WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 2007
Find out what all happened January to November 2007

Nicolas Sarkozy takes office as President of France. (16. May 2007)

Turkish Journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast. (19. January 2007)

The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing. (17. January 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)

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

Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion. (29. September 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)

50,000–100,000 people demonstrate against the Georgian government in Tbilisi. (2. November 2007)

The German Bundestag passes the controversial data retention bill mandating storage of citizens' telecommunications traffic data for six months without probable cause. (9. November 2007)

Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google. (5. November 2007)

Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years. (24. September 2007)

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

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

2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident: six US cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads are flown without proper authorization from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base. (29. August 2007)

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

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

Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20; eight of the deaths are at a high school in Enterprise, Alabama. (1. March 2007)

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

President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension. (19. May 2007)

A powerful cold front in the Bay of Campeche causes the Usumacinta Jackup rig to collide with Kab 101, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the rig. (23. October 2007)

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