WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 2012
Find out what all happened August to December 2012

A gang rape in Delhi sparks widespread demonstrations across India. (16. December 2012)

Park Geun-hye becomes the first female president of South Korea. (19. December 2012)

At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran. (11. August 2012)

An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people. (7. November 2012)

A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured. (29. December 2012)

A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people. (24. November 2012)

Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port city of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants. (28. September 2012)

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

A fuel tank truck crashes and explodes in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh killing 26 people and injuring 135. (1. November 2012)

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

At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv. (21. November 2012)

At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt. (17. November 2012)

Big Tex, a 52-foot statue and cultural icon in Dallas, Texas, is destroyed by fire during the final weekend of the 2012 State Fair of Texas. (19. October 2012)

An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people. (25. December 2012)

Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so. (25. August 2012)

Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages. (29. October 2012)

A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others. (1. October 2012)

Four people are killed and 16 others are injured in the Midland train wreck after a Union Pacific train struck a parade float in Midland, Texas. (15. November 2012)

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

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. (14. December 2012)