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Hurricane Sandy — 2012 Atlantic Disaster
Hurricane Sandy formed in the central Caribbean Sea on **22 October 2012** and struck the northeastern United States on the evening of **29 October 2012**, making landfall near Brigantine, New Jers...
October 29, 2012
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Hurricane Sandy — 2012 Atlantic Disaster
Hurricane Sandy formed in the central Caribbean Sea on **22 October 2012** and struck the northeastern United States on the evening of **29 October...
2012 London Summer Olympics
Jul 27
Higgs Boson Discovery
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2012 US Fiscal Cliff and Congressional Negotiations
The "fiscal cliff" was a confluence of automatic tax increases and spending c...
South Korea 2012 Presidential Election
On **December 19, 2012**, South Korea held its **18th presidential election**...
Mitt Romney 2012 Presidential Campaign
Mitt Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007) and co-founder ...
2012 United States Presidential Election
The 2012 United States presidential election took place on November 6, 2012. ...
Science & Technology
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YouTube and Streaming Video Adoption (2012)
YouTube reaches 1 billion monthly unique users; Netflix and Hulu drive mainst...
Global Internet Adoption and the Digital Divide (2012)
UN reports 2.3 billion internet users globally; mobile broadband surpasses fi...
Windows 8 Release
Microsoft released Windows 8 on October 26, 2012, at 12:01 AM local time in e...
Felix Baumgartner Red Bull Stratos (October 2012)
Red Bull Stratos was a high-altitude freefall project executed on October 14,...
Arts & Culture
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Les Misérables (2012 Film)
Tom Hooper's musical-drama film adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel, released D...
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
J.R.R. Tolkien published *The Hobbit, or There and Back Again* in **1937** as...
Skyfall (2012 Film)
Skyfall is a 2012 spy film and the 23rd installment in the James Bond series ...
League of Legends Season 2 World Championship
The League of Legends Season 2 World Championship, held October 4–13, 2012, i...
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