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Lao Airlines Flight 301 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Vientiane to Pakse, Laos. On 16 October 2013, the ATR 72-600 aircraft operating the flight crashed into the M…
In Laos's deadliest air accident, Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashed into the Mekong River, resulting in the deaths of…
YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former empl…
British YouTube collective the Sidemen were formed as a Rockstar Games Social Club group in Grand Theft Auto Online.
The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) is an Islamic militant organisation founded in Pakistan by Hasan Mahsum, who relocated the organization to Afghanistan following anti-terror crack…
The first terrorist attack in Beijing's recent history took place when members of the Turkistan Islamic Party drove a…
Marmaray or B1 Commuter Train is a 77-kilometre-long (48 mi) commuter rail line in Istanbul, Turkey. The line runs from Halkalı, on the European side, to Gebze, on the Asian side, …
The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus…
The 2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions were a series of co-ordinated explosions in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine on 27 April 2012. The bombs went off between 11:50 and 13:00 near four tram s…
At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured
On 30 April 2012, a ferry carrying about 350 passengers capsized in the Brahmaputra River in the Dhubri district of Assam in Northeast India. The disaster killed at least 108 peopl…
An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 108 people
On 14 May 2012, a Dornier 228 passenger aircraft of Agni Air operating Flight CHT, crashed near Jomsom Airport, Nepal, killing 15 of the 21 people on board, including both pilots a…
Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people
The 2012 Deir ez-Zor bombing involved a car bomb blast in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor killing 9 people on 19 May 2012 during the Syrian Civil War. The blast that reportedly stru…
A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people
In May 2012, two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, causing 27 deaths and widespread damage. The events are known in Italy as the 2012 Emilia earthquakes, because they mainly…
At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6
The Qafa e Vishës bus accident occurred on 21 May 2012, at Qafa e Vishës near Himarë, Albania, when a bus plunged 80 metres (260 ft) off a cliff. Most of the victims were students …
A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others
The Arkankergen massacre occurred on 28 May 2012 in the Arkankergen military post in the Alakol District of Kazakhstan on the border with China, near the village of Usharal. Fiftee…
The Arkankergen massacre in Kazakhstan's Alakol District kills 15 people
In May 2012, two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, causing 27 deaths and widespread damage. The events are known in Italy as the 2012 Emilia earthquakes, because they mainly…
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The 13 June 2012 Iraq attacks were a series of simultaneous bombings and shootings that killed 93 people and wounded over 300 others. The attacks were carried out in seven differen…
A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 oth
A derecho is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving complex of severe thunderstorms referred to as a mesoscale convective system.
A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power
The Episcopal Church (TEC), also known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, based in the Un…
The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage.
This is a list of notable tank truck fires and explosions.
A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
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 releases his hit single Gangnam Style.
Shannon Eastin is a former NFL official; she was the first female official of the National Football League (NFL). She has spent 16 combined seasons officiating for the Mid-Eastern …
Shannon Eastin becomes the first woman to officiate an NFL game.
On 20 August 2012, armed prisoners in the Yare I prison complex, an overcrowded prison in Miranda state near Caracas, Venezuela, rioted. A shootout between two groups resulted in t…
A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.
On 23 August 2012, a hot air balloon on a commercial sightseeing flight crashed in stormy weather on the Ljubljana Marsh in central Slovenia, killing 6 of the 32 people on board.
A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.
The trial of Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, took place between 16 April and 22 June 2012 in Oslo District Court. Breivik was sentenced to 21 ye…
The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway
The 2012 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on April 16, 2012, by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work during the 2011 calendar year. The deadline for submitting entries was January 25, 201…
The Pulitzer Prize winners are announced
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, Engl…
The XIV Paralympic Games open in London, England, United Kingdom.
The 2012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion occurred at 21:15 local time on 5 September 2012 in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. According to Turkish Armed Forces, 25 servicemen died, four ot…
An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four…