By: Ma. Cristina Lao
The year 2012 is the most controversial year of all time.
Nostradamus, an expert in Judicial Astrology, predicted that earth will be
struck with a comet and will end on December 21, 2012. The Mayans, Incans, and
the Egyptians also indicated that the apocalypse will also occur at the same time.
Most people are skeptical about it but a little worried. News reports also revealed that around a
thousand people in China and other parts of the world are creating panic and really
getting ready and are preparing for a possible disaster. The good news is, it's not true. So, what really happened in 2012? Well, here's the real heartbreaking events that happened
this year.
January 13, 2012: Similar to Titanic, a cruise ship Costa
Concordia slammed into a rock and capsizes off the Italian Coast. Around 11
people died and 22 remain missing.
February 11, 2012: Pop superstar Whitney Houston Dies at age
48. The cause of her death was not revealed. The world mourned the loss of their
favorite pop singing sensation of all-time.
March 2, 2012: Tornadoes hit 17 U.S. states that killed 27
people and injured hundreds.
April 11, 2012: North Korea attempted to launch a ballistic
missile into orbit but blows up just seconds after the launch.
May 26, 2012: Thirty-two innocent children were killed in
Syria after government troops attacked the village of Houla. Syrian President Assad, however, blamed
terrorists to be responsible for the attack.
June 3, 2012: A plane crashed in Nigeria that killed all 153
passengers and unknown number of people on the ground.
July 7, 2012: A massive flood hit Russia that killed 107
people.
August 5, 2012: A plutonium-powered rover named Curiosity
successfully lands on Mars.
September 9, 2012: A lightning started wildfires in
Washington State, USA.
October 29, 2012: Hurricane Sandy hits New Jersey, New
York and Connecticut.
November 1, 2012: China presented a new proposal to end the
conflict in Syria.
December 15, 2012: An American madman killed 27 people including
20 children in an elementary school in Connecticut U.S.A.
Dec. 21, 2012: End of the world.... A hoax.
