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December 11, 2012

On December 11, 2012, at least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria. The year's #1 song was "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra. Artem Kotenko, Princess Athena of Denmark, Blue Ivy Carter would arrive in the same year.

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2012 (MMXII) 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.

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On December 11, 2012

  1. 2012 At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria.

    Terrorist attack in Hama Governorate Syria

    The Aqrab massacre is a contested event which occurred on 10/11 December 2012, during the Syrian civil war, in the Alawite section of the mixed town of Aqrab, Hama Governorate, Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that 125 people were killed or wounded in those events, while other activists claimed that as many as 300 people were killed. Activists said that they could confirm the deaths of 10 people.

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Died on December 11, 2012

Galina Vishnevskaya Russian soprano (1926–2012)
Mendel Weinbach Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (born 1933)
Ravi Shankar Indian musician and sitar player (1920–2012)

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Artem Kotenko 2012– Ukrainian singer
Princess Athena of Denmark 2012–
Blue Ivy Carter 2012– American singer and actress
Doug the Pug 2012– American celebrity dog
Artem Kotenko 2012– Ukrainian singer
Princess Athena of Denmark 2012–

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