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Historical timelines show the significant historical events and developments for a specific topic, over the course of centuries or millennia. Graphical timelines provide a visual representation for the timespan of multiple events that have a particular duration, over the course of centuries or millennia.
July 20: 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting. September 11 – 12: 2012 Benghazi attack leads to the death of US ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. October 14: Skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first person to break the sound barrier without a vehicle. October 22 – November 22: Hurricane Sandy causes $70 billion in damage and kills 233 people.
He lies in the state at the U.S. Capitol building before being interred. 2019 – All the works published in 1923 except for sound recordings (2022 scheduled events) enter the public domain in the United States. January 1, 2019 – Washington bans all persons under 21 years of age from purchasing a semi-automatic rifle. [15]
2007 — A South Korean student shoots and kills 32 other students and professors in the Virginia Tech massacre before killing himself. It stands as the worst mass shooting in U.S. history until 2016 and spurs a series of debates on gun control and journalism ethics. 2007 — The first IPhone is released for sale in the U.S.
2012 Wildfire: 6 2012 Colorado wildfires: Colorado: 2012 Hurricane: 147 $75 billion Hurricane Sandy: Eastern US: 2011 Tornado: 158 $2.8 billion (2011 USD) 2011 Joplin tornado: Joplin, Missouri: part of the tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011: 2011 Hurricane: 58 $14.2 billion (2011 USD) Hurricane Irene
Scripture tells us of the Assyrian captivity in 732 B.C. and the Babylonian exile in 587 B.C. Jews had lived in Israel for centuries before the Roman government destroyed their country in 70 A.D ...
August 15, 2012 Shooting 0 1 Washington, D.C. On August 15, 2012, Floyd Lee Corkins II, wielding a 9mm pistol along with two magazines and 50 rounds of ammunition, entered the lobby of Family Research Council's Washington, D.C. headquarters. [109] Corkins shot an employee, 46-year-old Leonardo Johnson, in the left arm.
Coin exchange crisis of 692.Byzantine emperor Justinian II refuses to accept tribute from the Umayyad Caliphate with new Arab gold coins for fear of exposing double counting in the Byzantine financial system (actual weight less, than nominal quantity), which leads to the Battle of Sebastopolis and the revolt of taxpayers who burned financial officials in a copper bull.