139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.
Construction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z married with only 40 guests present on their special day.
The Gordon Ramsay Plane Food restaurant opened within terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.
Space shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station during NASA's STS-123 mission.
Dmitry Medvedev was elected as the third President of Russia.
The UK's Prince Harry was withdrawn from a military tour of Afghanistan.
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Fidel Castro stepped down as President of Cuba after keeping the position for thirty-two years.
Fidel Castro steps down as Cuba's president.
The Republic of Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologizes to Indigenous Australians for the 'stolen generations'.
Nepal abolishes monarchy.
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated.
Queen Elizabeth becomes the longest-living British monarch.
Spacecraft Chang'e 1 entered lunar orbit at 02:15 UT and became the first Chinese spacecraft to orbit the moon successfully.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became Argentina's first female president.
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.
Actor George Clooney crashed on a motorcycle.
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.
Erden Eruç began the world's first successful solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
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.
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has confirmed that he did snort his father's ashes.
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.
Audrey Hepburn's dress was auctioned off at a record price.
Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death after being found guilty of crimes against humanity.
The US population reached 300 million people.
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.
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.
Michelle Bachelet became the first female president of Chile.
The UK's biggest robbery happened, where at least six thieves stole £53 million.
Eco Morales becomes Bolivia's first indigenous president.
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.
