Photos: 12-12-12
December 12, 2012
Tee shirts advertising the 12-12-12 date sit on display at A Little White Wedding Chapel, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Las Vegas. These ìonce-in-a-centuryî wedding dates have become more important each year as people increasingly look outside of Vegas for nontraditional wedding. Once known as the wedding capital of the world, Vegas' share of the U.S. wedding market has fallen by a third since 2004. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class EO3 John Chen, 23, from Lakehurst, New Jersey, kisses his new bride Victoria Chan, 25, from Manhattan, after they were married in a civil ceremony at New York City's Office of the City Clerk December 12, 2012. Hundreds of couples packed the office in lower Manhattan to be married on the date 12/12/12 as this will be the last such triple date for almost a century until January 1, 2101. REUTERS/Mike Segar
A clock on the corner of 34th Street and 7th Avenue in New York shows the time as 12 hours, 12 minutes and 12 seconds in New York December 12, 2012. The date, written as 12/12/12 is the last major numerical date using the Gregorian or Christian calendar for almost another century. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
A man applies the finishing touches to a cake which reads, "12.12.12" at a shop in Panchkula, in the northern Indian state of Haryana December 12, 2012. REUTERS/Ajay Verma
A group of children celebrate their 12th birthday in Times Square, New York December 12, 2012. The date, written as 12/12/12 is the last major numerical date using the Gregorian or Christian calendar for almost another century. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
A street performer poses with an iPad with the time reading 12:12:12 in the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, December 12, 2012. December 12, 2012 is the last day in this century where the numeral date can be all the same number. REUTERS/Paul Hanna
Clocks with the time reading 12:12 are pictured in a park in Duesseldorf December 12, 2012. Wednesday December 12, 2012, is the last day in this century where the numeral date can be all the same number. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender
Babies born on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 are displayed for a photo opportunity at a hospital in Mumbai, India, on the day. The date 12/12/12, seen as auspicious by astrologers, saw an influx of mothers to local hospitals looking to give birth on the date which won't happen again for nearly 100 years, local media reported. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A U.S. Postmark displays the date in New York December 12, 2012. The date, written as 12/12/12 is the last major numerical date using the Gregorian or Christian calendar for almost another century. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
An electronic clock displays the date 12.12.12 as an Indian man repairs traffic light at an intersection in New Delhi on December 12, 2012. The once in a century date is being hailed as an auspicious day by astrologers, and many couples are getting married and expectant parents are flooding maternity homes, inundating doctors with requests to deliver their babies. MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images
A schedule for weddings for Dec. 12, 2012 is seen on a bulletin board at the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Las Vegas. These "once-in-a-century" wedding dates have become more important each year as people increasingly look outside of Vegas for nontraditional wedding. Once known as the wedding capital of the world, Vegas' share of the U.S. wedding market has fallen by a third since 2004. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Indian nurses from Kasturba Gandhi hospital pose with two female babies born after midnight in conjunction with the date 12.12.12 in New Delhi on December 12, 2012. The once in a century date is being hailed as an auspicious day by astrologers, and many couples are getting married and expectant parents are flooding maternity homes, inundating doctors with requests to deliver their babies. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images
A photographer pictures his mobile phone reading 12:12:12 in front the Basilica Sagrada Familia designed by Catalan modernist architect Antonio Gaudi in Barcelona December 12, 2012. Wednesday December 12, 2012 is the lat day in this century where the numeral date can be all the same number. REUTERS/Albert Gea
A young girl looks on as a couple pose for a photograph at the Singapore Registry for Marriage on December 12, 2012 in Singapore, Singapore. Today saw a surge in marriages across the globe with the Singapore Registry for Marriages inundated with over 500 couples applying to be married on the auspicious and once in a century date of 12.12.12. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
A sign is held aloft amongst a group of children who celebrated their 12th birthday in Times Square, New York December 12, 2012. The date, written as 12/12/12 is the last major numerical date using the Gregorian or Christian calendar for almost another century. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
A newborn baby is seen in an incubator in the maternity ward of a hospital on the auspicious '12.12.12' date in Mazar-i-Sharif on December 12, 2012. The once in a century date is being hailed as an auspicious day by astrologers, and many couples are getting married and expectant parents are flooding maternity homes, inundating doctors with requests to deliver their babies . QAIS USYAN/AFP/Getty Images
A cake awaits a group of children who celebrated their 12th birthday in Times Square, New York December 12, 2012. The date, written as 12/12/12 is the last major numerical date using the Gregorian or Christian calendar for almost another century. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
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