WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JUNE 2009
Find out what all happened May to 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)

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

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

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

Over 100 New Zealand Police officers begin a 40-hour siege of a lone gunman in Napier, New Zealand. (7. May 2009)

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

After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru. (5. June 2009)

A fire at a day-care center kills at least 40 people in Hermosillo, Mexico. (5. June 2009)

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

An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan. (9. June 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)

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)

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)

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

Greenland assumes self-rule. (21. June 2009)

General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history. (1. June 2009)

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched. (18. June 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 Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece opens to the public. (20. June 2009)