WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 2007
Find out what all happened September to December 2007

An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state. (23. December 2007)

Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. (24. October 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)

Colin McRae dies when the helicopter he was piloting crashes near his Lanarkshire home. (15. 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)

Three unidentified gunmen storm an office of Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party in Balochistan. Three PPP supporters are killed. (8. December 2007)

Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos. All except one died in this attack. Eight Sri Lankan Air Force planes are destroyed and 10 damaged. (22. October 2007)

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

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

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

Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident. (27. December 2007)

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

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

Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of the crime of plunder. (12. September 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)

10,000–40,000 people march toward the royal palace of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur to hand over a memorandum to the King demanding electoral reform. (10. November 2007)

Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters marched on Jena, Louisiana, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate. (20. September 2007)

China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon. (5. November 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)

Russia officially withdraws from the Soviet-era Batumi military base, Georgia. (13. November 2007)

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