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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 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 April 2012: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of April 2012?

Events

01 Apr 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising. Dozens of people are killed when the Syrian army bombards Homs with artillery fire.
02 Apr 2012 FARC, a leftist Colombian group, releases its last police and military prisoners.
03 Apr 2012 2011-2012 Bahraini Uprising: There are fears for Abdulhadi Khawaja's life, one of many opposition leaders who were sentenced to life imprisonment.
04 Apr 2012 2012 South Sudan-Sudan border dispute: The Sudan People's Liberation Army claims it has shot down a Sudanese MiG-29 fighter jet fighter in South Sudan's Unity State.
05 Apr 2012 The Israeli city of Eilat was hit by a rocket from Egypt's Sinai Desert, but it did not cause any injuries or property damage.
06 Apr 2012 The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad declares unilaterally Azawad's independence from Mali
07 Apr 2012 After General Mohammed Saleh al-Ahmar (the former Chief of Air Force and half-brother to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh) threatened to attack aircraft, Sana'a's airport has been closed.
08 Apr 2012 Uprising in Syria:
09 Apr 2012 Arab Spring
10 Apr 2012 Uprising in Syria:
11 Apr 2012 Conflict at the border of South Sudan and Sudan 2012: Sudan claims that South Sudan has taken control of Heglig, its largest oilfield after a battle.
12 Apr 2012 Mutinous soldiers from Guinea-Bissau stage an attempted coup d'etat to take over Bissau, the capital. In the middle of a presidential election campaign, they arrest interim President Raimundo Pereira as well as Carlos Gomes Junior, a leading presidential candidate.
13 Apr 2012 Kwangmyongsong-3 is a North Korean satellite for Earth observation. It explodes soon after launch. The United States and other countries had called the impending launch a violation of United Nations Security Council demands.ref name =quotNK_satellitequot/ The launch was planned to mark the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, the founder of the republic.ref name =quotNK_satellitequot
14 Apr 2012 Protesters against austerity gather at the centenary conference of the Labour Party, with demonstrators using a coffin covered in the Irish tricolour.
15 Apr 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising
16 Apr 2012 Uprising in Syria:
17 Apr 2012 Conflict at the border of South Sudan and Sudan:
18 Apr 2012 2011-2012 Bahraini uprising:
19 Apr 2012 Arab Spring
20 Apr 2012 Arab Spring
21 Apr 2012 Arab Spring
22 Apr 2012 Bahraini uprising:
23 Apr 2012 Two people have been killed and many more injured by clashes between police officers and protestors in a nationwide strike in Bangladesh. This was triggered in part by the mysterious disappearance of Ilyas Ali, an opposition politician.
24 Apr 2012 Arab Spring
25 Apr 2012 Pakistan successfully tested the Shaheen-1A, a nuclear-capable missile ballistic missile capable of reaching targets in India.
26 Apr 2012 Charles Taylor, former Liberian president, is found guilty of 11 counts of aiding in abetting war crime and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone Civil War.
27 Apr 2012 At least four explosions were heard in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. There were at least 27 victims.
28 Apr 2012 2011 Syrian uprising
29 Apr 2012 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia killed four members of the Colombian Army in a mission to destroy Cocaine Labs in Caqueta Department. Four more soldiers, a French journalist and a police officer were also killed.
30 Apr 2012 At least eight people were killed when two bombs explode in Idlib, a northern Syrian city.
02 Apr 2012 A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.