27 events found for 2012
Daniel Chong is discovered in a holding room in San Diego, having been incarcerated for five days without food or water
Unknown perpetrators carried out a series of four bombings in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
The pilots of a Sukhoi Superjet, ignoring alerts from the terrain warning system, crashed the aircraft into Mount Salak
Suicide bombers detonated two car bombs outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, killing 55 people
Mexican authorities discovered 49 dismembered bodies in Cadereyta Jiménez
The first of two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, resulting in seven deaths
In a test flight, SpaceX's Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous and berth with the International
Former Liberia president Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during
Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering a massive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people
American acrobat Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls
Liu Yang (pictured), a member of the Shenzhou 9 crew, became the first Chinese woman in space
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed the crown prince of Saudi Arabia
Facing allegations of sexual assault in Sweden, Julian Assange (pictured), the founder of WikiLeaks, requested asylum at
The Shard (pictured) in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 m (1,020 ft),…
South Korean rapper Psy (pictured) released his hit single "Gangnam Style".
A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, resulting in the military branch of…
A gunman carried out a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.
The New Irish Republican Army was formed from a merger of a number of dissident republican militant groups.
A train fire killed 32 passengers and injured 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.
The largest power outage in history occurred across 22 Indian states, affecting more than 620 million people, or about…