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This article covers breaking news and events in July 2012.
Daily events
Sunday 1st July 2012
- Dakar / Senegal : parliamentary elections
- Geneva / Switzerland : The Swiss Peter Maurer takes over the office of President of the International Committee of the Red Cross from his compatriot Jakob Kellenberger .
- Helsinki / Finland : End of the 21st European Athletics Championships .
- Kiev / Ukraine : With a 4-0 victory over Italy in the final , the Spanish men's national football team defends its European championship .
- Mexico City / Mexico : The presidential and parliamentary elections is Enrique Peña Nieto was elected president.
- Nicosia / Cyprus : The country is taking over the presidency of the European Union from Denmark for six months .
- Sèvres / France : The International Bureau of Weights and Measures adds to 1:59 and 59 s Central European Summer Time a leap second in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Disruptive influences on the earth's orbit and rotation without UTC correction would mean that after 90 years the earth would only be at the point of a complete annual orbit of the sun with a delay of 60 s .
Monday 2nd July 2012
- Cologne / Germany : After errors in connection with the investigation into the terror group National Socialist Underground , the President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , Heinz Fromm , resigns .
- Vatican City : Pope Benedict appoints Gerhard Ludwig Müller as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei , the Pontifical Biblical Commission and the International Theological Commission .
Tuesday 3rd July 2012
- Erfurt / Germany : After errors in connection with the investigation into the Nazi underground terrorist group , Thuringia 's President of the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Sippel, is put into temporary retirement.
- London / United Kingdom : On learning of the years of manipulating the reference rates Libor and Euribor the CEO of kick Barclays - banking Bob Diamond and COO Jerry del Missier with immediate effect. On the previous day, Marcus Agius announced his retirement from the head of the board of directors.
- Munich / Germany : The university library of the Ludwig Maximilians University announces the discovery of a rare globe segment map by Martin Waldseemüller from 1507.
Wednesday 4th July 2012
- Geneva / Switzerland : Scientists from the European nuclear research center CERN announce the discovery of a new elementary particle , which could be the Higgs boson . The last elementary particle predicted in the Standard Model of particle physics would then be experimentally proven.
- São Paulo / Brazil : Corinthians São Paulo wins the Copa Libertadores for the first time with a 2-0 win in the second leg against the Argentinian soccer club CA Boca Juniors .
- Strasbourg / France : The European Parliament rejects the controversial international trade agreement ACTA , which aims to combat counterfeiting and internet piracy , among other things, with a large majority.
Thursday 5th July 2012
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- Buenos Aires / Argentina : Jorge Rafael Videla , Reynaldo Bignone and four other high-ranking officers of the military dictatorship (1976–1983) are sentenced to several years' imprisonment for the child abduction of imprisoned opponents of the regime .
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : 160 German economists publish a call to prevent a banking union in the German newspaper FAZ .
- Kourou / French Guiana : With MSG-3 , one of the hitherto most modern weather satellites in the world will be brought into space by the Ariane 5 launcher .
- London / United Kingdom : The Shard , Europe's tallest skyscraper, is inaugurated.
- London / United Kingdom : The diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II is celebrated according to the ideas of her son Charles , who organizes a court parade at Buckingham Palace and a boat parade on the Thames .
- Milan / Italy : Italian experts announce that they have discovered around a hundred early drawings and paintings that they attribute to Caravaggio in a collection of works by students of the painter Simone Peterzano in the Castello Sforzesco in Milan . Caravaggio is said to have made them when he took lessons from Peterzano between 1584 and 1588.
- Paris / France : The final report on the investigation into the accident of Air France Flight 447 , which crashed in 2009 , is published.
- Reykjavík / Iceland : Under the title " Syria Files ", the platform WikiLeaks begins to publish more than two million e-mails from Syrian politicians, ministries and companies on the Internet.
Friday 6th July 2012
- Bucharest / Romania : Parliament suspends President Traian Băsescu and decides to initiate impeachment proceedings against him.
