WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JULY 2009
Find out what all happened May to July 2009

North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device. Following the nuclear test, Pyongyang also conducted several missile tests building tensions in the international community. (25. May 2009)

Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon. (22. June 2009)

Three members of the popular South Korean group TVXQ, (Kim Jaejoong, Kim Junsu, and Park Yoochun), filed lawsuit against their Korean management S.M. Entertainment. (31. July 2009)

Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed. (1. June 2009)

The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities. (26. July 2009)

Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden. (1. May 2009)

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched. (18. June 2009)

The MV Arctic Sea, reportedly carrying a cargo of timber, is allegedly hijacked in the North Sea by pirates, but much speculation remains as to the actual cargo and events. (24. July 2009)

Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour. (8. June 2009)

A suicide bombing kills at least 35 people and injures 250 more in Lahore, Pakistan. (27. May 2009)

Jakarta double bombings at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels kill nine people including four foreigners. (17. July 2009)

War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. (19. June 2009)

Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef. (19. June 2009)

The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao. (4. July 2009)

Washington Metro train collision: Two Metro trains collide in Washington, D.C., USA, killing nine and injuring over 80. (22. June 2009)

The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England. (5. July 2009)

A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide ranging protests in Iran and around the world. (12. June 2009)

Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides. (18. May 2009)

Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran political crisis. (28. June 2009)

Soyuz TMA-15 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (27. May 2009)