WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 2007
Find out what all happened February to July 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)

The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision. (18. April 2007)

An F5 tornado strikes Elie, Manitoba in Canada; part of the town is destroyed, but there are no fatalities or injuries. (22. June 2007)

Phoenix News Helicopter Collision: news helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase; (27. July 2007)

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

Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953. (17. May 2007)

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

Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself. (20. April 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)

A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents. (23. February 2007)

2007 Algiers bombings: Two bombings in the Algerian capital of Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others. (11. April 2007)

Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem. (7. May 2007)

Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people. (11. June 2007)

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

The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre. (27. June 2007)

The Al-Khilani Mosque in Baghdad is bombed, killing 78 people and injuring 218 others. (19. June 2007)

The Left Front government of West Bengal sends at least 3,000 police to Nandigram in an attempt to break Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee resistance there; the resulting clash leaves 14 dead. (14. March 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)

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)

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

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