- Stuttgart / Germany : The Stuttgart Higher Regional Court finds the former RAF terrorist Verena Becker guilty of complicity in the assassination attempt on Federal Prosecutor General Siegfried Buback and two of his companions in 1977.
- Zurich / Switzerland : FIFA allows goal-line technology that should counteract wrong decisions in the future. The technique should not be confused with the video evidence.
Saturday 7th July 2012
- Bern / Switzerland : Wladimir Klitschko defeated the US boxer Tony Thompson in the sixth round by a technical knockout
- Dili / East Timor : Parliamentary elections in East Timor 2012 .
- London / United Kingdom : The American tennis player Serena Williams wins for the fifth time the women's final of Wimbledon .
- Tripoli / Libya : Election to the Constituent Assembly
Sunday 8th July 2012
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The Belgian Marino Vanhoenacker and the Swiss Caroline Steffen win the 11th Ironman Germany .
- Klagenfurt / Austria : The Russian-born author Olga Martynowa will say for her text : 'Hi!' awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2012 .
- London / United Kingdom : Swiss tennis player Roger Federer wins the men's singles final at the Wimbledon Championships for the seventh time , setting the record for William Renshaw and Pete Sampras .
Tuesday 10th July 2012
- The Hague / Netherlands : The International Criminal Court in The Hague has sentenced the former Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga to 14 years imprisonment for the forced recruitment of child soldiers.
- Tel Aviv / Israel : A court in Tel Aviv has found the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert guilty of corruption.
Wednesday 11th July 2012
- Baltimore / United States : The Hubble Space Telescope tracks the fifth moon of Pluto.
Thursday July 12, 2012
- Rüsselsheim / Germany : The CEO of the automobile manufacturer Opel Karl-Friedrich Stracke announces his resignation. Stephen Girsky will be his successor .
- Zurich / Switzerland : It became known in public that criminal investigations and house searches were taking place against thousands of Germans who are clients of Credit Suisse .
Sunday 15th July 2012
- Brazzaville / Republic of the Congo : The parliamentary elections in the Republic of the Congo in 2012 will take place.
Monday July 16, 2012
- Addis Ababa / Ethiopia : The South African Interior Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is the first woman to take over the chairmanship of the African Union .
- Pyongyang / North Korea : Ruler Kim Jong-un dismisses the chief of staff of the North Korean army, Ri Yong-ho , due to illness.
Tuesday 17th July 2012
- London / United Kingdom : The major British bank HSBC is said to have supported money laundering from countries such as Mexico, Iran and Saudi Arabia for years. This is made known to the media in hearings by the US Senate .
- Scarborough / Canada : Two people are killed and 24 others are seriously injured in a rampage.
- Unguja / Tanzania : 31 people died in the accident on a ferry from Dar es Salaam on the way to Zanzibar .
Wednesday July 18, 2012
- Burgas / Bulgaria : 8 people are killed and up to 32 seriously injured in an attack on Israeli tourists at Burgas Airport .
- Damascus / Syria : Several members of the Syrian government die in a suicide attack, including the Syrian Defense Minister Daud Raja and the brother-in-law of Bashar al-Assad , the Syrian Assef Shawkat .
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The mail order company Neckermann files for insolvency .
- Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe ruled that the benefits paid so far in accordance with Section 3 of the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act were too low in the first two years of residence in Germany and violated the basic right to guarantee a decent subsistence level .
Thursday 19th July 2012
- Berlin / Germany : The German Bundestag approved with the votes of the CDU / CSU, FDP, SPD and the Greens 100 billion euros as aid for the Spanish banks.
- New Delhi / India : Pranab Mukherjee wins the presidential election .
Friday 20th July 2012
- Adenau / Germany : The Nürburgring is facing bankruptcy .
- Aurora / United States : A shooting occurs at the premiere of the film The Dark Knight Rises . Twelve people die and at least 38 others are injured, some seriously.
Sunday 22nd July 2012
- Paris / France : Bradley Wiggins wins the 99th Tour de France .
- Washington, DC / United States : The International Monetary Fund announces that the IMF will no longer support Greece.
Monday 23rd July 2012
- Assam / India : In clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Assam, at least 19 people die and around 50,000 people flee their homes.
