2007

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{{year nav|2007}} {{C21YearInTopic}} Year '''2007''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMVII]]''') is the current year, a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]] and the [[Anno Domini|AD]]/[[Common era|CE]] era in the [[21st century]]. The year is usually pronounced as "two thousand and seven" or "two thousand seven"; however, some people prefer "twenty oh-seven" (as per the convention for [[1907]]) or simply as "oh-seven". The year 2007 has been designated: * In the [[lunar calendar]], dates from [[February 18]] onwards are in the [[boar (zodiac)|Year of the Boar]] * [[International Polar Year]]<ref>[http://www.ipy.org/ International Polar Year website]</ref> * [[International Heliophysical Year]]<ref>[http://ihy2007.org/ International Heliophysical Year website]</ref> * [[European Year of Equal Opportunities for All]]<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/eyeq/index.cfm?language=EN European Year of Equal Opportunities for All website]</ref> * [[Year of the Dolphin]]<ref>[http://www.yod2007.org/en/Start_page/index.html Year of the Dolphin website]</ref> * Year of the Pig in the [[Chinese Calendar]] [[UNESCO]] has formally recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.<ref>[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001457/145755M.pdf Celebration of anniversaries with which UNESCO will be associated in 2006–2007]</ref> ==Events== ===January=== {{Month3|1|0}} * [[January 1]] - [[Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union|Bulgaria]] and [[Accession of Romania to the European Union|Romania]] [[Enlargement of the European Union|join]] the [[European Union]]. * [[January 1]] - [[Slovenia]] adopts the [[euro]] as its official currency, replacing the [[Slovenian tolar|tolar]]. * [[January 1]] - [[South Korea]]'s [[Ban Ki-moon]] becomes the new [[United Nations Secretary-General]], replacing [[Kofi Annan]]. * [[January 1]] - [[Hong Kong]]'s new smoking law starts. From this day onwards, smoking is prohibited in clubs, karaoke bars, restaurants, and all public places. * [[January 1]] - [[Adam Air Flight 574]], a routine domestic flight in [[Indonesia]], disappears; debris are found 10 days later, but the aircraft remains missing. * [[January 1]] - [[Angola]] joins [[OPEC]]. * [[January 1]] - [[War in Somalia (2006 – present)|War in Somalia]]: Fighters of the [[Islamic Courts Union]] abandon their last stronghold in [[Fall of Kismayo|Kismayo]] and flee for the [[Ras Kamboni|Kenyan border]]. * [[January 2]] - The new constitution of [[Gibraltar]] came into force.[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gi.html#Govt] * [[January 3]] - Former [[United States]] [[President of the United States|president]] [[Gerald Ford]] is buried in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]. * [[January 3]] - [[People's Republic of China|China]] conducts an [[Xinjiang raid (January 2007)|anti-terror raid]] in [[Xinjiang]]. * [[January 4]] - [[Nancy Pelosi]] becomes the first female [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the [[United States House of Representatives]]. * [[January 5]] - [[War in Somalia (2006 – present)|War in Somalia]]: The first shots are fired in the [[Battle of Ras Kamboni|battle for control]] of the border town of [[Ras Kamboni]]. * [[January 8]] - [[Russia]]n oil supplies to [[Poland]], [[Germany]], and [[Ukraine]] are cut as the [[Russia-Belarus energy dispute]] escalates; restored 3 days later. * [[January 8]] - The [[Florida Gators]] beat [[Ohio State]] 41-14 in the [[BCS National Championship Game]] to be crowned [[NCAA]] National Football Champions. * [[January 9]] - [[War in Somalia (2006 – present)|War in Somalia]]: U.S. planes conduct [[Battle of Ras Kamboni|air strikes in Somalia against suspected terrorists]]. * [[January 9]] - An [[AerianTur-M]] [[Antonov]] [[Antonov An-26|An-26]] [[2007 Balad aircraft crash|crashes]] in [[Balad, Iraq|Balad]], [[Iraq]]. The [[Islamic Army in Iraq]] claims to have shot it down. * [[January 10]] - [[United States|U.S.]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] announces a plan to station 21,500 additional troops in [[Iraq]]. * [[January 11]] - In [[Bangladesh]], a state of emergency is declared by caretaker President [[Iajuddin Ahmed]], following weeks of violent protests preceding upcoming [[Bangladeshi parliamentary election, 2007|parliamentary elections]]. * [[January 11]] - [[Vietnam]] joins the [[World Trade Organization]] as its 150th member. * [[January 11]] - [[People's Republic of China|China]] successfully tests a ground-based [[ballistic missile]] capable of destroying satellites in orbit, drawing criticisms from other countries. * [[January 12]] - An [[Argentina|Argentine]] judge issues a warrant for the arrest of former [[President of Argentina|President]] [[Isabel Martínez de Perón]] in connection with the disappearance of a [[human rights]] worker in [[1976]]. * [[January 12]] - The US Embassy in [[Athens]] is attacked with a [[rocket propelled grenade]], which caused minimal damage and no injuries. * [[January 12]] - [[Comet McNaught]], the brightest comet in over 40 years, makes [[perihelion]]. * [[January 13]] - The Greek ship ''Server'' breaks in half off the [[Norway|Norwegian]] coast, releasing over 200 tons of crude [[oil]]. * [[January 14]] - The [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]] officially adopts the [[Emblems of the Red Cross|Red Crystal]] as a non-religious emblem for use in its overseas operations. * [[January 14]] - [[Nazanin Fatehi]], a 19 year old [[Iran]]ian girl previously [[Capital Punishment|sentenced to death]] for killing a man she claimed tried to [[rape]] her, is exonerated, as her re-trial comes to an end. * [[January 15]] - The [[Sentosa Express]] [[monorail]] opens in [[Singapore]]. * [[January 15]] - [[Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti]], former Iraqi intelligence chief and [[Sibling|half-brother]] of [[Saddam Hussein]], and [[Awad Hamed al-Bandar]], former [[chief judge]] of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq. * [[January 17]] - [[Hurricane]] force winds from [[Kyrill (storm)|storm Kyrill]] claim at least 40 lives in western [[Europe]]. * [[January 17]] - Protests occur in [[India]] and the [[United Kingdom]] against the British series of [[Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK)|''Celebrity Big Brother'']] after [[Jade Goody]], [[Danielle Lloyd]] and [[Jo O'Meara]] were alleged to have been racially abusive towards [[Bollywood]] star [[Shilpa Shetty]]. * [[January 17]] - [[Doomsday Clock]] is set to 5 minutes to midnight. * [[January 18]] - [[Comet McNaught]], the brightest [[comet]] to appear in over 40 years, becomes visible over the [[Southern Hemisphere]]. * [[January 19]] - [[Israel]] released $100 million in frozen assets to President [[Mahmoud Abbas]] of the [[Palestinian National Authority]] in order to bolster the president's position. [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/23/tww.01.html] * [[January 22]] - A [[22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings|bombing in a market]] in Baghdad, Iraq kills 88 people. * [[January 24]] - The [[Israel]]i [[Justice Minister|Ministry of Justice]] announces that the [[President of Israel]], [[Moshe Katsav]], will be charged with [[rape]] and abuse of power. * [[January 25]] - The [[President of Israel]], [[Moshe Katsav]], takes a temporary [[leave of absence]] due to a [[sex scandal]]. * [[January 28]] - A [[Battle of Najaf (2007)|battle]] between [[Iraqi insurgency|insurgents]] and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops kills 300 suspected terrorists in [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]]. * [[January 28]] - [[February 4]] - The [[2007 Asian Winter Games]] are held in [[Changchun]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. * [[January 29]] - A [[suicide bomber]] kills three people in a bakery in [[Eilat]], [[Israel]]. * [[January 31]] - The [[Venezuela]]n [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] gives President [[Hugo Chávez]] the power to [[rule by decree]] for 18 months. * [[January 31]] - [[Delta Air Lines]] creditors officially reject [[US Airways]]' [[hostile takeover]] bid. * [[January 31]] - The [[2007 Boston Mooninite Scare|Mooninite scare occurs in Boston]] when devices used in a [[guerrilla marketing]] campaign for the animated television series ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' are mistaken for [[improvised explosive devices]]. ===February=== {{Month3|2|3}} * [[February 1]] - [[British Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]] is questioned for a second time in the '[[cash for peerages]] (Cash for Honours)' probe as a witness. * [[February 2]] - An [[2007 Central Florida tornadoes|unseasonal tornado in central Florida]] kills at least 20 people. * [[February 2]] - [[Palestinian factional violence]]: [[Hamas]] and its rival [[Fatah]] renew their truce after violence broke out following the initial ceasefire. * [[February 2]] - [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] President [[Hu Jintao]] signs a series of economic deals with [[Sudan]]. * [[February 2]] - [[War in Somalia (2006–present)|War in Somalia]]: Eight people are killed in a mortar attack in [[Somalia]]'s capital [[Mogadishu]]. * [[February 2]] - [[Martti Ahtisaari]] unveils a [[United Nations]] plan for the final status of [[Kosovo]]; [[Serbia]]n leaders denounce the proposal. * [[February 2]] - The [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change|IPCC]] publishes its [[IPCC Fourth Assessment Report|fourth assessment report]], having concluded that [[global climate change]] is "very likely" to have a predominantly human cause. * [[February 3]] - The deadly [[H5N1]] strain of [[Avian flu|bird flu]] is found at a ''[[Bernard Matthews]]'' [[Turkey (bird)|turkey]] farm in [[Suffolk]]. * [[February 3]] - [[State of Emergency]] is declared in [[Indonesia]] after '[[El Nino]]'-like flooding. * [[February 3]] - A [[3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing|truck bombing]] in a crowded [[Baghdad]] market kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339 others. * [[February 4]] - The [[Indianapolis Colts]] defeat the [[Chicago Bears]] 29-17 in [[Super Bowl XLI]], played at [[Dolphin Stadium]], [[Miami]]. * [[February 10]] - [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barack Obama]] of [[Illinois]] announces a [[President of the United States|presidential]] bid in [[Springfield, Illinois]]. * [[February 11]] - [[Portugal|Portuguese]] voters agree to legalise [[abortion]] in a national [[referendum]]. * [[February 11]] - The [[49th Annual Grammy Awards]] take place at the [[Staples Center]] in Los Angeles. * [[February 12]] - An armed [[gunman]] shoots and kills five people at the [[Trolley Square Mall]] in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], before being killed by the police, bringing the evening's rampage death toll to six. * [[February 13]] - [[North Korea]] agrees to shut down its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon by April 14 as a first step towards complete denuclearization, receiving in return energy aid equivalent to 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil.<ref>http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/newsview_sub.php?menu=1&key=2007021324</ref> * [[February 13]] - [[Republic of China|Taiwan]] opposition leader [[Ma Ying-jeou]] resigns as the chairman of the [[Kuomintang]] party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement; Ma also announces his candidacy for the [[Republic of China presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential election]]. * [[February 17]] - The [[2007 NBA All-Star Game]] was held in the [[Thomas & Mack Center]] in [[Las Vegas metropolitan area|Las Vegas]]. * [[February 18]] - [[Melbourne Victory FC|Melbourne Victory]] beats [[Adelaide United FC|Adelaide United]] 6-0 in the 2006–2007 [[A-League]] [[Grand Final]] at the [[Telstra Dome]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]. * [[February 18]] - [[Kevin Harvick]] wins the [[2007 Daytona 500]]. * [[February 22]] - Huge fire causes 26 fatalities in care centre "Reģi" which is located in [[Alsunga]], [[Latvia]]. * [[February 25]] - The [[European Space Agency]] confirms [[Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta's]] successful Mars trajectory [[Planetary flyby|fly-by]]. * [[February 25]] - The [[79th Academy Awards]] ceremony, hosted by [[Ellen DeGeneres]], takes place at the [[Kodak Theater]] in [[Hollywood]]. * [[February 25]] - The Intel building in [[Austin, Texas]] implodes to the ground. * [[February 26]] - The [[International Court of Justice]] finds [[Serbia]] guilty of failing to prevent [[genocide]] in the [[Srebrenica massacre]], but clears it of direct responsibility and complicity in [[Bosnian genocide case at the International Court of Justice|the case]]. * [[February 27]] - [[The Chinese Correction]]: world [[stock market]]s plummet after China and Europe release less-than-expected growth reports.The Chinese stock market drops by 9% during a single session, the largest slide in 10 years. The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] loses 416.02 points, its largest single-day decline since the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]. * [[February 27]] - [[2007 Bagram Air Base bombing]]: A suicide attack at Bagram Air Base while Vice President of the United States [[Dick Cheney]] is visiting kills 23, but the Vice President is not injured. The [[Taliban]] claims responsibility, and declares that Cheney was their intended target. * [[February 28]] - The [[New Horizons]] [[space probe]] makes a [[gravitational slingshot]] against [[Jupiter]] which changes its trajectory towards [[Pluto]]. ===March=== {{Month3|3|3|0}} * March - [[India]]'s [[Five-Year Plans of India|10th Five Year Plan]] comes to an end. * [[March 1]] - [[International Polar Year]], a $1.5 billion research program to study both the [[North Pole]] and [[South Pole]], is launched in [[Paris]]. * [[March 1]] - [[Airbus]] announces that it will cease work indefinitely on the [[A380F]] freight aircraft. * [[March 3]] - Total [[3 March 2007 lunar eclipse|lunar eclipse]]. * [[March 4]] - [[Estonian parliamentary election, 2007|Parliamentary elections]] take place in [[Estonia]] and in [[Abkhazian parliamentary election, 2007|Abkhazia]]. * [[March 5]] - [[March 15]] - The [[2007 National People's Congress]] is held in [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. The [[Property Law of the People's Republic of China]] is officially adopted. * [[March 6]] - ''[[Mega Millions]]'' sets a new world record for the [[Lottery jackpot records|highest lottery jackpot]] of US $370 million. * [[March 7]] - [[Garuda Indonesia Flight 200]], a [[Boeing 737-400]], crashes at [[Yogyakarta]] on the [[Indonesia]]n island of [[Java]], killing many on board. * [[March 7]] - [[Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007]] is held. * [[March 8]] - [[Israel]]i Prime Minister [[Ehud Olmert]] admits that Israel had planned an attack on [[Lebanon]] in the event of kidnapped soldiers on the border, months before [[Hezbollah]] carried out its kidnapping. * [[March 13]] - The [[Stardust Resort & Casino]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] is imploded.  * [[March 17]] - [[Chlorine]] bombs injure hundreds in [[Baghdad, Iraq]]. * [[March 17]] - [[France national rugby union team|France]] wins the [[2007 Six Nations Championship]] on points difference after a controversial try. * [[March 22]] - [[NATO]] troops launch two assaults in [[Helmand Province]], [[Afghanistan]], killing 38 [[Taliban]] terrorists. NATO suffers no casualties. * [[March 23]] - Naval forces of [[Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps|Iran's Revolutionary Guard]] [[2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel|seize Royal Navy personnel]] in disputed Iran-Iraq waters. * [[March 24]] - [[Monster Jam World Finals]] 8 takes place. * [[March 25]] - In [[Berlin]] 27 European ministers celebrate the 50-year [[Treaty of Rome]]. * [[March 26]] - In the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Québec]], the [[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal Party]] (le Parti Libéral du Québec) wins a [[Quebec National Assembly election, 2007|National Assembly election]] with 48 seats out of 125 and forms a minority government. * [[March 27]] - [[Prime Minister of Latvia]] [[Aigars Kalvitis]] and [[Prime minister of Russia]] [[Mikhail Fradkov]] finally signs a border treaty between [[Latvia]] and [[Russia]]. * [[March 28]] - Former [[MLB]] pitcher [[Ugueth Urbina]] is sentenced to 14 years in prison. * [[March 31]] - [[Sydney, Australia]], turns off its lights for 1 hour between 7:30pm and 8:30pm as a [[political statement]] for [[Global Climate Change]]. ===April=== {{Month3|4|6|0}} * [[April 2]] - The [[Florida Gators]] defeat the [[Ohio State Buckeyes]] in the [[2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]] Championship Game, to win their second consecutive National Championship. * [[April 2]] - The [[Solomon Islands]] is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 [[earthquake]], and hit by a subsequent [[tsunami]]. * [[April 3]] - [[President of Ukraine|Ukrainian President]] [[Viktor Yushchenko]] dissolves the [[Parliament of Ukraine|Ukrainian Parliament]] following defections that increased the majority of his opponents. It has been nicknamed the "Second [[Orange Revolution]]". * [[April 3]] - Pat Summit and the Tennessee Lady Volunteers defeat Rutgers to win their 7th NCAA Women's National Title. * [[April 4]] - [[NATO]] and [[Afganistan|Afghan]] forces retake a key town from the [[Taliban]] in [[Sangin]] in southern [[Helmand Province]]. * [[April 4]] - [[Iran]] announced it will release the [[2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel|British sailors and marines]] that they captured on [[March 23]]. The captives arrive back in the UK the next day. * [[April 5]] - The Greek cruise ship [[M/S Sea Diamond|M/S ''Sea Diamond'']] strikes a reef off the harbor of [[Santorini]]; the ship sinks the next day. * [[April 6]] - Severe clashes between two rival factions erupted in [[Parachinar]], a tribal area of [[Pakistan]] bordering the famous [[Tora Bora]] Heights. * [[April 7]] - The [[Michigan State Spartans]] defeated the [[Boston College Eagles]] in the [[NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. * [[April 8]] - [[Zach Johnson]] wins the [[2007 Masters Tournament]]. * [[April 10]] - [[National Football League|NFL]] commissioner [[Roger Goodell]] suspends [[Tennessee Titans]] star cornerback [[Pacman Jones|Adam "Pacman" Jones]] for the entire 2007 season. * [[April 11]] - [[Al Qaeda]] claims responsibility for [[2007 Algiers bombings|two bomb blasts]] in the Algerian capital of [[Algiers]]. At least 33 people have been killed and 222 others injured. * [[April 12]] - Radio personality [[Don Imus]] is fired by [[CBS]] for making controversial comments about the [[Rutgers]] women's basketball team. [[Image:2007 Virginia Tech Massacre Bush handshake.jpg|right|thumb|[[United States]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] with [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Virginia Tech]] Student Government Association President James Tyger after his speech at the school's convocation.]] * [[April 14]] - Retired chess champion [[Garry Kasparov]] is detained in Moscow for participating in a banned march. * [[April 16]] - The [[Virginia Tech massacre]] takes place in the premises of [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]] in [[Blacksburg, Virginia]]. 32 people are shot dead by [[Seung-Hui Cho]] in the deadliest single shooting incident in the history of the [[United States]]. Two days later a video diatribe is presented by [[NBC News]]. * [[April 17]] - The [[Pound Sterling]] hits a 15-year high against the US dollar, breaking through the US$2 level for the first time since 1992. * [[April 17]] – The [[2014 Asian Games]] is awarded to be held in [[Incheon]], [[South Korea]], winning over [[India|India’s]] [[New Dehli]]. * [[April 18]] - 32 [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] [[steel]] workers are burnt to death in the [[Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster]]. * [[April 19]] - US and allied air forces conduct massive exercises over [[South Korea]] with over 500 planes.<ref>http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm</ref> * [[April 20]] - Two are dead after a shooting at [[NASA]]'s [[Johnson Space Center]] in [[Houston]]. * [[April 21]] - Presidential elections are held in [[Nigeria]]. * [[April 21]] - A [[Blue Angels]] plane #6 [[2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash|crashes during an air show]] in [[Beaufort, South Carolina]], killing pilot [[Kevin Davis]]. * [[April 22]] - The first round of the [[French presidential election, 2007|French presidential election of 2007]] takes place. * [[April 23]] - [[Bogotá]], Colombia, begins its term as [[World Book Capital]]. * [[April 24]] - [[Abortion]] is legalized in [[Mexico City]]. * [[April 24]] - [[Gliese 581 c]], a potentially habitable Earth-like extrasolar planet, is discovered in the [[constellation]] [[Libra (constellation)|Libra]]. * [[April 25]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] gains 135.95 points to close at 13089.89; its first close above 13000 in its history. * [[April 25]] - The [[Burj Dubai]] reaches the height of the [[Sears Tower]] on its way to becoming the tallest building in the world. Its construction is led by Samsung E&C and was designed by [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]], the same company that designed the Sears Tower. * [[April 25]] - A U.S. Congressman introduces articles to [[impeach]] [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]].<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/25/politics/main2726626.shtml</ref> * [[April 26]] - Russians riot in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]], about moving the [[Bronze Soldier of Tallinn|Bronze Soldier]]. Two nights of rioting leave one dead. * [[April 27]] - [[Turkish presidential election, 2007|Turkish Presidential Election]] first round, which was later declared invalid by a Turkish court. * [[April 28]] - An [[2007 Kent earthquake|earthquake]] registering 4.3 on the [[Richter scale]] strikes [[Kent]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]. ===May=== {{Month3|5|1|0}} * [[May 3]] - [[Scottish Parliament election, 2007]]: The [[Scottish National Party]] became the largest party in [[Scotland]] for the first time in their history. * [[May 3]] - [[United Kingdom local elections, 2007|Local government elections]] in [[Scotland]] and most of [[England]]. * [[May 3]] - [[National Assembly for Wales election, 2007|National Assembly for Wales]] elections 2007. * [[May 4]] - [[May 2007 Tornado Outbreak|Tornado]] strikes [[Greensburg, Kansas]], killing at least twelve and destroying about 90% of the town. * [[May 5]] - [[Kenya Airways]] [[Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507|Flight KQ 507]] crashes in [[Cameroon]]. [[Image:Nicolas Sarkozy - Meeting in Toulouse for the 2007 French presidential election 0389 2007-04-12 cropped.JPG|120px|thumbnail|right|[[Nicolas Sarkozy]]]] * [[May 6]] - [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] is elected [[President of the French Republic]], defeating [[Ségolène Royal]] with 53% of the vote in the [[French presidential election, 2007|French Presidential Election]]. * [[May 6]] - [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] wins the [[England|English]] [[Premier League]] after title rivals [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] draw against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]. * [[May 6]] - [[Panathinaikos BC]] wins basketball's [[Euroleague]] after beating [[CSKA Moscow]] 93-91 in Athens Olympic stadium. * [[May 6]] - [[Atlético Clube Paranavaí|A.C. Paranavaí]] wins its first ever Paraná State Championship after a scoreless draw against [[Paraná Clube]] in the city of [[Curitiba]], [[Brazil]]. * [[May 7]] - [[2007 Chinese slave scandal|Chinese slave scandal]]. * [[May 8]] - A fire occurs at [[Griffith Park]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. * [[May 8]] - [[Northern Ireland Assembly|Devolved government]] is restored to [[Northern Ireland]], with [[Ian Paisley]] as First Minister and [[Martin McGuinness]] as Deputy First Minister. * [[May 9]] - [[Subtropical Storm Andrea]] forms off the coast of [[Florida]], the earliest subtropical storm since [[Subtropical Storm Ana]] in [[2003]]. * [[May 10]] - Wildfire threatens the city of Avalon on [[Santa Catalina Island, California]] * [[May 10]] - [[Tony Blair]] announces he will resign as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] on [[27 June]] triggering a [[Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007|Labour Party leadership election]]. * [[May 12]] - The final of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007]] is held in Helsinki, resulting in [[Serbia]]'s first victory. *[[May 14]] - Senatorial Elections in the [[Philippines]] was held. * [[May 15]] - Coalition government of [[Fatah]] and [[Hamas]] in [[Palestinian National Authority]] appeared to break down, as massive fighting breaks out in [[Gaza Strip]]. * [[May 16]] - [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] officially became [[President of the French Republic]] after taking over from [[Jacques Chirac]]. * [[May 16]]-[[May 20]] - The [[European Festival of Youth Choirs]] was held in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]]. * [[May 17]] - [[Alex Salmond]] officially became [[First Minister of Scotland]] after taking over from [[Jack McConnell]]. * [[May 17]] - The [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad]] and the [[Moscow Patriarchate]] re-united after eighty years of schism. * [[May 17]] - [[Hong Kong]] media regulator receives more than thousand complaints about the [[bible]] being too sexual. * [[May 19]] - The 126th [[FA Cup]] Final is held, the first at the new [[Wembley Stadium]]. [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] defeat [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] 1-0. * [[May 20]] - The ruler of [[Dubai]], Sheikh [[Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum]] makes the largest single charitable donation in modern history, committing €7.41 billion to an educational foundation in the Middle East. * [[May 20]] - Clashes in [[Tripoli, Lebanon]], spark the [[2007 Lebanon conflict]]. * [[May 21]] - The [[19th century]] ship the ''[[Cutty Sark]]'' is badly damaged by fire in [[London]], UK. * [[May 23]] - [[A.C. Milan]] beat [[Liverpool F.C.]] 2-1 in the [[UEFA Champions League 2006-07]] final at the [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. * [[May 24]] - [[Irish general election, 2007|General election]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]]. * [[May 25]] - [[Ozeki]] [[Hakuho]] clinches the [[Emperor's Cup]] at the Summer Grand [[Sumo]] Tournament (Natsu Basho) in [[Tokyo]], Japan. * [[May 25]] - [[Denmark|Danish]] former professional bicyclist [[Bjarne Riis]] admitted to having used [[Doping (sport)|doping]] when winning the [[1996 Tour de France]]. * [[May 27]] - [[RCTV|Radio Caracas Televisión]] (RCTV) is taken off the air after the government of [[Venezuela]] refused to renew its license. This action results in [[May 2007 RCTV protests|protests]]. On [[July 16]], [[2007]], RCTV resumed broadcasting via cable and satellite. * [[May 27]] - [[Dario Franchitti]] wins the [[2007 Indianapolis 500]]. * [[May 28]] - [[Riyo Mori]] was crowned the new [[Miss Universe 2007]] in [[Mexico City]]. * [[May 29]] - Inauguration of newly elected [[President of Nigeria|President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria]] at the Abuja Eagle Square and first civilian to civilian transfer of power in [[Nigeria]]. * [[May 30]] - Eighth series of [[Big Brother (UK)]] kick off its 13 week run. * [[May 31]] - [[Valdis Zatlers]] is elected [[List of Presidents of Latvia|President of Latvia]], defeating [[Aivars Endziņš]] in the [[Latvian presidential election, 2007|Latvian presidential election]]. * [[May 31]] - A calendar [[blue moon]] occurred in the [[Western Hemisphere]] and parts of the [[Eastern Hemisphere]]. ===June=== {{Month3|6|4|0}} * [[June 1]] - A 2100 year old melon is discovered by archaeologists in western Japan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_on_fe_st/japan_oldest_melon;_ylt=ApRgC.q7xY7jDAOUFbldew0PLBIF|title=Researchers Find 2,100 Year Old Melon|publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-06-01}}</ref> * [[June 1]] - U.S. warships bombard a Somali village where Islamic militants had set up a base<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_on_re_af/somalia_us|title=Report: U.S. hits militants' Somali base |publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-06-02}}</ref> * [[June 2]] - Four people are charged with a terror plot to blow up [[JFK International Airport]] in [[New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/02/jfk.terror.plot/index.html|title=4 charged with terror plot at JFK airport, official says |publisher=CNN News |accessdate=2007-06-02}}</ref> * [[June 3]] - The [[Valley of Geysers]] in [[Russia]] was destroyed by a mudflow.<ref>Russian ''[[GEO (magazine)|GEO]]'', N10, 2007, p. 167</ref> * [[June 4]] - Ten people, including a Californian National Guard officer and former Laotian general, are charged over plans to overthrow the Laotian Government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070604/ap_on_re_us/laos_plot;_ylt=AvJrpI4uHaIielJzG9NGY_PMWM0F|title=2 charged in Laotian overthrow plot |Author: Don Thompson |publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/04/laos.arrests/index.html|title=10 charged with alleged Laos plot|publisher=CNN |accessdate=2007-06-04}}</ref> * [[June 5]] - [[NASA]]'s [[MESSENGER]] spacecraft made its second fly-by of [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] en route to [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]. * [[June 5]] - A mass grave in southern Ukraine, found accidentally by workers in May, has been confirmed to be filled with thousands of victims of [[The Holocaust]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_re_eu/ukraine_holocaust|title=Mass Holocaust grave found in Ukraine |publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-06-05}}</ref> * [[June 5]] - Eleven people are killed and 23 others injured in a [[2007 Kerang train crash|train crash]] near Kerang in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. * [[June 6]] - Twelve people are killed by cyclone [[Gonu]] in [[Oman]]. * [[June 6]] - The [[Anaheim Ducks]] defeat the [[Ottawa Senators]] 4 games to 1 to win the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]'s [[Stanley Cup]]. * [[June 6]] - [[Bob Barker]] taped his last episode of ''[[The Price is Right]]'' * [[June 6]]-[[June 8]] - The [[33rd G8 summit]] took place amid strong protests in [[Heiligendamm]], [[Germany]]. [[Image:STS-117launch6.jpg|thumbnail|right|Launch of the [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']]]] * [[June 8]] - The [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] successfully launched on mission [[STS-117]]. * [[June 10]] - The first round of a [[French legislative election, 2007|legislative election]] was held in [[France]], and a [[Belgian general election, 2007|general election]] was held in [[Belgium]]. * [[June 10]] - The [[61st Tony Awards]], honoring [[Broadway theatres]]' best shows, took place at [[Radio City Music Hall]]. * [[June 10]] - [[Lewis Hamilton]] wins the [[2007 Canadian Grand Prix|Canadian Grand Prix]] becoming the first driver of mixed racial origin to win a [[Formula One]] race. * [[June 14]] - The [[Green Party of Ireland|Green Party]] enters government for the first time