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December 21 – 2012 phenomenon: End of 13th b'ak'tun in the Mayan calendar, supposed end of the world according to new age beliefs. Festivities took place to commemorate the event in the countries that were part of the Maya civilization (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador), with main events at Chichén Itzá in Mexico and Tikal in ...
2023. 2024. …. v. t. e. 2012 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2012, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Most notably, Universal and Paramount, two of America's oldest surviving film studios, celebrated ...
Officials said the measures could cost as much as $1.2 million. [200][201][202] Over the whole of the United States for the year, there were 243 deaths out of 5387 total cases. August 24. 2012 Empire State Building shooting: A gunman shoots and kills a former coworker near the Empire State Building in New York City.
I. List of unofficial events for the first inauguration of Barack Obama. List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States. List of incidents of civil unrest in Baltimore. List of incidents of civil unrest in Chicago. List of incidents of civil unrest in New York City. List of incidents of political violence in Washington, D.C.
2012. (film) 2012 is a 2009 American epic science fiction disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and Harald Kloser, and stars John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oliver Platt, Thandiwe Newton, [a] Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson. Based on the 2012 phenomenon, its plot follows geologist Adrian Helmsley (Ejiofor ...
Numerous video games were released in 2012. Many awards went to games such as Madden NFL 13, NBA 2K13, WWE '13, Borderlands 2, Far Cry 3, Journey, Mass Effect 3, Dishonored, The Walking Dead and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The year began with the worldwide release of Sony 's handheld game console, the PlayStation Vita, originally launched in Japan in ...
14 January 2012 Basra bombing. A suicide bomber dressed as a policeman attacked a crowd of Shiite pilgrims and security forces at a checkpoint. The blast coincided with several other small attacks in Tikrit, Mosul and Baqubah. [7] [8] 17 January. Shooting, kidnapping. 5. 3. Afar Region, Ethiopia.
May. 1 – Pennywise releases All or Nothing, their first album to feature Ignite singer Zoli Téglás on lead vocals, following the August 2009 departure of original lead singer Jim Lindberg. 4 – Rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies of cancer at the age of 47.