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February 22, 2012

On February 22, 2012, a train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others. 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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What happened

On February 22, 2012

  1. 2012 A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.

    Fatal Argentine train wreck

    The 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster, also known as the Once Tragedy, occurred on 22 February 2012, when a train crashed at Once Station in the Balvanera neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Farewells

Died on February 22, 2012

Sukhbir Indian Writer
Frank Carson Northern Irish comedian and actor (1926–2012)
Marie Colvin American war correspondent (1956–2012)
Rémi Ochlik French photojournalist (1983 – 2012)

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The class of 2012

Others born in 2012

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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