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During July 23rd, 2012, a massive coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun was one week away from hitting the Earth. But let's say that the event happened during July 16th instead and it ends up becoming another Carrington Event. The Superstorm hits and entire power grids get knocked out, along with our entire space infrastructure (probably forever). The superstorm fries satellite and telephone lines, disrupting global communication. The internet, military communication, and automated bank services are offline. Now that a cataclysmic event has struck the entire world, casing nation-wide blackouts, let's see how this would affect major events during 2012.
The U.S Presidential election between Obama and Romney was ongoing
The Eurozone had only recently recovered after bailing out the banks during the European debt crisis
Hu Jintao still ruled China as the paramount leader and had not yet handed over power to Xi Jiping
The Syrian Civil War began to escalate, with the Houla massacre putting an end to the U.N-mandated ceasefire
A new Insurgency in Iraq had recently begun, with the Islamic state staging a series of attacks against the government
Gaddafi was recently overthrown, leading to violence between loyalists, regionalists, Islamists, and the Libyan Army
Mohamed Morsi of the controversial Muslim Brotherhood Party had been elected as President of Egypt
The Mali Civil war broke out after Northern and Islamist insurgencies rebelled against the Southern government
Hurricane Sandy and Typhoon Pablo occurred (and would be much worse without satellites monitoring the storm)