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This article covers breaking news and events in August 2012.
Daily events
Wednesday August 1, 2012
- Paris / France : In France the financial transaction tax comes into force. Model are similar taxes on economic transactions that Belgium , Finland , Ireland and incur other states.
- Zeist / Netherlands : Louis van Gaal takes over as coach of the Dutch men's national football team .
Thursday 2nd August 2012
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : Against the recommendation of the Deutsche Bundesbank and against the vote of Jens Weidmann , the Council of the European Central Bank decides to buy further government bonds worth billions of euros from southern European countries that are threatened with national bankruptcy .
Friday 3rd August 2012
- London / United Kingdom : Australian Elizabeth Cambage throws the first dunking of a woman in the history of the Summer Olympics.
- Washington, DC / United States : The United States has been suffering from an extreme drought for weeks . Grain and meat prices are skyrocketing.
Sunday 5th August 2012
- Damaturu / Nigeria : Seven people are killed in a suicide attack, including five Nigerian soldiers .
- Hakkâri / Turkey : 23 people die in shootings between the militant underground movement PKK and the Turkish military .
- London / United Kingdom : Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt wins the gold medal in the men's 100 meter run at the Olympic Games .
- Oak Creek / United States : Seven people are shot dead and three others are injured in a rampage in a Sikh temple .
- Uttarkashi / India : 7 people are killed in a flood in the state of Uttarakhand .
Monday 6th August 2012
- Mars : The Mars Science Laboratory with the “Curiosity” rover lands on Mars.
- Uppsala / Sweden : In the districts of Skåne and Halland , on the border with Denmark , the earth shakes with a force of 4.3 M w .
Tuesday 7th August 2012
- Manila / Philippines : After a flood caused by monsoon rains , 60 people die and 500 more become homeless.
- Otite / Nigeria : 16 believers are killed in an attack on the "Deeper Life Church" in the state of Kogi .
Wednesday August 8, 2012
- Huntsville / United States : The mentally handicapped Marvin Wilson is executed in the Huntsville Unit , Texas , triggering a debate about the American death penalty.
- Stockholm / Sweden : Foreign Minister Carl Bildt announces the closure of the Swedish embassy in Minsk on August 30, 2012, requested by Belarusian President Aljaksandr Lukashenka . A few weeks ago , Swedish activists dropped teddy bears from a plane over Belarus.
- Yorba Linda / United States: In Orange County, California, the earth is shaking with a force of 4.4 M w .
Thursday 9th August 2012
- Nuku'alofa / Tonga : The British privateer Port-au-Prince is discovered off the island group of Nuku Island Vava'u . The pirate ship sank on December 1, 1806.
Friday 10th August 2012
- Mexico City / Mexico : Around 100 people are killed in the drug war in Mexico by rival criminal gangs.
Saturday 11th August 2012
- Catania / Italy : The Italian low-cost airline Wind Jet is ceasing operations for financial reasons.
- Tabriz / Iran : An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 MW kills over 300 people and injures hundreds.
Sunday 12th August 2012
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- London / United Kingdom : Closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics . The most successful nation is the United States with 104 medals. 44 medals go to Germany and four to Switzerland .
- Maiduguri / Nigeria : In the Gwaidamgari district , a great blow against terrorism has been achieved. The army can kill 20 members of the Boko Haram terrorist group .
- Yarkant / China : A severe earthquake in the Autonomous Region Xinjiang measuring 6.3 M w several people of the tribe of are Uyghur injured.
- Yeosu / South Korea : Expo 2012 is coming to an end.
Monday 13th August 2012
- College Station / United States : Three people are killed in a shootout near Kyle Field , Texas A&M University's football stadium .
- Pangoyi / DR Congo : 60 miners are killed in a landslide in a gold mine .
Tuesday August 14, 2012
- Amiens / France : 16 police officers are injured in serious riots between youth groups and the police.
- Kathmandu / Nepal : The head of government of Nepal Jhala Nath Khanal resigns and announces new elections in Nepal. The drafting of a new constitution had previously failed in May 2012.
