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Events in 2012. By B enjamin Jones. January 2012. Costa Concordia crashes into a reef. Costa Concordia crashes into a reef in G iglio b ecause the captain wanted to sound his horn to people o n the shore. At 9:45 the ship tips and 32 people die. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Events in2012
By Benjamin Jones
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January 2012
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Costa Concordia crashes into a reef
Costa Concordia crashes into a reef in Giglio because the captain wanted to sound his horn to people on the shore. At 9:45 the ship tips and 32 people die.The captain disobeys rules and gets off first.
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February 2012
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Cyclist deaths
2010 – 111 cyclist were killed
2012 – 122 cyclist were killed 14 of which were in London
There is a big cycling campaign to make the roads safer for cyclists.48% of people in Briton own a bike.
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March 2012
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Royal Mail
Royal Mail announce biggest increase for 1st class stamps since 1975
1975 – 7p
2012 – 60p
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April 2012
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Wettest April
Scientists say that it was the wettest April for 100 years.It has been said that we had a huge 121.8mm of rainfall
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May 2012
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Olympic torch relay
The Olympic torch relay goes from Lands end to Shetlands island.The Olympic torch travelled 8000 milesIt took 70 days It went through 1000 towns.
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June 2012
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Diamond JubileeThe queen celebrates 60 years on the throne by going down the river Thames in the pouring rain on the Jubilee Barge.
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July 2012
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Bradley Wiggins Bradley Wiggins becomes the first English man to win Le Tour de France.He finished in 87 hours 34 minutes 47 seconds.
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August 2012
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The Olympics
position Gold Silver Bronze
1.U.S.A 46 29 29
2.China 38 27 23
3.Team GB 29 17 19
Team GB’s best year yet.Mo Farah wins the 500m and 10000mBolt retains the gold for the 100m and 200mJessica Ennis wins the heptathlon
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September 2012
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Murray wins at last!Murray beats Djokovic to claim the US Open Tennis 7-67-52-63-66-2
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October 2012
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World record sky diverFelix Baumgartner sky dives from the edge of spaceIn a record breaking time of 4 minutes 36 seconds.On the way down he reached a speed of 834 miles per hour
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November 2012
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Obama wins us electionObama beats Romney in the US election. Obama gets 332 votes and Romney 206.
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December 2012
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Newtown Killings27 kids and teachers died at a US elementary school whena man with a gun came into the school and shot them dead