WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 2012
Find out what all happened February to November 2012

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

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

The discovery of Flame, a complex malware program targeting computers in Middle Eastern countries, is announced. (28. May 2012)

A wave of attacks kill more than 108 people and injure 351 others in Iraq. (9. September 2012)

At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv. (21. November 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 train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45. (26. February 2012)

Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over support for Syria, nuclear plans and alleged rights abuses. (7. September 2012)

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

A series of earthquakes in Yunnan, China, kills 89 people and injures 800 others. (7. September 2012)

The trial for Anders Behring Breivik begins in Oslo, Norway. (16. April 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)

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)

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)

61 people die and 48 others are injured after a fishing boat capsizes off the Izmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands. (6. September 2012)

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

Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud is appointed Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. (18. June 2012)

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

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