that was the year that was 2012. what happened and where did it happen?
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That was the year that was
2012
What happened and where did it happen?
Who is this and what did she do?
What happened?
Who was this wonderful person?
Who is this and what did he just do?
What job did he take on again and from whom?
Who is this and what did he become?
What is this and where is it going?
Who is this and what style did he dance?
Where is this and what did not happen?
Who owns this company and what did it do?
Where did this happen?
Who jumped here first and who jumped second?
Who is this and what was his achievement?
Who are these three, what are their day jobs and what are they collecting here?
Who is squeezing who, where and why?
Who jumped and what was so special?
Who is this and whom did he finally admit what to?
Who washed and parked these cars?
Who is he talking to and what was the occasion?
Who are the magnificent seven and what is the occasion?
Who launched the rocket and who got upset about it?
1 The Costa Corcordia capsized off the Italian coast after hitting an island2 Laura Dekker became the youngest person to have sailed single-handedly around the world3 The Mediterranean coast froze in the Adriatic coastal town of Senj, Croatia4 Whitney Houston5 Christian Wulff resigned6 Vladimir Putin and Dimitri Medvedev swapped jobs as Prime Minister and President of Russia7 Joachim Gauck became President of Germany at the second attempt8 The Space Shuttle Discovery took its final flight to the Smithsonian museum in Washington9 Psy did his Gangnam Style10 The new airport Berlin / Brandenburg did not open again11 Mark Zuckerberg floated a small part of Facebook on the NY Stock Exchange12 The Olympic rings share the limelight with the Moon under Tower Bridge in London13 After being collected by James Bond, HRH the Queen jumps first and is followed by her most loyal servant14 Neil Armstrong, first man on the Moon, dies15 Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council, Jose Barroso, President of the European
Commission, Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament collect the Nobel Peace Prize for the EU in Oslo
16 Two Japanese coastguard ships squeeze a Chinese fisherboat near the Senkaku Islands, which the Chinese and Japanese boat claim
17 The Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner jumps from 39km and breaks 4 world records, including being the first man to fall faster than the speed of sound
18 Lance Armstrong finally admits to taking everything on offer (admittedly in 2013 on TV with Oprah)19 Hurricane Sandy tore through New York and moved north20 Clint Eastwood talked to a chair at the Republican Convention. The chair was meant to symbolise
President Obama, of whose policies he was not enamoured21 The new Chinese leadership massed around Xi Jinping who succeeded Hu Jintao as President22 North Korea launched a satellite, using a rocket which could also carry a nuclear warhead. Everyone got
upset