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Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Lionel Bowen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (born 1922)[†]
Lionel Frost Bowen AC was an Australian politician. He was the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1977 to 1990 and served as the sixth deputy prime minister of Australia in the Hawke government from 1983 to 1990.
2012Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian-American soccer player and radio host (born 1947)[†]
Giorgio Chinaglia was an Italian footballer who played as a striker. He grew up and played his early football in Cardiff, Wales, and began his career with Swansea Town in 1964. He later returned to Italy to play for Massese, Internapoli and S.S. Lazio in 1969. Chinaglia led Lazio to the club's first league championship in the 1973–74 season, during which he was also the league's leading scorer. He played international football for Italy, making 14 appearances and scoring 4 goals between 1972 and 1975, including two appearances at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Chinaglia was the first player in Italian football history to be called up internationally from the second division.
2012Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (born 1934)[†]
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 59th president of Mexico from 1982 to 1988.
With a dominant performance from freshman Anthony Davis, top-ranked Kentucky defeated in-state rival Louisville to advance to the national title game.
The Jayhawks trailed for most of the game, but a late rally and tough defense in the game’s final minutes earned them their second appearance in the championship game in five years.
The democracy advocate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi assumed a new role in her country’s political transition.
The United States and dozens of other countries, meeting on Sunday in Istanbul, moved closer to direct intervention in the Syrian conflict.
Regulators are poised to crack down on eight financial institutions that are not part of a recent settlement over foreclosure practices involving inadequate documents.
In “The Cove,” Ron Rash weaves a tale of wartime mystery and romance.
The American Mavericks music festival, with the San Francisco Symphony as its centerpiece, featured fresh, powerful and energetic programs of chamber-scale works at Zankel Hall.
Apple’s latest iPhones are available only in black or white, but some owners are replacing the front and back panels with colorful and unauthorized alternatives.
Michael Clark, the British choreographer included in the Whitney Biennial 2012, has enlisted a group of untrained dancers to perform in “Who’s Zoo?” with members of his company.
M. Ward, busy of late with side projects like She & Him and the Monsters of Folk, has a new solo album: “A Wasteland Companion.”
Trayvon Martin’s death has gripped social media and sent groups searching for the facts that fit their opinion.
Pension funds that have increased expensive investments in private equity, real estate and hedge funds have been outperformed by stocks and bonds in the last five years.