Tuesday May 08, 2012

US date format: 5/8/2012, UK date format: 8/5/2012

It was Tuesday, under the sign of Taurus (see zodiac on May 8, 2012). The US president was Barack Obama (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was David Cameron (Conservative), Pope Benedict XVI was leading the Catholic Church. In that special week of May people in US were listening to Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. Moonrise Kingdom, directed by Wes Anderson, was one of the most viewed movies released in 2012 while Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson was one of the best selling books. On TV people were watching Satyamev Jayate. If you liked videogames you were probably playing Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land or Endgame: Syria.
But much more happened that day: find out below..

You can also have a look at the year 2012, at May 08 across the years or at May 2012 calendar.

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Historical Events

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Holidays

Saints Wiro, Plechelmus and Otger
Saint Macharius of Ghent (died 1012)
Parents' Day in South Korea
Iris feast of the Region of Brussels capital (in Belgium)
VE Day
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
Saint Ida of Nivelles
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Events

Arab Spring:
Arab Spring:: Syrian uprising: Opposition fighters say they are amassing weapons amid a lull in fighting. (Al Jazeera)
Former Libyan rebels who fought to topple Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 launch an attack on the interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib's office in Tripoli, Libya. (BBC)
Paul Simon and Yo-Yo Ma are awarded the Polar Music Prize. (BBC)
A court in Beijing intends to hear artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, held and gagged on charges of tax evasion by the People's Republic of China. (BBC)
The U.S. state of Nevada approves the country's first self-driven vehicle licence. (BBC)
Thaer Halahla, a Palestinian national on hunger strike for 71 days after being jailed by Israeli authorities, is transferred to a civilian hospital. (BBC)
A South African court rules that the country is obliged under international law to investigate human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. (IOL)
A Thai man in his 60s who was jailed for 20 years for sending text messages deemed offensive to the Thai royal family has died, his lawyer said. (BBC)
A CIA double agent was involved in a foiled bomb plot by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to blow up an U.S.-bound flight, according to government officials. (CNN)
The New York Court of Appeals, in The People v. James Kent, rules that merely viewing child pornography (or having a cache of it, as on a cell phone), despite its offensiveness, is not in itself illegal in the state, so long as one is not aware of the cache or did not download the images ono a drive in order to view them state legislators have stated they will work to close those loopholes through formulation of legislation. Distribution, production, and purposeful possession would still be
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko ends her hunger strike in detention. (Ukrainian News Agency)
Next Israeli legislative election: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaches an agreement with the Head of Opposition Shaul Mofaz for Kadima to join the current government, thus canceling the early election supposed to be held in September. (''Ynetnews'')
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is given a passport for the first time in 24 years. (Straits Times) (BBC)
The U.S. state of North Carolina bans same-sex marriage. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Richard Mourdock wins a Republican primary election in the US state of Indiana defeating incumbent Senator Richard Lugar. (MSNBC)
Former Northern Ireland U-21 footballer James McClean, who burst onto the scene in the 2011–12 Premier League, is subjected to sectarian abuse by disgruntled fans after Giovanni Trapattoni named him in the Irish UEFA Euro 2012 squad yesterday. (BBC)
Al Jazeera closes its English-language bureau in China after its reporter Melissa Chan is expelled from the country. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
United States elections: The U.S. state of North Carolina bans same-sex marriage. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)Richard Mourdock wins a Republican primary election in the US state of Indiana defeating incumbent Senator Richard Lugar. (MSNBC)U.S. President Barack Obama wins the Democratic primary in West Virginia with less than 60%, losing most of the remaining votes to a perennial candidate included on the ballot. (CBS News)
U.S. President Barack Obama wins the Democratic primary in West Virginia with less than 60%, losing most of the remaining votes to a perennial candidate included on the ballot. (CBS News)
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