Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
On 21 December 2011, the Maya town of Tapachula in Chiapas activated an eight-foot digital clock counting down the days until the end of bʼakʼtun 13. [167] On 21 December 2012, major events took place at Chichén Itzá in Mexico and Tikal in Guatemala. [5] [6] [7] In El Salvador, the largest event was held at Tazumal, and in Honduras, at Copán.
Disasters and accidents A severe cold spell kills at least 83 people in Ukraine. Across Russia, the deep freeze killed at least 45 people over the last week. (BBC) (NBC News) Five people are killed and one injured in Zeebrugge, Belgium, when a bus rolled off into the water. (Deredactie.be) International relations A British court rejects an attempt by the son of a man killed in U.S. drone ...
December 21 is the 355th day ... Pre-1600. AD 69 – The Roman Senate declares ... 1926 – Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (d. 2012) [28]
30 Jun 2012 José Luis de Jesús: This cult leader predicted that the world's governments and economies would fail on this day, and that he and his followers would undergo a transformation that would allow them to fly and walk through walls. [183] 21 Dec 2012 Various: The 2012 phenomenon predicted the world would end at the end of the 13th b'ak ...
The protests began on 21 December 2012 following a raid on the home of Sunni Finance Minister Rafi al-Issawi and the arrest of some of his bodyguards. [6] Following the arrest several thousand protesters took to the streets of Fallujah following Friday prayers to condemn the arrests. The protesters blocked a highway in Fallujah and demanded ...
2012 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.
To render December 21, 2012, as a doomsday event or moment of cosmic shifting, she says, is 'a complete fabrication and a chance for a lot of people to cash in. ' " [60] "There will be another cycle," says E. Wyllys Andrews V, director of the Tulane University Middle American Research Institute (MARI). "We know the Maya thought there was one ...
December 11: China becomes a member of the World Trade Organization. December 19 – 20: During an economic crisis in Argentina, the government effectively freezes all bank accounts for twelve months which leads to riots and President Fernando de la Rúa's resignation from office. There are five "presidents" in less than a month.