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Cruise Ship Costa Concordia
Cruise Ship Costa ConcordiaCruise ShipThe Cruise Ship, Costa Concordia, capsized off coast of Italy. 11 people died and 22 remain missing.More than 4,000 passengers and crew were able to abandon ship, though by all accounts under chaotic circumstances. -
Whitney Houston
Whitney HoustonWhitney Houston died at age 48 in her hotel room the night before the Grammy Awards. An empty bottle of the Xanax was found in her room, but the level of the sedative found in her blood was low. Empty beer bottles were also found, but alcohol was not detected in her body, -
Kony 2012
Kony 2012"It's obvious that Kony should be stopped. The problem is that 99 percent of the planet doesn't know who he is. If they knew, Kony would have been stopped long ago," the half-hour film narrates. KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice. -
Chen Guangcheng
Chen GuangchengChen Guangcheng, a blind chinese dissident, escaped from house arrest and sought refuge at the embassy in Beijing. After months of beatings by Chinese guards, Chen and his wife began studying the movement of the guards who were constantly watching them. Chen pretended to be too sick to get out of bed, then at night he made his move. -
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir PutinVladimir Putin becomes president of Russia for the third time. He returns to the presidency after four years as a prime minister. In a short speech he said Russia was "entering a new phase of national development". -
Obama Health Care Law
Obama Health CareThe Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate in President Obama health care law. Democrats celebrate millions of Americans getting access to insurance while Republicans railed against what they contend is a dangerous expansion of government. -
2012 Summer Olympic Games
2012 OlympicsThe Stratford venue impressed the general public last summer with music promoters courtesy of its performances during the Olympic and Paralympic opening and closing ceremonies.
They had performances from Arctic Monkeys, The Who, Coldplay, Rihanna and Jay-Z that performed in the Olympic Stadium with promoters due to stage shows in July, marking the first anniversary of the Games. -
Mitt Romney's Running Mate
Running Matemitt Romney introduced Wisconsin representative Paul D. Ryan as his running mate in the presidential election. He called him a legislator who had shown the ability to work with members of both parties. -
Chicago Strike
Chicago Strike www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/10/chicago-teachers-to-go-on-strike-after-talks-with-district-fail/26,000 public school teachers in Chicago went on a strike that lasted for a week. They went on strike to reach an agreement over teachers' contracts with Chicago Public Schools by that date. -
Presidential Debate
Presidential DebateThe first presidential debate for the 2012 election was held. President Barack Obama and former gov. Mitt Romney
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Obama Re-elected
Obama Re- elected Obama promises "Best Is Yet To Come". President Obama lis re-elected, winning both the popilar vote and most votes in Electoral College. -
Jenni Rivera Death
Jenni RiveraMexican- American singer Jenni Rivera was called missing on Sunday. Later, they discovered a crashed plane jet with no survivors from it. Then, they confirmed that that was unfortunately the plane she was on.
