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Unix time. 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:
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 ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court declines to take on the review of an abortion-related appeal. The case, which is a proposed measure to amend the Oklahoma state constitution that was unanimously struck down by the Oklahoma Supreme Court, dealt with the constitutionality of state "personhood" laws that endorse the viewpoint that human life begins at ...
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 ...
Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2012. Gotye 's single, "Somebody That I Used to Know", came in at number one, spending a total of 8 weeks at number one throughout the year. Singer Carly Rae Jepsen, whose single "Call Me Maybe" appeared at number 2, is the highest-ranking female artist on the list. Singer Ellie Goulding, whose single "Lights ...
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 The death toll after the Astrakhan apartment gas explosion rises at 6 with another 11 people missing. (Reuters) International relations European Union Foreign Ministers support Serbia's candidacy to join the European Union despite opposition from Romania. (The Guardian) Belarus expels the ambassadors from the European Union and Poland and recalls its ambassadors in Brussels and ...