India and Bangladesh officially ratified their 1974 agreement to exchange enclaves along their border.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
President Barack Obama signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, marking a major reform of the U.S. health insurance and health care systems.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Fact 9
The car that Ford Prefect “introduces himself to” is actually a Ford Prefect, from whence Ford got his “Earth name”. Despite being a Ford, the car was never manufactured or sold in the United States, but produced in Ireland, the UK, Malaysia and New Zealand, and sold in Europe, Asia and Australia between 1938 and 1959.
French presidential election, 2012
François Hollande was elected as the new President of France, becoming the first socialist president of the country in 17 years.