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Events on Friday 20 July 2012 2
2012Aurora theater shootingGunman kills twelve at a Colorado movie premiereA gunman opened fire during a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and wounding dozens more. The attack renewed national debate over gun control and mass shootings in the United States.
2012The Dark Knight Rises#3 film of 2012 — $1.08bn worldwideDirected by Christopher Nolan. Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman faces a masked terrorist known as Bane.