November, 2004

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World of Warcraft launches in North America, Australia and New Zealand.

"I Surrender" debuts

December, 2004

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Maraudon

Feast of Winter Veil

January, 2005

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Captain Placeholder is born

World of Warcraft launches in Korea

February, 2005

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World of Warcraft launches in Europe

March, 2005

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Public Test Realms go live

Dire Maul

World of Warcraft appears on Pure Pwnage with "Wow Is a Feeling"

Outdoor Raid Bosses appear - Kazzak/Azuregos

World of Warcraft sets a new milestone with 1.5 million subscribers worldwide

April, 2005

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"The Murloc is lonely" Fan Fiction begins

Honor System Implemented

Captain Placeholder leaves Azeroth

May, 2005

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Leeroy Jenkins

Battleground played for the first time at E3

June, 2005

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World of Warcraft launches in China

Release of Battlegrounds

World of Warcraft achieves new milestone with 2 million subscribers worldwide

"Rise of the Living Dead" episode 1 debuts

July, 2005

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Blackwing Lair

Darkmoon Faire

Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise (Picard-a-thon 2005)

World of Warcraft launches in Singapore

August, 2005

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Shadow Priests begin melting faces in PvP

World of Warcraft surpasses 1 million customer milestone in North America

September, 2005

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Zul'Gurub

Arathi Basin

RP-PvP Realms launched

Corrupted Blood Plague sweeps Azeroth!

"Return"

October, 2005

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World of Warcraft reaches a new milestone with a worldwide subscriber base of over 4.5 million players!

The Stirring of the Silithid

Four Dragons

BlizzCon

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade announced

November, 2005

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World of Warcraft launches in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau

World of Warcraft appears on Jeopardy