WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 2012
Find out what all happened January to November 2012

The last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise, dies. (24. June 2012)

A boat carrying more than 200 refugees capsized in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas Island, killing 17 people and leaving 70 other missing. (21. June 2012)

A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction. (2. May 2012)

Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world. (21. July 2012)

A mass shooting takes place at Accent Signage Systems, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing 6 people, including the gunman who committed suicide, and wounding 2 others. (27. September 2012)

A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria. (22. June 2012)

The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy. There are 31 confirmed deaths with one still missing, Russel Rebello, amongst the 4232 passengers and crew. (13. January 2012)

A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45. (26. February 2012)

A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people. (11. November 2012)

At least 7 people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria. (18. July 2012)

Tokyo Skytree is opened to public. It is the tallest tower in world (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth, after Burj Khalifa (829.8 m). (22. May 2012)

A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen. (21. May 2012)

Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate. (14. November 2012)

Big Tex, a 52-foot statue and cultural icon in Dallas, Texas, is destroyed by fire during the final weekend of the 2012 State Fair of Texas. (19. October 2012)

Tammy Baldwin, becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. (6. November 2012)

The Dragon spacecraft became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with the International Space Station. (25. May 2012)

A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others. (1. October 2012)

The Waldo Canyon Fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people. (26. June 2012)

Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port city of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants. (28. September 2012)

The Damascus bombings were carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people and injuring 400 others (10. May 2012)