of 2012 is nigh. It was a year of lengthy legal battles and shifting power dynamics in the tech industry. It ...
Part of a series on 2012 Summer Olympics Bid process (bid details, legacy) Development (venues, torch relay, security) Marketing (mascots) Broadcasters Opening ceremony (flag bearers) Event calendar Chronological summary Medal table (medallists) World and Olympic records Concerns and controversies (minute of silence) Closing ceremony (flag bearers) Paralympics (medal table) IOC BOA LOCOG
Disasters A new section of high-speed railway that had undergone test runs collapses near Qianjiang, China. (New York Times) Over 45 people are trapped by avalanches in the remote Afghan villages of Poshan and Ghadoor in Nuristan province. (AP via Wall Street Journal) International relations United States Census Bureau has estimated the world population up to 7 billion people. (USCB ...
Disasters and accidents A severe cold spell kills at least 83 people in Ukraine. Across Russia, the deep freeze killed at least 45 people over the last week. (BBC) (NBC News) Five people are killed and one injured in Zeebrugge, Belgium, when a bus rolled off into the water. (Deredactie.be) International relations A British court rejects an attempt by the son of a man killed in U.S. drone ...
July 2012 events (4 C, 10 P) August 2012 events (4 C, 2 P) September 2012 events (4 C, 6 P) October 2012 events (4 C, 6 P) November 2012 events (4 C, 11 P) December 2012 events (5 C, 11 P) Categories: 2012. 2010s events.