Argentina elects its first female president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
China's first lunar probe Chang'e 1 launched.
Former Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan as suicide bombers attacked her convoy in Karachi.
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor became the first Malaysian in space aboard Russia's Soyuz TMA-10.
First successful human powered attempt to circumnavigate the world.
Russia Tests 'Father of All Bombs'.
Manuel Noriega's sentence in the United States ends.
The Israeli Air Force conducted a secret airstrike on an alleged nuclear facility in southeastern Syria.
The EF2 tornado ripped through Brooklyn, New York, for 18 minutes, causing nine injuries and $20 million in damages.
NASA launched the Phoenix spaceship from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, US.
The Mississippi River Bridge collapsed during rush hour.
Pratibha Patil was sworn in as India's first female president.
The first large-scale exhibition of Frida Kahlo's works was displayed in Mexico.
Michael Bay's Transformers premiered in Sydney, Australia.
Three-year-old English girl Madeleine McCann went missing while on vacation with her parents, family, and friends in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
The world's first national internet election is held.
Turkish journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated.
The Doomsday Clock's minute hand was moved two minutes closer to midnight, making the new Doomsday just five minutes to midnight.
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling officially finished writing The Deathly Hallows.
Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union.
Saddam Hussein executed.
The Madrid Barajas International Airport was bombed.
Al Jazeera English was launched.
Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death after being found guilty of crimes against humanity.
The US population reached 300 million people.
A Military coup overthrows the elected government in Thailand.
Naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor discovered the world's tallest tree in Redwood National Park, California.
A series of seven bomb blasts killed 209 people in Mumbai, India.
Nathula Pass, a trading post between India and China opens for business.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest premiered at Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, California.
Serbia declared its independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake occurred.
The Three Gorges Dam is officially opened.
Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano is arrested.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has enriched uranium.
Michelle Bachelet became the first female president of Chile.
The UK's biggest robbery happened, where at least six thieves stole £53 million.
Evo Morales was inaugurated as Bolivia's first indigenous President.
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the entire Eastern Mediterranean.
Elton John and his partner David Furnish registered their civil partnership at Windsor Town Hall on the first day civil partnerships could legally be performed in England.
UK's Civil Partnership Act of 2004 comes into force.
The first partial facial transplant was given to Isabelle Dinoire in France after a dog attacked her.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf elected as President of Liberia.
Angela Merkel became the first female Chancellor of Germany.
The fourth movie of J.K. Rowling's novel series, 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,' premiered in Leicester Square, London, UK.
Three bombs exploded in the Indian city of Delhi, killing 62 people and injuring at least 210 others.
Riots broke out in Paris, France, after two Muslim teenagers were electrocuted trying to evade police.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was tried for his crimes against humanity.
The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published a controversial cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad.
Russia and China began their first-ever joint military exercise.