- Otaru / Japan , Sakhalin / Russia : Parts of the Japanese prefectures of Hokkaidō , Aomori and Iwate are shaken by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 M w with an epicenter in the southern Sea of Okhotsk with intensities on the JMA scale of 3 and below, significant damage are also reported from Russia.
Wednesday 15th August 2012
- Kamra / Pakistan : 8 people are killed in a suicide attack by Tehrik-e-Taliban terrorists on the Minhas Airbase .
- Mecca / Saudi Arabia : The Organization for Islamic Cooperation has excluded Syria .
Thursday August 16, 2012
- Grevenbroich / Germany : In Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, BoA 2 and 3, the world's largest lignite power plant is officially opened.
- London / United Kingdom : The founder of the Internet platform WikiLeaks , Julian Assange , is to be granted political asylum in Ecuador .
- Marikana / South Africa : 30 people are killed in clashes between the police and striking workers of the Lonmin PLC platinum mine .
- Patong / Thailand : Four people die in a fire in the Tiger Disco Bar on Phuket .
Friday 17th August 2012
- Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe permits the use of weapons by the Bundeswehr in Germany under strict conditions .
- Moscow / Russia : The Khamovnichesky court finds the punk band Pussy Riot guilty of gross violation of public order.
Saturday 18th August 2012
- Masbate / Philippines : When a government plane of the type Cessna crashes with the Philippine Interior Minister Jesse Robredo on board, it falls into the sea and kills several people.
Sunday 19th August 2012
- Hanoi / Vietnam : Typhoon Kai-Tak kills 27 people.
- Manado / Indonesia : An earthquake measuring 6.3 between the mountain passes of Moutong and Sigi on the island of Sulawesi three people are killed.
- Talodi / Sudan : 31 people belonging to an official delegation were killed in an airplane explosion, including Sudan's minister of religion Ghasi Al-Saddik .
Monday 20th August 2012
- Addis Ababa / Ethiopia : Hailemariam Desalegn becomes the country's new prime minister after the death of the incumbent Meles Zenawi .
- Gaziantep / Turkey : Eight people are killed and 50 others injured in a bomb attack in the city center.
- Naypyidaw / Myanmar : The government lifts state censorship .
Tuesday August 21, 2012
- Bucharest / Romania : During the state crisis , the constitutional court declares the referendum to disempower President Traian Băsescu to be invalid.
- Hola / Kenya : On the Tana River , 48 people die in clashes between the Orma and Pokomo ethnic groups .
Wednesday August 22, 2012
- Düsseldorf / Germany : For the first time in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia is a federal state offering Islamic religious instruction at primary schools .
Friday 24th August 2012
- Dortmund / Germany : The 1st Bundesliga starts its 50th season with the game Borussia Dortmund against Werder Bremen in the Westfalenstadion .
- New York / United States : Two people die and eight others are injured in a shooting in front of the Empire State Building .
- Washington, DC / United States: US company Apple wins billions in patent litigation against South Korean company Samsung .
Saturday 25th August 2012
- Amuay , Paraguaná Peninsula , Venezuela : 39 people are killed and dozens more injured in a serious explosion and subsequent fire in the Complejo Refinador de Amuay oil refinery .
Sunday 26th August 2012
- La Libertad / El Salvador : A 7.4 magnitude earthquake triggers a tsunami warning for all of Central America .
Monday August 27, 2012
- Istanbul / Turkey : Start of the Chess Olympiad
- New York / United States : Start of the 131st US Open
Tuesday August 28, 2012
- Cheju / South Korea : Typhoon “Bolaven” kills nine people at sea and on the mainland.
- Munich / Germany : A targeted bomb detonation in the Schwabing district sets off small fires and damages several windows.
- New Orleans / United States : Tropical storm Isaac is classified by the US authorities as a hurricane of the first category.
Wednesday 29th August 2012
- London / United Kingdom : Start of the XIV Summer Paralympic Games
- Munich / Germany : With Javi Martínez , Bayern Munich has signed the most expensive player in German professional football to date.
- Venice / Italy : The 69th International Film Festival begins
Thursday August 30, 2012
- Mainz / Germany : The Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament rejects the motion of no confidence brought in by the CDU parliamentary group as a result of the Nürburgring affair against Prime Minister Kurt Beck ( SPD ).
