On This Day — April 12

Here are some of the most significant historical events that happened on April 12.

• 2014: The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.
• 2013: Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
• 2010: Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.
• 2009: Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
• 2007: A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

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