WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 2010
Find out what all happened January to June 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)

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

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

Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40. (4. June 2010)

David Cameron becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following talks between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to form the UK's first coalition government since World War 2 after elections produced a hung parliament. (11. May 2010)

Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India. (6. April 2010)

An Air India Express Boeing 737 goes over a cliff and crashes upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of the 166 people on board. It is the worst crash involving a Boeing 737. (22. May 2010)

A train derails near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people. (12. April 2010)

In West Bengal, India, a train derailment and subsequent collision kills 141 passengers. (28. May 2010)

At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 others are wounded as an explosion rips through an evening wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar. (9. June 2010)

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

The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months. (20. April 2010)

Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek debt crisis. (5. May 2010)

Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. (15. May 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)

The Cumbria Shootings - In West Cumbria, a 52-year old man went on a four hour killing spree, shooting dead 13 (inc. himself) and injuring 11 others. The massacre was branded "one of the worst criminal acts involving firearms in British history" by Prime Minister David Cameron who paid tribute to the victims along with The Queen, Home Secretary Theresa May and the Prince of Wales. (2. June 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)

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

The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders. (19. May 2010)