in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], with [[Fianna Fáil]] and the [[Progressive Democrats]]. * [[June 14]] - The [[San Antonio Spurs]] sweep the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] to win the [[2007 NBA Finals]]. * [[June 15]] - [[Bob Barker|Bob Barker's]] last ''[[The Price is Right]]'' show aired. * [[June 17]] - [[Lewis Hamilton]] wins the [[2007 United States Grand Prix|US Grand Prix]] becoming the first black driver to win two [[Formula One]] races. * [[June 18]] - Three people are injured and one dead in a shooting near [[Flinders St]] in [[Melbourne]]. * [[June 18]] - Nine [[Charleston]], [[South Carolina]] firefighters are killed by a roof collapse while battling a furniture store fire. * [[June 20]] - The Argentinian team [[Boca Juniors]] beat the Brazilian team [[Grêmio]] to win the [[Copa Libertadores 2007]]. * [[June 22]] - For the first time in [[NHL]] history, two American players are drafted first and second into the NHL. * [[June 22]] - An [[Fujita scale|F5]] [[tornado]] tears through [[Elie, Manitoba]], no injuries are reported. * [[June 24]] - The refurbished [[Millennium Dome]], now called The O<sub>2</sub>, reopens in [[London]]. * [[June 24]] - South Lake Tahoe - A wildfire starts eventually destroying 254 homes in the area. * [[June 25]] - [[WWE]] wrestler [[Chris Benoit]], his wife [[Nancy Benoit]], and son Daniel, are found dead as the result of a murder-suicide that took place over the previous weekend. * [[June 25]] - Groundbreaking of the [[Chicago Spire]]. * [[June 25]] - Intense heatwaves begin to hit Southeast Europe as temperatures reach 46c in Bulgaria and Greece. * [[June 25]] - Following the wettest June on record, Sheffield and South Yorkshire are affected by flooding. Much of Sheffield, Doncaster and Rotherham is flooded when the River Don breaches it's banks. * [[June 26]]-[[July 15]] - The [[Copa América 2007]] [[Football (soccer)|soccer]] tournament takes place in [[Venezuela]]. [[Image:GordonBrown2004.JPG|thumb|120px|[[Gordon Brown]]]] * [[June 27]] - [[Tony Blair]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]; New [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] leader [[Gordon Brown]] is [[kiss hands|appointed]] Prime Minister by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]. * [[June 27]] - The [[Brazilian Military Police|military police]] of [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|the state of Rio de Janeiro]] invades the ''[[favela]]'' of [[Complexo do Alemão]] and starts a [[Complexo do Alemão massacre|massacre in there]]. * [[June 28]] - In the aftermath of [[Greece]]'s worst [[heatwave]] in a century, at least 11 people are reported dead from [[heatstroke]], approximately 200 [[wildfire]]s break out across the country's electricity grid nearly collapses due to record breaking demand. * [[June 28]] - Start of the [[Manchester International Festival]]. * [[June 29]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] police [[2007 Haymarket bomb plot|defuse a bomb]] in [[Haymarket (London)|Haymarket]], [[Central London]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6252276.stm | title=London 'bomb' made safe by police |date=[[2007-06-29]]| work =[[BBC News Online]]}}</ref> * [[June 29]] - Following a significant amount of media hype and scores of people flocking to [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] and [[AT&T]] stores to wait in line, Apple's revolutionary [[iPhone]] is released in the [[United States]] at 6 PM local time. * [[June 30]] - A [[Jeep Cherokee (XJ)|Jeep Cherokee]] drove into the entrance of the main terminal of [[Glasgow International Airport]] in an [[2007 Glasgow International Airport attack|apparent terrorist incident]], resulting in a petrol-driven fire.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/index_6a0d944f9aa1ca2c956854eff9c13a76.html | title=Car smashed into Glasgow Airport |date=[[2007-06-30]]| work =[[ITV News]]}}</ref> * [[June 30]] - A calendar [[blue moon]] occurred in most of the [[Eastern Hemisphere]]. * [[June 30]] - The [[FIFA U-20 World Cup|FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007]] [[Football (soccer)|soccer]] tournament takes place in [[Canada]]. * [[June 30]] - A [[Papua New Guinean parliamentary election, 2007|parliamentary election]] was held in [[Papua New Guinea]]. ===July=== {{Month3|7|6|0}} * [[July 1]] - [[Hong Kong]] celebrates 10 years of Chinese rule. * [[July 1]] - [[Portugal]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]] from [[Germany]]. * [[July 1]] - Smoking in public and work places is banned in [[England]]. * [[July 1]] - Smoking banned in pubs and clubs in [[New South Wales]] and [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. * [[July 1]] - A law goes into effect lowering the [[voting age]] in [[Austria]] from 18 to 16 in federal elections. * [[July 1]] - [[Russia]] is composed of 85 federal subjects instead of 86 as [[Koryak Autonomous Okrug]] and [[Kamchatka Oblast]] were merged into the [[Kamchatka Krai]] per a 2005 referendum. * [[July 1]] - The [[Concert For Diana]] is held at Wembley Stadium to commemorate [[Diana, Princess of Wales]]. * [[July 2]] - [[Venus]] and [[Saturn]] are in [[conjunction (astronomy)|conjunction]], separation 46 arcsecs. * [[July 3]] - Torrential rains cause the onset of the [[2007 Sudan floods]], the worst in the [[Sudan]]'s history. * [[July 4]] - The [[flag of the United States|50-star U.S. flag]] replaces the [[flag of the United States|48-star flag]], which flew from [[1912]] to [[1959]], as the longest-flying American flag. * [[July 4]] - [[Sochi]] is elected as the host city of the [[2014 Winter Olympics]]. It was announced during the 119th [[International Olympic Committee]] Session in [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]. [[Sochi]] was selected over [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]], and [[Salzburg]]. * [[July 7]] - [[Venus Williams]] wins the Women's Singles, at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] for a fourth time. * [[July 7]] - [[Live Earth]] Concerts are held throughout 9 major cities around the world. * [[July 7]]-[[July 29]] - The [[2007 Tour de France]] begins, with the ''grand départ'' being from [[London]]. * [[July 7]]- [http://www.iphfonline.org The International Public Health Forum (IPHF)] elects an Executive Board with Francis Ohanyido the founder and Interim chairman as [http://www.africanpath.com/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogEntryID=1614 IPHF President], for a 3 year tenure. * [[July 7]]-[[July 29]] - The [[2007 AFC Asian Cup|Asian Cup 2007]] [[Football (soccer)|Football (Soccer)]] tournament begins, taking place in [[Indonesia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], and [[Vietnam]]. * [[July 8]] - Boeing launches the new [[Boeing 787]]. * [[July 8]] - [[Roger Federer]] wins the Men's Singles, at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] for a fifth time in a row. * [[July 9]] - While celebrating Argentinean Independence Day, snow falls in [[Buenos Aires]] for the first time in almost one hundred years. * [[July 10]] - The [[American League]] defeats the [[National League]] 5-4 in the [[2007 MLB All-Star Game]] in [[San Francisco]], the AL's 10th straight All-Star Game victory (excluding [[2002 Major League Baseball All Star Game|the 2002 tie]]). [[Ichiro Suzuki]] of the [[Seattle Mariners]] hits the first inside the park home run in the history of the All-Star Game. * [[July 10]] - A [[Cessna 310]]R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes in [[Sanford, Florida]], killing three adults and two children. * [[July 10]] - [[Zheng Xiaoyu]], head of [[State Food and Drug Administration]] of the [[People's Republic of China]] executed. * [[July 11]] - The ninth [[All Africa Games]] kick off in [[Algiers]], [[Algeria]] * [[July 12]] - [[Queen Elizabeth II]] visits the world's largest Commonwealth war grave in [[Ypres]], [[Belgium]] to pay respects to fallen soldiers of the [[Battle of Passchendaele]]. * [[July 13]] - The [[2007 Pan American Games|15th Pan Am Games]] opens in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. * [[July 14]] - Following a presidential decree, [[Russia]] withdraws from the [[Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe]]. * [[July 15]] - [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] defeats [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] 3-0 in the [[Copa América 2007]] Final. [[Image:TopViewNarrows.jpg|thumb|right|Opening ceremony of the second [[Tacoma Narrows Bridge]]]] * [[July 15]] - In [[Tacoma, Washington]], the second span of the [[Tacoma Narrows Bridge]] opens to traffic, making it the longest twin suspension bridge in the world. * [[July 16]] - Earthquake occurs in Japan, killing seven and causing a pipe at a nuclear power plant to break and release about 300 gallons of radioactive water. * [[July 16]] - Britain expels four Russian diplomats in response to a refusal by the Russians to extradite Andrei Ludovoi, the suspect behind the murder of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko in London. * [[July 17]] - [[TAM Linhas Aéreas]] [[TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054|Flight 3054]] overruns the runway of [[Congonhas-São Paulo International Airport]], crossing a major roadway during rush hour, crashing into a warehouse and exploding, killing all 186 on board plus some people on the ground and in the building. * [[July 18]] - [[Atlanta Falcons]] star quarterback [[Michael Vick]] is indicted on Federal dogfighting charges. * [[July 18]] - [[Nelson Mandela]] convenes a group of world leaders to contribute their wisdom, independent leadership and integrity to tackle some of the world's toughest problems as he turns 89. Members of the group include [[Graça Machel]], [[Desmond Tutu]], Muhammad Yunus, [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Mary Robinson]], [[Li Zhaoxing]], and [[Kofi Annan]]. * [[July 18]] - At the height of rush hour in New York City [[2007 New York City steam explosion|a major steam pipe bursts]], releasing millions of gallons of boiling water and super heated steam. Only one fatality occurred; a pedestrian who went into cardiac arrest. *[[July 19]] - [[Ol Doinyo Lengai]] mountain erupts, bringing a stop to the daily week long tremors experienced in [[Nairobi]] and Northern [[Tanzania]]. No deaths are reported. * [[July 19]] - Russia expels four British embassy staff in a tit-for-tat response over Britain's expulsion of four of Russia's diplomats. Russia also refuses to cooperate with Britain over the war on terror. [[Image:Pratibha Patil 2.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[Pratibha Patil]]]] * [[July 19]] - [[Prathiba Patil]] is elected as the first female [[President of India]]. * [[July 21]] - U.S. Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] serves as [[Acting President of the United States|Acting President]] for two and a half hours, while President [[George W. Bush]] undergoes a [[colonoscopy]] procedure. * [[July 21]] - The final epic novel in [[J.K. Rowling]]'s bestselling series [[Harry Potter]], [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]], was released selling over 8 million copies in the first 24 hours. * [[July 22]] - [[Summer 2007 United Kingdom floods|Floods cause chaos]] through wide areas of [[Great Britain|Britain]], especially the counties of [[Gloucestershire]], [[Warwickshire]], [[Worcestershire]] and [[Oxfordshire]], leaving hundreds homeless and thousands of vehicles stranded on major roads. * [[July 22]] - [[Turkish general election, 2007|Parliamentary elections]] took place in [[Turkey]]. * July 23 - Comedian [[Drew Carey]] announces that he's succeeding [[Bob Barker]] as host of [[The Price is Right]] effective at the start of the show's 36th year on CBS. * [[July 26]] - [[Atlanta Falcons]] star quarterback [[Michael Vick]] is arraigned on Federal dogfighting charges. * [[July 27]] - Two television news [[helicopter]]s [[2007 Phoenix news helicopter collision|collide in midair]] while covering a police chase in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], killing both pilots and two [[photojournalist]]s. * [[July 29]] - The ruling coalition of [[Japan]] lost its majority in the upper house after the [[Japanese House of Councillors election, 2007|election]]. * [[July 29]] - [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] wins its first [[2007 AFC Asian Cup|Asian Cup]] football championship, beating [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] 1-0. * [[July 30]] - New British Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]] visits U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] for the first time as Prime Minister. ===August=== {{Month3|8|2|0}} * [[August 1]] - The [[I-35W Mississippi River Bridge]] on [[Interstate 35W (Minnesota)|I-35W]] over the [[Mississippi River]] in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]] between University Avenue and Washington Avenue collapses at 6:05 pm CST during the later part of [[rush hour]], killing 13 people. * [[August 1]] - [[Scouting]] celebrates its [[Scouting 2007 Centenary|100th birthday]] with worldwide celebrations. * [[August 2]] - Demolition of the last 4 masts of former [[VLF Transmitter Rugby]] * [[August 3]] - A strain of [[foot and mouth disease]] is found on a farm at [[Wanborough, Surrey| Wanborough]], near to [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]]. Gordon Brown holds a [[Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms| COBRA]] meeting by phone on the outbreak. For more information see [[2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak]]. * [[August 4]] - A [[United Kingdom|UK]]-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is found on the Surrey farm. * [[August 4]] - Smoking in public places is banned in [[Slovenia]]. [[Image:I-35W bridge collapse TLR1.jpg|thumb|right|[[I-35W Mississippi River Bridge]] collapse.]] * [[August 4]] - The [[Phoenix spacecraft]] launches toward the Martian north pole. * [[August 5]] - [[Tom Glavine]] of the [[New York Mets]] wins his 300th career game against the [[Chicago Cubs]] at [[Wrigley Field]]. * [[August 6]] - [[Israel]]i Prime Minister [[Ehud Olmert]] arrives in historic Palestianian town of [[Jericho]], becoming the first Prime Minister of Israel to visit the [[West Bank]] or [[Gaza Strip]] in over seven years. Olmert met with Palestinian Authority President [[Mahmoud Abbas]]. * [[August 6]] - The [[Crandall Canyon Mine]] in [[Emery County]], [[Utah]] collapses, trapping six miners. * [[August 7]] - [[Barry Bonds]] breaks Hank Aaron's home run record by hitting his 756th home run. * [[August 8]] - The [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] is successfully launched on mission [[STS-118]]. * [[August 8]] - The 21st [[World Scout Jamboree]] at Hylands Park, Essex closes. * [[August 9]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since [[February 27]]. * [[August 4]]-[[August 11]] - The [[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] is held at [[Mold, Flintshire|Mold]], [[Flintshire]], [[Wales]]. * [[August 4]]-[[August 11]] - The 92nd [[World Congress of Esperanto]] is held in [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]]. * [[August 11]] - [[Sierra Leonean general election, 2007|Presidential and parliamentary elections]] were held in [[Sierra Leone]]. * [[August 12]] - [[Tiger Woods]] wins [[PGA Championship]], his 13th career major. * [[August 14]] - [[AFI]]'s [[Davey Havok]] and [[Jade Puget]]'s Side Project Blaqk Audio released their debut album [[CexCells]] * [[August 14]] - Multiple suicide bombings [[2007 Qahtaniya bombings|kill 572 people]] in [[Kahtaniya|Qahtaniya]], northern [[Iraq]]. * [[August 14]] - At least 22 people are killed, and at least 39 missing, as a bridge collapses in the southeastern province of [[Hunan]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. * [[August 15]] - [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] referee [[Tim