WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2012
Find out what all happened July to September 2012

The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft). (5. July 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 tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria. (12. July 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)

The Turaymisah massacre kills 250 people during a Syrian military operation in a village within the Hama Governorate. (12. July 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)

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

Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths. (22. 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 firecracker factory explodes near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, killing 40 and injuring 50 others. (5. September 2012)

The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN. (4. July 2012)

At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. (7. July 2012)

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

A wave of attacks kill more than 108 people and injure 351 others in Iraq. (9. September 2012)

Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so. (25. August 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)

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)

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)