WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MAY 2012
Find out what all happened February to May 2012

The former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War. (30. May 2012)

The Damascus bombings were carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people and injuring 400 others (10. May 2012)

A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45. (26. February 2012)

Agni Air Flight CHT crashed near Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal, after a failed go-around, killing 15 people. (14. May 2012)

A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction. (2. May 2012)

The trial for Anders Behring Breivik begins in Oslo, Norway. (16. April 2012)

The Dragon spacecraft became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with the International Space Station. (25. May 2012)

A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities. (2. March 2012)

A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen. (21. May 2012)

Tokyo Skytree construction completed. Now it is the tallest tower in the world, 634 meters high, and second tallest (man-made) structure on Earth, next to Burj Khalifa. (29. February 2012)

A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others. (21. May 2012)

A US soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar. (11. March 2012)

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people. (29. May 2012)

A Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crashes into Mount Salak in West Java, Indonesia, killing 45 people. (9. May 2012)

The discovery of Flame, a complex malware program targeting computers in Middle Eastern countries, is announced. (28. May 2012)

The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize. (16. April 2012)

Tokyo Skytree is opened to public. It is the tallest tower in world (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth, after Burj Khalifa (829.8 m). (22. May 2012)

A 8.2 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia, off northern Sumatra at a depth of 16.4 km. A tsunami hits the island of Nias at Indonesia. (11. April 2012)

President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military. (7. February 2012)

Azawad Declaration of Independence is declared. (6. April 2012)