- 2007
Year 2007 (MMVII) was a
common year starting on Monday of theGregorian calendar in the21st century .2007 was designated as:
*International Heliophysical Year . [ [http://ihy2007.org/ International Heliophysical Year website] ]
*International Polar Year . [ [http://www.ipy.org/ International Polar Year website] ]
*European Year of Equal Opportunities for All . [ [http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/eyeq/index.cfm?language=EN European Year of Equal Opportunities for All website] ]
* Year of Rumi. [ [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C12%5C12%5Cstory_12-12-2006_pg11_9 UNESCO names 2007 ‘Year of Rumi’] ("Daily Times")]
*Year of the Dolphin . [ [http://www.yod2007.org/en/Start_page/index.html Year of the Dolphin website] ]
* Scotland's Year of Highland Culture.
* Scouting Centenary, celebrating 100 years of the Scout Movement.UNESCO has recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007. [ [http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001457/145755M.pdf Celebration of anniversaries with which UNESCO will be associated in 2006–2007] ]Events
January
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January 1 - Bulgaria and Romania join theEuropean Union .
*January 1 -Slovenia adopts theEuro as its official currency, replacing the tolar.
*January 1 -South Korea 'sBan Ki-moon becomes the newUnited Nations Secretary-General , replacingKofi Annan .
*January 1 - Smoking is banned in all public places inHong Kong .
*January 1 -Adam Air Flight 574 , a routine domestic flight inIndonesia , disappears; debris is found 10 days later, but the aircraft remains missing.
*January 1 -Angola joinsOPEC .
*January 1 - War in Somalia: Fighters of theIslamic Courts Union abandon their last stronghold in Kismayo and flee for the Kenyan border.
*January 2 - The new constitution ofGibraltar comes into force. [cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gi.html#Govt |title=CIA - The World Factbook - Gibraltar |publisher=Cia.gov |date= |accessdate=2008-10-06]
*January 3 - China conducts an anti-terror raid inXinjiang .
*January 4 -Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of theUnited States House of Representatives .
*January 5 - War in Somalia: The first shots are fired in the battle for control of the border town ofRas Kamboni .
*January 8 -Daniel Ortega becomes President ofNicaragua for the second time.
*January 8 -Russia n oil supplies toPoland ,Germany , andUkraine are cut as theRussia-Belarus energy dispute escalates; restored three days later.
*January 9 - War in Somalia: U.S. planes conduct air strikes in Somalia against suspected terrorists.
*January 9 - AnAerianTur-M Antonov An-26 crashes in Balad,Iraq . TheIslamic Army in Iraq claims to have shot it down.
*January 9 -Apple Inc. announces and introduces the highly speculatediPhone at the 2007Macworld Conference & Expo . [ [http://www.macworld.com/article/54769/2007/01/iphone.html Apple unveils iPhone] ]
*January 10 - U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush announces a plan to station 21,500 additional troops inIraq .
*January 11 - InBangladesh , a state of emergency is declared by caretaker PresidentIajuddin Ahmed , following weeks of violent protests preceding upcoming parliamentary elections.
[Nancy Pelosi ]
*January 11 -Vietnam joins theWorld Trade Organization as its 150th member.
*January 11 - China successfully tests a ground-basedballistic missile capable of destroying satellites in orbit, drawing criticisms from other countries.
*January 12 - An Argentine judge issues a warrant for the arrest of former PresidentIsabel Martínez de Perón in connection with the disappearance of ahuman rights worker in1976 .
*January 12 - The US Embassy inAthens is attacked with arocket propelled grenade , which caused minimal damage and no injuries.
*January 12 -Comet McNaught , the brightest comet in over 40 years, makesperihelion .
*January 13 - The Greek ship "Server" breaks in half off the Norwegian coast, releasing over 200 tons of crudeoil .
*January 14 - TheInternational Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement adopts the Red Crystal as a non-religious emblem for use in its overseas operations.
*January 17 -Hurricane force winds from storm Kyrill claim at least 40 lives in westernEurope .
*January 17 - Protests occur inIndia and theUnited Kingdom against the British series of "Celebrity Big Brother" afterJade Goody ,Danielle Lloyd andJo O'Meara were alleged to have been racially abusive towardsBollywood starShilpa Shetty .
*January 17 -Doomsday Clock is advanced from 7 to 5 minutes to midnight.
*January 18 -Comet McNaught , the brightestcomet to appear in over 40 years, becomes visible over theSouthern Hemisphere .
*January 18 - The strongest storm in theUK in 17 years kills 14 people, andGermany sees the worst storm since1999 with 13 deaths.Hurricane Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries inWestern Europe .
*January 19 -Israel releases $100 million in frozen assets to PresidentMahmoud Abbas of thePalestinian National Authority in order to bolster the president's position. [cite web|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/23/tww.01.html |title=CNN.com - Transcripts |publisher=Transcripts.cnn.com |date= |accessdate=2008-10-06]
*January 22 - A bombing in a market in Baghdad, Iraq kills 88 people.
*January 24 - TheIsrael i Ministry of Justice announces that thePresident of Israel ,Moshe Katsav , will be charged withrape and abuse of power.
*January 25 - ThePresident of Israel ,Moshe Katsav , takes a temporaryleave of absence due to asex scandal .
*January 28 - A battle between insurgents and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops kills 300 suspected resistance members inNajaf ,Iraq .
*January 28 -February 4 - The2007 Asian Winter Games are held inChangchun , China.
*January 30 -Microsoft releasesWindows Vista andOffice 2007 .
*January 31 - TheVenezuela n National Assembly gives PresidentHugo Chávez the power torule by decree for 18 months.
*January 31 -Delta Air Lines creditors rejectUS Airways ' hostile takeover bid.
*January 31 - The Mooninite scare occurs in Boston, when devices used in aguerrilla marketing campaign for the animated television series "Aqua Teen Hunger Force " are mistaken forimprovised explosive devices .February
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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 rivalFatah renew their truce after violence broke out following the initial ceasefire.
*February 2 - Chinese PresidentHu Jintao signs a series of economic deals withSudan .
*February 2 - War in Somalia: Eight people are killed in a mortar attack inSomalia 's capitalMogadishu .
*February 2 -Martti Ahtisaari unveils aUnited Nations plan for the final status ofKosovo ;Serbia n leaders denounce the proposal.
*February 2 - The IPCC publishes its fourth assessment report, having concluded thatglobal climate change is "very likely" to have a predominantly human cause.
*February 3 - The deadlyH5N1 strain of bird flu is found at a "Bernard Matthews " turkey farm inSuffolk , England.
*February 3 -State of Emergency is declared inIndonesia after 'El Nino '-like flooding.
*February 3 - A truck bombing in a crowdedBaghdad market kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339 others.
*February 11 - Portuguese voters agree to legaliseabortion in a nationalreferendum .
*February 12 - An armed gunman shoots and kills five people at theTrolley Square Mall inSalt 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 Kbs Global] ]
*February 13 - Taiwan opposition leaderMa Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of theKuomintang 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 inAlsunga ,Latvia .
*February 25 - The79th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted byEllen DeGeneres , takes place at theKodak Theatre inHollywood . "The Departed " wins Best Picture.
*February 26 - TheInternational Court of Justice findsSerbia guilty of failing to preventgenocide in theSrebrenica massacre , but clears it of direct responsibility and complicity in the case.
*February 27 -The Chinese Correction : worldstock market s plummet after China and Europe release less-than-expected growth reports.
*February 27 -2007 Bagram Air Base bombing : ATaliban suicide attack at Bagram Air Base while Vice President of the United StatesDick Cheney is visiting kills 23, but he is not injured.
*February 28 - TheNew Horizons space probe makes agravitational slingshot againstJupiter which changes its trajectory towardsPluto .March
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March 1 -International Polar Year , a $1.5 billion research program to study both theNorth Pole andSouth Pole , is launched inParis .
*March 1 -Airbus announces that it will cease work indefinitely on theA380F freight aircraft.
*March 3 - Total lunar eclipse.
*March 6 - "Mega Millions " sets a new world record for the highest lottery jackpot of US $370 million.
*March 7 -Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 , aBoeing 737-400 , crashes atYogyakarta on theIndonesia n island ofJava , killing many on board.
*March 8 -Israel i Prime MinisterEhud Olmert admits that Israel had planned an attack onLebanon in the event of kidnapped soldiers on the border, months beforeHezbollah carried out its kidnapping.
*March 12 -Alan Johnston , a BBC journalist, disappears inGaza City , theGaza Strip .
*March 17 -Chlorine bombs injure hundreds inBaghdad ,Iraq .
*March 22 -NATO troops launch two assaults inHelmand Province ,Afghanistan , killing 38.
*March 23 - Naval forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guard seize Royal Navy personnel in disputed Iran-Iraq waters.
*March 27 -Prime Minister of Latvia Aigars Kalvitis andPrime minister of Russia Mikhail Fradkov finally sign a border treaty betweenLatvia andRussia .
*March 31 -Sydney ,Australia , turns off its lights for one hour between 7:30pm and 8:30pm as apolitical statement aboutGlobal Climate Change .April
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April 2 - TheSolomon Islands is shaken by a magnitude 8.1earthquake , and hit by a subsequenttsunami .
*April 3 - Ukrainian PresidentViktor Yushchenko dissolves the Ukrainian Parliament following defections that increased the majority of his opponents. It has been nicknamed the "SecondOrange Revolution ".
*April 4 -NATO and Afghan forces retake a key town from theTaliban inSangin in southernHelmand Province .
*April 4 -Iran announced it will release the British sailors and marines that they captured onMarch 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 ofSantorini ; the ship sinks the next day.
