WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 2012
Find out what all happened January to October 2012

A derecho strikes the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power. (29. June 2012)

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

A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities. (2. March 2012)

A Moldovan civilian is fatally wounded by a Russian peacekeeper in the Transnistrian security zone, leading to demonstrations against Russia. (1. January 2012)

A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen. (21. May 2012)

The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. (13. February 2012)

Tokyo Skytree is opened to public. It is the tallest tower in world (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth, after Burj Khalifa (829.8 m). (22. May 2012)

A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others. (21. May 2012)

South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute near Rustenburg. (16. August 2012)

Agni Air Flight CHT crashed near Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal, after a failed go-around, killing 15 people. (14. May 2012)

Tokyo Skytree construction completed. Now it is the tallest tower in the world, 634 meters high, and second tallest (man-made) structure on Earth, next to Burj Khalifa. (29. February 2012)

A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan. (11. September 2012)

Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls. (15. June 2012)

A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction. (2. May 2012)

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

The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission. (16. June 2012)

The Dragon spacecraft became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with the International Space Station. (25. May 2012)

A mass shooting takes place at Accent Signage Systems, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing 6 people, including the gunman who committed suicide, and wounding 2 others. (27. September 2012)

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

Three gunmen kill 19 people in a church near Okene, Nigeria. (7. August 2012)