2007
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2007 A.D. (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. It is the 7th year in the 21st century and in the 3rd millennium, both of which began on January 1, 2001.
The year is usually pronounced as "two thousand (and) seven", but some prefer "twenty oh-seven", as per the convention for 1907.
The year 2007 has been designated:
UNESCO has formally recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.[5]
[edit] Events
[edit] January
- January 1 - Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.
- January 1 - Slovenia adopts the euro as its official currency, replacing the tolar.
- January 1 - South Korea's Ban Ki-moon becomes the new United Nations Secretary-General, replacing Kofi Annan.
- January 1 - Adam Air Flight 574, a routine domestic flight in Indonesia, disappears; debris is found 10 days later, but the aircraft remains missing.
- January 1 - Angola joins OPEC.
- January 1 - War in Somalia: Fighters of the Islamic Courts Union abandon their last stronghold in Kismayo and flee for the Kenyan border.
- January 3 - Former United States president Gerald Ford is buried in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- January 3 - China conducts an anti-terror raid in Xinjiang.
- January 4 - Nancy Pelosi becomes the first woman Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
- January 5 - War in Somalia: The first shots are fired in the battle for control of the border town of Ras Kamboni.
- January 8 - Russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany, and Ukraine are cut as the Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates; restored 3 days later.
- January 9 - The 2007 MacWorld Expo opens in San Francisco. Apple Computer unveils the iPhone, a mobile phone/iPod hybrid.
- January 9 - War in Somalia: U.S. planes conduct air strikes against suspected terrorists, possibly having killed senior Al Qaeda operative Fazul Abdullah Mohammed.
- January 9 - An AerianTur-M Antonov An-26 crashes in Balad, Iraq. The Islamic Army in Iraq claims to have shot it down.
- January 10 - U.S. President George W. Bush announces a plan to station 21,500 additional troops into Iraq.
- January 11 - In Bangladesh, a state of emergency is declared by caretaker President Iajuddin Ahmed, following weeks of violent protests preceding upcoming parliamentary elections.
- January 11 - Vietnam joins the World Trade Organization as its 150th member.
- January 11 - China tests a ground-based ballistic missile that destroys one of its own weather satellites, the Fengyun, in space, drawing criticisms from other countries.
- January 12 - An Argentine judge issues a warrant for the arrest of former 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 causes minimal damage and no injuries.
- January 13 - The Greek ship Server breaks in half off the Norwegian coast, releasing over 200 tons of crude oil.
- January 14 - The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement officially adopts the Red Crystal as a non-religious emblem for use in its overseas operations.
- January 14 - Nazanin Fatehi, a 19 year old Iranian girl previously sentenced to death for killing a man she claimed tried to rape her, is exonerated, as her re-trial comes to an end.
- January 14 - Ryan Hall broke the US half marathon record.
- January 15 - The Sentosa Express monorail opens in Singapore.
- January 15 - Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and 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 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 after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara were alleged to have been racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.
- January 18 - Comet McNaught, the brightest comet to appear in over 40 years, becames visible over the Southern Hemisphere.
- January 19 - Israel released 100 million[citation needed] in frozen assets to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority in order to bolster the president's position.
- January 22 - A bombing in a market in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 88 people.
- January 24 - The Israeli 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 between insurgents and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops kills 300 suspected terrorists in Najaf, Iraq.
- January 29 - A suicide bomber kills 3 people in a bakery in Eilat, Israel.
- January 30 - Microsoft releases their latest Windows operating system (Windows Vista) to home users.
- January 31 - The Venezuelan 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 Mooninite scare occurs in Boston when devices used in a guerrilla marketing campaign for the Adult Swim series Aqua Teen Hunger Force are mistaken for improvised explosive devices.
[edit] February
- February 1 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair is questioned for a second time in the 'cash for peerages' probe as a witness.
- February 2 - An 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 - Chinese President Hu Jintao signs a series of economic deals with Sudan.
