2012

"MMXII" redirects here. For the Killing Joke album, see MMXII (album).
This article is about the year 2012. For the film, see 2012 (film). For other uses, see 2012 (disambiguation).
Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries: 20th century21st century22nd century
Decades: 1980s  1990s  2000s 2010s 2020s  2030s  2040s
Years: 2009 2010 201120122013 2014 2015
2012 by topic:
Arts
ArchitectureComicsFilmHome videoLiterature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – RadioTelevisionVideo gaming
Politics
ElectionsInt'l leadersState leadersSovereign states
Science and technology
ArchaeologyAviationBirding/Ornithology – Meteorology – PalaeontologyRail transportSpaceflight
Sports
Association football (soccer) – Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football LeagueBaseballBasketball – Boxing – Cricket – Golf – Horse racing – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Rugby league – Tennis
By place
AfghanistanAlgeria – Antarctica – ArgentinaArmeniaAustraliaAustria - Azerbaijan – Bangladesh - Belgium - BrazilCanadaChileChina – Costa Rica – Croatia –Cuba – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – EstoniaEthiopiaEuropean Union – Finland – FranceGeorgiaGermanyGhana – Greece – HungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIraqIranIrelandIsraelItalyJapanKenyaLatviaLithuania – Luxembourg – MalaysiaMexicoMoldovaNetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayPakistanPalestinian territoriesPhilippinesPolandRomaniaRussiaRwandaSerbiaSingaporeSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSpainSri LankaSwedenTurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited States - Vietnam
Other topics
Awards – Law – Religious leaders
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works and introductions categories
Works – Introductions
Works entering the public domain
2012 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar2012
MMXII
Ab urbe condita2765
Armenian calendar1461
ԹՎ ՌՆԿԱ
Assyrian calendar6762
Bahá'í calendar168–169
Bengali calendar1419
Berber calendar2962
British Regnal year60 Eliz. 2  61 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2556
Burmese calendar1374
Byzantine calendar7520–7521
Chinese calendar辛卯(Metal Rabbit)
4708 or 4648
     to 
壬辰年 (Water Dragon)
4709 or 4649
Coptic calendar1728–1729
Discordian calendar3178
Ethiopian calendar2004–2005
Hebrew calendar5772–5773
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2068–2069
 - Shaka Samvat1934–1935
 - Kali Yuga5113–5114
Holocene calendar12012
Igbo calendar1012–1013
Iranian calendar1390–1391
Islamic calendar1433–1434
Japanese calendarHeisei 24
(平成24年)
Juche calendar101
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4345
Minguo calendarROC 101
民國101年
Thai solar calendar2555
Unix time1325376000–1356998399
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2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (dominical letter AG) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium, the 12th year of the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.

2012 was designated as:

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Births

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2012

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Nobel Prizes

In fiction

See also

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References

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