WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO DECEMBER 2012
Find out what all happened April to December 2012

An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people. (7. November 2012)

After 38 years, the world's first teletext service (BBC's Ceefax) ceases broadcast due to Northern Ireland completing the digital switchover. (23. 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)

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

Tammy Baldwin, becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. (6. November 2012)

The Damascus bombings were carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people and injuring 400 others (10. May 2012)

12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief took place at Madison Square Garden and was broadcast on 20 international television networks to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. (12. December 2012)

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco. (22. June 2012)

A Dornier Do 228 light aircraft crashes on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, killing 19 people. (28. September 2012)

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

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

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)

At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha, makes landfall in the Philippines. (3. December 2012)

Four people are killed and 16 others are injured in the Midland train wreck after a Union Pacific train struck a parade float in Midland, Texas. (15. November 2012)

Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths. (22. 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)

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)

Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate. (14. November 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)