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

Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7 mi wide EF5 tornado—the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita Scale. (4. May 2007)

The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day (22. August 2007)

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. (13. September 2007)

An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889. (8. August 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)

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

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

Late-2000s financial crisis: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years. (14. September 2007)

The Texas Rangers rout the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history. (22. August 2007)

Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president. (25. July 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)

One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people. (16. September 2007)

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

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant. (16. July 2007)

Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run. (7. August 2007)

Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs. (11. 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)

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