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Events

• Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom celebrates her Diamond Jubilee
• May 20 - Annular solar eclipse
• June 6 - Second and last solar transit of the planet Venus of this century; the next pair will occur in 2117 and 2125.
• November 6 - Presidential election in the United States
• November 13 - Total solar eclipse (visible in northern Australia and the South Pacific).
• December 21 - end of the great cycle of the Maya calendar's Long Count
• 2012 Summer Olympics
• 2012 Summer Paralympics

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