Donaghy]] surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] investigation that he placed bets on games that he refereed. * [[August 15]] - [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] mark the 60th anniversary of their independence from the [[British Empire]]. * [[August 15]] - An [[2007 Peru earthquake|8.0 earthquake]] strikes [[Peru]], killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing [[tsunami]] warnings in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. * [[August 16]] - Tributes are held in honor of the late [[Elvis Presley]] on the 30th anniversary of his death. * [[August 16]] - The [[Crandall Canyon Mine]] in [[Emery County]], [[Utah]], collapses a second time, killing three rescue workers and injuring six more. * [[August 18]] - [[Typhoon Sepat (2007)|Typhoon Sepat]] makes landfall in eastern [[Taiwan]]. * [[August 21]] - [[Hurricane Dean (2007)|Hurricane Dean]], a powerful [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 5]] storm, slams into a largely evacuated [[Yucatán Peninsula]] of [[Mexico]]. * [[August 21]] - [[STS-118]] lands at the [[Kennedy Space Center]], completing [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]]'s 19th flight. * [[August 22]] - The [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] score thirty [[Run (baseball)|runs]] in one game, setting the modern (post-[[1900]]) [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] record for most runs by one team in a single game, in a 30-3 victory over the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. * [[August 24]] - [[NFL]] commissioner [[Roger Goodell]] suspends deactivated [[Atlanta Falcons]] quarterback [[Michael Vick]] indefinitely without pay after Vick chose to plead guilty in federal court to [[dog fighting]]. [[Image:25August 2007 Greek fires.jpg|thumb|170px|Rapidfire – [[NASA]] image of southern [[Greece]] taken on [[25 August]], at the height of the [[2007 Greek forest fires|wildfires crisis]].]] * [[August 25]] - [[Greece|Greek]] Prime Minister [[Kostas Karamanlis]] declares a national [[state of emergency]] after a series of [[2007 Greek forest fires|devastating wildfires]] ravage western [[Peloponese]] and southern [[Euboea]], killing 68 people. * [[August 25]] - [[25 August 2007 Hyderabad bombings|Forty-four people are dead after two bombs explode]] in [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[India]]. * [[August 27]] - [[United States Attorney General]] [[Alberto Gonzales]] announced his resignation, to be effective [[September 17]]. * [[August 24]]-[[September 2]] - The [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]] was held at [[Nagai Stadium]] in [[Osaka, Osaka|Osaka]], [[Japan]]. * [[August 28]] - [[Abdullah Gül]] is [[Turkish presidential election, 2007|elected]] as the [[List of Presidents of Turkey|eleventh]] [[President of Turkey]] by the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Turkish Parliament]], after secularist concerns delayed his initial candidacy. * [[August 31]] - [[Malaysia]] celebrated their 50th anniversary of independence. * [[August 31]] - A memorial service is held at the Guards' Chapel in [[London]], the area of worship for the [[Household Division]] of the [[British Army]], for the 10th anniversary of the death of [[Princess Diana]]. The service was organized by her sons, Princes [[Prince William of Wales|William]] and [[Prince Henry of Wales|Harry]]. ===September=== {{Month3|9|5|0}} * [[September 1]] - [[Finland]] switches off all of its [[analogue television|analogue]] [[terrestrial television]] signals as part of the [[digital switchover]]. * [[September 2]]-[[September 9]] - The [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] hosts its [[APEC Australia 2007|19th annual city meeting]] in [[Sydney]]. * [[September 3]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] troops withdraw from the [[Basra]] region of [[Iraq]]. * [[September 4]] - Northeast [[Nicaragua]] takes a direct hit from [[Hurricane Felix (2007)|Hurricane Felix]]. The hurricane was a strong [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 5]] storm when it reached the coast. * [[September 6]] - A bomb explodes in [[Batna, Algeria|Batna]], [[Algeria]] as a crowd gathered to see Algerian President [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]]. Nineteen people died, while 107 were wounded by the attack. * [[September 7]] - The [[Rugby World Cup 2007]] starts in [[France]]. * [[September 8]] - Over 50 people die when car bomb explodes in the [[Algeria]]n port city of [[Dellys]]. * [[September 9]] - A [[Guatemalan general election, 2007|general election in Guatemala]] will elect the [[President of Guatemala|president]], vice president, [[Congress of Guatemala|congressmen]], municipal mayors, and representatives to [[Parlacen]]. * [[September 10]]-[[September 30]] - The [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup]] is held in [[People's Republic of China|China]]. * [[September 11]] Russia unveils the [[FOAB]]. * [[September 11]]-[[September 24]] - Inaugural [[2007 ICC World Twenty20|Twenty20 World Championship]] is held. * [[September 11]] - [[Brian Melo]] wins [[Canadian Idol]] season 5. He releases his first single "[[All I Ever Wanted]]" which he sings on the winning night. * [[September 12]] - The [[Sandiganbayan]] found former [[Philippines]] President [[Joseph Estrada]] guilty beyond reasonable doubt on the charges of [[plunder]] but acquitted on the charges of [[perjury]]. * [[September 12]] - [[Japan]]ese Prime Minister [[Shinzo Abe]] announces his resignation, to be effective [[September 19]]. * [[September 12]] - [[Russia]]n Prime Minister [[Mikhail Fradkov]] and [[Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet|his entire cabinet]] resign. * [[September 13]] - The [[Burj Dubai]] became the world's tallest free standing structure after surpassing the [[CN Tower]] in [[Toronto]]. * [[September 14]] - The [[SELENE]] spacecraft launches. [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] has called the mission, "the largest [[Moon|lunar]] mission since the [[Apollo program]]." * [[September 14]] - [[Viktor Zubkov]] is approved as the new [[Prime Minister of Russia]] after a vote in the [[State Duma|Duma]]. * [[September 15]] - Over 3000 [[Taiwanese American]]s and their supporters rallied in front of [[UN]] in [[New York City]] to demonstrate the dedication that UN should accept Taiwan. At the same time, over 300,000 [[Taiwanese people]] rallied in Taiwan to make the same plea. * [[September 16]] - [[One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269]] crashes in [[Phuket]], [[Thailand]], killing 89 of the passengers and crew. * [[September 19]] - [[2007 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Wipha .28Goring.29|Typhoon Wipha]] hits [[Fuding]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. Authorities had evacuated over two million people prior to the storm's landfall. * [[September 20]] - Opening of the [[2007 Universal Forum of Cultures]], in the city of [[Monterrey]], [[Mexico]]. * [[September 21]] - The [[Supreme Court of Chile]] rules that former [[Peru]]vian [[List of Presidents of Peru|President]] [[Alberto Fujimori]] must be extradited to Peru so Fujimori can face charges of corruption and human rights abuse. [[Image:2007 Myanmar protests 11 (M-cropped).jpg|thumb|150px|Myanmar protests]] * [[September 24]] - [[Labour Party Conference#2007 Bournemouth|Labour Party Conferences]] in [[Bournemouth]] at which [[Gordon Brown]] addresses delegates for the first time as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]. * [[September 24]] - [[India national cricket team|India]] won the [[2007 ICC World Twenty20|ICC Twenty20 WorldCup]] beating [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] by 5 [[Run (cricket)|runs]]. * [[September 25]] - [[Halo 3]] is released, breaking all previous records in [[entertainment]] history by generating $170 million in the first 24 hours of release. * [[September 26]] - [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] [[Akihito]] formally swears in [[Yasuo Fukuda]] as the 91st [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] of [[Japan]]. * [[September 26]] - First confirmed deaths resulting from the [[Myanmar]] military's crackdown on [[2007 Burmese anti-government protests|weeks long anti-government protests]]. [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monks]] are arrested and [[Internet]] access is cut from the public.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,508395,00.html Spiegel:Internetverbindung nach Burma gekappt (German)] </ref> * [[September 30]] - [[Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007|Parliamentary re-elections]] occur in [[Ukraine]] after [[President of Ukraine|Ukrainian President]] [[Victor Yuschenko]] dismisses [[Parliament of Ukraine|Parliament]]. ===October=== {{Month3|10|0|0}} * [[October 1]] - The minimum age for purchasing [[tobacco]] products is raised from 16 to 18 across [[England and Wales]]. * [[October 2]] - The second [[Inter-Korean Summit]] begins. [[South Korea]]n [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Roh Moo-hyun]] and [[North Korea]]n leader [[Kim Jong-il]] meet in [[Pyongyang]]. * [[October 2]] - [[Los Ríos Region]] of [[Chile]] officially begins its functions as a new [[Regions of Chile|region]]. * [[October 4]] - [[Spain|Spanish]] authorities arrest 22 people associated with the banned [[Batasuna]] party which campaigns for [[Basque Country (historical territory)|Basque]] independence, but also has ties to the terrorist group [[ETA]]. * [[October 6]] - [[Pakistani presidential election, 2007|Presidential election]] occurs in [[Pakistan]]. * [[October 8]] - Track and field star [[Marion Jones]] surrenders her five [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals she won in the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Games]] after admitting to [[Doping (sport)|doping]]. * [[October 9]] - Fortieth anniversary of the death of [[Marxism|Marxist]] revolutionary [[Che Guevara]]. * [[October 9]] - An [[Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007|election]] is held in the Canadian province of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]. * [[October 10]] - An [[Ontario general election, 2007|election and referendum in the Canadian province of Ontario]] takes place. * [[October 10]] - A [[Cleveland, Ohio]] school shooting occurs at [[SuccessTech Academy shooting]] *[[October 11]] - A small private plane crashes into a house in the [[Fontibon]] neighborhood near the [[El Dorado International Airport]] in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]], killing 5 on board and 2 in the house. * [[October 13]] - [[New Zealand local body elections, 2007|Local Government Elections]] are held in [[New Zealand]]. * [[October 15]] - [[Menzies Campbell|Sir Menzies Campbell]] resigns as leader of the British [[Liberal Democrats]]. * [[October 15]] - The first [[Airbus A380]] is delivered to [[Singapore Airlines]]. * [[October 15]] - The [[17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China]] takes place. * [[October 15]] - The first [[Drew Carey]]-hosted episode of ''[[The Price is Right]]'' airs. * [[October 17]] - [[Whitehaven#Digital Switchover Trial|Whitehaven]], England becomes the first place in the [[United Kingdom]] to have one of its analogue [[terrestrial television]] signals switched off as part of [[Digital switchover in the United Kingdom|digital switchover]]. [[Image:Wildfire California Santa Clarita.jpg|thumb|right|Flames burn [[Santa Clarita, California]] during the [[California wildfires of October 2007]].]] * [[October 18]] - After 8 years in exile, [[Benazir Bhutto]] returns to her homeland [[Pakistan]]. The same night, suicide attackers [[2007 Karachi bombing|blow themselves up near Bhutto's convoy]], killing 136 in the cheering crowd, including 20 police officers. Bhutto escaped uninjured. * [[October 19]] - A bomb explosion rocked [[Glorietta]], a shopping mall in [[Makati]], [[Philippines]] which [[2007 Glorietta explosion|killed 11 and injured more than 100 people]]. * [[October 19]] - A small aircraft crashed into a condo building in [[Richmond]], [[Vancouver]], which killed one person the pilot and 4 people were injured. * [[October 20]] - [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]'s governor [[Sonny Perdue]] declares state of emergency due to drought conditions. * [[October 20]] - [[South Africa national rugby team|South Africa]] defeats [[England national rugby team|England]] at the [[Rugby World Cup 2007]] final in [[Stade de France]], [[Paris]]. * [[October 20]] - [[Jungle primary|Jungle (open) primary]] election are held for [[governor#United States|governor]] and the [[Louisiana State Legislature|legislature]] of the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]]. [[Image:Donald Tusk.jpg|thumb|right|[[Donald Tusk]]]] * [[October 20]]&ndash;[[October 31]] - [[California wildfires of October 2007|Wildfires]] in [[Southern California]] result in the evacuation of more than 1,000,000 people and destroying over 1,600 homes and businesses. * [[October 21]] - First round of the [[Slovenian presidential election, 2007|presidential elections]] in [[Slovenia]]. The second round is to be held on [[November 11]]. * [[October 21]] - [[Swiss federal election, 2007|Parliamentary elections]] in [[Switzerland]]. * [[October 21]] - [[Donald Tusk]]'s [[Civic Platform]] becomes the largest party in [[Poland]] following [[Polish parliamentary election, 2007|parliamentary elections]] * [[October 21]] - [[Kimi Räikkönen]] is crowned world champion as the [[2007 Formula One season]] ends at the [[Brazilian Grand Prix]]. *[[October 25]] - The first [[Airbus A380]] passenger flight, operating for [[Singapore Airlines]], with flight number SQ380, flew scheduled service between [[Singapore]] and [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. *[[October 26]] - [[Apple Inc.]] launch the sixth major release of their Mac OS X operating system entitled, [[Mac OS X v10.5|Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard]]. *[[October 28]] - The [[Holy See|Vatican]] [[beatification|beatifies]] 498 [[Spain|Spanish]] victims of religious persecution from before and during the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071028/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_spain_beatifications|title=Vatican beatifies 498 Spanish martyrs |publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref> [[Image:Cristina fernandez de kirchner cropped 2007-04-25.JPG|thumb|right|120px| [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]]]] * [[October 28]] - [[Argentine general election, 2007|Elections in Argentina]] for the [[President of Argentina|President]] and members of the [[Argentine National Congress|National Congress]]. [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]] wins presidential elections and becomes the first female elected president in Argentina. * [[October 28]] - The [[Boston Red Sox]] win the [[2007 World Series]] in a four-game sweep against the [[Colorado Rockies]]. * [[October 30]] - [[Brazil]] is announced as the host of the [[FIFA World Cup 2014]]. * [[October 31]] - A bus bomb in the central [[Russia]]n city of [[Tolyatti]] kills 8 and injures over 50 people. * [[October 31]] - [[World Economic Forum]] releases [[Global Competitiveness Report|The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008]], at 11.00 CET. ===November=== {{Month3|11|3|0}} * [[November 1]] - The [[Election commission]] of [[Bangladesh]] is separated from the Judiciary department. * [[November 1]] - The [[Metropolitan Police]] are found guilty of endangering the public following the fatal shooting of [[Jean Charles de Menezes]], an innocent [[Brazil]]ian who officers mistook for a [[suicide bomber]]. * [[November 2]] - Four firefighters feared dead in the [[2007 Atherstone fire disaster]]. * [[November 3]] - President [[Pervez Musharraf]] declares [[state of emergency]] in [[Pakistan]]. * [[November 3]] - [[DARPA Grand