2012 Timeline By Brianne Bockholt Period: Jan 1, 2012 to Jun 15, 2013 Brianne's Timeline Jan 8, 2012 Tucson, Arizona shooting http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/a/arizona_shooting_2011/index.html Jan 17, 2012 SOPA Debate http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/17/sopa-delay/ Jan 27, 2012 Iowa man withdraws claim over 14.3M lottery ticket http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/01/mystery-winner-of-14m-iowa-lottery-withdraws-claim-rather-than-steps-forward/1 Feb 5, 2012 Super Bowl http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/05/giants-super-bowl-champions-2012-patriots_n_1256313.html May 23, 2012 American Idol http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2012/05/american_idol_2012_winner_phil.html Jun 22, 2012 Penn State Scandal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_child_sex_abuse_scandal Jun 28, 2012 Health Care Laws in U.S. http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/happening-now/blog/2012/06/28/thursday-june-28-2012-happening-now-scotus-health-care-ruling-today Jul 20, 2012 Colorado Theater Shooting http://abcnews.go.com/US/slideshow/colorado-theater-shooting-dark-knight-rises-16818553 Jul 27, 2012 Olympics in London http://edition.cnn.com/SPORT/olympics/index.html Sep 11, 2012 Benghazi attack http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/21/truth-behind-the-benghazi-attack.html Oct 3, 2012 First Presidential Debate http://edition.cnn.com/election/2012/debates/first-presidential-debate Oct 17, 2012 Travyon Martin Shooting http://www.hlntv.com/clusters/trayvon-martin-shooting Oct 19, 2012 Hurricane Sandy http://www.livescience.com/24380-hurricane-sandy-status-data.html Oct 27, 2012 Frederika Bank Robbery http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloo-man-arrested-in-frederika-bank-robbery-case/article_45f50a44-1d48-11e2-8ce4-0019bb2963f4.html Nov 6, 2012 Barack Obama wins election for second term http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/barack-obama-wins-election-second-term-president-041852102--election.html Dec 11, 2012 Missing Evensdale girls bodies found and identified http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/10/us/iowa-missing-girls/index.html Dec 14, 2012 Sandy Hook elementary shooting http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/12/us/sandy-hook-timeline/index.html Dec 21, 2012 World Suppose to End-Mayan Calendar http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/local_news/water_cooler/mayan-calendar-predictions-december-21-2012-the-end-of-the-world-nonsense-scientists-say