*April 6 - Severe clashes between two rival factions erupted inParachinar , a tribal area ofPakistan bordering the famousTora Bora Heights.
*April 11 -Al Qaeda claims responsibility for two bomb blasts in the Algerian capital ofAlgiers . At least 33 people have been killed and 222 others injured.
*April 14 - Retired chess championGarry Kasparov is detained in Moscow for participating in a banned march.
*April 16 - Thirty-two people are killed in theVirginia Tech massacre on the premises ofVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University inBlacksburg, Virginia .
*April 18 - Thirty-two Chinesesteel workers are burnt to death in theQinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster .
*April 19 - US and allied air forces conduct massive exercises overSouth Korea with over 500 planes. [ [http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm News From Korean Central News Agency Of Dprk] ]
*April 23 -Bogotá ,Colombia , begins its term asWorld Book Capital .
*April 24 -Gliese 581 c , a potentially habitable Earth-like extrasolar planet, is discovered in theconstellation Libra.
*April 25 - RepresentativeDennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), introduces articles toimpeach Vice PresidentDick Cheney . [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/25/politics/main2726626.shtml Kucinich Files Impeachment Articles Vs. VP, Democratic Presidential Hopeful Dennis Kucinich Files Articles, Saying Threat Of War Vs. Iran "Is Very Real" - CBS News] ]
*April 26 - Russians riot inTallinn ,Estonia , about moving the Bronze Soldier. Two nights of rioting leave one dead.May
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May 3 -Madeleine McCann goes missing; the story receives extensive media coverage.
*May 4 - Tornado strikesGreensburg, Kansas , killing at least 12 and destroying about 90% of the town.
*May 5 -Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 crashes inCameroon .
*May 6 - The French Minister of InteriorNicolas Sarkozy , wins the French presidential election, succeeding the incumbent PresidentJacques Chirac , ten days later.
*May 7 - Chinese slave scandal.
*May 9 -Subtropical Storm Andrea forms off the coast ofFlorida , the earliest subtropical storm sinceSubtropical Storm Ana in2003 .
*May 15 - Coalition government ofFatah andHamas inPalestinian National Authority appeared to break down, as massive fighting breaks out inGaza Strip .
*May 16 - TheGeneral Assembly of theUnited Nations , recognizing that genuinemultilingualism promotes unity in diversity and international understanding, proclaimed2008 theInternational Year of Languages [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/ga10592.doc.htm] .
*May 17 - TheRussian Orthodox Church Abroad and theMoscow Patriarchate re-united after eighty years of schism.
*May 20 - The ruler ofDubai , SheikhMohammed 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 inTripoli, Lebanon , spark the2007 Lebanon conflict .
*May 21 - The19th century ship the "Cutty Sark " is badly damaged by fire inLondon , UK.
*May 26 -Russia is once again recognized as a full-fledgedsuperpower by theUnited States . [ [http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=768929 Washington Acknowledges Russia as Superpower - Kommersant Moscow] ]
*May 27 - Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) is taken off the air after the government ofVenezuela refused to renew its license. This action results in protests. OnJuly 16 ,2007 , RCTV resumed broadcasting via cable and satellite.
*May 31 - A calendarblue moon occurred in theWestern Hemisphere and parts of theEastern Hemisphere .June
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June 1 - A 2100-year-old melon is discovered by archaeologists in western Japan. [cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_on_fe_st/japan_oldest_melon;_ylt=ApRgC.q7xY7jDAOUFbldew0PLBIF|title=Researchers Find 2,100 Year Old Melon|publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-06-01]
*June 1 - U.S. warships bombard a Somali village where Islamic militants had set up a base. [cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_on_re_af/somalia_us|title=Report: U.S. hits militants' Somali base |publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-06-02]
*June 2 - Four people are charged with a terror plot to blow upJFK International Airport inNew York . [cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/02/jfk.terror.plot/index.html|title=4 charged with terror plot at JFK airport, official says |publisher=CNN News |accessdate=2007-06-02]
*June 3 - TheValley of Geysers inRussia is destroyed by a mudflow. [Russian "GEO", N10, 2007, p. 167]
*June 4 - Ten people, including a Californian National Guard officer and former Hmong general, are charged over plans to overthrow the Laotian Government. [cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070604/ap_on_re_us/laos_plot;_ylt=AvJrpI4uHaIielJzG9NGY_PMWM0F|title=2 charged in Laotian overthrow plot |Author: Don Thompson |publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-06-04] [cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/04/laos.arrests/index.html|title=10 charged with alleged Laos plot|publisher=CNN |accessdate=2007-06-04]
*June 5 -NASA 'sMESSENGER spacecraft made its second fly-by of Venus en route to Mercury.
*June 5 - A mass grave in southern Ukraine, found accidentally by workers in May, is confirmed to be filled with thousands ofHolocaust victims. [cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_re_eu/ukraine_holocaust|title=Mass Holocaust grave found in Ukraine |publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-06-05]
*June 5 - A train crash near Kerang in Victoria,Australia kills 11 people and injures 23 others.
*June 6 - Twelve people are killed by cycloneGonu inOman .
*June 6 -June 8 - The33rd G8 summit takes place amid strong protests inHeiligendamm ,Germany .
*June 8 - The Space Shuttle "Atlantis" is launched on missionSTS-117 .
*June 8 - Storms in the coastal city of Newcastle,New South Wales [cite web
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*June 18 - NineCharleston ,South Carolina firefighters are killed by a roof collapse while battling a furniture store fire.
*June 22 - An F5tornado tears throughElie, Manitoba , no injuries are reported.
*June 24 - The refurbishedMillennium Dome , now called The O2, reopens inLondon .
*June 24 -Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007 :Gordon Brown is elected Leader of theLabour Party UK , succeeding incumbentTony Blair , and becomingPrime Minister of the United Kingdom three days later.
*June 25 - Following the wettest June on record in the United Kingdom, Sheffield and South Yorkshire are affected by flooding. Much of Sheffield, Doncaster and Rotherham is flooded when the River Don breaches its banks.
*June 27 - The military police of the state of Rio de Janeiro invades the "favela " ofComplexo do Alemão ending in a massacre.
*June 28 - In the aftermath ofGreece 's worstheatwave in a century, at least 11 people are reported dead fromheatstroke , approximately 200wildfire s break out nationwide, and the country's electricity grid nearly collapses due to record breaking demand.
*June 29 - British police defuse a bomb in Haymarket,Central London . [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6252276.stm | title=London 'bomb' made safe by police |date=2007-06-29 | work =BBC News Online ]
*June 30 - A Jeep Cherokee drove into the entrance of the main terminal ofGlasgow International Airport in an apparent terrorist incident, resulting in a petrol-driven fire. [cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/index_6a0d944f9aa1ca2c956854eff9c13a76.html | title=Car smashed into Glasgow Airport |date=2007-06-30 | work =ITV News ]
*June 30 - A calendarblue moon occurs in most of theEastern Hemisphere .
*June 30 - TheHawaii Superferry arrives in Honolulu after a 7,600 mile journey fromMobile, Alabama .July
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July 1 -Portugal takes over thePresidency of the Council of the European Union fromGermany .
*July 1 - TheConcert For Diana is held at Wembley Stadium to commemorateDiana, Princess of Wales .
*July 2 -Venus andSaturn are in conjunction, separation 46 arcsecs.
*July 3 - Torrential rains cause the onset of the2007 Sudan floods , the worst in theSudan 's history.
*July 4 - After being held captive for 114 days,BBC journalistAlan Johnston is freed by his Palestinian kidnappers.
*July 7 -Live Earth Concerts are held throughout 9 major cities around theworld .
*July 8 -Boeing launches the newBoeing 787 .
*July 10 - ACessna 310 R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes inSanford, Florida , killing three adults and two children.
*July 10 -Zheng Xiaoyu , head ofState Food and Drug Administration of thePeople's Republic of China executed.
*July 12 -Queen Elizabeth II visits the world's largest Commonwealth war grave inYpres ,Belgium to pay respects to fallen soldiers of theBattle of Passchendaele .
*July 14 - Following a presidential decree,Russia withdraws from theTreaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe .
*July 15 - InTacoma, Washington , the second span of theTacoma Narrows Bridge opens to traffic, making it the longest twin suspension bridge in the world.
*July 16 - Earthquake occurs inJapan , killing seven and causing a pipe at a nuclear power plant to break and release about 300 gallons of radioactive water.fact|date=August 2008
*July 17 -TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 overruns the runway ofCongonhas-São Paulo International Airport and crashes, killing all 186 and others on the ground.
*July 17 -Atlanta Falcons quarterbackMichael Vick and three other men on charges related to their alleged operation of adogfighting ring based at one of Vick's properties in southeasternVirginia . Vick was later suspended indefinitely inAugust by NFL CommissionerRoger Goodell and is now serving his sentence of 23 months in federal prison.
*July 18 -Nelson Mandela convenes a group of world leaders to contribute their ideas to tackle some of the world's toughest problems.fact|date=August 2008
*July 19 -Ol Doinyo Lengai mountain erupts, bringing a stop to the daily week long tremors experienced inNairobi and NorthernTanzania .
*July 19 - Russia expels four British embassy staff in a tit-for-tat response over Britain's expulsion of four of Russia's diplomats. Russia also refuses to cooperate with Britain over the war on terror.fact|date=August 2008
*July 19 -Prathiba Patil is elected as the first femalePresident of India .
*July 21 - U.S. Vice PresidentDick Cheney serves as Acting President for two and a half hours, while PresidentGeorge W. Bush undergoes acolonoscopy procedure.