- Baghdad / Iraq : 107 people die in bomb attacks in Iraq.
Wednesday 25th July 2012
- Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Constitutional Court declares regulations on the overhang mandates in the federal election law to be unconstitutional.
- London / Great Britain : Start of the 2012 Summer Olympics with the women's football tournament of the Games .
Friday July 27, 2012
- London / United Kingdom : Opening of the Summer Olympics .
- Belgrade / Serbia : The SPS politician Ivica Dačić , former information minister in the government of Slobodan Milošević , has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Serbia.
Saturday 28th July 2012
- Aleppo / Syria : The Syrian government attacks the opposition insurgents in their stronghold in Aleppo.
Sunday 29th July 2012
- Bucharest / Romania : Referendum on impeachment proceedings against President Traian Băsescu .
- Cologne / Germany : For the first time in Lindenstrasse's 27-year history, there are no episodes. Because of the Olympic Games, the weekly series will not be broadcast on July 29th and August 12th.
Monday July 30, 2012
- Berlin / Germany : The German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich puts Matthias Seeger , President of the Federal Police Headquarters , into temporary retirement without giving any reason.
Tuesday July 31, 2012
- Caracas / Venezuela : Venezuela becomes a full member of Mercosur .
- New Delhi / India : In large parts of northern India the power fails.
See also
- Nekrolog July 2012 for deaths this month
- List of annually recurring days of remembrance and action in July
- Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in July
Web links
Commons : July 2012 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Senegalese ruling party clearly wins parliamentary election (accessed on August 2, 2012).
- ↑ auswaertiges-amt.de: Federal Minister Westerwelle congratulates Peter Maurer on his election as President of the ICRC (accessed on 20 June 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: European Athletics Championships: Helsinki gives Germany hope for the Olympics (accessed on August 2, 2012).
- ↑ zeit.de: European Football Championship: Spain defends European Championship title (accessed on July 1, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Peña Nieto wins presidency ( Memento from July 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 2, 2012).
- ↑ dw.de: Cyprus takes over the EU Council Presidency (accessed on August 1, 2012).
- ↑ leap seconds. In: ptb.de . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
- ↑ waz.de: Verfassungsschutz Chef Fromm resigns after a series of breakdowns (accessed on July 2, 2012).
- ^ Spiegel.de: Catholic Church: Controversial bishop becomes head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (accessed August 1, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: NSU affair: Thuringia's constitutional protection president Sippel has to go (accessed on July 3, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Interest rate manipulation scandal: Barclays boss Diamond resigns (accessed July 3, 2012).
- ↑ uni-muenchen.de: Famous map series discovered: Variant of America's “birth certificate” in the UB ( Memento from July 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 7, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: New view of our world (accessed on July 4, 2012).
- ↑ welt.de: Fußball-International: Corinthians win Copa Libertadores for the first time (accessed on July 7, 2012).
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Failed ACTA agreement (accessed on July 4, 2012).
- ↑ zeit.de: Argentina: Ex-dictators Videla and Bignone convicted of baby robbery (accessed on July 6, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Call for protest: The open letter from economists (accessed on July 6, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: “MSG-3” satellite launch to improve weather forecast (accessed on July 7, 2012).
- ↑ stern.de: Tallest building in Europe: London celebrates “The Shard” with a laser show ( Memento from July 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 6, 2012).
- ↑ Elizabeth II: Big celebration for the 60th anniversary of the throne. In: Bunte.de . June 2, 2011, accessed March 8, 2017 .
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Alles Caravaggio - or what ( Memento from July 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 6, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Unglücksflug AF 447: Crash in the system (accessed on July 5, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: Internet disclosure platform: Wikileaks publishes e-mails from Assad's power apparatus (accessed on July 6, 2012).
- ^ Faz.net: Romania: Parliament for the impeachment of Basescu (accessed on July 6, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Judgment in the Buback murder case: imprisonment for ex-terrorist Becker for aiding and abetting ( memento of July 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 6, 2012).