Challenge]], a prized competition for driverless cars to navigate safely in traffic is scheduled. * [[November 4]] - [[Daylight saving time]] in the [[United States]] and most of [[Canada]] will end, one week later than the previous schedule, in accordance with the [[Energy Policy Act of 2005]]. * [[November 4]] - [[Álvaro Colom]] wins the second round of the [[Guatemalan general election, 2007|presidential elections]] in [[Guatemala]], becoming the [[Central America|Central American]] nation's [[President-elect]]. * [[November 6]] - A suicide bomber kills at least 50 people in [[Mazari Sharif]], [[Afghanistan]]. Among the dead include six members of the [[National Assembly of Afghanistan|National Assembly]]. * [[November 6]] - [[United States general elections, 2007|Legislative elections]] are held in the U.S. states of [[Kentucky]], [[Mississippi]], [[New Jersey]], and [[Virginia]]; Kentucky and Mississippi also hold [[United States gubernatorial elections, 2007|gubernatorial elections]]. * [[November 7]] - [[Jokela school shooting]]. ==Scheduled events== ===November=== * [[November 11]] - [[Lojze Peterle]] and [[Danilo Türk]] will face each other in the second round of the [[Slovenian presidential election, 2007|Slovenian presidential elections]]. * [[November 14]] - The [[Channel Tunnel Rail Link]] from London to the [[Channel Tunnel]] is expected to be completed. * [[November 17]] - General (run-off) election for the [[Louisiana State Legislature|legislature]] of the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]]. The Position of [[Governor#United States|governor]] was decided [[October 21]] with [[Bobby Jindal]] as the winner. * [[November 18]] - The [[Major League Soccer]] will have its 12th annual [[MLS Cup]] at [[RFK stadium]] in [[Washington D.C.]] * [[November 24]] - A [[Australian federal election, 2007|federal election]] will be held in [[Australia]]. * [[November 25]] - A [[European Parliament election, 2007|European Parliament election]] will take place in [[Romania]]. * [[November 25]] - [[Croatian parliamentary election, 2007|Parliamentary elections]] will be held in [[Croatia]]. * [[November 27]] - [[UNDP|United Nations Development Programme]] releases the 2007/2008 [[Human Development Report]]. * [[November 28]] - Possible [[declaration of independence]] of [[Kosovo]]. * [[November 30]] - The [[2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season]] will officially end. ===December=== {{Month3|12|5|0}} * [[December 2]] - [[Russian legislative election, 2007|Parliamentary elections]] will be held in Russia. * [[December 4]] - [[PISA|The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)]] releases the results of the PISA 2006 survey. * [[December 7]] - [[Uranus]]' [[orbit]] will be positioned such that the [[sun]] shines directly above its [[equator]] (i.e. an [[equinox]]). * [[December 8]] - [[December 9]] - The [[World Peace One]] concert is held. * [[December 10]] - [[Led Zeppelin]] reunites one last time in London for the [[Ahmet Ertegün]] Tribute. * [[December 13]] - Signing of [[Reform Treaty]] in [[Lissabon]] * [[December 13]] - Entry into force of the revised version of the [[European Patent Convention]] (EPC), known as the [[EPC 2000]]. * [[December 19]] - A [[South Korean presidential election, 2007|presidential election]] will take place in [[South Korea]]. * [[December 23]] - The [[Thai general election, 2007|Thailand general election]] will be held. * [[December 23]] - The 155th [[El Clasico|clasico]] between [[FC Barcelona]] and [[Real Madrid CF]] at [[Camp Nou]], the largest stadium in Europe. * [[December 23]] - A [[Conjunction (astronomy and astrology)#2007|grand conjunction]] in which the solar system would align with the galactic center. * [[December 27]] - [[Kenyan general election, 2007|Presidential and parliamentary elections]] will take place in [[Kenya]]. ===Undated=== * [[India|India's]] [[Five-year plans of India|11th Five Year Plan]] will be launched. * The [[Met Office]] predicts that 2007 will be the warmest year ever, on a global scale. ==Ongoing== * [[Iraq War]] * [[War in Afghanistan]] * [[Conflict in Darfur]] * [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]] ==Births== {{Year in other calendars}} * [[February 28]] - [[HRH]] [[Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco]], daughter of [[King Mohammed VI]] and his wife, [[Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco]]. * [[March 12]] - [[Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden]], son of [[Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster]], and his wife [[Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster]]. * [[March 14]] - [[Simeon Hassan Muñoz]], son of [[Princess Kalina of Bulgaria]], and her husband [[Antonio "Kitín" Muñoz Valcárcel]]. * [[March 17]] - [[HRH]] Prince [[Abdul Muntaqim]], son of [[HRH]] [[Al-Muhtadee Billah]] and his wife, [[HRH]] [[Pengiran Anak Sarah]], the Crown Prince and Princess of Brunei. * [[March 19]] - [[HRH]] [[Prince Abdullah bin Al Ali]] of Jordan, son of [[Prince Ali bin Al Hussein]] and Rym Brahimi * [[March 26]] - [[HRH|TRH]] [[Princess Paulina of Hesse|Princess Paulina]] and [[Prince Moritz of Hesse]], fraternal twin daughter and son of [[Heinrich, Hereditary Prince of Hesse]] and his wife, Countess Floria of Faber-Castell * [[April 6]] - [[HRH]] [[Princess Haalah bint Al Hashim]] of Jordan, daughter of [[Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein]] and Princess Fahdah. * [[April 10]] - [[HRH]] [[Princess Ariane of the Netherlands]], daughter of [[Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange]], and his wife, [[Princess Máxima of the Netherlands]]. * [[April 18]] - [[HRH]] [[Princess Hayah bint Al Hamzah]] daughter of [[Princess Noor bint Asem]] and [[Prince Hamzah]]. * [[April 18]] - [[HRH]] [[Prince Lerotholi Seeiso]] son of King [[Letsie III of Lesotho]] and Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso. * [[April 21]] - [[HRH]] [[Princess Isabella of Denmark]], daughter of [[Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark|Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark]] and his wife, [[Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark|Crown Princess Mary]]. * [[April 29]] - [[HRH]] [[Infanta Sofía of Spain]], daughter of [[Felipe, Prince of Asturias]] and his wife, [[Letizia, Princess of Asturias]]. *[[September 22]] - [[Albert Windsor]], son of [[Lord Nicholas Windsor]] and [[Lady Nicholas Windsor|Paola Doimi de Frankopan]]. ==Deaths== {{main|Deaths in 2007}}  ===January=== * [[January 1]] - [[Ernie Koy]], American baseball player (b. [[1909]]) * [[January 1]] - [[Darrent Williams]], American football player (b. [[1982]]) * [[January 2]] - [[Teddy Kollek]], Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. [[1911]]) * [[January 3]] - [[Sergio Jiménez]], Mexican actor (b. [[1937]]) * [[January 4]] - [[Marais Viljoen]], State [[President of South Africa]] (b. [[1915]]) * [[January 5]] - [[Momofuku Ando]], Japanese inventor (b. [[1910]]) * [[January 6]] - [[Mario Danelo]], American college football player (b. [[1985]]) * [[January 7]] - [[Bobby Hamilton]], American race car driver (b. [[1957]]) * [[January 7]] - [[Magnus Magnusson]], Icelandic-born television presenter (b. [[1929]]) * [[January 8]] - [[Iwao Takamoto]], Japanese animator (b. [[1925]]) * [[January 8]] - [[Yvonne de Carlo]], American actress (b. [[1922]]) * [[January 9]] - [[Jean-Pierre Vernant]], French historian and anthropologist (b. [[1914]]) * [[January 10]] - [[Carlo Ponti]], Italian film producer (b. [[1912]]) * [[January 11]] - [[Robert Anton Wilson]], American author and conspiracy researcher (b. [[1932]]) * [[January 12]] - [[Alice Coltrane]], American jazz musician (b. [[1937]]) * [[January 13]] - [[Michael Brecker]], American jazz musician (b. [[1949]]) * [[January 13]] - [[Henri-Jean Martin]], French expert on book history (b. [[1924]]) * [[January 14]] - [[Darlene Conley]], American actress (b. [[1934]]) * [[January 14]] - [[Barbara Kelly]], Canadian actress (b. [[1924]]) * [[January 15]] - [[Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti]], Iraqi politician (b. [[1951]]) * [[January 15]] - [[Awad Hamed al-Bandar]], Iraqi judge (b. [[1945]]) * [[January 15]] - [[Bo Yibo]], Chinese politician (b. [[1908]]) * [[January 16]] - [[Benny Parsons]], American race car driver and television personality (b. [[1941]]) * [[January 17]] - [[Art Buchwald]], American humorist (b. [[1925]]) * [[January 19]] - [[Hrant Dink]], Turkish-Armenian journalist (b. [[1954]]) * [[January 19]] - [[Denny Doherty]], Canadian musician ([[The Mamas and the Papas]]) (b. [[1940]]) * [[January 19]] - [[Bam Bam Bigelow]], American wrestler (b. [[1961]]) * [[January 21]] - [[U;Nee]], K-pop singer and actress (b. [[1981]]) * [[January 22]] - [[Abbé Pierre]], French priest and founder of Emmaus (b. [[1912]]) * [[January 22]] - [[Carlos Olivier]], Venezuelan actor (b. [[1952]]) * [[January 23]] - [[Ryszard Kapuscinski]], Polish journalist and author (b. [[1932]]) * [[January 26]] - [[Gump Worsley]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1929]]) * [[January 28]] - [[Cyril Demarne]], British wartime firefighter (b. [[1905]]) * [[January 28]] - [[Hsu Wei Lun]], Taiwanese actress (b. [[1978]]) * [[January 30]] - [[Sidney Sheldon]], American author and screenwriter (b. [[1917]]) * [[January 31]] - [[Kirka Babitzin]], Finnish singer (b. [[1950]]) * [[January 31]] - [[Lee Bergere]], American actor (b. [[1924]]) * [[January 31]] - [[Molly Ivins]], American columnist (b. [[1944]]) ===February=== * [[February 1]] - [[Gian Carlo Menotti]], Italian-born composer and librettist (b. [[1911]]) * [[February 3]] - [[Pedro Knight]], Cuban-born musician (b. [[1921]]) * [[February 3]] - [[Billy Henderson (American singer)|Billy Henderson]], American singer ([[The Spinners (U.S. band)|The Spinners]]) (b. [[1939]]) * [[February 6]] - [[Frankie Laine]], American singer (b. [[1913]]) * [[February 7]] - [[Alan MacDiarmid]], New Zealand chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1927]]) * [[February 8]] - [[Anna Nicole Smith]], American model and television personality (b. [[1967]]) * [[February 9]] - [[Benedict Kiely]], Irish author and broadcaster (b. [[1919]]) * [[February 9]] - [[Ian Richardson]], Scottish actor (b. [[1934]]) * [[February 9]] - [[Alejandro Finisterre]], Spanish poet, editor, and inventor of table football (b. [[1919]]) * [[February 10]] - [[Jung Da Bin]], Korean actress (b. [[1980]]) * [[February 11]] - [[Reginald Hugh Hickling]], British lawyer, colonial civil servant, law academic and author (b. [[1920]]) * [[February 12]] - [[Peggy Gilbert]], American saxophonist (b. [[1905]]) * [[February 13]] - [[Elizabeth Jolley]], Australian writer (b. [[1923]]) * [[February 13]] - [[Charlie Norwood|Charles Norwood]], American politician (b. [[1941]]) * [[February 13]] - [[Eliana Ramos]], Uruguayan model (b. [[1988]]) * [[February 13]] - [[Johanna Sällström]], Swedish actress (b. [[1974]]) * [[February 15]] - [[Robert Adler]], Austrian-born inventor (b. [[1913]]) * [[February 17]] - [[Maurice Papon]], French Vichy government official (b. [[1910]]) * [[February 17]] - [[Dermot O'Reilly]], Irish-born musician ([[Ryan's Fancy]]) (b. [[1942]]) * [[February 17]] - [[Mike Awesome]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1965]]) * [[February 18]] - [[Juan "Pachín" Vicéns]], Puerto Rican basketball player (b. [[1933]]) * [[February 22]] - [[Lothar-Günther Buchheim]], German author, painter, and art collector (b. [[1918]]) * [[February 22]] - [[Fons Rademakers]], Dutch film director (b. [[1920]]) * [[February 22]] - [[Dennis Johnson]], American basketball player (b. [[1954]]) * [[February 24]] - [[Damien Nash]], American football player (b. [[1982]]) * [[February 24]] - [[Bruce Bennett]], American actor (b. [[1906]]) * [[February 27]] - [[Bobby Rosengarden]], American drummer (b. [[1924]]) * [[February 28]] - [[Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.]], American historian and political commentator (b. [[1917]]) * [[February 28]] - [[Billy Thorpe]], Australian musician ([[Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs]]) (b. [[1946]]) * [[February 28]] - [[Charles Forte]], English hotelier (b. [[1908]]) ===March=== * [[March 2]] - [[Henri Troyat]], French writer (b. [[1911]]) * [[March 2]] - [[Madi Phala]], South African artist (b. [[1955]]) * [[March 3]] - [[Warja Honegger-Lavater]], Swiss illustrator (b. [[1913]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Natalie Bodanya]] (Natalie Bodanskaya), American soprano (b. [[1908]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Thomas Eagleton]], American politician (b. [[1929]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Bob Hattoy]], American activist (b. [[1950]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Richard Joseph]], British game music composer (b. [[1954]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Sunil Kumar Mahato]], Indian parliamentarian (b. [[1966]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Tadeusz Nalepa]], Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b. [[1934]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Ian Wooldridge]], British sports journalist (b. [[1932]]) * [[March 6]] - [[Jean Baudrillard]], French philosopher and sociologist (b. [[1929]]) * [[March 6]] - [[Allen Coage]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1943]]) * [[March 6]] - [[Ernest Gallo]], American winemaker (b. [[1909]]) * [[March 8]] - [[John Inman]], English actor (b. [[1935]]) * [[March 9]] - [[Brad Delp]], American singer ([[Boston (band)|Boston]]) (b. [[1951]]) * [[March 10]] - [[Richard Jeni]], American comedian (b. [[1957]]) * [[March 10]] - [[Ernie Ladd]], American football player and professional wrestler (b. [[1938]]) * [[March 11]] - [[Betty Hutton]], American actress (b. [[1921]]) * [[March 12]] - [[Antonio Ortiz Mena]], Mexican politician and economist (b. [[1907]]) * [[March 13]] - [[Arnold Skaaland]], American wrestler (b. [[1925]]) * [[March 14]] - [[Lucie Aubrac]], French World War II Resistance fighter (b. [[1912]]) * [[March 14]] - [[Gareth Hunt]], English actor (b. [[1943]]) * [[March 15]] - [[Bowie Kuhn]], [[Commissioner of Baseball|Major League Baseball Commissioner]] (b. [[1926]]) * [[March 16]] - [[Manjural Islam Rana|Manjural Islam]], Bangladeshi cricketer (b. [[1984]]) * [[March 16]] - [[Sir Arthur Marshall]], British aviation engineer (b. [[1903]]) * [[March 17]] - [[Jim Cronin]], British businessman (b. [[1952]]) * [[March 17]] - [[Roger Bennett (Southern Gospel performer)|Roger Bennett]], American Southern Gospel Vocalist and Pianist * [[March 18]] - [[Bob Woolmer]], English cricketer and coach (b. [[1948]]) * [[March 19]] - [[Calvert DeForest]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1921]]) * [[March 19]] - [[Luther Ingram]], American singer (b. [[1937]]) * [[March 20]] - [[Taha Yassin Ramadan]], Vice President of Iraq (b. [[1938]]) * [[March 23]] - [[Eric Medlen]], American race car driver (b. [[1973]]) * [[March 25]] - [[Andranik Margaryan]], 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (b. [[1951]]) ===April=== * [[April 1]] - [[Laurie Baker]], English architect (b. [[1917]]) * [[April 1]] - [[Driss Chraibi]], Moroccan writer (b. [[1926]]) * [[April 1]] - [[Hans Filbinger]], German jurist and politician (b. [[1913]]) * [[April 2]] - [[Henry Lee Giclas]], American astronomer (b. [[1910]]) * [[April 3]] - [[Eddie Robinson (football coach)|Eddie Robinson]], American football coach (b. [[1919]]) * [[April 4]] - [[Bob Clark]], American film director (b. [[1939]]) * [[April 5]] - [[Thomas Stoltz Harvey]] Pathologist who conducted Albert Einstein's autopsy (b. [[1912]]) * [[April 5]] - [[Leela Majumdar]], Bengali children's author (b. [[1908]]) * [[April 5]] - [[Darryl Stingley]], American football player (b. [[1951]]) * [[April 5]] - [[Poornachandra Tejaswi]], Indian writer and novelist (b. [[1938]]) * [[April 6]] - [[Luigi Comencini]], Italian film director (b. [[1916]]) * [[April 7]] - [[Johnny Hart]], American cartoonist (b. [[1931]]) * [[April 7]] - [[Barry Nelson]], American actor (b. [[1920]]) * [[April 7]] - [[Carey W. Barber]], Jehovah's Witnesses leader (b. [[1905]]) * [[April 9]] - [[AJ Carothers]], American writer (b. [[1931]]) * [[April 10]] - [[Kevin Crease]] Australian news presenter and entertainer (b. [[1936]]) * [[April 11]] - [[Roscoe Lee Browne]], American actor (b. [[1925]]) * [[April 11]] - [[Kurt Vonnegut]], American novelist and playwright (b. [[1922]]) * [[April 14]] - [[June Callwood]], Canadian journalist (b. [[1924]]) * [[April 14]] - [[Don Ho]], American musician (b. [[1930]]) * [[April 15]] - [[Brant Parker]], American cartoonist (b. [[1920]]) * [[April 17]] - [[Kitty Carlisle Hart]], American singer, actress & talk show panelist (b. [[1910]]) * [[April 17]] - [[Iccho Itoh]], Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan (assassinated) (b. [[1945]]) * [[April 20]] - [[Michael Fu Tieshan]], Chinese bishop (b. [[1931]]) * [[April 22]] - [[Juanita Millender-McDonald]], American politician (b. [[1938]]) * [[April 23]] - [[Boris Yeltsin]], first [[President of the Russian Federation]] (b. [[1931]]) * [[April 25]] - [[Alan Ball, Jr.