From 2011 to 2012 two new teams were added to the competition — the Gold Coast Suns in 2011 and the Greater Western Sydney Giants in 2012.

They include the Olympics in Barcelona in 1992, Atlanta in 1996, Sydney in 2000, Salt Lake City in 2002, Athens in 2004, Turin in 2006, Beijing in 2008, Vancouver in 2010, and London in 2012.

In 2012, the new extended segment of the Sydney Motorsport Park ( originally called the Long Circuit ) was re-named the Brabham Circuit, as was the front straight, named the Brabham Straight, on the eve of the Muscle Car Masters.

* 12 November 2011 – 25 March 2012, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

On 19 March 2012 the 80th anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge was celebrated with a picnic dedicated to the stories of people with personal connections to the bridge.

* 2012 ( as Sydney Swans ) – defeated Hawthorn 14. 7 ( 91 ) to 11. 15 ( 81 )

Olivia Newton-John and Stephen Elliott in January 2012 at the premier of A Few Best Men in Sydney, Australia

Taped before a live studio audience at Fox Studios in Sydney, the 16-episode series debuted on Network Ten across Australia at 6. 30 pm on Sunday 22 January 2012.

Sydney's economy was buoyed by the 2011 announcement of funding for the Sydney Harbour dredging project, which was completed in 2012.

In 2012, Villeneuve participated in the Sucrogen Townsville 400, Coates Hire Ipswich 300 and Sydney Motorsport Park 360 rounds, driving the # 51 Pepsi-sponsored Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore filling in for an injured Greg Murphy.

* The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney ( announced on June 18, 2012, that it intends to move to a tabloid size )

On 19 April 2012, Bashir was presented with the insignia of a Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar by the President of Lebanon, General Michel Suleiman, at Government House, Sydney, during his state visit to Australia.

At a meeting of the University of Sydney Senate in May 2012, Bashir announced her intention to retire as Chancellor.

In January 2012 he was the headline act at the opening night of Sydney Festival, marking his first concert in Australia.

On the same date the organisation reverted to its former name, " Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras " ( from " New Mardi Gras "), as more than 9, 100 participants joined in the 2012 Parade, on 134 floats.

* Physicist discovered key to brain science The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 June 2012, reprinted from The New York Times.

As of May 2012, Delta Kappa Epsilon has seven colonies at Manhattan College, North Carolina State University, Auburn University, University of North Carolina Wilmington, University of Florida, Oklahoma State University and Hampden Sydney College.

The Vines will be entering the studio to record their sixth album on 20 August 2012, in Sydney.

2012 found Weaving re-focusing on his theatrical career, with a well-received return to the Sydney Theatre Company to star in a new adaptation of Christopher Hampton's play Les Liaisons Dangereuses in March.

", The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia, April 11, 2012

* The Clock – March to June 2012 – Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

In 2012, Swans released the live album We Rose From Your Bed With The Sun In Our Head, featuring material culled from their 2010 / 2011 tour, in support of production and recording costs for their forthcoming record, The Seer.

Adam Goodes broke the Sydney games record when he played his 304th AFL game for the Sydney Swans in its Round 5, 2012 victory over at Aurora Stadium in Launceston, Tasmania.

In 2012, Leung made her stage debut in the play Wild Swans.

In 2012 he took over for Lisa Love, formerly senior associate athletic director at the University of Southern California.

* 2012 – The Oak Creek shooting took place at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people ; the perpetrator was shot dead by police.

In November 2011, Charles took time off from Coronation Street to film a new series of Red Dwarf, returning to filming on ' Corrie ' in April 2012.

The current executive secretary is Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, who took up this post on 15 February 2012.

as it took place following a popular uprising that began on Tuesday, 25 January 2011 and is still continuing as of February 2012.

During the 2012 season the Green Bay Packer's took over the mantle of " America's Team " according to an ESPN article.

The first round of the election took place on May 23 and 24, 2012.

On 12 April 2012 the military took over the central district of the capital.

Voters once again took to the polls in the widely-watched June 2012 election.

In 2012, the canoe and kayak slalom events of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games took place in the town of Waltham Cross, within the borough of Broxbourne.

Khan's assumption of ownership was approved a couple of weeks later by the NFL owners, and Khan took over full ownership on January 4, 2012.

On March 12, 2012, Los Angeles Superior Court took opening statements on the case in which former-JPL employee David Coppedge brought suit against the Lab due to workplace discrimination and wrongful termination.

The Royals took two out of three from the Cardinals in 2010 behind victories from starting pitchers Zack Greinke and Bruce Chen, but followed with only two wins in six games in 2011 and in 2012.

He took office on December 1, and his term will end on November 30, 2012.

In the 2012 season Muralitharan moved to Royal Challengers Bangalore where he took 14 wickets in 9 games and had an average economy rate of 6. 38.

In the July 2012 issue of Foreign Affairs Waltz took issue with the view of most U. S., European, and Israeli, commentators and policymakers that a nuclear-armed Iran would be unacceptable.

For the 2012 season Nike took over from Reebok as the NFL's official apparel licensee but Eagles decided that they would not be adopting Nike's " Elite 51 " uniform technology.

The current President of the Republic is François Hollande, who took office on 15 May 2012.

September 25th 2012, People's Liberation Army Navy took delivery of China's first aircraft carrier ; the Liaoning.

At approximately 9: 40 AM Eastern Daylight Time on April 27, 2012 Enterprise took off from Dulles International Airport en-route to a fly-by over the Hudson River, New York's JFK International Airport, the Statue of Liberty, the George Washington and Verrazano-Narrows Bridges, and several other landmarks in the city ; in an approximately 45-minute " final tour ".

On April 3, 2012, Nike, which took over as the official uniform supplier for the league from Reebok, unveiled new uniform and logo designs for the Seahawks for the 2012 season.

However at Comic-Con International 2012, Raimi stated that he was no longer involved in the project, saying “ Actually, they don ’ t have me directing World of Warcraft anymore because when I took the Oz job, they had to move on to another director.