August 2012 calendar

August 2012
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 2012.
The US president was Barack Obama (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was David Cameron (Conservative), Pope Benedict XVI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 2012: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 2012?

Events

01 Aug 2012 According to a poll conducted by British Film Institute's magazine 'Sight and sound', Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 thriller suspense thriller "Vertigo" was named the greatest film of all times.
02 Aug 2012 Syrian Civil War
03 Aug 2012 Mexican Drug War: Another member of Los Zetas, a Mexican drug cartel, is arrested by the Mexican Army. He was responsible for the decapitation of 49 bodies and their dumping on a roadside in May 2012. The suspect is also one of 37 escapees from the Apodaca prison riot earlier in the year.
04 Aug 2012 Arab Spring
05 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
06 Aug 2012 ''Curiosity'', the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, successfully lands on Mars.ref name=MarsScienceLaboratory
07 Aug 2012 Mexican Drug War: The United States has frozen the assets of three Belize-based associates belonging to Mexico's top drug lord Joaquin ampquotEl Chapoampquot Guzman.
08 Aug 2012 Armed men open fire on a checkpoint at the Egyptian city Arish, Sinai Peninsula.
09 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
10 Aug 2012 Mexican Drug War
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15 Aug 2012 Mexican Drug War
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19 Aug 2012 Mexican Drug War
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23 Aug 2012 Tropical Storm Isaac (2012): In its 23.00 PM bulletin, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reduces its hurricane warning level for Hispaniola Island in the Caribbean Sea to a hurricane watch and storm warning.
24 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
25 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria
26 Aug 2012 Unknown organised people have taken the lives of seventeen villagers, including two women, in Afghanistan's southern Kajaki region.
27 Aug 2012 Blockade of Gaza Strip: According to a United Nations report, the Gaza Strip won't be ampquota living placeampquot by 2020 because its infrastructure in water, sanitation, and health is not up to the task of a growing population.
28 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
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30 Aug 2012 Syrian Civil War
31 Aug 2012 At least three people are killed in a shooting at the Pathmark grocery store, Old Bridge, New Jersey.
06 Aug 2012 NASA's rover lands on the surface of Mars.