WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 2012
Find out what all happened February to July 2012

A derecho strikes the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power. (29. June 2012)

Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the greatest number of medals won at the Olympics. (31. July 2012)

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

The Diamond Jubilee Concert is held outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall, London. Organised by Gary Barlow, the concert is part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. (4. June 2012)

The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission. (16. June 2012)

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

A power grid failure leaves seven states in northern India without power, affecting 360 million people. (30. July 2012)

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

The Waldo Canyon Fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people. (26. June 2012)

The former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. (2. June 2012)

Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world. (21. July 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 Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft). (5. July 2012)

A Dana Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83 crashes into a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing 163 people. (3. June 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)

Astronomers announce the discovery of Styx, the fifth moon of Pluto. (11. July 2012)

A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria. (22. June 2012)

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

The last transit of Venus of the 21st century begins. (5. June 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)