- Monaco / Monaco: The Spaniard Andrés Iniesta from FC Barcelona is voted Europe's Footballer of the Year for the first time .
Friday 31st August 2012
- Luanda / Angola : The parliamentary elections in Angola are won by the ruling MPLA party .
- Old Bridge / United States : Three people are killed in a shooting in a Pathmark Super Center supermarket.
- Quezon / Philippines : An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 M w triggers a tsunami warning for the countries on the Pacific Ocean .
- Stolberg / Germany : The former thalidomide manufacturer Grünenthal apologized for the first time explicitly to the victims of the drug scandal at the inauguration of a monument at the company location.
See also
- Nekrolog August 2012 for deaths this month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in August
- Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in August
Web links
Commons : August 2012 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ spiegel.de: France is pushing ahead with its own financial tax , accessed on August 1, 2012.
- ↑ stern.de: Bondscoach appointed: Louis van Gaal is now training the Dutch , accessed on July 7, 2012.
- ↑ tagesschau.de: ECB on the euro crisis: Conditionally ready to buy government bonds , accessed on August 2, 2012.
- ↑ welt.de: First women's dunking in Olympic history , accessed on August 4, 2012.
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Drought drives up grain and meat prices ( Memento from August 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 3, 2012.
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Nigeria suicide bombing kills soldiers in north-east , English, accessed on August 6, 2012.
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Bloody conflict in eastern Turkey: 23 dead in skirmishes between the PKK and the military ( memento from August 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 6, 2012.
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Usain Bolt runs away from everyone , accessed on August 6, 2012.
- ↑ spiegel.de: Seven dead in Sikh temple: Policeman kills Wisconsin assassin , accessed on August 6, 2012.
- ↑ welt.de: At least seven dead in floods in India , accessed on August 6, 2012.
- ↑ nasa.gov: Mars program , accessed August 6, 2012.
- ↑ spiegel.de: NASA probe "Curiosity" lands safely on Mars , accessed on August 6, 2012.
- ↑ tageblatt.lu: Earthquake shakes border region , accessed on August 6, 2012.
- ↑ spiegel.de: Philippines: Tens of thousands are fleeing the floods , accessed on August 10, 2012.
- ↑ thisdaylive.com: Gunmen Attack Church in Kogi, Kill 16 ( Memento from August 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), English, accessed on August 7, 2012.
- ↑ focus.de: Death penalty in Texas: Mentally disabled Marvin Wilson executed , accessed on August 8, 2012.
- ↑ ksta.de: Minsk closes Swedish embassy , accessed on August 8, 2012.
- ↑ seismoblog.de: Earthquake with an epicenter about 46 km from Los Angeles, California , accessed on August 8, 2012.
- ↑ spiegel.de: Pirate ship: wreck discovery raises hope for gold treasure , accessed on August 9, 2012.
- ↑ welt.de: Open violence on the street , accessed on August 11, 2012.
- ↑ derstandard.at: Italian low-cost airline Wind Jet on the ground , accessed on August 12, 2012.
- ↑ focus.de: Panic in the metropolis of Tabriz: More than 150 dead after severe earthquake in Iran , accessed on August 11, 2012.
- ↑ welt.de: Nigerian Army: 20 Boko Haram Islamists killed , accessed on August 13, 2012.
- ↑ zeit.de: China: Severe earthquake in western China , accessed on August 12, 2012.
- ↑ spiegel.de: USA: Three dead in a shooting at the University of Texas , accessed on August 14, 2012.
- ↑ rp-online.de: Congo: 60 dead after landslide in gold mine , accessed on August 16, 2012.
- ^ Diepresse.com: Serious riots in the northern French city of Amiens , accessed on August 14, 2012.
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Nepal's head of government resigned ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on September 10, 2012.
- ↑ nzz.ch: No tsunami warning: Strong earthquake in Japan , accessed on August 14, 2012.
- ↑ jma.go.jp: Earthquake Information. Issued at 12:09 JST 14 Aug 2012 ( Memento from August 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), English, accessed on August 17, 2012.
