WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 2007
Find out what all happened May to 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)

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

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

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

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

Karachi bombings: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is not injured. (18. October 2007)

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

NASA's Phoenix spaceship is launched. (4. August 2007)

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

Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion. (29. September 2007)

Philippines: A bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati. The blast killed 11 and injured more than 100 people. (19. October 2007)

NASA launches the Dawn probe. (27. September 2007)

Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president. (18. September 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)

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

Shambo, a black cow in Wales that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, is slaughtered due to a bovine tuberculosis infection, causing widespread controversy. (26. July 2007)

TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) Flight 3054 crashes upon landing during rain in São Paulo. This is Brazil's deadliest aviation accident to date with 199 deaths. (17. July 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)