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April 21, 2012

On April 21, 2012, two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, killing one person and injuring 116 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 April 21, 2012

  1. 2012 Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, killing one person and injuring 116 others.

    2012 train crash in the Netherlands

    On 21 April 2012 at 18:30 local time, two trains were involved in a head-on collision at Westerpark, near Sloterdijk, in the west of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Approximately 117 people were injured, one of whom later died in hospital. The collision is thought to have been caused by the driver of one of the trains passing a red signal.

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Died on April 21, 2012

Doris Betts American writer

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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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