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Business and economy Libor inter-bank interest rate: Bob Diamond, former CEO of Barclays, gives evidence to the Parliament of the United Kingdom's Treasury Select Committee on the bank's manipulation of Libor and Euribor interest rates. (RTÉ) (BBC) Chancellor George Osborne accuses ministers in Gordon Brown's government of attempting to manipulate interest rates during the recession. (The ...
In 2012, a show presented by Garden State Fireworks went awry. On Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 7,000 fireworks, [1] intended for a 17-minute display, discharged prematurely and simultaneously from all four barges and the pier. [10] The entire cache exploded in less than a minute. [11]
The Indonesian Air Force will for the first time send 4 Sukhoi Su-27 jet fighters to participate in war games alongside Australian F/A-18 Hornets and U.S Fighter jets from the 27 July 2012 to 17 August 2012.
July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 2012 – Jeong Min-hyeong, South Korean footballer (b. 1987)
July 23 – The Solar storm of 2012 is an unusually large coronal mass ejection emitted by the Sun which barely misses the Earth by nine days. If it had hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide. [41] July 27–August 12 – The 2012 Summer Olympics are held in London, England, United Kingdom. [42]
July 4, 2022 at 1:33 AM. A turbulent U.S. this July 4, but many see cause to celebrate. Independence Day arrives at a time when the United States is roiled by hearings over the Jan. 6 insurrection ...
July 27–August 12 – The United States compete at the Summer Olympics in London, England and win 46 gold, 29 silver, and 29 bronze medals. [citation needed] July 31 – 2012 Summer Olympics: In swimming, Michael Phelps of the United States wins a record 19th Olympic medal, with gold in the 4 × 200 meters freestyle relay. [186]
Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.