WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO AUGUST 2012
Find out what all happened April to August 2012

A Dana Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83 crashes into a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing 163 people. (3. June 2012)

Three gunmen kill 19 people in a church near Okene, Nigeria. (7. August 2012)

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

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

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

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)

A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others. (21. May 2012)

Azawad Declaration of Independence is declared. (6. April 2012)

Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, causing a large landslide, which buried the town of Sayi Hazara, trapping 71 people. After four days of digging, only five bodies were recovered and the search was called off. (11. 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)

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

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

China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts – including the first female Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang – to the Tiangong-1 orbital module. (16. June 2012)

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

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