WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 2012
Find out what all happened June to September 2012

Three gunmen kill 19 people in a church near Okene, Nigeria. (7. 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 prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people. (20. August 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)

South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute near Rustenburg. (16. August 2012)

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

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

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

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

Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over support for Syria, nuclear plans and alleged rights abuses. (7. September 2012)

Armenia ruptures diplomatic relations with Hungary. (31. August 2012)

A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan. (11. September 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)

The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental jumbo jet aircraft is introduced with Lufthansa. (1. June 2012)

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

The former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. (2. June 2012)

A firecracker factory explodes near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, killing 40 and injuring 50 others. (5. September 2012)