WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO OCTOBER 2012
Find out what all happened July to October 2012

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

The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths. (11. September 2012)

At least 107 people are killed and more than 250 others wounded in a string of bombings and attacks in Iraq. (23. July 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)

A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people. (20. August 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 power grid failure leaves seven states in northern India without power, affecting 360 million people. (30. July 2012)

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

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

At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran. (11. August 2012)

A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others. (1. October 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)

Members of the Pakistani Taliban made a failed attempt to assassinate Malala Yousafzai on her way home from school. (9. October 2012)

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

A gunman (later revealed to be James Eagan Holmes), opens fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others. (20. July 2012)

Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world. (21. July 2012)

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