2012

2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.

Costa Concordia disasterHurricane Sandy2012 phenomenon2012 Summer OlympicsCuriosity RoverHiggs bosonGangnam StyleSandy Hook Elementary School shooting
From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather at a Mayan temple to commemorate the end of the Mayan calendar on December 21, when it was predicted a doomsday event would occur; NASA's Curiosity Rover lands on the surface of Mars; The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting caused shock and outrage across the United States; K-pop artist Psy performs his hit single Gangnam Style, which became a cultural phenomenon in 2012; the elementary particle, the Higgs boson, dubbed "The God Particle", is discovered by CERN and revolutionizes quantum physics; The 2012 Summer Olympics open in London.
Etta James
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Whitney Houston
Davy Jones
F. Sherwood Rowland
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
George Tupou V
Mike Wallace
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller
Carlos Fuentes
Donna Summer
Robin Gibb
Ray Bradbury
Yitzhak Shamir
Andy Griffith
Ernest Borgnine
Maeve Binchy
Bernard Lovell
Phyllis Diller
Neil Armstrong
Michael Clarke Duncan
Santiago Carrillo
Eric Hobsbawm
Larry Hagman
Oscar Niemeyer
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.