WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 2007
Find out what all happened February to October 2007

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker. (8. June 2007)

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

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)

Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. (24. October 2007)

President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. (2. October 2007)

Mercenaries working for Blackwater Worldwide allegedly shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad; all criminal charges against them are later dismissed, sparking outrage in the Arab world. (16. September 2007)

Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone. (29. June 2007)

The Los Angeles May Day mêlée occurs, in which the Los Angeles Police Department's response to a May Day pro-immigration rally become a matter of controversy. (1. May 2007)

Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations. (4. September 2007)

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina. (28. October 2007)

A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people. (12. April 2007)

U.S. Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet. (12. July 2007)

The worst flooding in Indonesia in 300 years begins. (2. February 2007)

The Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 796 people. (14. August 2007)

Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world. (10. July 2007)

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

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant. (16. July 2007)

Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run. (7. August 2007)