- ↑ dawn.com: Taliban claim attack on Minhas base; nine militants killed , English, accessed on August 20, 2012.
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Islamic countries punish Syria ( memento from August 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 17, 2012.
- ↑ rp-online.de: New lignite power plant in Grevenbroich ( Memento from August 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 17, 2012.
- ↑ zeit.de: Assange friends fear the disenchantment of their hero , accessed on August 17, 2012.
- ↑ huffingtonpost.com: South Africa Mine Shooting: Police Fire At Striking Mine Workers , English, accessed August 17, 2012.
- ↑ 20min.ch: Four victims burned “beyond recognition” , accessed on August 17, 2012.
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Karlsruhe allows the Bundeswehr to use weapons in Germany , accessed on August 17, 2012.
- ↑ morgenpost.de: Members of Pussy Riot have to go to prison for two years , accessed on August 20, 2012.
- ↑ blick.ch: Philippine Interior Minister missing , accessed on August 18, 2012.
- ↑ spiegel.de: Tropical cyclone: At least 27 dead from typhoon in Vietnam , accessed on August 19, 2012.
- ↑ presstv.ir: 6.3 magnitude quake strikes central Indonesia , English, accessed on August 19, 2012.
- ↑ rp-online.de: Sudan: Minister dies in airplane explosion , accessed on August 19, 2012.
- ↑ jwi / AFP / Reuters / DPA / DPA / Reuters: Meles Zenawi is dead: Ethiopia's Prime Minister dies in the hospital. In: stern.de. August 21, 2012, accessed April 11, 2019 .
- ↑ faz.net: Turkish-Syrian border area: Serious bomb attack in Gaziantep , accessed on August 20, 2012.
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Myanmar is abolishing censorship ( memento from August 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 20, 2012.
- ↑ wienerzeitung.at: Romania: Basescu can remain president , accessed on August 21, 2012.
- ↑ zeit.de: 47 people die in fighting between rival ethnic groups in Kenya , accessed on August 22, 2012.
- ↑ derwesten.de: Lawyers warn that Islamic religious instruction could be unconstitutional , accessed on August 20, 2012.
- ↑ spiegel.de: Bundesliga season 2012/2013: Champions Dortmund opens season against Bremen , accessed on August 25, 2012.
- ↑ welt.de: Shooting in front of the Empire State Building in New York , accessed on August 24, 2012.
- ↑ spiegel.de: Apple triumphs over Samsung - for the time being , accessed on August 25, 2012.
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Fatal blast at Venezuela's Amuay refinery , accessed August 25, 2012.
- ↑ 39 dead in explosion in Venezuela's largest refinery zeit.de, August 26, 2012, accessed May 12, 2019.
- ↑ welt.de: Tsunami warning for Central America after the quake off El Salvador , accessed on August 27, 2012.
- ^ Abendblatt.de: Nine dead in storms in South Korea - two fishing boats capsize , accessed on August 28, 2012.
- ^ Abendblatt.de: Air bomb in Munich-Schwabing Explosion scares the district , accessed on August 29, 2012.
- ↑ zeit.de: Hurricane Isaac - Obama warns of severe destruction , accessed on August 28, 2012.
- ↑ fcbayern.de: Javi Martinez is now a Bavarian , accessed on August 29, 2012.
- ↑ spiegel.de: Nürburgring bankruptcy Kurt Beck survives motion of no confidence , accessed on August 30, 2012.
- ↑ welt.de: Andrés Iniesta Europe's Footballer of the Year , accessed on August 31, 2012.
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Angolan anti-government rappers attacked , English, accessed on July 7, 2012.
- ↑ faz.net: Angola's President Dos Santos - The Quiet Autocrat , accessed on September 3, 2012.
- ↑ cbslocal.com: Shooting Leaves 3 Dead At Old Bridge Supermarket , accessed August 31, 2012.
- ↑ focus.de: Severe earthquake: Tsunami warning for the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan , accessed on August 31, 2012.
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Drug scandal surrounding the Grünenthal company: Contergan manufacturer apologizes for the first time to victims , accessed on August 31, 2012.