*July 21 - The final book of theHarry Potter series,Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , is released and sells over 11 million copies in the first 24 hours, becoming the fastest selling book in history. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/23/business/potter.php 'Harry Potter' tale is fastest-selling book in history] ]
*July 22 - Floods cause chaos through wide areas of Britain, especially the counties ofGloucestershire ,Warwickshire ,Worcestershire , andOxfordshire , leaving hundreds homeless and thousands of vehicles stranded on major roads.
*July 22 - A bus carrying 50 Polishpilgrim s crashes nearGrenoble inFrance , killing 26 people and injuring 24.fact|date=August 2008
*July 27 - Two television newshelicopter s collide in mid-air while covering a police chase inPhoenix, Arizona , killing both pilots and twophotojournalist s.August
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August 1 - TheI-35W Mississippi River Bridge on I-35W over theMississippi River inMinneapolis, Minnesota collapses at 6:05 pm CST during the later part ofrush hour , killing 13 people.
*August 1 -Scouting celebrates its 100th birthday with worldwide celebrations.
*August 1 - In a decision in theSupreme Court of South Australia by Justice Thomas Gray, Bruce Trevorrow, a member of the Stolen Generation, was awarded $775,000 compensation.
*August 3 - Foot and mouth disease is found on a farm at Wanborough, near toGuildford ,Surrey . A UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is put in place the following day.
*August 4 - ThePhoenix spacecraft launches toward the Martian north pole.
*August 6 -Israel i Prime MinisterEhud Olmert arrives in historic Palestianian town ofJericho , becoming the first Prime Minister of Israel to visit theWest Bank orGaza Strip in over seven years. Olmert met with Palestinian Authority PresidentMahmoud Abbas .
*August 6 - TheCrandall Canyon Mine inEmery County ,Utah collapses, trapping six miners.
*August 14 - Multiple suicide bombings kill 572 people in Qahtaniya, northernIraq .
*August 14 - At least 22 people are killed, and at least 39 missing, as a bridge collapses in the southeastern province ofHunan , China.fact|date=August 2008
*August 15 - An 8.0 earthquake strikesPeru , killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causingtsunami warnings in thePacific Ocean .
*August 16 - TheCrandall Canyon Mine inEmery County ,Utah , collapses a second time, killing three rescue workers and injuring six more.
*August 17 Vladimir Putin issues a statement, revealing thatRussia is to resume the flight exercises of itsStrategic bombers in remote areas. The flights were suspended in1991 after theCollapse of the Soviet Union .
*August 18 - Typhoon Sepat makes landfall in easternTaiwan .
*August 18 - The remnants of Tropical Storm Erin re-strengthen into a tropical storm over Oklahoma, causing widespread flooding and wind damage.
*August 21 - Hurricane Dean, a powerful Category 5 storm, slams into a largely evacuatedYucatán Peninsula ofMexico .
*August 25 - Greek Prime MinisterKostas Karamanlis declares a nationalstate of emergency after a series of devastating wildfires ravage westernPeloponese and southernEuboea , killing 68 people.
*August 25 - Forty-four people are dead after two bombs explode in Hyderabad,India .
*August 30 -2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident in which aB-52 flew fromMinot AFB , ND toBarksdale AFB , LA carrying six nuclear warheads.eptember
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September 1 -Finland switches off all of its analogueterrestrial television signals as part of thedigital switchover .
*September 2 -September 9 - TheAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation hosts its 19th annual city meeting inSydney .
*September 3 - British troops withdraw from theBasra region ofIraq .
*September 4 - NortheastNicaragua takes a direct hit from Hurricane Felix. The hurricane was a strong Category 5 storm when it reached the coast.
*September 6 - "Operation Orchard ": an Israeli airstrike occurred against a suspected nuclear site in Syria
*September 6 - A bomb explodes inBatna, Algeria as a crowd gathered to see Algerian PresidentAbdelaziz Bouteflika . Nineteen people died, while 107 were wounded by the attack.
*September 8 - Over 50 people die when car bomb explodes in theAlgeria n port city ofDellys .
*September 12 -Russia unveils theFather of all bombs . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6990815.stm Russia tests giant fuel-air bomb] ]
*September 12 - TheSandiganbayan found formerPhilippines PresidentJoseph Estrada guilty beyond reasonable doubt on the charges ofplunder but acquitted on the charges ofperjury .
*September 12 -Japan ese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe announces his resignation, to be effectiveSeptember 19 .
*September 12 -Russia n Prime MinisterMikhail Fradkov and his entire cabinet resign.
*September 13 - TheBurj Dubai became the world's tallest free standing structure after surpassing theCN Tower inToronto .
*September 14 - TheSELENE spacecraft launches. JAXA has called the mission, "the largest lunar mission since theApollo program ."
*September 14 -Viktor Zubkov is approved as the newPrime Minister of Russia after a vote in the Duma.
*September 15 - Over 3000Taiwanese American s and their supporters rallied in front ofUN inNew York City to demonstrate the dedication that UN should accept Taiwan. At the same time, over 300,000Taiwanese people rallied in Taiwan to make the same plea.
*September 16 -One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 crashes inPhuket ,Thailand , killing 89 passengers and crew.
*September 19 - Typhoon Wipha hitsFuding , China. Authorities had evacuated over two million people prior to the storm's landfall.
*September 20 - Opening of the2007 Universal Forum of Cultures , in the city ofMonterrey ,Mexico .
*September 21 - TheSupreme Court of Chile rules that formerPeru vian PresidentAlberto Fujimori must be extradited to Peru so Fujimori can face charges of corruption and human rights abuse.
*September 26 - EmperorAkihito swears inYasuo Fukuda as the 91stPrime Minister of Japan .
*September 26 - First confirmed deaths resulting from theMyanmar military's crackdown on weeks long anti-government protests. Buddhist monks are arrested andInternet access is cut from the public. [ [http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,508395,00.html Spiegel:Internetverbindung nach Burma gekappt (German)] ]
*September 26 - In southernVietnam theCan Tho Bridge , which is under construction, collapses, killing scores of workers.
*September 19 - Geelong thrash Port Adelaide by 119 points to win its' first VFL/AFL premiership since 1963.October
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October 2 - The secondInter-Korean Summit begins.South Korea n PresidentRoh Moo-hyun andNorth Korea n leaderKim Jong-il meet inPyongyang .
*October 4 - Spanish authorities arrest 22 people associated with the bannedBatasuna party which campaigns for Basque independence, but also has ties to the terrorist groupETA .
*October 8 - Track and field starMarion Jones surrenders her five Olympic medals she won in the 2000 Sydney Games after admitting to doping.
*October 14 -Robert Dziekanski a Polish immigrant toCanada dies after being tasered twice by VancouverRCMP
*October 17 - Whitehaven becomes the first place in theUnited Kingdom to have one of its analogueterrestrial television signals switched off as part of digital switchover.
*October 18 - After 8 years in exile,Benazir Bhutto returns to her homelandPakistan . The same night, suicide attackers blow themselves up near Bhutto's convoy, killing 136, including 20 police officers. Bhutto escapes uninjured.
*October 18 - InNew York City one of the worlds leading art galleries, the Salander/O'Reilly Galleries, is forced into closure amidst scandal and lawsuits.
*October 19 - A gas explosion rocksGlorietta , a shopping mall inMakati ,Philippines which killed 11 and injured more than 100 people.
*October 20 –November 9 - Wildfires inSouthern California result in the evacuation of more than a million people and destroying over 1,600 homes and businesses.
*October 24 - In the space of a few hours, Comet Holmes develops a coma and flares up to half a million times its former brightness, becoming visible to the naked eye. Its coma would later become larger in volume than theSun , making it the second comet to do so in 2007 after Comet McNaught.
*October 28 - The Vatican beatifies 498 Spanish victims of religious persecution from before and during theSpanish Civil War . [cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071028/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_spain_beatifications|title=Vatican beatifies 498 Spanish martyrs |publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-10-28]
*October 28 -Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first female elected president inArgentina .
*October 31 -World Economic Forum releases The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008.November
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November 3 - PresidentPervez Musharraf declares state of emergency inPakistan .
*November 4 -DARPA Grand Challenge , a prized competition for driverless cars to navigate safely in traffic is scheduled.fact|date=August 2008
*November 4 - Reformation Sunday is observed byLutherans and other Protestants around the world, to commemorate the 490th anniversary (October 31 ) of theNinety-Five Theses , which began theProtestant Reformation .
*November 5 - The Writers Guild of America goes on a strike that lasts untilFebruary 12 ,2008 .
*November 6 - A suicide bomber kills at least 50 people inMazari Sharif ,Afghanistan . Among the dead are 6 members of the National Assembly.
*November 7 - TheJokela school shooting occurs. Finnish youth Pekka-Eric Auvinen kills 8 people and wounds one at the Jokela School Centre.
*November 7 - A 48 hour longstate of emergency forTbilisi is declared by Georgian PresidentMikheil Saakashvili due to the intense anti-government protests that have gripped the capital city.
*November 13 - An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of thePhilippines inQuezon City , north ofManila , killing four people, includingBasilan CongressmanWahab Akbar , and wounding 6 others.
*November 14 -High Speed 1 fromLondon to theChannel Tunnel is opened to passengers.
*November 14 - A 7.7 magnitude earthquake occurs in northernChile .
*November 16 - Over 3,000 people are believed to have died afterCyclone Sidr hitsBangladesh , with the death toll expected to rise.
*November 18 - The Zasyadko mine disaster in easternUkraine claims the lives of 101 miners.