- February 2 - 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; Serbian leaders denounce the proposal.
- February 2 - The IPCC publishes its 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 bird flu is found at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm in Suffolk.
- February 3 - State of Emergency is declared in Indonesia after 'El Nino'-like flooding.
- February 3 - A truck bombing in a crowded Baghdad market kills at least 135 people and injured 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 presidential bid in Springfield.
- February 11 - 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 13 – North Korea agrees to shut down its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon by Apr. 14 as a first step towards complete denuclearization, receiving in return energy aid equivalent to 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil. [1]
- February 13 - 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 2008 presidential election.
- February 18 - Melbourne Victory beats Adelaide United 6-0 in the 2006–2007 A-League Grand Final at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne, Australia.
- February 22 - Huge fire causes 26 fatalities in care centre "Reg,i" which is located in Alsunga, Latvia.
- February 25 - The European Space Agency confirms Rosetta's successful Mars trajectory fly-by.
- February 25 - The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, takes place at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
- 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 the case.
- February 27 - The Chinese Correction: world stock markets 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 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–March 4 - Total lunar eclipse.
- March 4 - Parliamentary elections take place in Estonia and in Abkhazia.
- March 6 - Mega Millions sets a new world record for the highest jackpot of US $370 million.
- March 7 - Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737-400, crashes at Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java, killing many on board.
- March 7 - Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 is held.
- March 8 - Israeli 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 is imploded.
- March 16 - In the 23-year history of the modern version of the popular gameshow Jeopardy!, a three-way tie occurred.
- March 17 - Chlorine bombs injure hundreds in Baghdad, Iraq.
- March 17 - France wins the 2007 Six Nations Championship on points difference after a controversial tri.
- March 22 - NATO troops launch two assaults in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, killing 38 Taliban terrorists. NATO suffers no casualties.
- March 23 - Naval forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guard seize Royal Navy personnel in disputed Iran-Iraq waters.
- March 23 - Sony PlayStation 3 officially launched in Europe and Australia.
- March 25 - In Berlin 27 European ministers celebrate the 50-year Treaty of Rome.
- March 25 - The 200th anniversary of the finalization of the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, which abolished the slave trade in the British Empire, is marked.
- March 26 - A National Assembly election takes place in the Canadian province of Québec. The Liberal Party (le Parti Libéral du Québec) wins the elections 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 1 - Wrestlemania 23 is hosted at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
- April 2 - The Solomon Islands is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, and hit by a subsequent tsunami.
- April 3 - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko dissolves the Ukrainian Parliament following defections that increased the majority of his opponents. It has been nicknamed the "Second Orange Revolution".
- April 4 - NATO and Afghan forces retake a key town from the Taliban in Sangin in southern Helmand Province.
- April 4 - Iran announced it will release the 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 strikes a reef off the harbor of Santorini. All except two French tourists successfully evacuate the ship in a three-hour long rescue operation. 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 10 - Australian rugby league legend Andrew Johns announces his retirement following a neck injury.
- April 10 - DNA tests reveal that the father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter is ex-boyfriend, Larry Birkhead.
- April 11 - Al Qaeda claims responsibility for two bomb blasts in the Algerian capital of Algiers. At least 33 people have been killed and 222 others injured. [2]
- April 12 - U.S. negotiator to the DPRK nuclear issue Christopher Hill states disappointedly that North Korea is unexpected to meet the Apr. 14 deadline for shutting down its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon as agreed. [3]
- April 12 - Don Imus is fired by CBS for making controversial comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team.
- April 13 - AP breaks a story about the massacre of civilians during the Korean War by the United States Armed Forces. It is written by a Korean AP writer.
- 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 Cho Seung Hui in the deadliest single shooting incident in the history of the United States, using 2 handguns, a 9mm and a .22 caliber. Two days later his video diatribe is presented by NBC.