|Alan Ball]], English footballer (b. [[1945]]) * [[April 25]] - [[Bobby Pickett]], American singer (b. [[1938]]) * [[April 26]] - [[Jack Valenti]], American film executive, creator of [[MPAA film rating system]] (b. [[1921]]) * [[April 26]] - [[Conchita Montenegro]], Spanish model and actress (b. [[1912]]) * [[April 27]] - [[Mstislav Rostropovich]], Russian cellist and conductor (b. [[1927]]) * [[April 28]] - [[Dabbs Greer]], American actor (b. [[1917]]) * [[April 28]] - [[Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker]], German physicist and philosopher (b. [[1912]]) * [[April 29]] - [[Ivica Račan]], 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (b. [[1944]]) * [[April 29]] - [[Josh Hancock]], American baseball player (b. [[1978]]) * [[April 30]] - [[Grégory Lemarchal]], French singer (b. [[1983]]) * [[April 30]] - [[Kevin Mitchell (football player)|Kevin Mitchell]], American football player (b. [[1971]]) * [[April 30]] - [[Tom Poston]], American actor (b. [[1921]]) * [[April 30]] - [[Gordon Scott]], American actor (b. [[1926]]) ===May=== * [[May 2]] - [[Juan Valdivieso]], Peruvian footballer (b. [[1910]]) * [[May 3]] - [[Wally Schirra]], American astronaut (b. [[1923]]) * [[May 5]] - [[Theodore Harold Maiman|Theodore Maiman]], American physicist (b. [[1927]]) * [[May 5]] - [[Gusti Wolf]], Austrian actress (b. [[1912]]) * [[May 6]] - [[Lesley Blanch]], English writer and fashion editor (b. [[1904]]) * [[May 7]] - [[Emma Lehmer]], Russian-born mathematician (b. [[1906]]) * [[May 11]] - [[Bernard Gordon]], American screenwriter (b. [[1918]]) * [[May 11]] - [[Malietoa Tanumafili II]], Samoan head of state (b. [[1913]]) * [[May 12]] - [[Mullah Dadullah Akhund]], Afghani Taliban military leader * [[May 14]] - [[Colin St John Wilson]], English architect (b. [[1922]]) * [[May 15]] - [[Jerry Falwell]], American evangelist (b. [[1933]]) * [[May 15]] - [[Yolanda King]], American actress and activist, daughter of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] (b. [[1955]]) * [[May 17]] - [[Lloyd Alexander]], American author (b. [[1924]]) * [[May 18]] - [[Pierre-Gilles de Gennes]], French physicist and [[Nobel Prize for Physics]] laureate (b. [[1932]]) * [[May 18]] - [[Yoyoy Villame]], Filipino singer "King of Philippine Novelty Songs." (b. [[1938]]) * [[May 20]] - [[Stanley Miller]], American chemist and biologist (b. [[1930]]) * [[May 25]] - [[Charles Nelson Reilly]], American actor (b. [[1931]]) * [[May 27]] - [[Izumi Sakai]], Japanese singer ([[Zard]]) (b. [[1967]]) * [[May 27]] - [[Percy Sonn]], South African lawyer and cricket executive (b. [[1949]]) * [[May 27]] - [[Ed Yost]], American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (b. [[1919]]) * [[May 28]] - [[Marquise Hill]], American football player (b. [[1982]]) ===June=== * [[June 2]] - [[Huang Ju]], Chinese politician (b. [[1938]]) * [[June 4]] - [[Bill France, Jr.]], American President/CEO of [[NASCAR]] (b. [[1933]]) * [[June 4]] - [[Craig L. Thomas]], American politician (b. [[1933]]) * [[June 5]] - [[Povel Ramel]], Swedish entertainer (b. [[1922]]) * [[June 8]] - [[Aden Abdullah Osman Daar]], first [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]] (b. [[1908]]) * [[June 11]] - [[Imre Friedmann]], American scientist (b. [[1921]]) * [[June 11]] - [[Mala Powers]], American film actress (b. [[1931]]) * [[June 12]] - [[Don Herbert]], American television personality, "Mr. Wizard" (b. [[1917]]) * [[June 13]] - [[David Hatch]], BBC Radio producer and comedian (b. [[1939]]) * [[June 14]] - [[Ruth Bell Graham]], Wife of Billy Graham (b. [[1920]]) * [[June 14]] - [[Jacques Simonet]], Belgian politician (b. [[1963]]) * [[June 14]] - [[Kurt Waldheim]], Austrian politician and diplomat (b. [[1918]]) * [[June 15]] - [[Sherri Martel]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1958]]) * [[June 17]] - [[Gianfranco Ferrè]], Italian designer (b. [[1944]]) * [[June 18]] - [[Bernard Manning]], English comedian (b. [[1930]]) * [[June 18]] - [[Vilma Espín]], Wife of Raúl Castro (b. [[1930]]) * [[June 19]] - [[El Fary]], Spanish singer (b. [[1937]]) * [[June 19]] - [[Terry Hoeppner]], American football coach (b. [[1947]]) * [[June 19]] - [[Antonio Aguilar]], Mexican singer and actor (b. [[1919]]) * [[June 21]] - [[Bob Evans (restaurateur)|Bob Evans]], American restaurateur (b. [[1918]]) * [[June 22]] - [[Nancy Benoit]], American professional wrestling manager (b. [[1964]]) * [[June 22]] - [[Rod Beck]], American baseball player (b. [[1968]]) * [[June 22]] - [[Erik Parlevliet]], Dutch field hockey player b. ([[1964]]) * [[June 24]] - [[Derek Dougan]], Northern Irish footballer (b. [[1938]]) * [[June 24]] - [[Chris Benoit]], Canadian professional wrestler (b. [[1967]]) * [[June 24]] - [[Jack Flynt]], American politician (b. [[1914]]) * [[June 25]] - [[J. Fred Duckett]], Texan sports announcer and teacher (b. [[1933]]) * [[June 25]] - [[Mahasti|Khadijeh Dadehbala (Mahasti)]], Iranian popular singer (b. [[1946]]) * [[June 26]] - [[Jupp Derwall]], German footballer and coach (b. [[1927]]) * [[June 27]] - [[Liz Claiborne (fashion designer)|Liz Claiborne]], Belgian-American fashion designer (b. [[1929]]) * [[June 27]] - [[William Hutt (actor)|William Hutt]], Canadian stage and film actor (b. [[1920]]) * [[June 28]] - [[Kiichi Miyazawa]], 78th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1919]]) * [[June 29]] - [[Joel Siegel]], American film critic (b. [[1943]]) * [[June 29]] - [[George McCorkle]], Founder of The Marshall Tucker Band (b. [[1947]]) * [[June 30]] - [[Jan Herman Linge]], Norwegian engineer and boat designer (b. [[1922]]) ===July=== * [[July 1]] - [[Gottfried von Bismarck]], German aristocrat and socialite (b. [[1962]]) * [[July 2]] - [[Brahim Déby]], son of Chadian [[Heads of state of Chad|president]] [[Idriss Déby]] (b [[1980]]) * [[July 2]] - [[Vojislav Nikčević]], Montenegrin professor and linguist (b. [[1935]]) * [[July 2]] - [[Beverly Sills]], American soprano (b. [[1929]]) * [[July 2]] - [[Dilip Sardesai]], Indian cricketer (b. [[1940]]) * [[July 2]] - [[Jimmy Walker (basketball)|Jimmy Walker]], American basketball player (b. [[1944]]) * [[July 2]] - [[Hy Zaret]], American lyricist and composer (b. [[1907]]) * [[July 3]] - [[Claude Pompidou]], wife of President of France [[Georges Pompidou]] (b. [[1912]]) * [[July 3]] - [[Boots Randolph]], American saxophone player (b. [[1927]]) * [[July 4]] - [[Barış Akarsu]], Turkish musician (b.[[1979]]) * [[July 4]] - [[José Roberto Espinosa]], Mexican commentator (b.[[1948]]) * [[July 4]] - [[Liane Bahler]], German cyclist (b. [[1982]]) * [[July 4]] - [[Johnny Frigo]], American jazz violinist and bassist (b.[[1916]]) * [[July 4]] - [[Bill Pinkney]], American singer (b. [[1925]]) * [[July 4]] - [[Osvaldo Romo]], Chilean agent of the [[Augusto Pinochet|Pinochet's]] Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) (b. [[1938]]) * [[July 5]] - [[George Melly]], English singer (b. [[1926]]) * [[July 5]] - [[Régine Crespin]], French soprano (b. [[1927]]) * [[July 6]] - [[Lois Wyse]], American advertising executive, author, and columnist (b. [[1926]]) * [[July 9]] - [[Charles Lane (actor)|Charles Lane]], American actor (b. [[1905]]) * [[July 10]] - [[Zheng Xiaoyu]], Chinese bureaucrat (b. [[1944]]) * [[July 10]] - [[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]], Pakistani cleric (b. [[1964]]) * [[July 10]] - [[Corbin Harney]], an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people (b. [[1920]]) * [[July 11]] - [[Lady Bird Johnson]], former [[First Lady of the United States]] (b. [[1912]]) * [[July 11]] - [[Alfonso López Michelsen]], 32nd Colombian President (b. [[1913]]) * [[July 11]] - [[Ed Mirvish]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. [[1914]]) * [[July 11]] - [[Shag Crawford]], American umpire in Major League Baseball (b. [[1916]]) * [[July 11]] - [[Jimmy Skinner]], Detroit Red Wings head coach (b. [[1917]]) * [[July 11]] - [[Richard Franklin (director)|Richard Franklin]], Australian film director (b. [[1948]]) * [[July 12]] - [[Nigel Dempster]], British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist (b.[[1941]]) * [[July 12]] - [[Pat Fordice]], First Lady of Mississippi from 1992 until 2000 (b. [[1935]]) * [[July 12]] - [[Mitchell Brothers|Jim Mitchell]], pioneer in the pornographic film industry (b. [[1945]]) * [[July 12]] - [[Larry Staverman]], American professional basketball player and coach (b. [[1936]]) * [[July 12]] - [[Stan Zemanek]], Australian radio broadcaster (b. [[1947]]) * [[July 12]] - [[Mr. Butch]], American homeless man living on the streets of Boston, also known as "King of Kenmore Square" (b. [[1951]]) * [[July 14]] - [[John Ferguson, Sr.|John Ferguson]], Canadian professional hockey player, coach and executive (b. [[1938]]) * [[July 19]] - [[A. K. Faezul Huq]], Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. [[1945]]) * [[July 20]] - [[Tammy Faye Messner]], American evangelist (b. [[1942]]) * [[July 22]] - [[Mike Coolbaugh]], American baseball player and coach (b. [[1972]]) * [[July 22]] - [[László Kovács (cinematographer)|László Kovács]], Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. [[1933]]) * [[July 22]] - [[Ulrich Mühe]], German actor (b. [[1953]]) * [[July 22]] - [[Jean Stablinski]], French cyclist of Polish origin (b. [[1932]]) * [[July 22]] - [[Aleksandr Tatarskiy]], Russian animation film director (b. [[1950]]) * [[July 23]] - [[Benjamin Libet]], American pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness (b. [[1916]]) * [[July 23]] - [[Mohammed Zahir Shah]], last King of [[Afghanistan]] (b. [[1914]]) * [[July 26]] - [[Skip Prosser]], American basketball coach (b. [[1950]]) * [[July 27]] - [[James Oyebola]], British heavyweight boxer (b. [[1961]]) * [[July 29]] - [[Mike Reid (entertainer)|Mike Reid]], British comedian and actor (b. [[1940]]) * [[July 29]] - [[Tom Snyder]], American talk show host (b. [[1936]]) * [[July 30]] - [[Michelangelo Antonioni]], Italian film director (b. [[1912]]) * [[July 30]] - [[Teoctist Arăpaşu]], Ex-Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch (b. [[1915]]) * [[July 30]] - [[Ingmar Bergman]], Swedish film director (b. [[1918]]) * [[July 30]] - [[Bill Walsh (football coach)|Bill Walsh]], American football coach (b. [[1931]]) ===August=== * [[August 1]] - [[Tommy Makem]], Irish folk musician (b. [[1932]]) * [[August 1]] - [[Ryan Cox]], South African professional road racing cyclist (b. [[1979]]) * [[August 1]] - [[Veikko Karvonen]], Finnish athlete (b. [[1926]]) * [[August 2]] - [[Holden Roberto]], Angolan nationalist leader (b. [[1923]]) * [[August 2]] - [[Chauncey Bailey]], American columnist and newspaper editor (b. [[1949]]) * [[August 3]] - [[James T. Callahan]], American actor (b. [[1930]]) * [[August 3]] - [[John Gardner (thriller writer)|John Gardner]], British author (b. [[1926]]) * [[August 4]] - [[Lee Hazlewood]], American country singer, songwriter and producer (b. [[1929]]) * [[August 4]] - [[Frank Mancuso]], American baseball player and politician (b. [[1918]]) * [[August 5]] - [[Oliver Hill]], American lawyer (b. [[1907]]) * [[August 5]] - [[Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger]], French Cardinal Archbishop of Paris (b. [[1926]]) * [[August 6]] - [[Heinz Barth]], German war criminal (b. [[1920]]) * [[August 7]] - [[Hal Fishman]], Los Angeles–based local news anchor (b. [[1931]]) * [[August 7]] - [[Ernesto Alonso]], Mexican soap operas actor, director and producer, best known as "Señor Telenovela" (b. [[1917]]) * [[August 8]] - [[Joybubbles]], American Phone [[Phreak]] (b. [[1945]]) * [[August 8]] - [[Ma Lik]], Chinese politician (b. [[1952]]) * [[August 8]] - [[Melville Shavelson]], American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. [[1917]]) * [[August 9]] - [[Joe O'Donnell]], American documentary photographer and photojournalist (b. [[1922]]) * [[August 10]] - [[Tony Wilson]], English broadcaster, nightclub manager, and record label owner (b.[[1950]]) * [[August 10]] - [[James Faust]], an [[Apostle (Mormonism)|Apostle]] in the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. [[1920]]) * [[August 12]] - [[Merv Griffin]], American TV personality (b. [[1925]]) * [[August 13]] - [[Brooke Astor]], American socialite and philanthropist (b. [[1902]]) * [[August 13]] - [[Phil Rizzuto]], American baseball player and announcer (b. [[1917]]) * [[August 13]] - [[Brian Adams (wrestler)|Brian Adams]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1964]]) * [[August 14]] - [[Tikhon Khrennikov]], Russian composer (b. [[1913]]) * [[August 15]] - [[Richard Bradshaw]], British opera conductor (b. [[1944]]) * [[August 15]] - [[John Gofman]], American [[Manhattan Project]] scientist and advocate (b. [[1918]]) * [[August 15]] - [[Sam Pollock]], Canadian sports executive (b. [[1925]]) * [[August 16]] - [[Max Roach]], American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. [[1924]]) * [[August 17]] - [[Eddie Griffin (basketball)|Eddie Griffin]], American basketball player (b. [[1982]]) * [[August 18]] - [[Michael Deaver]], American political adviser (b. [[1938]]) * [[August 20]] - [[Leona Helmsley]], American hotel operator and real estate investor (b. [[1920]]) * [[August 21]] - [[Elizabeth P. Hoisington]], American brigadier general (b. [[1918]]) * [[August 21]] - [[Qurratulain Hyder]], Indian novelist (b. [[1926]]) * [[August 24]] - [[Abdul Rahman Arif]], 4th [[President of Iraq]] (b. [[1916]]) * [[August 25]] - [[Raymond Barre]], French politician and economist (b. [[1924]]) * [[August 25]] - [[Ray Jones]], English footballer (b. [[1988]]) * [[August 26]] - [[Gaston Thorn]], Luxembourger politician (b. [[1928]]) * [[August 28]] - [[Antonio Puerta]], Spanish footballer (b. [[1984]]) * [[August 28]] - [[Francisco Umbral]], Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b. [[1935]]) * [[August 28]] - [[Miyoshi Umeki]], Japanese actress (b. [[1929]]) * [[August 29]] - [[Richard Jewell]], American falsely accused of bombing the [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing|Centennial Olympic Park]] (b. [[1962]]) * [[August 29]] - [[Pierre Messmer]], French politician (b. [[1916]]) * [[August 29]] - [[Chaswe Nsofwa]], Zambian footballer (b. [[1978]]) * [[August 30]] - [[Michael Jackson (writer)|Michael Jackson]], English writer (b. [[1942]]) * [[August 30]] - [[Charles Vanik]], American politician (b. [[1918]]) * [[August 31]] - [[Gay Brewer]], American golfer (b. [[1932]]) ===September=== * [[September 1]] - [[Tomás Medina Caracas]], Colombian rebel leader (b. [[1965]]) * [[September 2]] - [[Max McNab]], Canadian hockey player and hockey executive (b. [[1924]]) * [[September 3]] - [[Jane Tomlinson]], British charity fund raiser (b. [[1964]]) * [[September 5]] - [[Jennifer Dunn]], American politician (b. [[1941]]) * [[September 5]] - [[Paul Gillmor]], American politician (b. [[1939]]) * [[September 5]] - [[D. James Kennedy]], American evangelist (b. [[1930]]) * [[September 6]] - [[Madeleine L'Engle]], American author (b. [[1918]]) * [[September 6]] - [[Luciano Pavarotti]], Italian tenor (b. [[1935]]) * [[September 7]] - [[Mark Weil]], Uzbek theater director (b. [[1952]]) * [[September 9]] - [[Helmut Senekowitsch]], Austrian footballer and coach (b. [[1933]]) * [[September 10]] - [[Anita Roddick]], English entrepreneur (b. [[1942]]) * [[September 10]] - [[Jane Wyman]], American actress, former wife of [[Ronald Reagan]] (b. [[1917]]) * [[September 11]] - [[Ian Porterfield]], Scottish footballer (b. [[1946]]) * [[September 11]] - [[Joe Zawinul]], Austrian musician (b. [[1932]]) * [[September 14]] - [[Benny Vansteelant]], Belgian duathlete (b. [[1976]]) * [[September 15]] - [[Colin McRae]], Scottish world rally champion (b. [[1968]]) * [[September 15]] - [[Aldemaro Romero]], Venezuelan musician (b. [[1928]]) * [[September 15]] - [[Brett Somers]], American actress (b. [[1924]]) * [[September 16]] - [[Robert Jordan]], American author (b. [[1948]]) * [[September 19]] - [[Antoine Ghanem]], Lebanese politician (b. [[1943]]) * [[September 21]] - [[Hallgeir Brenden]], Norwegian athlete (b. [[1929]]) * [[September 21]] - [[Alice Ghostley]], American actress (b. [[1926]]) * [[September 21]] - [[Rex Humbard]], American evangelist (b. [[1919]]) * [[September 21]] - [[Petar Stambolić]], Serbian politician (b. [[1912]]) * [[September 22]] - [[Marcel Marceau]], French mime artist (b. [[1923]]) * [[September 23]] - [[Ken Danby]], Canadian artist (b. [[1940]]) * [[September 26]] - [[Bill Wirtz]], American businessman (b. [[1929]]) * [[September 27]] - [[Bill Perry]], South African footballer, scored wiinning goal in the 1953 FA Cup Final (b. [[1930]]) * [[September 27]] - [[Avraham Shapira]], Israeli [[Chief Rabbi|chief rabbi]] (b. [[1914]]) * [[September 27]] - [[Kenji Nagai]], Japanese journalist (b. [[1957]]) * [[September 28]] - [[Wally Parks]], American founder of the [[National Hot Rod Association]] (b. [[1913]]) * [[September 29]] - [[Lois Maxwell]], Canadian actress (b. [[1927]]) * [[September 30]] - [[Milan Jelić]], Bosnian-Serb politician (b. [[1956]]) ===October=== * [[October 1]] - [[Chris Mainwaring]], Australian rules football player (b. [[1966]]) * [[October 1]] - [[Al Oerter]], American athlete (b. [[1936]]) * [[October 1]] - [[Ned Sherrin]], English broadcaster and theatre director (b. [[1931]]) * [[October 2]] - [[Christopher Derrick]], British writer (b. [[1921]]) * [[October 2]] - [[Dan Keating]], Irish [[Irish republicanism|republican]] (b. [[1902]]) * [[October 4]] - [[Antonie Iorgovan]], Romanian jurist, professor, and politician (b. [[1948]]) * [[October 5]] - [[Justin Tuveri]], Italian veteran of [[World War I]] (b. [[1898]]) * [[October 6]] - [[Jo Ann Davis]], American politician (b. [[1950]]) * [[October 7]] - [[Norifumi Abe]], Japanese motorcycle road racer (b. [[1975]]) * [[October 8]] - [[Constantine Andreou]], Greek painter and sculptor (b. [[1917]]) * [[October 11]] - [[Sri Chinmoy]], Indian philosopher (b. [[1931]]) * [[October 12]] - [[Soe Win]], Burmese politician (b. [[1948]]) * [[October 12]] - [[Kisho Kurokawa]], Japanese architect (b. [[1934]]) * [[October 13]] - [[Bob Denard]], French mercenary (b. [[1929]]) * [[October 16]] - [[Deborah Kerr]], Scottish actress (b. [[1921]]) * [[October 16]] - [[Rosalio José Castillo Lara]], Venezuelan [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] (b. [[1922]]) * [[October 16]] - [[Toše Proeski]], Macedonian singer (b. [[1981]]) * [[October 17]] - [[Joey Bishop]], American entertainer (b. [[1918]]) * [[October 17]] - [[Teresa Brewer]], American singer (b. [[1931]]) * [[October 18]] - [[Alan Coren]], English columnist (b. [[1939]]) * [[October 18]] - [[William J. Crowe]], American military commander and ambassador (b. [[1925]]) * [[October 18]] - [[Lucky Dube]], South African musician (b. [[1964]]) * [[October 19]] - [[Randall Forsberg]], American nuclear freeze advocate (b. [[1943]]) * [[October 19]] - [[Jan Wolkers]], Dutch author, sculptor and painter (b. [[1925]]) * [[October 20]] - [[Max McGee]], American football player (b. [[1932]]) * [[October 22]] - [[Ève Curie]], French author, daughter of Pierre and [[Marie Curie]] (b. [[1904]]) * [[October 23]] - [[Lim Goh Tong]], Malaysian Chinese businessman (b. [[1918]]) * [[October 24]] - [[Petr Eben]], Czech composer (b. [[1929]]) * [[October 26]] - [[Khun Sa]], Burmese warlord (b. [[1934]]) * [[October 26]] - [[Nicolae Dobrin]], Romanian footballer (b. [[1947]]) * [[October 26]] - [[Arthur Kornberg]], American biochemist (b. [[1918]]) * [[October 28]] - [[Porter Wagoner]], American country singer (b. [[1927]]) * [[October 30]] - [[Robert Goulet]], American entertainer (b. [[1933]]) ===November=== * [[November 1]] - [[Paul Tibbets]], American brigadier general, pilot of the [[Enola Gay]] (b. [[1915]]) * [[November 2]] - [[Charmaine Dragun]], Australian news anchor (b. [[1978]]) * [[November 2]] - [[S. P. Thamilselvan]], Sri Lankan Tamil political leader (b. [[1967]]) * [[November 2]] - [[Igor Moiseyev]], Russian choreographer (b. [[1906]]) * [[November 2]] - [[Lillian Ellison]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1923]]) * [[November 3]] - [[Martin Meehan (Irish republican)|Martin Meehan]], Irish republican (b. [[1945]]) * [[November 3]] - [[Ryan Shay]], American marathon runner (b. [[1979]]) * [[November 5]] - [[Nils Liedholm]], Swedish footballer and coach (b. [[1922]]) * [[November 6]] - [[Enzo Biagi]], Italian journalist (b. [[1920]]) == Nobel Prizes == * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Gerhard Ertl]] * [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] - [[Leonid Hurwicz]], [[Eric Maskin]], [[Roger Myerson]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Doris Lessing]] * [[Nobel Prize for Peace|Peace]] - [[Al Gore|Albert Gore, Jr]], and the [[United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Albert Fert]], [[Peter Grünberg]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Mario Capecchi]], [[Oliver Smithies]], Sir [[Martin Evans]] ==Holidays== * [[January 1]] - [[New Year's Day]]. * [[January 26]] - [[Australia Day]]. [[India]] Republic Day. * [[February 12]] - [[Independence Day]] in [[Chile]]. * [[February 19]] - [[Presidents' Day]] in the [[United States]]. * [[February 20]] - [[Mardi Gras Day]]. * [[February 21]] - Western [[Christianity]]: [[Ash Wednesday]] and start of [[Lent]]. * [[March 1]] - [[Saint David's Day]] * [[March 17]] - [[Saint Patrick's Day]]. * [[March 19]] - Feast of [[Saint Joseph]] in Christianity. In Judaism, start of the month of [[Nisan]]. * [[March 21]] - [[Norouz]], [[Iran]]ian and [[Bahá'í]] New Year. * [[April 2]] - In [[Judaism]], 14/15 Nisan. [[Passover]] [[Passover Seder|Seder]]. * [[April 6]] - [[Good Friday]] in the Western Christian and Eastern Orthodox calendars. * [[April 8]] - [[Easter]] (Western Christianity and Eastern Orthodoxy). * [[April 10]] - End of [[Passover]] or Feast of Unleavened Bread. * [[April 22]] - [[Earth Day]]. * [[April 23]] - [[Saint George's Day]]. * [[April 23]] - [[Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel|Israeli Independence]] Day (Iyar 5) in the [[Hebrew calendar]]. * [[April 25]] - [[Australian and New Zealand Army Corps|ANZAC]] [[ANZAC Day|Day]] in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]. * [[April 25]] - [[Liberation]] of [[Italy]] Day. * [[April 27]] - [[Arbor Day]] in the USA. * [[April 30]] - [[Koninginnedag]] (''Queen's Day'', in Dutch) - National Holiday in [[The Netherlands]]. * [[May 1]] - [[Beltane]], a [[cross-quarter day]]. Also [[Labor Day]] in most of the world, but not in the [[USA]] and [[Canada]]. [[May Day]]. * [[May 5]] - [[Cinco de Mayo]], celebrating the [[Battle of Puebla]], in [[Mexico]] and the USA. * [[May 17]] - [[Norway]]'s [[Independence Day]]. * [[May 18]] - Somaliland Independence from Somalia. * [[May 21]] - [[Victoria Day]] in Canada. * [[May 23]] - [[Shavuot]] or [[Pentecost]] in the Jewish religion. * [[May 28]] - [[Memorial Day]] in the [[USA]]. * [[June 1]] - Foundation Day [[Western Australia]], [[Australia]] * [[June 12]] - Independence Day in the [[Philippines]]. * [[June 14]] - [[Flag Day]] in the [[USA]]. * [[June 17]] - [[Iceland]]'s [[Independence Day]]. * [[June 26]] - Somaliland Independence From UK. * [[July 1]] - [[Canada Day]]. * [[July 4]] - [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] in the [[USA]]. * [[July 5]] - [[Independence Day]] in [[Venezuela]]. * [[July 9]] - [[Independence Day]] in [[Argentina]]. * [[July 14]] - [[Bastille Day]]. * [[July 24]] - Birthday of [[Simon Bolivar]] observed in [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], and [[Ecuador]]. [[Pioneer Day (Utah)|Pioneer Day]] observed in [[Utah]]. * [[July 28]] - [[Independence Day]] in [[Peru]]. * [[August 1]] - [[Lammas]], "Loaf Mass," a Cross-quarter day, [[Switzerland|Swiss]] National Day. * [[August 6]] - [[Independence Day]] in [[Jamaica]]. * [[August 9]] - [[National Day]] in [[Singapore]]. * [[August 15]] - [[India]] [[Independence Day]]. * [[August 17]] - [[Indonesia]] [[Independence Day]]. * [[August 20]] - [[Stephen I of Hungary|St. Stephen]]'s day, the main national holiday in [[Hungary]]. * [[August 28]] - [[India]] [[Raksha Bandhan|Raksha Bhandhan]]. * [[August 31]] - [[National Day]] in [[Malaysia]]. * [[September 3]] - [[Labour Day]] in [[Canada]] and the [[USA]]. * [[September 7]] - [[Independence Day]] in [[Brazil]]. * [[September 11]] - [[National Day]] in [[Catalonia]]. * [[September 12]]-[[September 14]] - [[Rosh Hashana]] begins at sunset: New Year 5768 in the [[Hebrew Calendar]]. * [[September 13]] - [[Ramadan]] begins for the religion of [[Islam]]. * [[September 16]] - [[Mexico]] [[Independence Day]]. * [[September 21]] - [[Yom Kippur]] or ''Yom ha-kippurim'', the Day of Atonement in the Jewish faith, begins at sunset, and continues until after sunset [[September 22]]. * [[September 23]] - National Day of [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]] * [[September 27]] - [[Sukot]] or [[Tabernacles]] in [[Judaism]]. * [[October 1]] - [[Independence Day]] in [[Nigeria]]. * [[October 2]] - [[Gandhi Jayanti]] in [[India]]. * [[October 8]] - [[Thanksgiving]] in [[Canada]]. [[Columbus Day]] in the USA this year. * [[October 8]] - [[Battle of Angamos]] Day in [[Peru]]. * [[October 12]] - [[Columbus Day]] in Central and South America. * [[October 23]] - [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]] Anniversary in [[Hungary]] * [[October 31]] - [[All Hallows' Eve]], [[Halloween]]. * [[November 1]] - [[All Saints' Day]]. [[Samhain]], a cross-quarter day. [[Neopagan]] New Year's Day. * [[November 10]] - [[Diwali]] festival in [[India]]. * [[November 11]] - [[Independence Day]] in [[Poland]]. * [[November 22]] - [[Thanksgiving]] this year in the USA. * [[December 22]] - [[Winter Solstice]] Winter festival/holiday for those of Pagan faiths. * [[December 25]] - [[Christmas]] in Western [[Christianity]]. * [[December 26]] - [[Boxing Day]] in most [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries. {{Events by month}} ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:2007| ]] [[af:2007]] [[als:2000er#2007]] [[am:2007 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:2007]] [[an:2007]] [[arc:2007]] [[frp:2007]] [[ast:2007]] [[av:2007]] [[ay:2007]] [[az:2007]] [[bn:২০০৭]] [[zh-min-nan:2007 nî]] [[be:2007]] [[be-x-old:2007]] [[bh:२००७]] [[bs:2007]] [[br:2007]] [[bg:2007]] [[ca:2007]] [[cv:2007]] [[ceb:2007]] [[cs:2007]] [[ny:2007]] [[za:2007 bi]] [[cy:2007]] [[da:2007]] [[de:2007]] [[dv:2007]] [[nv:2007]] [[et:2007]] [[el:2007]] [[es:2007]] [[eo:2007]] [[eu:2007]] [[fa:۲۰۰۷ (میلادی)]] [[fo:2007]] [[fr:2007]] [[fy:2007]] [[fur:2007]] [[ga:2007]] [[gv:2007]] [[gd:2007]] [[gl:2007]] [[glk:2007]] [[zh-classical:二〇〇七年]] [[ko:2007년]] [[haw:2007]] [[hy:2007]] [[hi:2007]] [[hr:2007.]] [[io:2007]] [[ig:2007]] [[bpy:মারি ২০০৭]] [[id:2007]] [[ia:2007]] [[iu:2007]] [[os:2007]] [[zu:2007]] [[is:2007]] [[it:2007]] [[he:2007]] [[jv:2007]] [[kn:೨೦೦೭]] [[ka:2007]] [[csb:2007]] [[kk:2007]] [[kw:2007]] [[sw:2007]] [[ku:2007]] [[la:2007]] [[lv:2007]] [[lb:2007]] [[lt:2007]] [[lij:2007]] [[li:2007]] [[jbo:2007moi nanca]] [[lmo:2007]] [[hu:2007]] [[mk:2007]] [[mt:2007]] [[mi:2007]] [[mr:इ.स. २००७]] [[mzn:2007]] [[ms:2007]] [[nah:2007]] [[nl:2007]] [[nds-nl:2007]] [[new:२००७]] [[ja:2007年]] [[no:2007]] [[nn:2007]] [[nrm:2007]] [[nov:2007]] [[oc:2007]] [[or:୨୦୦୭]] [[om:2007]] [[uz:2007]] [[pi:२००७]] [[pag:2007]] [[pap:2007]] [[km:២០០៧]] [[pms:2007]] [[nds:2007]] [[pl:2007]] [[pt:2007]] [[ty:2007]] [[ksh:Joohr 2007]] [[ro:2007]] [[qu:2007]] [[ru:2007 год]] [[se:2007]] [[sq:2007]] [[scn:2007]] [[simple:2007]] [[sk:2007]] [[sl:2007]] [[so:2007]] [[sr:2007]] [[sh:2007]] [[su:2007]] [[fi:2007]] [[sv:2007]] [[tl:2007]] [[ta:2007]] [[tt:2007]] [[te:2007]] [[tet:2007]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2550]] [[vi:2007]] [[tg:2007]] [[tpi:2007]] [[tr:2007]] [[tk:2007]] [[bug:2007]] [[uk:2007]] [[ur:2007ء]] [[fiu-vro:2007]] [[wa:2007]] [[vls:2007]] [[yi:2007]] [[zh-yue:2007年]] [[cbk-zam:2007]] [[bat-smg:2007]] [[zh:2007年]] <p> Year <b>2007</b> (<b><a href="<?url_for_edit Roman numerals?>">MMVII</a></b>) is the current year, a <a href="<?url_for_edit common year starting on Monday?>">common year starting on Monday</a> of the <a href="<?url_for_edit Gregorian calendar?>">Gregorian calendar</a> and the <a href="<?url_for_edit Anno Domini?>">AD</a>/<a href="<?url_for_edit Common era?>">CE</a> era in the <a href="<?url_for_edit 21st century?>">21st century</a>. </p><p>The year is usually pronounced as "two thousand and seven" or "two thousand seven"; however, some people prefer "twenty oh-seven" (as per the convention for <a href="<?url_for_edit 1907?>">1907</a>) or simply as "oh-seven". </p><p>The year 2007 has been designated: </p><ul><li> In the <a href="<?url_for_edit lunar calendar?>">lunar calendar</a>, dates from <a href="<?url_for_edit February 18?>">February 18</a> onwards are in the <a href="<?url_for_edit boar (zodiac)?>">Year of the Boar</a></li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit International Polar Year?>">International Polar Year</a><ref><a href="http://www.ipy.org/">International Polar Year website</a></ref></li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit International Heliophysical Year?>">International Heliophysical Year</a><ref><a href="http://ihy2007.org/">International Heliophysical Year website</a></ref></li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit European Year of Equal Opportunities for All?>">European Year of Equal Opportunities for All</a><ref><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/eyeq/index.cfm?language=EN">European Year of Equal Opportunities for All website</a></ref></li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit Year of the Dolphin?>">Year of the Dolphin</a><ref><a href="http://www.yod2007.org/en/Start_page/index.html">Year of the Dolphin website</a></ref></li><li> Year of the Pig in the <a href="<?url_for_edit Chinese Calendar?>">Chinese Calendar</a></li></ul><p><a href="<?url_for_edit UNESCO?>">UNESCO</a> has formally recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.<ref><a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001457/145755M.pdf">Celebration of anniversaries with which UNESCO will be associated in 2006–2007</a></ref> </p><h2><a name='Events'/>Events</h2><h3><a name='January'/>January</h3><p></p><ul><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 1?>">January 1</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union?>">Bulgaria</a> and <a href="<?url_for_edit Accession of Romania to the European Union?>">Romania</a> <a href="<?url_for_edit Enlargement of the European Union?>">join</a> the <a href="<?url_for_edit European Union?>">European Union</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 1?>">January 1</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Slovenia?>">Slovenia</a> adopts the <a href="<?url_for_edit euro?>">euro</a> as its official currency, replacing the <a href="<?url_for_edit Slovenian tolar?