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October 1, 2012

On October 1, 2012, a ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 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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On October 1, 2012

  1. 2012 A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.

    Maritime disaster in Hong Kong

    On 1 October 2012, at approximately 20:23 HKT, the passenger ferries Sea Smooth and Lamma IV collided off Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island, Hong Kong. This occurred on the National Day of the People's Republic of China, and one of the ships was headed for the commemorative firework display, scheduled to take place half an hour later. With 39 killed and 92 injured, the incident was the deadliest maritime disaster in Hong Kong since 1971.

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Died on October 1, 2012

Octavio Getino Argentine film director and writer (1935–2012)
Eric Hobsbawm British academic historian and Marxist historiographer (1917–2012)
Mark R. Kravitz American judge (1950–2012)
Moshe Sanbar Israeli economist (1926–2012)
Shlomo Venezia Greek-born Italian Jew survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp

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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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