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July 7, 2012

On July 7, 2012, at least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. 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 July 7, 2012

  1. 2012 At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.

    Severe flooding in southwest Russia

    The 2012 Krasnodar Krai floods were floods in southwest Russia in early July 2012, mainly in Krasnodar Krai near the coast of the Black Sea. The equivalent of five months of rain fell overnight in some southern parts of the country according to the Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia. One hundred seventy-one people died during the floods.

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Died on July 7, 2012

Dennis Flemion American independent rock percussionist
Ronaldo Cunha Lima Brazilian poet and politician
Doris Neal American baseball player (1928–2012)
Jerry Norman American sinologist and linguist (1936–2012)
Leon Schlumpf Swiss politician (1925–2012)

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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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