WHAT HAPPENED IN 2012.
Look what happened the 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)

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

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

Members of the Pakistani Taliban made a failed attempt to assassinate Malala Yousafzai on her way home from school. (9. October 2012)

British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond agree on a deal setting out the terms of a referendum on Scottish independence at a meeting in Edinburgh. (15. October 2012)

The extrasolar planet Alpha Centauri Bb is discovered. (16. October 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)

A shooting at a spa in Brookfield, Wisconsin, leaves four people dead, including the shooter. (21. October 2012)

After 38 years, the world's first teletext service (BBC's Ceefax) ceases broadcast due to Northern Ireland completing the digital switchover. (23. October 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 fuel tank truck crashes and explodes in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh killing 26 people and injuring 135. (1. November 2012)

Tammy Baldwin, becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. (6. November 2012)

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

A train carrying liquid fuel crashes and bursts into flames in northern Burma, killing 27 people and injuring 80 others. (9. November 2012)

A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people. (11. November 2012)

Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate. (14. November 2012)

Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated. (15. November 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)

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

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