WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO APRIL 2007
Find out what all happened January to April 2007

Suspects are arrested in Birmingham in the UK, accused of plotting the kidnap, holding and eventual beheading of a serving Muslim British soldier in Iraq. (31. January 2007)

Terrorist bombs explode on the Samjhauta Express in Panipat, Haryana, India, killing 68 people. (18. February 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)

Boris Yeltsin's funeral – the first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894. (25. April 2007)

Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. (12. January 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)

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 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history. (4. January 2007)

A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339. (3. February 2007)

Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea. (24. February 2007)

Virginia Tech massacre: Seung-Hui Cho kills 32 and injures 23 before committing suicide. (16. April 2007)

The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected. (7. March 2007)

Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board. (1. January 2007)

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone. (9. January 2007)

At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. (14. April 2007)

The Chinese Correction: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in ten years. (27. February 2007)

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

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