Also in this year: 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
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European Cup winners: Chelsea FC (1-1 aet, 4-3 pens v FC Bayern München)
FIFA Ballon d'Or winner: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
ESM Golden Shoe winner: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
Eurovision Song Contest winner: Loreen (Sweden) singing Euphoria
Nobel Peace Prize winner: European Union (for the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe)
Men's Olympic 100m champion: Usain Bolt (Jamaica) running 9.63
Formula One world champion: Sebastian Vettel (Germany) driving a Red Bull-Renault
Oscar for Best Picture: The Artist
Key events
6 February – Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, marking 60 years since her accession to the throne in the United Kingdom
2 May – A pastel version of Edvard Munch's The Scream sells for $120m (€93m), a record for an auctioned work of art
4 July – The discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson is announced after experiments at the Large Hadron Collider