WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 2012
Find out what all happened February to June 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 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)

Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, causing a large landslide, which buried the town of Sayi Hazara, trapping 71 people. After four days of digging, only five bodies were recovered and the search was called off. (11. June 2012)

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

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

The last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise, dies. (24. June 2012)

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

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

Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud is appointed Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. (18. June 2012)

A boat carrying more than 200 refugees capsized in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas Island, killing 17 people and leaving 70 other missing. (21. June 2012)

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

The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental jumbo jet aircraft is introduced with Lufthansa. (1. June 2012)

A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others. (13. June 2012)

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

The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. (13. February 2012)

China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts – including the first female Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang – to the Tiangong-1 orbital module. (16. June 2012)

Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls. (15. June 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)