WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 2012
Find out what all happened November to December 2012

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

At least 8 people are killed and 12 others injured after a 5.6 earthquake strikes Iran's South Khorasan Province. (5. December 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)

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

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

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

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

An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people. (30. 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)

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

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

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

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

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

North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2, using a Unha-3 carrier rocket. (12. December 2012)

At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha, makes landfall in the Philippines. (3. December 2012)

Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths. (22. 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)

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

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