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

[edit] February

[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


[edit] Deaths

[edit] January

[edit] February

[edit] March

[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

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