*November 20 - The UK'sHM Revenue and Customs admits that it has misplaces two computer discs which contained the records of child benefit claimants data, including bank details andNational Insurance numbers, in the United Kingdom, leaving up to 7.25 million households susceptible to identity theft.
*November 21 -Senegal ese street vendors riot inDakar after government attempts to ban them from operating in the center of the capital city.fact|date=August 2008
*November 21 -Calcutta - Protests over Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen turn into deadly riots; troops are deployed. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7105277.stm |title=Army deployed after Calcutta riot]
*November 24 - Police broke up anti-Putin demonstrations inSaint Petersburg andMoscow .
*November 25 -Nawaz Sharif makes a second attempt to return to Pakistan along with his brotherShahbaz Sharif and other family members.
*November 25 - Riots continue for a second night inVal-d'Oise ,France following the death of two youths in a motorcycle collision with a police vehicle.
*November 25 - United Nations Development Programme releases the 2007/2008Human Development Report .
*November 27 - TheAnnapolis Conference , a peace conference trying to end theArab-Israeli conflict , is held in Annapolis, Maryland in the United States.
*November 28 -President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf stands down as the head of thePakistan Army and is successed by Lt. GeneralAshfaq Parvez Kayani .
*November 29 - TheArmed Forces of the Philippines lays siege toThe Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by SenatorAntonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
*November 30 -Atlasjet Flight 4203 crashes nearKeçiborlu ,Turkey , killing all 56 people on board.December
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December 2 -Venezuela n PresidentHugo Chávez 's proposed changes to the Venezuelan constitution are narrowly defeated in a nationwide referendum.
*December 3 - 14 -United Nations Climate Change Conference atNusa Dua inBali ,Indonesia
*December 5 - Robert A. Hawkins shoots eight people dead and injures five at the Westroads Mall inOmaha ,Nebraska , then commits suicide.
*December 7 -Uranus 'orbit will be positioned such that thesun shines directly above itsequator (i.e. anequinox )
*December 8 -2007 Africa-EU Summit takes place asEuropean Union andAfrican Union leaders gather inLisbon ,Portugal , for their first joint summit in seven years. The British and Czech prime ministers boycott the event due to the presence of Zimbabwean PresidentRobert Mugabe .
*December 10 - TheUnited Nations deadline for a negotiated settlement on the future ofKosovo passes without an international agreement.
*December 11 - InAlgiers ,Algeria , two bombs explode within ten minutes of each other, the first near a UN office and the other detonated close to the Algerian Supreme Court. The official death count for both blasts stands as 31.
*December 13 - European leaders sign theTreaty of Lisbon inLisbon .
*December 13 - Entry into force of the revised version of theEuropean Patent Convention (EPC), known as theEPC 2000 .
*December 13 - Former US SenatorGeorge J. Mitchell publicly releases a report accusing 89 retired and activeMajor League Baseball players ofanabolic steroid use.
*December 15 -President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf lifts the State of Emergency inPakistan .
*December 19 -Vladimir Putin ,President of Russia , is announced as Time magazine's 2007Person of the Year .
*December 19 - An explosion and fire at theT2 Laboratories facility inJacksonville, Florida kills 4 and injures 14.
*December 19 - The "Flying Phantom " sinks in theRiver Clyde , killing three crew personnel.
*December 20 - A group of activist Lakota Indians send a letter to theUnited States State Department declaring their secession from the Union as theRepublic of Lakotah .
*December 20 - An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 ML hits the east coast of theNorth Island ofNew Zealand , causing one death and significant damage in the town of Gisborne.
*December 20 - ThePablo Picasso painting "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch ", together with .
*December 21 - TheCzech Republic ,Estonia ,Hungary ,Latvia ,Lithuania ,Malta ,Poland ,Slovakia , andSlovenia join the Schengen border-free zone.
*December 23 - A grand celestial alingment takes placeConjunction (astronomy and astrology)
*December 24 - TheNepal ese government announces that the country's 240-year-old monarchy will be abolished in2008 and a newrepublic will be declared.
*December 25 - An overcrowded suspension bridge collapses nearNepalgunj ,Nepal . At least 15 people are dead, with 100 to 200 missing.
*December 27 - FormerPakistan i prime ministerBenazir Bhutto is assassinated, and at least 20 others are killed by a bomb blast at an election rally inRawalpindi .
*December 31 - Over 200 people are killed inKenya due to riots over the results of the presidential election which occurred onDecember 27 .Ongoing
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*Conflict in Darfur
*Israeli-Palestinian conflict Births
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February 28 -HRH Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco , daughter of Mohammed VI ofMorocco and his wife, Princess Lalla Salma.
*March 12 -Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden , son ofAlexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster andClaire Windsor, Countess of Ulster .
*March 14 -Simeon Hassan Muñoz , son ofPrincess Kalina of Bulgaria and Kitín Muñoz.
*March 17 -HRH PrinceAbdul Muntaqim , son ofHRH Al-Muhtadee Billah and his wife,HRH Pengiran Anak Sarah , the Crown Prince and Princess of Brunei.
*March 19 -HRH Prince Abdullah bin Al Ali , son ofPrince Ali bin Al Hussein and Rym Brahimi.
*April 7 -HRH Princess Haalah bint Al Hashim , daughter ofPrince Hashim bin Al Hussein and Princess Fahdah Mohammed Abu Neyan.
*April 10 -HRH Princess Ariane of the Netherlands , daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima.
*April 18 -HRH Princess Hayah bint Al Hamzah , daughter ofPrince Hamzah and Princess Noor bint Asem bin Nayef.
*April 18 -HRH Prince Lerotholi Seeiso , son of KingLetsie III of Lesotho and Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso.
*April 21 -HRH Princess Isabella of Denmark , daughter of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and his wife, Crown Princess Mary.
*April 29 -HRH Infanta Sofía of Spain , daughter ofFelipe, Prince of Asturias and his wife,Letizia, Princess of Asturias .
*September 22 -Albert Windsor , son ofLord Nicholas Windsor and Paola Doimi de Frankopan.
*December 17 -James Windsor, Viscount Severn , son ofPrince Edward, Earl of Wessex andSophie, The Countess of Wessex .Deaths
January
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January 2 -Teddy Kollek , Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b.1911 )
*January 3 -Sergio Jiménez , Mexican actor (b.1937 )
*January 4 -Marais Viljoen , StatePresident of South Africa (b.1915 )
*January 5 -Momofuku Ando , Japanese inventor (b.1910 )
*January 7 -Bobby Hamilton , American race car driver (b.1957 )
*January 7 -Magnus Magnusson , Icelandic-born television presenter (b.1929 )
*January 8 -Iwao Takamoto , Japanese animator (b.1925 )
*January 8 -Yvonne de Carlo , American actress (b.1922 )
*January 9 -Jean-Pierre Vernant , French historian and anthropologist (b.1914 )
*January 10 -Carlo Ponti , Italian film producer (b.1912 )
*January 10 - Gary Phillips, American keyboardist withThe Greg Kihn Band (b.1947 )
*January 11 -Robert Anton Wilson , American author and conspiracy researcher (b.1932 )
*January 12 -Alice Coltrane , American jazz musician (b.1937 )
*January 13 -Michael Brecker , American jazz musician (b.1949 )
*January 14 -Darlene Conley , American actress (b.1934 )
*January 15 -Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti , Iraqi politician (b.1951 )
*January 15 -Awad Hamed al-Bandar , Iraqi judge (b.1945 )
*January 15 -Bo Yibo , Chinese politician (b.1908 )
*January 15 -Pura Santillan-Castrence , Filipino writer and diplomat (b.1905 )
*January 16 -Benny Parsons , American race car driver and television personality (b.1941 )
*January 17 -Art Buchwald , American humorist (b.1925 )
*January 19 -Hrant Dink , Turkish-Armenian journalist (b.1954 )
*January 19 -Denny Doherty , Canadian musician (The Mamas and the Papas ) (b.1940 )
*January 19 -Bam Bam Bigelow , American wrestler (b.1961 )
*January 21 -Maria Cioncan , Romanian athlete (b.1977 )
*January 22 -Abbé Pierre , French priest and founder of Emmaus (b.1912 )
*January 23 -Ryszard Kapuscinski , Polish journalist and author (b.1932 )
*January 26 -Gump Worsley , Canadian hockey player (b.1929 )
*January 28 -Cyril Demarne , British wartime firefighter (b.1905 )