>">tolar</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 1?>">January 1</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit South Korea?>">South Korea</a>'s <a href="<?url_for_edit Ban Ki-moon?>">Ban Ki-moon</a> becomes the new <a href="<?url_for_edit United Nations Secretary-General?>">United Nations Secretary-General</a>, replacing <a href="<?url_for_edit Kofi Annan?>">Kofi Annan</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 1?>">January 1</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Hong Kong?>">Hong Kong</a>'s new smoking law starts. From this day onwards, smoking is prohibited in clubs, karaoke bars, restaurants, and all public places. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 1?>">January 1</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Adam Air Flight 574?>">Adam Air Flight 574</a>, a routine domestic flight in <a href="<?url_for_edit Indonesia?>">Indonesia</a>, disappears; debris are found 10 days later, but the aircraft remains missing. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 1?>">January 1</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Angola?>">Angola</a> joins <a href="<?url_for_edit OPEC?>">OPEC</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 1?>">January 1</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit War in Somalia (2006 – present)?>">War in Somalia</a>: Fighters of the <a href="<?url_for_edit Islamic Courts Union?>">Islamic Courts Union</a> abandon their last stronghold in <a href="<?url_for_edit Fall of Kismayo?>">Kismayo</a> and flee for the <a href="<?url_for_edit Ras Kamboni?>">Kenyan border</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 2?>">January 2</a> - The new constitution of <a href="<?url_for_edit Gibraltar?>">Gibraltar</a> came into force.<a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gi.html#Govt">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gi.html#Govt</a></li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 3?>">January 3</a> - Former <a href="<?url_for_edit United States?>">United States</a> <a href="<?url_for_edit President of the United States?>">president</a> <a href="<?url_for_edit Gerald Ford?>">Gerald Ford</a> is buried in <a href="<?url_for_edit Grand Rapids, Michigan?>">Grand Rapids, Michigan</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 3?>">January 3</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit People's Republic of China?>">China</a> conducts an <a href="<?url_for_edit Xinjiang raid (January 2007)?>">anti-terror raid</a> in <a href="<?url_for_edit Xinjiang?>">Xinjiang</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 4?>">January 4</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Nancy Pelosi?>">Nancy Pelosi</a> becomes the first female <a href="<?url_for_edit Speaker of the United States House of Representatives?>">Speaker of the House of Representatives|Speaker</a> of the <a href="<?url_for_edit United States House of Representatives?>">United States House of Representatives</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 5?>">January 5</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit War in Somalia (2006 – present)?>">War in Somalia</a>: The first shots are fired in the <a href="<?url_for_edit Battle of Ras Kamboni?>">battle for control</a> of the border town of <a href="<?url_for_edit Ras Kamboni?>">Ras Kamboni</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 8?>">January 8</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Russia?>">Russia</a>n oil supplies to <a href="<?url_for_edit Poland?>">Poland</a>, <a href="<?url_for_edit Germany?>">Germany</a>, and <a href="<?url_for_edit Ukraine?>">Ukraine</a> are cut as the <a href="<?url_for_edit Russia-Belarus energy dispute?>">Russia-Belarus energy dispute</a> escalates; restored 3 days later. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 8?>">January 8</a> - The <a href="<?url_for_edit Florida Gators?>">Florida Gators</a> beat <a href="<?url_for_edit Ohio State?>">Ohio State</a> 41-14 in the <a href="<?url_for_edit BCS National Championship Game?>">BCS National Championship Game</a> to be crowned <a href="<?url_for_edit NCAA?>">NCAA</a> National Football Champions. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 9?>">January 9</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit War in Somalia (2006 – present)?>">War in Somalia</a>: U.S. planes conduct <a href="<?url_for_edit Battle of Ras Kamboni?>">air strikes in Somalia against suspected terrorists</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 9?>">January 9</a> - An <a href="<?url_for_edit AerianTur-M?>">AerianTur-M</a> <a href="<?url_for_edit Antonov?>">Antonov</a> <a href="<?url_for_edit Antonov An-26?>">An-26</a> <a href="<?url_for_edit 2007 Balad aircraft crash?>">crashes</a> in <a href="<?url_for_edit Balad, Iraq?>">Balad</a>, <a href="<?url_for_edit Iraq?>">Iraq</a>. The <a href="<?url_for_edit Islamic Army in Iraq?>">Islamic Army in Iraq</a> claims to have shot it down. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 10?>">January 10</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit United States?>">U.S.</a> <a href="<?url_for_edit President of the United States?>">President</a> <a href="<?url_for_edit George W. Bush?>">George W. Bush</a> announces a plan to station 21,500 additional troops in <a href="<?url_for_edit Iraq?>">Iraq</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 11?>">January 11</a> - In <a href="<?url_for_edit Bangladesh?>">Bangladesh</a>, a state of emergency is declared by caretaker President <a href="<?url_for_edit Iajuddin Ahmed?>">Iajuddin Ahmed</a>, following weeks of violent protests preceding upcoming <a href="<?url_for_edit Bangladeshi parliamentary election, 2007?>">parliamentary elections</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 11?>">January 11</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Vietnam?>">Vietnam</a> joins the <a href="<?url_for_edit World Trade Organization?>">World Trade Organization</a> as its 150th member. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 11?>">January 11</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit People's Republic of China?>">China</a> successfully tests a ground-based <a href="<?url_for_edit ballistic missile?>">ballistic missile</a> capable of destroying satellites in orbit, drawing criticisms from other countries. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 12?>">January 12</a> - An <a href="<?url_for_edit Argentina?>">Argentine</a> judge issues a warrant for the arrest of former <a href="<?url_for_edit President of Argentina?>">President</a> <a href="<?url_for_edit Isabel Martínez de Perón?>">Isabel Martínez de Perón</a> in connection with the disappearance of a <a href="<?url_for_edit human rights?>">human rights</a> worker in <a href="<?url_for_edit 1976?>">1976</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 12?>">January 12</a> - The US Embassy in <a href="<?url_for_edit Athens?>">Athens</a> is attacked with a <a href="<?url_for_edit rocket propelled grenade?>">rocket propelled grenade</a>, which caused minimal damage and no injuries. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 12?>">January 12</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Comet McNaught?>">Comet McNaught</a>, the brightest comet in over 40 years, makes <a href="<?url_for_edit perihelion?>">perihelion</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 13?>">January 13</a> - The Greek ship <i>Server</i> breaks in half off the <a href="<?url_for_edit Norway?>">Norwegian</a> coast, releasing over 200 tons of crude <a href="<?url_for_edit oil?>">oil</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 14?>">January 14</a> - The <a href="<?url_for_edit International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement?>">International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement</a> officially adopts the <a href="<?url_for_edit Emblems of the Red Cross?>">Red Crystal</a> as a non-religious emblem for use in its overseas operations. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 14?>">January 14</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Nazanin Fatehi?>">Nazanin Fatehi</a>, a 19 year old <a href="<?url_for_edit Iran?>">Iran</a>ian girl previously <a href="<?url_for_edit Capital Punishment?>">sentenced to death</a> for killing a man she claimed tried to <a href="<?url_for_edit rape?>">rape</a> her, is exonerated, as her re-trial comes to an end. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 15?>">January 15</a> - The <a href="<?url_for_edit Sentosa Express?>">Sentosa Express</a> <a href="<?url_for_edit monorail?>">monorail</a> opens in <a href="<?url_for_edit Singapore?>">Singapore</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 15?>">January 15</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti?>">Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti</a>, former Iraqi intelligence chief and <a href="<?url_for_edit Sibling?>">half-brother</a> of <a href="<?url_for_edit Saddam Hussein?>">Saddam Hussein</a>, and <a href="<?url_for_edit Awad Hamed al-Bandar?>">Awad Hamed al-Bandar</a>, former <a href="<?url_for_edit chief judge?>">chief judge</a> of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 17?>">January 17</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Hurricane?>">Hurricane</a> force winds from <a href="<?url_for_edit Kyrill (storm)?>">storm Kyrill</a> claim at least 40 lives in western <a href="<?url_for_edit Europe?>">Europe</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 17?>">January 17</a> - Protests occur in <a href="<?url_for_edit India?>">India</a> and the <a href="<?url_for_edit United Kingdom?>">United Kingdom</a> against the British series of <a href="<?url_for_edit Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK)?>"><i>Celebrity Big Brother</i></a> after <a href="<?url_for_edit Jade Goody?>">Jade Goody</a>, <a href="<?url_for_edit Danielle Lloyd?>">Danielle Lloyd</a> and <a href="<?url_for_edit Jo O'Meara?>">Jo O'Meara</a> were alleged to have been racially abusive towards <a href="<?url_for_edit Bollywood?>">Bollywood</a> star <a href="<?url_for_edit Shilpa Shetty?>">Shilpa Shetty</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 17?>">January 17</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Doomsday Clock?>">Doomsday Clock</a> is set to 5 minutes to midnight. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 18?>">January 18</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Comet McNaught?>">Comet McNaught</a>, the brightest <a href="<?url_for_show comet?>">comet</a> to appear in over 40 years, becomes visible over the <a href="<?url_for_edit Southern Hemisphere?>">Southern Hemisphere</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 19?>">January 19</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Israel?>">Israel</a> released $100 million in frozen assets to President <a href="<?url_for_edit Mahmoud Abbas?>">Mahmoud Abbas</a> of the <a href="<?url_for_edit Palestinian National Authority?>">Palestinian National Authority</a> in order to bolster the president's position. <a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/23/tww.01.html">http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/23/tww.01.html</a></li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 22?>">January 22</a> - A <a href="<?url_for_edit 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings?>">bombing in a market</a> in Baghdad, Iraq kills 88 people. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 24?>">January 24</a> - The <a href="<?url_for_edit Israel?>">Israel</a>i <a href="<?url_for_edit Justice Minister?>">Ministry of Justice</a> announces that the <a href="<?url_for_edit President of Israel?>">President of Israel</a>, <a href="<?url_for_edit Moshe Katsav?>">Moshe Katsav</a>, will be charged with <a href="<?url_for_edit rape?>">rape</a> and abuse of power. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 25?>">January 25</a> - The <a href="<?url_for_edit President of Israel?>">President of Israel</a>, <a href="<?url_for_edit Moshe Katsav?>">Moshe Katsav</a>, takes a temporary <a href="<?url_for_edit leave of absence?>">leave of absence</a> due to a <a href="<?url_for_edit sex scandal?>">sex scandal</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 28?>">January 28</a> - A <a href="<?url_for_edit Battle of Najaf (2007)?>">battle</a> between <a href="<?url_for_edit Iraqi insurgency?>">insurgents</a> and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops kills 300 suspected terrorists in <a href="<?url_for_edit Najaf?>">Najaf</a>, <a href="<?url_for_edit Iraq?>">Iraq</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 28?>">January 28</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit February 4?>">February 4</a> - The <a href="<?url_for_edit 2007 Asian Winter Games?>">2007 Asian Winter Games</a> are held in <a href="<?url_for_edit Changchun?>">Changchun</a>, <a href="<?url_for_edit People's Republic of China?>">China</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 29?>">January 29</a> - A <a href="<?url_for_edit suicide bomber?>">suicide bomber</a> kills three people in a bakery in <a href="<?url_for_edit Eilat?>">Eilat</a>, <a href="<?url_for_edit Israel?>">Israel</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 31?>">January 31</a> - The <a href="<?url_for_edit Venezuela?>">Venezuela</a>n <a href="<?url_for_edit National Assembly (Venezuela)?>">National Assembly</a> gives President <a href="<?url_for_edit Hugo Chávez?>">Hugo Chávez</a> the power to <a href="<?url_for_edit rule by decree?>">rule by decree</a> for 18 months. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 31?>">January 31</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Delta Air Lines?>">Delta Air Lines</a> creditors officially reject <a href="<?url_for_edit US Airways?>">US Airways</a>' <a href="<?url_for_edit hostile takeover?>">hostile takeover</a> bid. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit January 31?>">January 31</a> - The <a href="<?url_for_edit 2007 Boston Mooninite Scare?>">Mooninite scare occurs in Boston</a> when devices used in a <a href="<?url_for_edit guerrilla marketing?>">guerrilla marketing</a> campaign for the animated television series <i><a href="<?url_for_edit Aqua Teen Hunger Force?>">Aqua Teen Hunger Force</a></i> are mistaken for <a href="<?url_for_edit improvised explosive devices?>">improvised explosive devices</a>. </li></ul><h3><a name='February'/>February</h3><p></p><ul><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit February 1?>">February 1</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit British Prime Minister?>">British Prime Minister</a> <a href="<?url_for_edit Tony Blair?>">Tony Blair</a> is questioned for a second time in the '<a href="<?url_for_edit cash for peerages?>">cash for peerages</a> (Cash for Honours)' probe as a witness. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit February 2?>">February 2</a> - An <a href="<?url_for_edit 2007 Central Florida tornadoes?>">unseasonal tornado in central Florida</a> kills at least 20 people. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit February 2?>">February 2</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit Palestinian factional violence?>">Palestinian factional violence</a>: <a href="<?url_for_edit Hamas?>">Hamas</a> and its rival <a href="<?url_for_edit Fatah?>">Fatah</a> renew their truce after violence broke out following the initial ceasefire. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit February 2?>">February 2</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit People's Republic of China?>">Chinese</a> President <a href="<?url_for_edit Hu Jintao?>">Hu Jintao</a> signs a series of economic deals with <a href="<?url_for_edit Sudan?>">Sudan</a>. </li><li> <a href="<?url_for_edit February 2?>">February 2</a> - <a href="<?url_for_edit War in Somalia (2006–present)?>">War in Somalia</a>: Eight people are killed in a mortar attack i