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2007 Calendar
January
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31      
February
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28      
March
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
April
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30          
May
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    
June
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        
August
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31  
September
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30            
October
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7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31      
November
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30  
December
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31          

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[edit] Deaths

  • 705 - Empress Wu of Zhou (China; b. 625)
  • 714 - Pippin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
  • 999 - Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)
  • 1325 - Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)
  • 1379 - John Fitzalan, Marshal of England (drowned)
  • 1470 - John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)
  • 1515 - Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese naval general (b. 1453)
  • 1669 - Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician
  • 1687 - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)
  • 1751 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)
  • 1774 - François Quesnay, French economist (b. 1694)
  • 1783 - Johann A. Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)
  • 1783 - Sir William James British naval commander (b. 1720)
  • 1809 - Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)
  • 1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (b. 1786)
  • 1898 - Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
  • 1914 - Ivan Zajc, Austro-Hungarian composer (b. 1832)
  • 1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869)
  • 1921 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (b. 1835)
  • 1922 - Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of Poland (b. 1865)
  • 1928 - Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer (b. 1885)
  • 1945 - Giovanni Agnelli, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1866)
  • 1945 - Fumimaro Konoye, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)
  • 1949 - Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (b. 1873)
  • 1956 - Nina Hamnett, British artist (b. 1890)
  • 1965 - W. Somerset Maugham, British writer (b. 1874)
  • 1977 - Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (b. 1934)
  • 1980 - Colonel Harland Sanders, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1890)
  • 1980 - Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (b. 1900)
  • 1982 - Colin Chapman, British engineer and automobile manufacturer, founder of Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
  • 1985 - Paul Castellano, American mafioso (b. 1915)
  • 1985 - Thomas Bilotti, American mafioso (b. 1940)
  • 1989 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
  • 1989 - Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)
  • 1990 - Douglas Campbell, American pilot (b. 1896)
  • 1993 - Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929)
  • 1993 - Tanaka Kakuei, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
  • 1995 - Mariele Ventre, Italian choir director (b. 1939)
  • 1996 - Quentin Bell, British art historian (b. 1910)
  • 2003 - Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
  • 2003 - Gary Stewart, American musician, singer and songwriter (suicide) (b. 1945)
  • 2004 - Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
  • 2005 - Kenneth Bulmer, British author (b.1921)
  • 2005 - John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)

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