WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 2005
Find out what all happened January to February 2005

The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing. (29. January 2005)

Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles. (26. January 2005)

A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas. (6. January 2005)

The Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan. (14. January 2005)

The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs. (16. February 2005)

The St Lawrence Lime is blown over in high winds. (7. January 2005)

Romanian university lecturer and novelist Adriana Iliescu gives birth at 66 to her daughter Eliza, breaking the record for the oldest birth mother in the world (16. January 2005)

Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket. (12. January 2005)

The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia. (16. February 2005)

In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots. (21. January 2005)

Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory. (5. January 2005)

ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon. (15. January 2005)

A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127. (28. February 2005)

A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U.S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between Los Angeles and San Francisco for 10 days. (10. January 2005)

Youtube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos. (14. February 2005)

A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258. (25. January 2005)

Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. (20. February 2005)

American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers. (6. January 2005)

The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France (18. January 2005)

The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War. (9. January 2005)