October 12. Kazinform's timeline of major events

 Kazinform's Timeline is the one-stop shop where you can learn about historical events for 12th of October. See what notable events happened throughout Kazakhstan's history on October 12. 

DATES

World Arthritis Day, referred to as WAD, is a global awareness day held every year on 12 October. WAD aims to help raise awareness in all audiences across the world of the existence and impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, often referred to as RMDs.

EVENTS

1965 – The AN-24 aircraft lands at the airport in Ust-Kamenogorsk city for the first time to serve direct flights en route Ust-Kamenogorsk and Almaty.

1991 – The Union of the Youth of Kazakhstan is set up.

2011 – The Declaration on a nuclear-weapon-free world is adopted following the International Forum for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World.

2012 – By order of the Kazakh Government No.1304 Aidyn Aimbetov is granted the status of an astronaut of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2016 – The exhibition dedicated to the 1,000th anniversary of Almaty city is opened at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

2017 – The International Turkic Academy with the Hungarian Embassy in Kazakhstan holds the photo exhibition devoted to the studied conducted by Hungarian ethnographer, professor Mihaly Hoppal.

2021 – The CICA Council of Elders is set up.

2022 – Astana hosts the meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers under the presidency of Kazakhstan.

See what notable events happened throughout Kazakhstan's history on October 11 here.