WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 2012
Find out what all happened June to December 2012

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

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

The Oak Creek shooting took place at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people; the perpetrator was shot dead by police. (5. August 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)

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

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

The Turaymisah massacre kills 250 people during a Syrian military operation in a village within the Hama Governorate. (12. July 2012)

At least 7 people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria. (18. July 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)

The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft). (5. July 2012)

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

The extrasolar planet Alpha Centauri Bb is discovered. (16. October 2012)

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

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

Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, causing a large landslide, which buried the town of Sayi Hazara, trapping 71 people. After four days of digging, only five bodies were recovered and the search was called off. (11. June 2012)