WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 2012
Find out what all happened February to December 2012

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

A 8.2 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia, off northern Sumatra at a depth of 16.4 km. A tsunami hits the island of Nias at Indonesia. (11. April 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)

A Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crashes into Mount Salak in West Java, Indonesia, killing 45 people. (9. May 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)

At least 8 people are killed and 12 others injured after a 5.6 earthquake strikes Iran's South Khorasan Province. (5. December 2012)

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

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

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

China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts – including the first female Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang – to the Tiangong-1 orbital module. (16. June 2012)

An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people. (25. December 2012)

The last transit of Venus of the 21st century begins. (5. June 2012)

The former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. (2. June 2012)

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

Astronomers announce the discovery of Styx, the fifth moon of Pluto. (11. July 2012)

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

At least 26 miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, China. (29. August 2012)

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people. (29. May 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)