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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
The year 2007 was designated:
Also see: Wikipedia\'s almanac of events for this year.
UNESCO has formally recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.[Celebration of anniversaries with which UNESCO will be associated in 2006–2007]
Events of 2007
January
- January 1 - Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams is shot and killed outside a nightclub in Denver, CO
- 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 - Hong Kong\'s new smoking ban 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 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 2 - The new constitution of Gibraltar came into force. [1]
- January 3 - China conducts an anti-terror raid in Xinjiang.
- January 4 - Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female 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 5 - Taiwan High Speed Rail open between Taipei and Kaohsiung.
- January 8 - Daniel Ortega becomes President of Nicaragua for the second time.
- 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 - War in Somalia: U.S. planes conduct air strikes in Somalia against suspected terrorists.
- January 9 - An AerianTur-M Antonov An-26 crashes in Balad, Iraq. The Islamic Army in Iraq claims to have shot it down.
- January 9 - Apple Inc. announces and introduces the highly speculated iPhone at the 2007 Macworld Conference & Expo.
- January 10 - U.S. 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 parliamentary elections.
- January 11 - Vietnam joins the World Trade Organization as its 150th member.
- January 11 - China successfully tests a ground-based ballistic missile capable of destroying satellites in orbit, drawing criticisms from other countries.
- January 11 - A Powerful blizzard hits Saskatchewan, creating white-out conditions.
- January 12 - An Argentine judge issues a warrant for the arrest of former President Isabel MartÃnez 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 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 niece, is exonerated, as her re-trial comes to an end.
- 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 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 18 - The strongest storm in the UK for 17 years kills 14 people, Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill, caused at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. Other losses include the Container Ship MSC Napoli destroyed by the storm of the coast of Devon, England.
- 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. [2]
- 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 28 - February 4 - The 2007 Asian Winter Games are held in Changchun, China.
- January 29 - A suicide bomber kills three people in a bakery in Eilat, Israel.
- January 30 - Microsoft releases Windows Vista and Office 2007.
- 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 animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force are mistaken for improvised explosive devices.
February
- 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 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 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 7 - Sharon Osbourne announces that Ozzfest 2007 will be free.
- February 10 - U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois announces a presidential bid in Springfield, Illinois.
- 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 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.
[http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/newsview_sub.php?menu=1&key=2007021324]
- 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 22 - A Large fire causes 26 fatalities in care center "Reģi" 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. The Departed wins Best Picture.
- 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.
- February 27 - 2007 Bagram Air Base bombing: A Taliban suicide attack at Bagram Air Base while Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney is visiting kills 23, but he is not injured.
- February 28 - The New Horizons space probe makes a gravitational slingshot against Jupiter which changes its trajectory towards Pluto.
March
- March - India\'s 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 lunar eclipse.
- March 3 - Mixed martial artist Randy Couture wins the UFC heavyweight championship at the age of 43 in the main event of UFC 68.
- March 4 - Parliamentary elections take place in Estonia and in Abkhazia.
- March 5 - March 15 - The 2007 National People\'s Congress is held in Beijing, 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 highest lottery 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 12 - Alan Johnston, a BBC journalist disappears in Gaza City, Palestine.
- March 13 - Stardust Resort & Casino is demolished.
- March 17 - Chlorine bombs injure hundreds in Baghdad, Iraq.
- March 18 - The 2007 Formula 1 World Championship Begins with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
- 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 - Eight human skeletons are discovered in Fort Myers, Florida, later linked to suspected serial killer Daniel Conahan.
- March 25 - In Berlin 27 European ministers celebrate the 50-year Treaty of Rome.
- March 25 - Ozeki Hakuho clinches the Emperor\'s Cup at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament (Haru Basho) in Osaka, Japan.
- March 26 - In the Canadian province of Québec, the Liberal Party wins a 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 sign 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.
- March 31 - World DJ Tiesto starts his world tour \'Elements of Life\' commencing at the King\'s Hall, Belfast to a packed audience of 8,000 hosted by Planetlove Promotions.
April
- April 16 - 32 people are killed in the Virginia Tech massacre on the premises of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
- 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.
[http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm]
- April 21 - Presidential elections are held in Nigeria.
- April 22 - The first round of the 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.
- 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.
- April 25 - Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), introduces articles to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.
[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/25/politics/main2726626.shtml]
- April 26 - Russians riot in Tallinn, Estonia, about moving the Bronze Soldier. Two nights of rioting leave one dead.
- April 27 - Turkish Presidential Election first round, which was later declared invalid by a Turkish court.
May
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