*January 28 -Hsu Wei Lun , Taiwanese actress (b.1978 )
*January 30 -Sidney Sheldon , American author and screenwriter (b.1917 )
*January 31 -Kirka Babitzin , Finnish singer (b.1950 )
*January 31 -Lee Bergere , American actor (b.1924 )February
*
February 1 -Gian Carlo Menotti , Italian-born composer and librettist (b.1911 )
*February 3 -Ralph de Toledano , Moroccan-born American political columnist and author (b.1916 )
*February 3 -Pedro Knight , Cuban-born musician (b.1921 )
*February 3 - Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners) (b.1939 )
*February 4 -Barbara McNair , American singer and actress (b.1934 )
*February 6 -Frankie Laine , American singer (b.1913 )
*February 7 -Alan MacDiarmid , New Zealand chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b.1927 )
*February 7 - Helen Duncan, New Zealand politician (b.1941 )
*February 8 -Anna Nicole Smith , American model and television personality (b.1967 )
*February 9 -Benedict Kiely , Irish author and broadcaster (b.1919 )
*February 9 -Ian Richardson , Scottish actor (b.1934 )
*February 9 -Alejandro Finisterre , Spanish poet, editor, and inventor of table football (b.1919 )
*February 10 - Cardell Willis, American Comedian, and comedic mentor (b.1937 )
*February 10 -Jung Da Bin , Korean actress (b.1980 )
*February 11 -Reginald Hugh Hickling , British lawyer, colonial civil servant, law academic and author (b.1920 )
*February 12 -Peggy Gilbert , American saxophonist (b.1905 )
*February 13 -Elizabeth Jolley , Australian writer (b.1923 )
*February 13 - Charles Norwood, American politician (b.1941 )
*February 13 -Eliana Ramos , Uruguayan model (b.1988 )
*February 13 -Johanna Sällström , Swedish actress (b.1974 )
*February 15 -Robert Adler , Austrian-born inventor (b.1913 )
*February 17 -Maurice Papon , French Vichy government official (b.1910 )
*February 17 -Dermot O'Reilly , Irish-born musician (Ryan's Fancy ) (b.1942 )
*February 17 -Mike Awesome , American professional wrestler (b.1965 )
*February 18 -Juan "Pachín" Vicéns , Puerto Rican basketball player (b.1933 )
*February 22 -Lothar-Günther Buchheim , German author, painter, and art collector (b.1918 )
*February 22 -Fons Rademakers , Dutch film director (b.1920 )
*February 22 -Dennis Johnson , American basketball player (b.1954 )
*February 24 -Damien Nash , American football player (b.1982 )
*February 24 -Bruce Bennett , American actor (b.1906 )
*February 27 -Bobby Rosengarden , American drummer (b.1924 )
*February 28 -Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. , American historian and political commentator (b.1917 )
*February 28 -Billy Thorpe , Australian musician (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs ) (b.1946 )
*February 28 -Charles Forte , English hotelier (b.1908 )March
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*March 2 -Henri Troyat , French writer (b.1911 )
*March 2 -Madi Phala , South African artist (b.1955 )
*March 3 -Warja Honegger-Lavater , Swiss illustrator (b.1913 )
*March 4 -Natalie Bodanya , American soprano (b.1908 )
*March 4 -Thomas Eagleton , American politician (b.1929 )
*March 4 -Bob Hattoy , American activist (b.1950 )
*March 4 -Richard Joseph , British game music composer (b.1954 )
*March 4 -Sunil Kumar Mahato , Indian parliamentarian (b.1966 )
*March 4 -Tadeusz Nalepa , Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b.1934 )
*March 4 -Ian Wooldridge , British sports journalist (b.1932 )
*March 4 -Jorge Kolle Cueto , Bolivian politician
*March 6 -Jean Baudrillard , French philosopher and sociologist (b.1929 )
*March 6 -Allen Coage , American professional wrestler (b.1943 )
*March 6 -Ernest Gallo , American winemaker (b.1909 )
*March 8 -John Inman , English actor (b.1935 )
*March 9 -Brad Delp , American singer (Boston) (b.1951 )
*March 10 -Richard Jeni , American comedian (b.1957 )
*March 10 -Ernie Ladd , American football player and professional wrestler (b.1938 )
*March 10 -Angela Webber , Australian author, TV writer, producer and comedian (b.1954 )
*March 11 -Betty Hutton , American actress (b.1921 )
*March 12 -Antonio Ortiz Mena , Mexican politician and economist (b.1907 )
*March 13 -Arnold Skaaland , American wrestler (b.1925 )
*March 14 -Lucie Aubrac , French World War II Resistance fighter (b.1912 )
*March 14 -Gareth Hunt , English actor (b.1943 )
*March 15 -Bowie Kuhn , American lawyer and sports administrator (b.1926 )
*March 16 - Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi cricketer (b.1984 )
*March 16 -Sir Arthur Marshall , British aviation engineer (b.1903 )
*March 17 -Jim Cronin , British businessman (b.1952 )
*March 17 - Roger Bennett, American gospel musician
*March 18 -Bob Woolmer , English cricketer and coach (b.1948 )
*March 19 -Calvert DeForest , American actor and comedian (b.1921 )
*March 19 -Luther Ingram , American singer (b.1937 )
*March 20 -Taha Yassin Ramadan , Vice President of Iraq (b.1938 )
*March 23 -Eric Medlen , American race car driver (b.1973 )
*March 25 -Andranik Margaryan , 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (b.1951 )
*March 29 -Leslie Waller , American novelist (b.1923 )April
*
April 1 -Laurie Baker , English architect (b.1917 )
*April 1 -Driss Chraibi , Moroccan writer (b.1926 )
*April 1 -Hans Filbinger , German jurist and politician (b.1913 )
*April 2 -Henry Lee Giclas , American astronomer (b.1910 )
*April 3 - Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b.1919 )
*April 4 -Bob Clark , American film director (b.1939 )
*April 5 -Thomas Stoltz Harvey Pathologist who conductedAlbert Einstein 's autopsy (b.1912 )
*April 5 -Leela Majumdar , Bengali children's author (b.1908 )
*April 5 -Darryl Stingley , American football player (b.1951 )
*April 5 -Poornachandra Tejaswi , Indian writer and novelist (b.1938 )
*April 6 -Luigi Comencini , Italian film director (b.1916 )
*April 7 -Johnny Hart , American cartoonist (b.1931 )
*April 7 -Barry Nelson , American actor (b.1920 )
*April 7 -Carey W. Barber , English Jehovah's Witnesses leader (b.1905 )
*April 9 -AJ Carothers , American writer (b.1931 )
*April 10 -Kevin Crease Australian news presenter and entertainer (b.1936 )
*April 11 -Roscoe Lee Browne , American actor (b.1925 )
*April 11 -Ronald Speirs ,United States Army officer (b.1920 )
*April 11 -Kurt Vonnegut , American novelist and playwright (b.1922 )
*April 13 -Don Selwyn , Māori actor and film director (b. circa1936 )
*April 14 -June Callwood , Canadian journalist (b.1924 )
*April 14 -Don Ho , American musician (b.1930 )
*April 15 -Brant Parker , American cartoonist (b.1920 )
*April 16 -Frank Bateson , New Zealand astronomer (b.1909 )
*April 17 -Kitty Carlisle Hart , American singer, actress & talk show panelist (b.1910 )
*April 18 -Iccho Itoh , Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan (b.1945 )
*April 20 -Michael Fu Tieshan , Chinese bishop (b.1931 )
*April 22 -Juanita Millender-McDonald , American politician (b.1938 )
*April 23 -David Halberstam , American author and journalist (b.1934 )
*April 23 -Boris Yeltsin , firstPresident of the Russian Federation (b.1931 )
*April 25 - Alan Ball, English footballer (b.1945 )
*April 25 -Arthur Milton , English cricketer and footballer (b.1928 )
*April 25 -Bobby Pickett , American singer (b.1938 )
*April 26 -Jack Valenti , American film executive, creator ofMPAA film rating system (b.1921 )
*April 26 -Conchita Montenegro , Spanish model and actress (b.1912 )
*April 27 -Mstislav Rostropovich , Russian cellist and conductor (b.1927 )
*April 28 -Dabbs Greer , American actor (b.1917 )
*April 28 -Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker , German physicist and philosopher (b.1912 )
*April 29 -Ivica Račan , 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (b.1944 )
*April 29 -Josh Hancock , American baseball player (b.1978 )
*April 29 -Dick Motz , New Zealand cricket player (b.1940 )
*April 30 -Grégory Lemarchal , French singer (b.1983 )
*April 30 - Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b.1971 )
*April 30 -Tom Poston , American actor (b.1921 )
*April 30 -Gordon Scott , American actor (b.1926 )May
*
May 2 -Juan Valdivieso , Peruvian footballer (b.1910 )
*May 2 -Brad McGann , New Zealand film director and screenwriter (b.1964 )
*May 3 -Wally Schirra , American astronaut (b.1923 )
*May 3 -Knock Yokoyama , Japanese comedian and politician (b.1932 )
*May 5 - Theodore Maiman, American physicist (b.1927 )
*May 5 -Gusti Wolf , Austrian actress (b.1912 )
*May 6 -Lesley Blanch , English writer and fashion editor (b.1904 )
*May 7 -Emma Lehmer , Russian-born mathematician (b.1906 )
*May 11 -Bernard Gordon , American screenwriter (b.1918 )
*May 11 -Malietoa Tanumafili II , Samoan head of state (b.1913 )
*May 12 -Mullah Dadullah Akhund , Afghani Taliban military leader
*May 12 -Teddy Infuhr , American child actor (b.1936 )
*May 14 -Colin St John Wilson , English architect (b.1922 )
