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The president of the Republic of Liberia is the head of state and government of Liberia. The president serves as the leader of the executive branch and as commander-in-chief of the…
Former Liberia president Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during
Nikolas Wallenda is an American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist, and author. He is known for his high-wire performances without a safety net. He holds 11 Guinness W…
American acrobat Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls
The Yakovlev SJ-100 is a regional jet originally designed by the now-merged Russian aircraft company Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, a division of the United Aircraft Corporation. With deve…
The pilots of a Sukhoi Superjet, ignoring alerts from the terrain warning system, crashed the aircraft into Mount Salak
A suicide attack is a deliberate attack in which the perpetrators intentionally end their own lives as part of the attack. These attacks are a form of murder–suicide that is often …
Suicide bombers detonated two car bombs outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, killing 55 people
The Cadereyta Jiménez massacre occurred on the Fed 40 on 12–13 May 2012. Mexican officials stated that 49 people were decapitated and mutilated by members of Los Zetas drug cartel …
Mexican authorities discovered 49 dismembered bodies in Cadereyta Jiménez
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2, also known as Dragon C2+, was the second test-flight for SpaceX's uncrewed Cargo Dragon spacecraft. It launched in May 2012 on the third flight of the co…
In a test flight, SpaceX's Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous and berth with the International
Liu Yang is a Chinese military transport pilot and taikonaut. On June 16, 2012, Yang became the first Chinese woman in space, as a crew member of Shenzhou 9.
Liu Yang (pictured), a member of the Shenzhou 9 crew, became the first Chinese woman in space
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is King of Saudi Arabia, having reigned since 2015. He is a son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia, and a member of the House of Saud. Salm…
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed the crown prince of Saudi Arabia
Park Jae-sang, better known as Psy, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has received numerous accolades, including an American Music Award, a Worl…
South Korean rapper Psy (pictured) released his hit single "Gangnam Style".
Richard III was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch, the House of York. His defeat and d…
The skeleton of King Richard III of England was discovered under a car park in Leicester.
On 11 June 2012, two moderate earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, causing a large landslide. The landslide buried the town of Sayi Hazara, trapping 71 people. After four days …
Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering a massive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people
Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority were the set of legal proceedings in the United Kingdom concerning the requested extradition of Julian Assange to Sweden for a "preliminary …
Facing allegations of sexual assault in Sweden, Julian Assange (pictured), the founder of WikiLeaks, requested asylum at
The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 95-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the I…
The Shard (pictured) in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 m (1,020 ft),…
The 2012 Burgas bus bombing was a terrorist attack carried out by a suicide bomber on a passenger bus transporting Israeli tourists at the Burgas Airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, on 18…
A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, resulting in the military branch of…
James Eagan Holmes is an American convicted mass murderer who perpetrated the 2012 Aurora theater shooting in which he killed 12 people and injured 70 others at a Century 16 movie …
A gunman carried out a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.
The New Irish Republican Army, or New IRA, is an Irish republican paramilitary group. It is a continuation of the Real Irish Republican Army, which began to be called the 'New IRA'…
The New Irish Republican Army was formed from a merger of a number of dissident republican militant groups.
The Nellore train fire occurred on 30 July 2012, when the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express train caught fire at 4:22 am near Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. At least 32 passengers …
A train fire killed 32 passengers and injured 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Two severe power outages affected most of northern and eastern India on 30 and 31 July 2012. The 30 July 2012 blackout affected over 400 million people and lasted about 13.5 hrs. D…
The largest power outage in history occurred across 22 Indian states, affecting more than 620 million people, or about…
The implosion of Radio Network House in 2012 was the first implosion used in New Zealand to demolish a building, and was a "test case" for the potential to use such a demolition me…
Radio Network House (pictured), damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, becomes the first building to be…
White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white peop…
An American white supremacist carried out a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people…
The 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes – also known as the Ahar earthquakes – occurred on 11 August 2012, at 16:53 Iran Standard Time, near the cities of Ahar and Varzaqan in Iran's …
At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
From August 2012 to January 2013, a series of ethnic clashes between the Orma and Pokomo peoples of Kenya's Tana River District resulted in the deaths of at least fifty-two people.…
A series of ethnic clashes between the Orma and the Pokomo in Kenya's Tana River District resulted in at least 52…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program, as well as researc…
The NASA space probe Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space.
The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton took place on Friday, 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London, England. William was second in the line of succession to t…
The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London