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

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 2012?


Events

  • 01 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 02 Jul 2012 After being kidnapped at a Kenyan refugee camp, four foreign aid workers were held hostage in Somalia.
  • 03 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 04 Jul 2012 CERN announces that a new particle has been discovered by experiments at Large Hadron Collider.
  • 05 Jul 2012 Uprising in Syria
  • 06 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present). Laurent Fabius, French Foreign Minister, states that Manaf Tlass, a commander in Syria's National Guard, fled to Turkey a few days ago and is now on his way to Paris.
  • 07 Jul 2012 After two deaths by rockets fired from Syria, the alert has been placed on Wadi Khaled's Lebanese Army.
  • 08 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 09 Jul 2012 Mexican Drug War
  • 10 Jul 2012 A gunman takes a parent hostage at Vitry-surSeine school, France, near Paris.
  • 11 Jul 2012 Mexican Drug War: El Manana, a Mexican newspaper from Nuevo Laredo, will cease reporting on Mexico's drug violence after another grenade attack on its facilities.
  • 12 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 13 Jul 2012 Delta Air Lines Flight 126, en route to Madrid, turns around and lands back in JFK after a security issue with some cut wires discovered in the plane’s bathroom.
  • 14 Jul 2012 Arab Spring
  • 15 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 16 Jul 2012 Mexican Drug War: One of the three Mexican Federal Police ringleaders in the fatal shootout at Mexico City International Airport's busy Food Court last month was arrested by the Mexican Federal Police. Police were able to track him down after an anonymous tip.
  • 17 Jul 2012 Marissa Mayer, a former top executive at Google, was appointed Yahoo! Inc.'s CEO.
  • 18 Jul 2012 2012 Burgas bus bombing
  • 19 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 20 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 21 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 22 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 23 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 24 Jul 2012 The Category 4 Typhoon Vicente strikes Hong Kong and China's Guangdong Province, causing scores of injuries, cancellations of flights, and the closure of many businesses.
  • 25 Jul 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 26 Jul 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 27 Jul 2012 August 12 and 13 ampndash 2012 Summer Olympics will be held in London, United Kingdom.
  • 28 Jul 2012 The Syrian Army launches an attack on Aleppo, a rebel-held city.
  • 29 Jul 2012 Syrian Civil War (2011-present).
  • 30 Jul 2012 31 Ampndash The 2012 India blackouts left 620 million people without electricity, making it the worst power cut in history.
  • 31 Jul 2012 The Syrian military continues to bombard Aleppo with artillery. Opposition forces claim they have driven out the Syrian army from the city.

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Music charts

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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Call Me Maybe
  2. - Somebody That I Used To Know
  3. - Payphone
  4. - Wide Awake
  5. - We Are Young

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

Release year: 2012

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Starring: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman

Country: United States of America

ParaNorman

ParaNorman

Release year: 2012

Directed by: Chris Butler, Sam Fell

Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Tucker Albrizzi

Country: United States of America

The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Legacy

Release year: 2012

Directed by: Tony Gilroy

Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Scott Glenn

Country: United States of America

Step Up Revolution

Step Up Revolution

Release year: 2012

Directed by: Scott Speer

Starring: Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Cleopatra Coleman, Misha Gabriel Hamilton

Country: United States of America

Total Recall

Total Recall

Release year: 2012

Directed by: Len Wiseman

Starring: Colin Farrell, Bokeem Woodbine, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in July 2012?
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Calico Joe by John Grisham

Calico Joe

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"Grisham hits it out of the park ."--The Washington Post. It's 1973 and Joe Castle is the great rookie in baseball.

Mick by Christopher Andersen

Mick

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Christopher Andersen, #1 New York Times Bestseller, tears down the mask of rock's most complex icon in an unflinching biography that is as captivating as Jagger.

I, Michael Bennett by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

I, Michael Bennett

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Officers shot Detective Michael Bennett as he was being held by a notorious Mexican crime lord. This led to a fatal chase that left Bennett's friend Hughie McDonough in the grave. The prisoner, who is now in jail, vows to …

The Third Gate by Lincoln Child

The Third Gate

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An archaeological expedition that digs where it shouldn't. . . It is believed that the crown is cursed because it is so powerful. . .

The Great Destroyer by David Limbaugh

The Great Destroyer

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Obama is a one-man wrecking crew. When it comes to our prosperity and freedom tradition as well as our constitution government, President Barack Obama has been the great destroyer, bringing down the free-market economy