*May 15 -Jerry Falwell , American evangelist (b.1933 )
*May 15 -Yolanda King , American actress and activist, daughter ofMartin Luther King, Jr. (b.1955 )
*May 17 -Lloyd Alexander , American author (b.1924 )
*May 18 -Pierre-Gilles de Gennes , French physicist andNobel Prize for Physics laureate (b.1932 )
*May 18 -Yoyoy Villame , Filipino singer (b.1938 )
*May 19 -Dean Eyre , New Zealand politician (b.1914 )
*May 20 -Stanley Miller , American chemist and biologist (b.1930 )
*May 25 -Charles Nelson Reilly , American actor (b.1931 )
*May 27 -Izumi Sakai , Japanese singer (Zard ) (b.1967 )
*May 27 -Percy Sonn , South African lawyer and cricket executive (b.1949 )
*May 27 -Ed Yost , American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (b.1919 )
*May 28 -Marquise Hill , American football player (b.1982 )June
*
June 2 -Huang Ju , Chinese politician (b.1938 )
*June 4 -Bill France, Jr. , American President/CEO ofNASCAR (b.1933 )
*June 4 -Craig L. Thomas , American politician (b.1933 )
*June 5 -Povel Ramel , Swedish entertainer (b.1922 )
*June 8 -Aden Abdullah Osman Daar , first President of Somalia (b.1908 )
*June 10 -Augie Auer , meteorologist (b.1940 )
*June 11 -Imre Friedmann , American scientist (b.1921 )
*June 11 -Mala Powers , American film actress (b.1931 )
*June 12 -Don Herbert , American television personality, "Mr. Wizard" (b.1917 )
*June 13 -David Hatch , BBC Radio producer and comedian (b.1939 )
*June 14 -Ruth Bell Graham , Wife of Billy Graham (b.1920 )
*June 14 -Jacques Simonet , Belgian politician (b.1963 )
*June 14 -Kurt Waldheim , Austrian politician and diplomat, former United Nations Secretary-General (b.1918 )
*June 15 -Sherri Martel , American professional wrestler (b.1958 )
*June 17 -Gianfranco Ferrè , Italian designer (b.1944 )
*June 18 -Bernard Manning , English comedian (b.1930 )
*June 18 -Vilma Espín , Cuban wife ofRaúl Castro (b.1930 )
*June 18 -Georges Thurston , Canadian singer (b.1951 )
*June 19 -El Fary , Spanish singer (b.1937 )
*June 19 -Terry Hoeppner , American football coach (b.1947 )
*June 19 -Antonio Aguilar , Mexican singer and actor (b.1919 )
*June 20 -Trevor Henry , New Zealand Justice (b.1902 )
*June 21 - Bob Evans, American restaurateur (b.1918 )
*June 22 -Nancy Benoit , American professional wrestling manager (b.1964 )
*June 22 -Rod Beck , American baseball player (b.1968 )
*June 22 -Erik Parlevliet , Dutch field hockey player b. (1964 )
*June 24 -Derek Dougan , Northern Irish footballer (b.1938 )
*June 24 -Byron Baer , American politician (b.1929 )
*June 24 -Chris Benoit , Canadian professional wrestler (b.1967 )
*June 24 -Jack Flynt , American politician (b.1914 )
*June 25 -J. Fred Duckett , American sports announcer and teacher (b.1933 )
*June 25 - Khadijeh Dadehbala (Mahasti), Iranian popular singer (b.1946 )
*June 26 -Jupp Derwall , German footballer and coach (b.1927 )
*June 26 -Joey Sadler , New Zealand rugby player (b.1914 )
*June 27 - Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer (b.1929 )
*June 27 - William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b.1920 )
*June 28 -Kiichi Miyazawa , 78thPrime Minister of Japan (b.1919 )
*June 29 -Joel Siegel , American film critic (b.1943 )
*June 29 -George McCorkle , American musician (b.1947 )
*June 30 -Jan Herman Linge , Norwegian engineer and boat designer (b.1922 )July
*
July 1 -Gottfried von Bismarck , German aristocrat and socialite (b.1962 )
*July 2 -Brahim Déby , son of Chadian presidentIdriss Déby (b.1980 )
*July 2 -Vojislav Nikčević , Montenegrin professor and linguist (b.1935 )
*July 2 -Beverly Sills , American soprano (b.1929 )
*July 2 -Dilip Sardesai , Indian cricketer (b.1940 )
*July 2 - Jimmy Walker, American basketball player (b.1944 )
*July 2 -Hy Zaret , American lyricist and composer (b.1907 )
*July 3 -Claude Pompidou , wife of President of FranceGeorges Pompidou (b.1912 )
*July 3 -Boots Randolph , American saxophone player (b.1927 )
*July 4 -Barış Akarsu , Turkish musician (b.1979 )
*July 4 -José Roberto Espinosa , Mexican commentator (b.1948 )
*July 4 -Liane Bahler , German cyclist (b.1982 )
*July 4 -Johnny Frigo , American jazz violinist and bassist (b.1916 )
*July 4 -Bill Pinkney , American singer (b.1925 )
*July 4 -Osvaldo Romo , Chilean agent of the Pinochet's Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) (b.1938 )
*July 5 -George Melly , English singer (b.1926 )
*July 5 -Régine Crespin , French soprano (b.1927 )
*July 6 -Lois Wyse , American advertising executive, author, and columnist (b.1926 )
*July 9 - Charles Lane, American actor (b.1905 )
*July 10 -Zheng Xiaoyu , Chinese bureaucrat (b.1944 )
*July 10 -Abdul Rashid Ghazi , Pakistani cleric (b.1964 )
*July 10 -Corbin Harney , an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people (b.1920 )
*July 11 -Lady Bird Johnson , formerFirst Lady of the United States (b.1912 )
*July 11 -Alfonso López Michelsen , 32nd Colombian President (b.1913 )
*July 11 -Ed Mirvish , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b.1914 )
*July 11 -Shag Crawford , American umpire in Major League Baseball (b.1916 )
*July 11 -Jimmy Skinner , Detroit Red Wings head coach (b.1917 )
*July 11 - Richard Franklin, Australian film director (b.1948 )
*July 12 -Nigel Dempster , British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist (b.1941 )
*July 12 -Pat Fordice , First Lady of Mississippi from 1992 until 2000 (b.1935 )
*July 12 - Jim Mitchell, pioneer in the pornographic film industry (b.1945 )
*July 12 -Larry Staverman , American professional basketball player and coach (b.1936 )
*July 12 -Stan Zemanek , Australian radio broadcaster (b.1947 )
*July 12 -Mr. Butch , American homeless man living on the streets of Boston, also known as "King of Kenmore Square" (b.1951 )
*July 14 - John Ferguson, Canadian professional hockey player, coach and executive (b.1938 )
*July 18 - Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b.1908 )
*July 19 -A. K. Faezul Huq , Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b.1945 )
*July 20 -Tammy Faye Messner , American evangelist (b.1942 )
*July 22 -Mike Coolbaugh , American baseball player and coach (b.1972 )
*July 22 - László Kovács, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b.1933 )
*July 22 -Ulrich Mühe , German actor (b.1953 )
*July 22 -Jean Stablinski , French cyclist of Polish origin (b.1932 )
*July 22 -Rollie Stiles , American baseball player (b.1906 )
*July 22 -Aleksandr Tatarskiy , Russian animation film director (b.1950 )
*July 22 -Jarrod Cunningham , New Zealand rugby player (b.1968 )
*July 23 -Benjamin Libet , American pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness (b.1916 )
*July 23 -Mohammed Zahir Shah , last King ofAfghanistan (b.1914 )
*July 24 -Albert Ellis , American psychologist (b.1913 )
*July 26 -Skip Prosser , American basketball coach (b.1950 )
*July 27 -James Oyebola , British heavyweight boxer (b.1961 )
*July 29 - Mike Reid, British comedian and actor (b.1940 )
*July 29 -Tom Snyder , American talk show host (b.1936 )
*July 30 -Michelangelo Antonioni , Italian film director (b.1912 )
*July 30 -Teoctist Arăpaşu , Ex-Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch (b.1915 )
*July 30 -Ingmar Bergman , Swedish film director (b.1918 )
*July 30 - Bill Walsh, American football coach (b.1931 )August
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August 1 -Tommy Makem , Irish folk musician (b.1932 )
*August 1 -Ryan Cox , South African professional road racing cyclist (b.1979 )
*August 1 -Veikko Karvonen , Finnish athlete (b.1926 )
*August 2 -Holden Roberto , Angolan nationalist leader (b.1923 )
*August 2 -Chauncey Bailey , American columnist and newspaper editor (b.1949 )
*August 3 -James T. Callahan , American actor (b.1930 )
*August 3 - John Gardner, British author (b.1926 )
*August 4 -Lee Hazlewood , American country singer, songwriter and producer (b.1929 )
*August 4 -Frank Mancuso , American baseball player and politician (b.1918 )
*August 5 -Oliver Hill , American lawyer (b.1907 )
*August 5 -Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger , French Cardinal Archbishop of Paris (b.1926 )
*August 6 -Heinz Barth , German war criminal (b.1920 )
*August 7 -Hal Fishman , Los Angeles–based local news anchor (b.1931 )
*August 7 -Ernesto Alonso , Mexican soap opera actor, director and producer, best known as "Señor Telenovela" (b.1917 )
*August 7 -Angus Tait , New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman (b.1919 )
*August 8 -Joybubbles , American PhonePhreak (b.1949 )
*August 8 -Ma Lik , Chinese politician (b.1952 )
*August 8 -Melville Shavelson , American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b.1917 )
*August 9 -Joe O'Donnell , American documentary photographer and photojournalist (b.1922 )
*August 10 -Tony Wilson , English broadcaster, nightclub manager, and record label owner (b.1950 )
*August 10 -James Faust , an Apostle in theChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b.1920 )
