WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 2007
Find out what all happened January to October 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the fastest-selling novel ever is published. It sold 15 million copies in the first 24 hours of its release. (21. July 2007)

Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7 mi wide EF5 tornado—the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita Scale. (4. May 2007)

The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina killing nine firefighters. (18. June 2007)

Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces. (1. July 2007)

Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president. (25. July 2007)

Colin McRae dies when the helicopter he was piloting crashes near his Lanarkshire home. (15. September 2007)

At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq. (22. January 2007)

Georgia claims Russian helicopters attacked the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later. (11. March 2007)

Riots in which over 50 people are killed and over 100 are injured take place in Karachi upon the arrival in town of the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. (12. May 2007)

The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. (18. January 2007)

"Squatters" are evicted from Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, provoking the March 2007 Denmark Riots. (1. March 2007)

The skeletal remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Anastasia are found near Yekaterinburg, Russia. (23. August 2007)

Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping. (3. August 2007)

The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour. (1. August 2007)

All 114 aboard Kenya Airways Flight 507 die when the pilots lose control of the plane and it crashes in Douala, Cameroon. (5. May 2007)

15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President. (4. April 2007)

Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. (27. June 2007)

Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end. (31. July 2007)

Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election. (13. February 2007)

NASA's Phoenix spaceship is launched. (4. August 2007)