Editing 2012 (section)

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[[File:2012 Events Collage V3.png|From left, clockwise: the passenger cruise ship ''[[Costa Concordia]]'' lies capsized after the [[Costa Concordia disaster|''Costa Concordia'' disaster]]; damage to [[Casino Pier]] in [[Seaside Heights, New Jersey]] as a result of [[Hurricane Sandy]]; people gather at [[Tikal Temple I|a Mayan temple]] to commemorate the end of 13th bʼakʼtun in the Mayan calendar on [[December 21]], when it [[2012 phenomenon|was predicted a doomsday event would occur]]; [[NASA]]'s [[Curiosity (rover)|''Curiosity'' Rover]] lands on the surface of [[Mars]]; the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]] caused turmoil across the [[United States]]; [[K-pop]] artist [[Psy]] performs his hit single "[[Gangnam Style]]", which became a cultural phenomenon in 2012; the [[elementary particle]], the [[Higgs boson]], dubbed "The God Particle", is discovered by [[CERN]] and revolutionizes [[quantum physics]]; the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]|300x300px|thumb|right]]

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'''2012''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMXII]]''') is a [[leap year starting on Sunday|leap year that started on a Sunday]] and a [[leap year starting on Monday|leap year that started on Monday]]. In the [[Gregorian calendar]] and the [[Julian calendar]], it is the 2012th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, the 12th year of the [[3rd millennium]] and of the [[21st century]], and the 3rd of the [[2010s]].-->

2012 was designated as:
*[[International Year of Cooperatives]]<ref name="2012 - International Year of Cooperatives">{{cite web|title=2012 - International Year of Cooperatives|url=https://www.un.org/en/events/coopsyear/|publisher=[[United Nations]]|access-date=April 14, 2015|ref=2012 - International Year of Cooperatives|archive-date=November 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110040232/https://www.un.org/en/events/coopsyear/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All<ref name="2012 - International Year of Sustainable Energy for All">{{cite web|title=2012 - International Year of Sustainable Energy for All|url=https://www.un.org/en/events/sustainableenergyforall/|publisher=[[United Nations]]|access-date=April 14, 2015|ref=2012 - International Year of Sustainable Energy for All|archive-date=November 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102055457/https://www.un.org/en/events/sustainableenergyforall/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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