*August 12 -Merv Griffin , American TV personality (b.1925 )
*August 12 -Mike Wieringo , American comic book artist (b.1963 )
*August 13 -Brooke Astor , American socialite and philanthropist (b.1902 )
*August 13 -Phil Rizzuto , American baseball player and announcer (b.1917 )
*August 13 - Brian Adams, American professional wrestler (b.1964 )
*August 14 -Tikhon Khrennikov , Russian composer (b.1913 )
*August 15 -Richard Bradshaw , British opera conductor (b.1944 )
*August 15 -John Gofman , AmericanManhattan Project scientist and advocate (b.1918 )
*August 15 -Sam Pollock , Canadian sports executive (b.1925 )
*August 16 -Max Roach , American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b.1924 )
*August 17 - Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b.1982 )
*August 18 -Michael Deaver , American political adviser (b.1938 )
*August 20 -Leona Helmsley , American hotel operator and real estate investor (b.1920 )
*August 21 -Elizabeth P. Hoisington , American brigadier general (b.1918 )
*August 21 -Qurratulain Hyder , Indian novelist (b.1926 )
*August 21 -Haley Paige , American actress (b.1981 )
*August 22 -Rhys Milford Jones , Murder victim (b.1995 )
*August 24 -Abdul Rahman Arif , 4thPresident of Iraq (b.1916 )
*August 25 -Raymond Barre , French politician and economist (b.1924 )
*August 25 -Ray Jones , English footballer (b.1988 )
*August 26 -Gaston Thorn , Luxembourger politician (b.1928 )
*August 26 -Ramon Zamora , Filipino martial arts actor (b.1935 )
*August 28 -Antonio Puerta , Spanish footballer (b.1984 )
*August 28 -Francisco Umbral , Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b.1935 )
*August 28 -Miyoshi Umeki , Japanese actress (b.1929 )
*August 28 -Nikola Nobilo , New Zealand winemaker (b.1913 )
*August 29 -Richard Jewell , American falsely accused of bombing the Centennial Olympic Park (b.1962 )
*August 29 -Pierre Messmer , French politician (b.1916 )
*August 29 -Chaswe Nsofwa , Zambian footballer (b.1978 )
*August 29 -James Muir Cameron Fletcher , New Zealand industrialist (b.1914 )
*August 30 - Michael Jackson, English writer (b.1942 )
*August 30 -Charles Vanik , American politician (b.1918 )
*August 31 -Gay Brewer , American golfer (b.1932 )eptember
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*September 1 -Tomás Medina Caracas , Colombian rebel leader (b.1965 )
*September 1 -Roy McKenzie , New Zealand philanthropist (b.1922 )
*September 2 -Max McNab , Canadian hockey player and hockey executive (b.1924 )
*September 3 -Jane Tomlinson , British charity fund raiser (b.1964 )
*September 3 - Syd Jackson, Māori activist and trade unionist (b.1939 )
*September 5 -Jennifer Dunn , American politician (b.1941 )
*September 5 -Paul Gillmor , American politician (b.1939 )
*September 5 -D. James Kennedy , American evangelist (b.1930 )
*September 6 -Madeleine L'Engle , American author (b.1918 )
*September 6 -Luciano Pavarotti , Italian tenor (b.1935 )
*September 7 -John Compton , Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (b.1925 )
*September 7 -Mark Weil , Uzbek theater director (b.1952 )
*September 8 -Charlie Parlato , American musician (b.1919 )
*September 9 -Helmut Senekowitsch , Austrian footballer and coach (b.1933 )
*September 9 -Hughie Thomasson , American musician (b.1952 )
*September 10 -Anita Roddick , English entrepreneur (b.1942 )
*September 10 -Jane Wyman , American actress, former wife ofRonald Reagan (b.1917 )
*September 11 -Ian Porterfield , Scottish footballer (b.1946 )
*September 11 -Joe Zawinul , Austrian musician (b.1932 )
*September 13 -Whakahuihui Vercoe , New Zealand clergyman (b.1928 )
*September 14 -Benny Vansteelant , Belgian duathlete (b.1976 )
*September 15 -Colin McRae , Scottish world rally champion (b.1968 )
*September 15 -Aldemaro Romero , Venezuelan musician (b.1928 )
*September 15 -Brett Somers , American actress (b.1924 )
*September 16 -Robert Jordan , American author (b.1948 )
*September 19 -Antoine Ghanem , Lebanese politician (b.1943 )
*September 20 -Mahlon Clark , American musician (b.1923 )
*September 21 -Hallgeir Brenden , Norwegian athlete (b.1929 )
*September 21 -Alice Ghostley , American actress (b.1926 )
*September 21 -Rex Humbard , American evangelist (b.1919 )
*September 21 -Petar Stambolić , Serbian politician (b.1912 )
*September 22 -Marcel Marceau , French mime artist (b.1923 )
*September 23 -Ken Danby , Canadian artist (b.1940 )
*September 26 -Bill Wirtz , American businessman (b.1929 )
*September 26 -Dave Carpender , American guitarist withThe Greg Kihn Band (b.1950 )
*September 27 - Bill Perry, South African footballer, scored winning goal in the 1953 FA Cup Final (b.1930 )
*September 27 -Avraham Shapira , Israeli chief rabbi (b.1914 )
*September 27 -Kenji Nagai , Japanese journalist (b.1957 )
*September 28 -Wally Parks , American founder of theNational Hot Rod Association (b.1913 )
*September 29 -Lois Maxwell , Canadian actress (b.1927 )
*September 30 -Milan Jelić , Bosnian-Serb politician (b.1956 )October
*
October 1 -Ronnie Hazlehurst , English composer (b.1928 )
*October 1 -Chris Mainwaring , Australian rules football player (b.1966 )
*October 1 -Al Oerter , American athlete (b.1936 )
*October 1 -Ned Sherrin , English broadcaster and theatre director (b.1931 )
*October 2 -Dan Keating , Irish republican (b.1902 )
*October 3 -Tony Ryan , Irish businessman (b.1936 )
*October 4 -Antonie Iorgovan , Romanian jurist, professor, and politician (b.1948 )
*October 5 -Justin Tuveri , Italian veteran of World War I (b.1898 )
*October 6 -Jo Ann Davis , American politician (b.1950 )
*October 7 -Norifumi Abe , Japanese motorcycle road racer (b.1975 )
*October 7 -Luciana Frassati Gawronska , Italian author (b.1902 )
*October 8 -Constantine Andreou , Greek painter and sculptor (b.1917 )
*October 11 -Sri Chinmoy , Indian philosopher (b.1931 )
*October 12 -Soe Win , Burmese politician (b.1948 )
*October 12 -Kisho Kurokawa , Japanese architect (b.1934 )
*October 13 -Bob Denard , French mercenary (b.1929 )
*October 16 -Deborah Kerr , Scottish actress (b.1921 )
*October 16 -Rosalio José Castillo Lara , Venezuelan cardinal (b.1922 )
*October 16 -Toše Proeski , Macedonian singer (b.1981 )
*October 16 -Barbara West , 2nd to last living survivor of the Titanic sinking (b.1911 )
*October 17 -Joey Bishop , American entertainer (b.1918 )
*October 17 -Teresa Brewer , American singer (b.1931 )
*October 18 -Alan Coren , English columnist (b.1939 )
*October 18 -William J. Crowe , American military commander and ambassador (b.1925 )
*October 18 -Lucky Dube , South African musician (b.1964 )
*October 19 -Randall Forsberg , American nuclear freeze advocate (b.1943 )
*October 19 -Jan Wolkers , Dutch author, sculptor and painter (b.1925 )
*October 20 -Max McGee , American football player (b.1932 )
*October 22 -Ève Curie , French author, daughter of Pierre andMarie Curie (b.1904 )
*October 23 -Lim Goh Tong , Malaysian Chinese businessman (b.1918 )
*October 24 -Petr Eben , Czech composer (b.1929 )
*October 24 -Ian Middleton , New Zealand novelist (b.1928 )
*October 26 -Nicolae Dobrin , Romanian footballer (b.1947 )
*October 26 -Friedman Paul Erhardt , German-American television chef (b.1943 )
*October 26 -Arthur Kornberg , American biochemist (b.1918 )
*October 26 -Khun Sa , Burmese warlord (b.1934 )
*October 28 -Porter Wagoner , American country singer (b.1927 )
*October 30 -Robert Goulet , American entertainer (b.1933 )November
*
November 1 -Paul Tibbets , American general, pilot of theEnola Gay (b.1915 )
*November 2 -Charmaine Dragun , Australian news anchor (b.1978 )
*November 2 -S. P. Thamilselvan ,Sri Lanka n Tamil political leader (b.1967 )
*November 2 -Igor Moiseyev , Russian choreographer (b.1906 )
*November 2 -The Fabulous Moolah , American professional wrestler (b.1923 )
*November 3 - Martin Meehan, Irish republican (b.1945 )
*November 3 -Ryan Shay , American runner (b.1979 )
*November 5 -Nils Liedholm , Swedish footballer and coach (b.1922 )
*November 6 -Enzo Biagi , Italian journalist (b.1920 )
*November 6 - Hank Thompson, American country singer (b.1925 )
*November 7 -Hilda Braid , English actress (b.1929 )
*November 8 -Chad Varah , English Anglican priest, founder of the Samaritans (b.1911 )
*November 8 -Dulce Saguisag , Filipino politician (b.1943 )
*November 9 -Luis Herrera Campins , 56thPresident of Venezuela (b.1925 )
*November 10 -Laraine Day , American actress (b.1920 )
*November 10 -Augustus F. Hawkins , American politician and civil rights lawmaker (b.1907 )
*November 10 -Norman Mailer , American writer (b.1923 )
*November 12 -Ira Levin , American novelist (b.1929 )
*November 13 - John Doherty, English footballer (b.1935 )
*November 13 -Kazuhisa Inao , Japanese baseball player (b.1937 )
*November 13 -Wahab Akbar , Filipino politician (b.1960 )
*November 15 -Joe Nuxhall , American baseball player and announcer (b.1928 )
