WHAT HAPPENED IN 2012.
Look what happened the 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)

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

Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials. (23. June 2012)

The last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise, dies. (24. June 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 discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN. (4. July 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)

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

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

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)

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

A power grid failure leaves seven states in northern India without power, affecting 360 million people. (30. July 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 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)

   
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