- 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’s New Delhi.
- April 18 - 32 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. Apr. 23 article titled "U.S. Air Force Perpetrates Madcap War Exercises against DPRK" at [4]
- 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 - Blue Angels plane #6 crashes during an air show in Beaufort, S. Carolina, killing pilot Kevin Davis.
- April 22 - The first round of the French presidential election of 2007 takes place.
- April 23 - Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s first President following the dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991–1999), passes away.
- April 23 - A bombing in Iraq kills 9 U.S. soldiers of the 82nd airborne division and wounds 20. [5] The Islamic State of Iraq, an al-Qaida group, claims responsibility for one of the worst attacks on the ground forces since the 2003 invasion.
- 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.
- April 25 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 135.95 points to close at 13089.89, its first close above 13,000 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 the same company that designed the Sears Tower, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
- April 25 - A U.S. Congressman introduces articles to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.[6]
- April 26 - Russians started a riot in Tallinn, Estonia, about moving the Bronze Soldier.
- April 27 - Turkish Presidential Election first round, which was later declared invalid by a Turkish court.
- April 28 - An Earthquake registering 4.3 on the Richter scale strikes Kent, England, United Kingdom.
- May 1 - 300th Anniversary of the British Act of Union of 1707 merging the parliaments of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, creating the Parliament of Great Britain.
- May 3 - Parliamentary and local government elections in Scotland.
- May 3 - Local government elections in England.
- May 4 - Tornado strikes Greensburg, Kansas, killing at least twelve and destroying about 90% of the town.
- May 5 - Street Sense wins the 133rd Kentucky Derby
- May 5 - Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 crashes in Cameroon.
- May 6 - Nicolas Sarkozy is elected President of the French Republic, defeating Ségolène Royal with 53% of the vote in the French Presidential Election.
- May 6 - Manchester United wins the English Premier League after tital rivals Chelsea draw against Arsenal.
- May 6 - Panathinaikos BC wins basketball's Euroleague after beating CSKA Moscow 93-91 in Athens Olympic stadium.
- May 6 - A.C. Paranavaí wins its first ever Paraná State Championship after a scoreless draw against Paraná Clube in the city of Curitiba, Brazil.
- May 8 - Devolved government is restored to Northern Ireland, with Ian Paisley as First Minister and Gerry Adams as Deputy First Minister.
- May 9 - Queen Elizabeth II departs the United States of America concluding her six day visit.
- May 10 - Tony Blair announces he will resign as British Prime Minister, in favour of the new Labour Party leader, on June 27.
- May 12 - The final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 is held in Helsinki, resulting in Serbia's first victory.
- May 12–May 13 - Virginia commemorated the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown.
- 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 - The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Moscow Patriarchate re-united after eighty years of schism.
- May 18 - The 4th annual Personal Democracy Forum was held in New York City at Pace University.
- May 19 - The Ottawa Senators defeat the Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 1 in the Eastern Conference (NHL) Finals and advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in franchise history.
- May 19 - The 126th FA Challenge Cup Final is held, the first at the new Wembley Stadium. Chelsea FC beat Manchester United 1-0, thanks to a late strike deep in extra time by Didier Drogba.
- May 19 - Sequel to massively popular Blizzard game Starcraft, Starcraft 2, is announced at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in South Korea.
- 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 North Lebanon conflict.
- May 21 - The 19th century ship the Cutty Sark which is moored in a dry dock in Greenwich, London is badly damaged by fire.
- May 22 - The Anaheim Ducks defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 2 in the Western Conference (NHL) Finals and advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.
- May 23 - Jordin Sparks is crowned the American Idol for 2007. A great finally, leaves Jordin in tears of happiness.
- May 23 - The UEFA Champions League 2006-07 season final between Liverpool F.C. and A.C. Milan is held in the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. A.C. Milan won with 2 goals against 1 from Liverpool F.C.
- May 24 - General Election in the Republic of Ireland.
