July: Aurora Shooting during a midnight screening of Dark Knight Rises 
July: Higgs Boson Hunt: “We’ve discovered something” 
August: Curiosity rover landing on Mars 
August: Usain Bolt 4×100 Relay London 2012 new world record 
August: Lance Armstrong drops fight against doping charges 
September: Occupy Wall Street movement 
October: Felix Baumgartner supersonic freefall 
October: Hurricane Sandy 
November: Obama defeats Romney 
