WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 2012
Find out what all happened March to December 2012

A train carrying liquid fuel crashes and bursts into flames in northern Burma, killing 27 people and injuring 80 others. (9. November 2012)

Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the greatest number of medals won at the Olympics. (31. July 2012)

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

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

At least 26 miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, China. (29. August 2012)

Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths. (22. August 2012)

Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls. (15. June 2012)

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

The last transit of Venus of the 21st century begins. (5. June 2012)

Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud is appointed Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. (18. June 2012)

A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others. (13. June 2012)

A gunman (later revealed to be James Eagan Holmes), opens fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others. (20. July 2012)

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

At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv. (21. November 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)

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people. (29. May 2012)

The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN. (4. July 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)

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

Agni Air Flight CHT crashed near Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal, after a failed go-around, killing 15 people. (14. May 2012)