- ↑ n24.de: FIFA allows the goal camera ( memento from July 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 25, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Klitschko victory over Thompson: Gefesselte Naturgewalt (accessed on August 1, 2012).
- ↑ stern.de: Parliamentary elections in East Timor ( Memento from July 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 2, 2012).
- ↑ welt.de: Tennis: Serena Williams wins Wimbledon for the fifth time (accessed on July 7, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Democratization process: first free election in Libya has begun (accessed on August 2, 2012).
- ↑ fnp.de: Steffen and Vanhoenacker Ironman European Champions (accessed on August 1, 2012).
- ↑ kaernten.orf.at: Olga Martynova wins Bachmann Prize (accessed on July 8, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Wimbledon final: Federer triumphs for the seventh time (accessed on August 1, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: Thomas Lubange must be imprisoned for 14 years (accessed on July 10, 2012).
- ↑ stern.de: Ehmud Olmert, Israel's ex-prime minister found guilty of corruption (accessed on July 10, 2012).
- ↑ hubblesite.org: Hubble Discovers a Fifth Moon Orbiting Pluto (accessed July 12, 2012).
- ^ Spiegel.de: Car manufacturers in crisis: Opel boss Stracke resigned (accessed on August 1, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Tax fraud with stealth insurance (accessed on July 13, 2012).
- ↑ electionguide.org: Republic of the Congo (accessed July 26, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: First female head of the African Union Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma encourages women (accessed on July 17, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Power Struggle in North Korea (accessed on July 16, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Kim Jong-un fires his army chief (accessed on July 16, 2012).
- ↑ zeit.de: Dismissal of the military chief in North Korea (accessed on July 16, 2012).
- ↑ welt.de: Big British bank is said to have promoted money laundering (accessed on July 18, 2012).
- ↑ montrealgazette.com: Two dead, 22 injured in Toronto shooting ( July 19, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive ) (accessed July 18, 2012).
- ↑ bangkokpost.com: 31 dead in Zanzibar ferry disaster (accessed on July 19, 2012).
- ↑ burgasnews.com: The dead are eight ( Memento from July 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 19, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Fatal attack on ministers in Damascus ( Memento from July 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 18, 2012).
- ↑ handelsblatt.com: Negotiations failed, Neckermann files for insolvency (accessed on July 18, 2012).
- ↑ bundesverfassungsgericht.de: Judgment of the First Senate of July 18, 2012 (accessed on July 26, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Asylum seekers have to get more money ( Memento from July 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 26, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Traveled after a bank rescue (accessed on July 21, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Mukherjee should give India new impetus ( memento from July 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 22, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Nürburgring debacle: The end of a bleak story (accessed on July 22, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: “Batman” premiere ends in bloodbath ( memento from July 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 20, 2012).
- ^ Spiegel.de: Tour winner Wiggins: "The most famous sideburns since Elvis Presley" (accessed on August 1, 2012).
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: IMF is considering withdrawal from aid to Greece (accessed on July 22, 2012).
- ↑ indiatimes.com: Nineteen dead, 50,000 flee as violence grips Assam ( Memento of July 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 24, 2012).
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Iraq attacks in Baghdad and north "kill 107" (accessed on July 24, 2012).
- ^ Morgenpost.de: Karlsruhe declares German suffrage to be unconstitutional (accessed on July 25, 2012).
- ↑ de.fifa.com: Twelve teams are targeting gold (accessed on July 25, 2012).
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Opening ceremony of the Olympic Games: And the Queen floats in with the parachute (accessed on August 2, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: New government in Serbia (accessed on July 29, 2012).
- ↑ ftd.de: Assad regime starts offensive against Aleppo ( Memento of July 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 29, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Referendum in Romania: Basescu's impeachment failed (accessed on August 2, 2012).
- ↑ stern.de: "Lindenstrasse" is canceled for the first time ( memento from July 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 2, 2012).
- ↑ morgenpost.de: With hard bandages (accessed on July 31, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Access for Chavez (accessed on August 2, 2012).
- ↑ fr-online.de: Violent blackout paralyzes India (accessed on July 31, 2012).