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December 26, 2012
On December 26, 2012, china opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou. 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.
Featured · December 26, 2012
China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.
The high-speed rail network in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is almost entirely owned and operated by the China State Railway Group Co. under the brand China Railway High-speed (CRH), including HSR trains, tracks, and services. China's high-speed rail network is the world's longest and has the highest ridership, as it accounts for roughly two-thirds of the world's total and has expanded to more than 50,000 km in operational length.
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The year in brief
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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What happened
On December 26, 2012
- 2012 — China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.
Farewells
Died on December 26, 2012
Gerry Anderson English producer and director (1929–2012) GM Gerald McDermott American film director, children's writer and illustrator
Ibrahim Tannous Former commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 2012
The class of 2012
Others born in 2012
AK Artem Kotenko 2012– Ukrainian singer
PA Princess Athena of Denmark 2012–
BI Blue Ivy Carter 2012– American singer and actress
DT Doug the Pug 2012– American celebrity dog
AK Artem Kotenko 2012– Ukrainian singer
PA Princess Athena of Denmark 2012–
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