- May 25 - Star Wars celebrates 30 years since the box-office hit A New Hope at Star Wars Celebration IV.
- May 25 - Ozeki Hakuho clinched his third and second straight Emperor's Cup at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament (Natsu Basho) in Tokyo, Japan and assured himself to be promoted to the rank of yokozuna.
- May 25 - Danish former professional bicyclist Bjarne Riis admitted to having used doping and EPO when winning the 1996 Tour de France.
- May 26 - Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2006 revival of Evita closes after an eleven month run at the Adelphi Theatre.
[edit] Scheduled Events
- June 1 - 2007 Atlantic Hurricane season officially begins.
- June 1 - Madaraka Day, 1 June, commemorates the day that Kenya attained internal self-rule following four decades of armed struggle
- June 5 - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will make its second flyby of Venus en route to Mercury.
- June 6–June 8 - The 33rd G8 summit will take place in Heiligendamm, Germany.
- June 10 - The first round of a legislative election and a general election will be held in France and Belgium respectively.
- June 10 - The 61st Tony Awards, honoring Broadway theatres' best shows, will take place at Radio City Music Hall.
- June 11–June 15 - Apple's 18th Annual WWDC takes place in San Francisco, CA.
- June 15 - The 1957 Belvedere Sport Coupe that was buried in a time capsule in downtown Tulsa, OK will be dug up, exactly 50 years later. Tulsa is the only city to have a car in a time capsule.
- June 17 - The second round of the legislative election in France will take place.
- June 18–June 29 - Human Rights Council fifth session (Geneva).
- June 20 - NASA's Dawn spacecraft is scheduled to be launched.
- June 22–June 24 - Glastonbury Festival will take place in England.
- June 25 - Wimbledon 2007: Men's singles opens play on Centre Court
- June 27 – July 15 - The Copa América 2007 soccer tournament will take place in Venezuela.
- June 27 - Tony Blair will resign, and Gordon Brown will take over, as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- June 28 - Start of the Manchester International Festival
- June 30 - A calendar blue moon will occur in most of the Eastern Hemisphere.
- June 30–July 22 - The FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007 soccer tournament will take place in Canada/
- July - Constructions will begin on The Civic Waterfront in Canberra.
- July - Rwanda and Burundi are scheduled to join the East African Community.
- July 1 - Canada celebrates its 140th birthday.
- July 1 - The refurbished Millennium Dome, now called The O2 will reopen in London.
- July 1 - Smoking in public and work places is banned in England.
- July 1 - Russia will be composed of 85 federal subjects instead of 86 as Koryakia will be merged into the Kamchatka Oblast per a 2005 referendum.
- July 4 - The host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics will be announced during the 119th International Olympic Committee Session in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The three candidates cities are Sochi, Salzburg and PyeongChang.
- July 5 - The Isle of Man will celebrate Tynwald Day.
- July 5 - The 50-star flag will surpass the 48-star flag, which flew from 1912 to 1959, as the longest-flying American flag.
- July 7–July 29 - The 2007 Tour de France will take place; the grand départ will be from London.
- July 7–July 29 - The Asian Cup 2007 soccer tournament will take place in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.
- July 7 - The New Seven Wonders of the World are set to be revealed in a ceremony in Portugal.
- July 7 - A series of concerts supporting anti-Global warming will take place all over the world called, Live Earth.
- July 8 - Boeing is set to roll out the new Boeing 787 on this date, which corresponds with the hull designation.
- July 13 - The 15th Pan Am Games will open in Rio de Janeiro.
- July 21 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final novel of the Harry Potter series, set to be released.
- July 22 - An election will determine 121 of the 242 seats in the Japanese House of Councillors.
- July 22 - Parliamentary elections are expected to take place in Turkey.
- July 27–August 8 - 21st World Scout Jamboree takes place in Hylands Park, Essex to celebrate centenary of scouting.
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