WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MARCH 2010
Find out what all happened January to March 2010

Muslim gunmen in Egypt open fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians, killing eight of them and one Muslim bystander. (7. January 2010)

Gunmen from an offshoot the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attacked the bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three. (8. January 2010)

Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40. (29. March 2010)

Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda. (14. January 2010)

Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, is officially opened. (4. January 2010)

An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after. (27. February 2010)

Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh are hanged. (28. January 2010)

Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro Province, hit central Chile during the ceremony. (11. March 2010)

In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago. (20. February 2010)

Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, resulting in at least 200 deaths. (17. January 2010)

The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras. (27. January 2010)

Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in Northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster. (23. February 2010)

A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more. (1. January 2010)

A South Korean Navy ship Cheonan sank off the country's west coast near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 seamen. (26. March 2010)

A bomb explodes in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more. (13. February 2010)

A freak storm in the Hindukush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers. (8. February 2010)

The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince. (12. January 2010)

Avatar becomes the first film to gross over $2 billion worldwide. (31. January 2010)