*November 16 -Trond Kirkvaag , Norwegian comedian and author (b.1946 )
*November 19 -Dick Wilson , American actor (b.1916 )
*November 20 -Ian Smith ,Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b.1919 )
*November 21 -Fernando Fernán Gómez , Spanish actor, director, and playwright (b.1921 )
*November 21 - Tom Johnson, Canadian sports executive and hockey player (b.1928 )
*November 22 -Verity Lambert , English producer (b.1935 )
*November 23 - Joe Kennedy, American baseball player (b.1979 )
*November 23 -Vladimir Kryuchkov , Russian Soviet-era bureaucrat (b.1924 )
*November 24 -Casey Calvert , American musician (Hawthorne Heights ) (b.1981 )
*November 25 -Kevin DuBrow , American musician (Quiet Riot ) (b.1955 )
*November 27 -Sean Taylor , American football player (b.1983 )
*November 27 -Robert Cade , American physician and inventor of the beverageGatorade (b.1927 )
*November 28 -Elly Beinhorn , German pilot (b.1907 )
*November 29 -Henry Hyde , American politician (b.1924 )
*November 29 -Roger Bonham Smith , American businessman (b.1925 )
*November 30 -Evel Knievel , American motorcycle daredevil (b.1938 )December
*
December 1 -Ken McGregor , Australian tennis player (b.1929 )
*December 2 -Robert O. Anderson , American businessman (b.1917 )
*December 2 -Elizabeth Hardwick , American literary critic and novelist (b.1916 )
*December 2 -Les Shannon , English footballer and manager (b.1926 )
*December 2 -Thomas Torrance , Scottish Protestant theologian (b.1913 )
*December 4 -Pimp C , American rapper (b.1973 )
*December 4 -Norval Morrisseau , Canadian artist (b.1932 )
*December 4 -Chip Reese , American professional gambler (b.1951 )
*December 5 -Karlheinz Stockhausen , German composer (b.1928 )
*December 5 -Andrew Imbrie , American composer (b.1921 )
*December 6 -Katy French , Irish model (b.1983 )
*December 9 -Thore Skogman , Swedish entertainer (b.1931 )
*December 9 -Abdullah Qureshi , Pakistani activist (b.1935 )
*December 10 -Ashleigh Aston Moore , actress (b.1981 )
*December 11 -Nicholas Kao Se Tseien , Chinese Catholic priest (b.1897 )
*December 11 -Ottomar Pinto , Brazilian politician (b.1931 )
*December 12 -Ike Turner , American musician (b.1931 )
*December 15 -Julia Carson , American politician (b.1938 )
*December 15 -Ace Vergel , Filipino actor (b.1952 )
*December 16 -Dan Fogelberg , American singer and songwriter (b.1951 )
*December 18 -Bill Strauss , American satirist, author and historian (b.1947 )
*December 20 - Arabella Spencer-Churchill, English philanthropist (b.1949 )
*December 21 -Ken Hendricks , American entrepreneur (b.1941 )
*December 22 - Chrysostomos I, Archbishop of Cyprus (b.1927 )
*December 22 -Julien Gracq , French writer (b.1910 )
*December 22 -Andrew Glyn , English economist (b.1943 )
*December 22 -Adrian Cristobal , Filipino writer (b.1932 )
*December 23 -Michael Kidd , American choreographer (b.1915 )
*December 23 -Oscar Peterson , Canadian jazz pianist and composer (b.1925 )
*December 24 -Akbar Radi , Iranian dramatist and playwright (b.1939 )
*December 26 -Joe Dolan , Irish singer (b.1939 )
*December 26 -Stu Nahan , American sportscaster (b.1926 )
*December 27 -Benazir Bhutto , Pakistani politician (b.1953 )
*December 27 -Jaan Kross , Estonian writer (b.1920 )
*December 27 -Jerzy Kawalerowicz , Polish film director (b.1922 )
*December 27 -Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza , a claimant to the Brazilian throne (b.1913 )
*December 28 -Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami , Iranian basketball player (b.1982 )
*December 29 -Kevin Greening , Former BBC Radio 1 DJ (b.1962 )
*December 29 -Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar , Yemeni political and tribal leader (b.1933 )
*December 29 - Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b.1972 )
*December 31 -Ettore Sottsass , Italian architect (b.1917 )Nobel Prizes * Chemistry -
Gerhard Ertl
* Economics -Leonid Hurwicz ,Eric Maskin ,Roger Myerson
* Literature -Doris Lessing
* Peace - Albert Gore, Jr, and theUnited Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
* Physics -Albert Fert ,Peter Grünberg
* Physiology or Medicine -Mario Capecchi ,Oliver Smithies , SirMartin Evans Holidays
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January 1 -New Year's Day .
*January 7 -Christmas inEastern Christianity .
*January 26 -Australia Day ,India 'sRepublic Day .
*February 6 -Waitangi Day inNew Zealand .
*February 12 -Independence Day inChile .
*February 19 -Presidents' Day in theUnited States .
*February 20 -Mardi Gras Day .
*February 21 - WesternChristianity :Ash Wednesday and start ofLent .
*March 1 -Saint David's Day
*March 17 -Saint Patrick's Day .
*March 19 - Feast ofSaint Joseph in Christianity. In Judaism, start of the month ofNisan .
*March 21 -Norouz ,Iran ian and Bahá'í New Year.
*April 1 -April Fools' Day .
*April 2 - InJudaism , 14/15 Nisan.Passover Seder.
*April 6 -Good Friday in the Western Christian and Eastern Orthodox calendars.
*April 8 -Easter (Western Christianity and Eastern Orthodoxy).
*April 10 - End ofPassover or Feast of Unleavened Bread.
*April 18 -Zimbabwe 's Independence day.
*April 22 -Earth Day .
*April 23 - Saint George's Day.
*April 23 - Israeli Independence Day (Iyar 5) in theHebrew calendar .
*April 25 -ANZAC Day inAustralia andNew Zealand .
*April 25 - Liberation ofItaly Day.
*April 27 -Arbor Day in the USA.
*April 30 -Koninginnedag ("Queen's Day", in Dutch) - National Holiday inThe Netherlands .
*May 1 -Beltane , across-quarter day . AlsoLabor Day in most of the world, but not in theUSA andCanada .May Day .
*May 5 -May Day in theUnited Kingdom .
*May 5 -Cinco de Mayo , celebrating theBattle of Puebla betweenMexico and France.
*May 18 -Somaliland 's (disputed) Independence day from Somalia.
*May 21 -Victoria Day in Canada.
*May 23 -Shavuot orPentecost in the Jewish religion.
*May 28 -Memorial Day in theUSA .
*June 1 - Foundation DayWestern Australia ,Australia .
*June 2 -Republic Day inItaly .
*June 7 -Independence Day inNorway .
*June 12 - Independence Day in thePhilippines .
*June 14 -Flag Day in theUSA .
*June 17 -Iceland 'sIndependence Day .
*June 26 - Somaliland's Independence from the UK.Fact|date=April 2008
*July 1 -Canada Day .
*July 4 - Independence Day in theUSA .
*July 5 -Independence Day inVenezuela .
*July 9 -Independence Day inArgentina .
*July 14 -Bastille Day in France.
*July 20 -Independence Day inColombia .
*July 24 - Birthday ofSimon Bolivar (observed inVenezuela ,Colombia , andEcuador ). Pioneer Day observed inUtah .
*July 28 -Independence Day inPeru .
*August 1 -Lammas , "Loaf Mass," a Cross-quarter day, Swiss National Day.
*August 6 -Independence Day inJamaica .
*August 9 -National Day inSingapore .
*August 14 -Pakistan Independence Day .
*August 15 -India Independence Day .
*August 17 -Indonesia Independence Day .
*August 20 - St. Stephen's day, the main national holiday inHungary .
*August 28 -India Raksha Bhandhan.
*August 31 -National Day inMalaysia .
*September 3 -Labour Day inCanada and theUSA .
*September 7 -Independence Day inBrazil .
*September 11 -National Day inCatalonia .
*September 12 -September 14 -Rosh Hashana begins at sunset: New Year 5768 in theHebrew Calendar .
*September 13 -Ramadan begins for the religion ofIslam .
*September 16 -Mexico Independence Day .
*September 18 -Chile Independence Day .
*September 21 -Yom Kippur or "Yom ha-kippurim", the Day of Atonement in the Jewish faith.
*September 21 -Malta Independence Day .
*September 22 -Belize Independence Day.
*September 23 - Saudi Arabian National Day.
*September 27 -Sukot orTabernacles inJudaism .
*October 1 -Independence Day inNigeria .
*October 2 -Gandhi Jayanti inIndia .
*October 8 -Thanksgiving inCanada .Columbus Day in the USA.
*October 8 -Battle of Angamos Day inPeru .
*October 12 -Columbus Day in Central and South America.
*October 23 -Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Anniversary inHungary .
*October 31 -All Hallows' Eve ,Halloween .
*November 1 -All Saints' Day .Samhain , a cross-quarter day.Neopagan New Year's Day.
*November 5 -Guy Fawkes night in Commonwealth countries.
*November 9 -Diwali festival inIndia .
*November 11 -Remembrance Day in most Commonwealth countries,Veterans' Day in the USA.
*November 11 -Independence Day inPoland .
*November 22 -Thanksgiving in the USA.
*November 30 - Saint Andrew's Day.
*December 1 - National Day inRomania .
*December 6 -Independence Day inFinland .
*December 11 -Independence Day inSouth Africa .
*December 19 -Eid ul-Adha in Muslim countries.
*December 22 -Winter Solstice .
*December 23 -Festivus .
*December 25 -Christmas in WesternChristianity .
*December 26 -Boxing Day in most Commonwealth countries.
*December 31 -New Year's Eve .References
External links
* [http://www.accuracyproject.org/2007calendar.html 2007 Calendar] at Internet Accuracy Project.
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