WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 2012
Find out what all happened January to September 2012

The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI. (19. January 2012)

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

The former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War. (30. May 2012)

The Oak Creek shooting took place at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people; the perpetrator was shot dead by police. (5. August 2012)

61 people die and 48 others are injured after a fishing boat capsizes off the Izmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands. (6. September 2012)

A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities. (2. March 2012)

A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria. (12. July 2012)

President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military. (7. February 2012)

At least 107 people are killed and more than 250 others wounded in a string of bombings and attacks in Iraq. (23. July 2012)

A plane crash kills 32 people in Sudan. (19. August 2012)

A 8.2 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia, off northern Sumatra at a depth of 16.4 km. A tsunami hits the island of Nias at Indonesia. (11. April 2012)

A Dornier Do 228 light aircraft crashes on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, killing 19 people. (28. September 2012)

A derecho strikes the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power. (29. June 2012)

A bombing in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and 78 others injured. (10. January 2012)

The Marikana miners' strike begins near Rustenburg, South Africa. (10. August 2012)

A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people. (20. August 2012)

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

NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars. (6. August 2012)

Astronomers announce the discovery of Styx, the fifth moon of Pluto. (11. July 2012)

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco. (22. June 2012)