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12 April 2022

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Holidays

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Observances

No UN observance in the current list for this date.

Selected anniversaries

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2014 - A fire broke out near Valparaíso, Chile, eventually destroying at least 2,500 homes and leaving approximately 11,000 people homeless (damage pictured).

2014 natural disaster in Chile

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2013 - Four Chadian soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing by jihadist rebels in Kidal, Mali.

Terrorist attack in Mali

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2012 - The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a presidential election, later handing power to a transitional administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.

Military overthrow of interim President Raimundo Pereira

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1994 - Husband-and-wife law partners Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel posted the first massive commercial spam on Usenet.

1994 originators of commercial spam; married American lawyers

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1993 - Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the United Nations Security Council.

1992–1995 armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Historical events

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2026 - The Tisza Party, led by Péter Magyar wins the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election, defeating Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party, which had ruled the country for 16 years, marking the first change in government in Hungary for over a decade.

Political party in Hungary

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2014 - The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying more than 2,500 homes.

2014 natural disaster in Chile

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2013 - Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.

Terrorist attack in Mali

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2010 - Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.

2010 railway accident in Italy

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2009 - Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.

Country in Southeastern Africa

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2007 - A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

Terrorist attack in Baghdad, Iraq

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2002 - A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.

Terrorist attack in Jerusalem

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1999 - United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

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1999 - During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, an American McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle shoots a passenger train, killing between 20 and 60 people.

1999 military operation

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1992 - The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Resort Paris.

Theme park within Disneyland Paris

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