2007
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2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) 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 2007 has been designated:
- In the Chinese calendar, dates up to February 17 are in the Year of the Dog, while dates from February 18 onwards are in the Year of the Pig.
- European Year of Equal Opportunities for All[1]
- Year of the Dolphin[2]
- UNESCO has formally recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.[3]
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[edit] Events
[edit] January
- January 1 - Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.
- January 1 - The Irish language became an official and working language of the European Union.
- January 1 - Slovenia adopted the Euro as its official currency, replacing the tolar.
- January 1 - South Korea's Ban Ki-moon became the new UN Secretary-General, replacing Kofi Annan.
- January 4 - Nancy Pelosi becomes the first woman Speaker of the House in the United States.
- January 12 - The US embassy in Athens was attacked with a rocket propelled grenade, which caused minimal damage and no injuries.
- January 13 - The Greek ship Server broke in half off the Norwegian coast, which released over 200 tons of crude oil.
- January 18 - Comet McNaught, the brightest comet to have appeared in over forty years, becames visible over the Southern Hemisphere.
- January 25 - The President of Israel, Moshe Katsav, took a temporary leave of absence due to a sex scandal.
- January 30 - Windows Vista, Microsoft's newest NT-based operating system, was released world-wide to consumers.
[edit] February
- February 2 - An unseasonal tornado in central Florida killed at least 20 people.
- February 2 - A policeman was killed in the Catania football clashes in Italy and 71 people are hopitalized.
- February 2 - Chinese President Hu Jintao signed a series of economic deals with Sudan.
- February 3 - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi cancelled all football matches in Italy whilst an investigation into riots on February 2 began.
- February 3 - Five people were killed and 40 were injured in a series of car bombs in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
- February 3 - A truck bombing in a crowded Baghdad market killed at least 135 people and injured a further 339 others.
- February 10 - U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois announced a presidential bid in Springfield.
- February 19 - North Korea agreed to give up its nuclear program, for oil.
- February 27 - World stock markets plummeted after China and Europe released less-than-expected growth reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 416.02 points, its largest single-day decline since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
[edit] March
- March 4 - Parliamentary elections took place in Estonia and in Abkhazia.
- March 6 - Mega Millions set a new world record for the highest jackpot of US$370 million.
- March 7 - Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737-400, crashed at Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java killing many on board.
- March 7 - Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007, was held.
- March 8 - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admitted 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 11 - Daylight saving time in most of the United States and Canada began; three to four weeks earlier than previously.
- March 13 - The Bank of England replaces the £20 note bearing the portrait of Edward Elgar with one featuring Adam Smith.
- March 14 - Pi Day
- March 15 - March 21 - CeBIT 2007 took place in Hannover, Germany.
- March 17 - Chlorine bombs injured hundreds in Baghdad, Iraq.
- March 17 - France won the 2007 Six Nations Championship on points difference after a controversial tri.
- March 24 - A legislative election took place in the Australian state of New South Wales, with Morris Iemma's Labor government being returned to power with a reduced minority.
- March 25 - In Berlin 27 European ministers celebrate 50 year Treaty of Rome.
- March 25 - Daylight savings begins in Europe
- March 25 - This day marked the 200th anniversary of the finalization of the 1807 Slave trade act, which abolished the slave trade in the British Empire.
- March 31 - Sydney, Australia, turned off its lights for one hour between 7:30pm and 8:30pm as a political statement for Global Climate Change.
[edit] April
- April 2 - Smoking in public and work places is banned in Wales.
- April 2 - 25th Anniversary of the Falklands War.
- April 3 - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko disolved the Ukrainian parliment in a historic act of anti-communism in Ukraine. It has been nicknamed the "Second Orange Revolution"
- April 4 - Iran announces it will release the British sailors and marines that they captured on March 23.
- April 4 - Apple Inc. releases Mac Pro with 2 Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors each running at a speed of 3.0 GHz.
- April 5 - The British sailors and marines taken by Iran on March 23 arrive back in Britain.
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January
- January 5 - Momofuko Ando, Taiwanese businessman
- January 8 - Iwao Takamoto, American animater
- January 19 - Scott Bigelow, American athlete and entertainer.
- February 8 - Anna Nicole Smith American actress (b. 1967)
- January 22 - Abbé Pierre, French Catholic priest, founder of Emmaus (b. 1912)
[edit] February
- February 8 - Anna Nicole Smith, American model and television personality (b. 1967)
- February 9 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
- February 22 - Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author, painter, and art collector (b. 1918)
- February 28 - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and political commentator (b. 1917)
[edit] March
- March 16 - Sir Arthur Marshall, British aviation engineer (b. 1903)
- March 29 - Lloyd Brown,One of the last surviving American veterans of World War I (b. 1901)
[edit] April
- April 1 - Laurie Baker, English architect (b. 1917)
- April 1 - Hans Filbinger, German jurist and right-wing politician (b. 1913)
- April 3 - Eddie Robinson, former college head coach for Grambling State (b. 1919)
[edit] Births
- February 28 - Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco, daughter of King Mohammed VI and Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco.
- March 5- Eugenia Louis Alphonse-daughter of Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, and Venezuelen heiress Margarita Vargas Santaella.
- March 17 - Prince Abdul Muntaqim son of Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah and Sarah Pengiran Salleh, the Crown Prince and Princess of Brunei.
- March 19 - Prince Abdullah bin Al Ali, son of Prince Ali bin Al Hussein and his wife, Rym Brahimi.
[edit] Holidays
- January 1 - New Year's Day
- January 26 - Australia Day. India Republic Day.
- February 19 - Presidents' Day in the USA.
- February 21 - Western Christianity: Ash Wednesday and start of Lent.
- 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, Iranian and Bahai New Year.
- April 2 - In Judaism, 14/15 Nisan. Passover Seder.
- April 6 - Anniversary of the founding in 1830 of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- April 6 is Good Friday in 2007 in the Western Christian calendar.
- April 8 - Easter (Western Christianity)
- April 10 - End of Passover or Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- April 23 - Saint George's Day.
- April 23 -Israeli Independence Day (Iyar 5) in the Hebrew calendar.
- April 25 - Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand
- 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 21 - Victoria Day in Canada.
- May 28 - Memorial Day in the USA.
- August 1 - Lammas, "Loaf Mass," a Cross-quarter day.
- July 1 - Canada Day.
- July 4 - Independence Day in the USA.
- July 14 - Bastille Day.
- July 24 - Birthday of Simon Bolivar observed in Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. Pioneer Day observed in Utah.
- August 9 - National Day in Singapore
- September 3 - Labour Day in Canada and the USA.
- October 8 - Thanksgiving in Canada.
- October 31 - All Hallows' Eve, Halloween.
- November 1 - All Saints' Day. Samhain, a cross-quarter day. Neopagan New Year's Day.
- December 25 - Christmas in Western Christianity.
- December 26 - Boxing Day in most Commonwealth countries.
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