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2012 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2040. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
2012 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 2012
- January 12, 2012 – Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu’s economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
- January 23, 2012 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- March 5, 2012 – Invisible Children launches the Stop Kony campaign with the release of Kony 2012.
- May 29, 2012 – A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
- July 30, 2012 – A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India.
- September 15, 2012 – Muslim protesters shouting anti-American slogans clash with police, injuring 19 people, outside the US embassy in Sydney, Australia.
- September 27, 2012 – A mass shooting takes place at Accent Signage Systems, in Minneapolis, killing 6 people, including the gunman who committed suicide, and wounding 2 others.
- October 16, 2012 – The extrasolar planet Alpha Centauri Bb is discovered.
- November 6, 2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
- November 15, 2012 – Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
Who Were Born On 2012?
- January 24, 2012 – Princess Athena of Denmark
- February 23, 2012 – Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland
- April 4, 2012 – Grumpy Cat, American cat