The good, the bad, the ugly, the embarrassing, the inspirational that we'll remember from 2012:

Miami Heat win the NBA Championship!

Fifty Shades of Grey

The '1 percent'

Whitney Houston passes much too soon

NASA lands the Mars Rover, Curiosity

Facebook IPO

The 'Fiscal Cliff'

Adele

Superstorm Sandy

President Obama is re-elected

Long waits to vote

Marlins Park debuts

Royal pregnancy

Gangnam Style

Shooting of Trayvon Martin and the 'Stand Your Ground' law

Summer Olympics, Gaby Douglas is Golden

Earthquake in the Mid-Atlantic

One Direction

Animal videos

General Petraeus scandal

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, gun control debate

Fort Lauderdale Beach erosion

Honey Boo Boo

Felix Baumgartner's successful space jump

Lindsay Lohan arrested. Again.

"Binders full of women'" 

Newsweek's final print edition

'Twilight' series concludes; 'The Dark Knight Rises', 'Skyfall', 'The Hobbit', 'Les Miserables'

Clint Eastwood and the Empty Chair