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{{Events by month|2007|prefix=Portal:Current events/}}

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Clockwise from top-left: [[Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a filling station, killing almost 200 people; former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated; 2007 marked the beginning of the Subprime mortgage crisis in the United States; a surge of troops is sent to fight in the Iraq War; the Virginia Tech community mourns the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting, in which 32 students were killed; Google Street View is unveiled to the world; the Treaty of Lisbon is signed by member states of the European Union|262x262px|thumb|right]]

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2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year{{cite web|url=http://ihy2007.org/|title=International Heliophysical Year|publisher=IHY|access-date=2008-10-12|archive-date=November 25, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125155012/http://ihy2007.org/|url-status=dead}} and the International Polar Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.ipy.org/|title=International Polar Year 2007-2008|publisher=IPY|access-date=2008-10-12| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081012130632/http://www.ipy.org/| archive-date=October 12, 2008| url-status= live}}

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Events

=January=

  • January 1
  • Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eurozone.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6220591.stm|title=Romania and Bulgaria join the EU|date=2007-01-01|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-02-18|archive-date=2021-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529145528/https://secure-uk.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?rnd=1622300127537&ci=bbc&cg=0&sr=1600x1000&ts=v51.js&cd=24&lg=en-US&je=n&ck=y&tz=0&ct=&hp=&tl=BBC%20NEWS%20%7C%20Europe%20%7C%20Romania%20and%20Bulgaria%20join%20the%20EU&si=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Feurope%2F6220591.stm&rp=|url-status=live}}
  • Adam Air Flight 574, en route to Manado, Indonesia, from Surabaya, Indonesia, crashes into the Makassar Strait; killing all 102 on board.{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2007 |title=Indonesia jetliner crashes with 102 aboard |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16427336 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303002152/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16427336 |archive-date=2023-03-03 |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=NBC News|agency=Associated Press |language=en}}
  • January 4 – Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
  • January 8 – Russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany, and Ukraine are cut as the Russia–Belarus energy dispute escalates;{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6240473.stm|title=Russia oil row hits Europe supply|date=2007-01-08|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-02-18|archive-date=2007-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110082008/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6240473.stm|url-status=live}} they are restored three days later.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011002094.html|title=Russia-Belarus Standoff Over Oil Ends, Clearing Way for Accord|last=Finn|first=Peter|date=2007-01-11|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2017-02-18|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=2012-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025070901/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011002094.html|url-status=live}}
  • January 9 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco, starting the new era of smartphones with this invention.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
  • January 30 – Windows Vista is released to consumers by Microsoft.{{cite web |url=https://news.microsoft.com/2007/01/17/microsoft-unveils-new-ways-for-consumers-to-get-windows-vista/ |title=Microsoft Unveils New Ways for Consumers to Get Windows Vista |date=January 17, 2007 |publisher=Microsoft |work=News Center |access-date=January 2, 2017 |archive-date=January 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103174146/http://news.microsoft.com/2007/01/17/microsoft-unveils-new-ways-for-consumers-to-get-windows-vista/ |url-status=live }}
  • January 31 – Boston, United States faces a hoax bomb scare, as a result of LED placards of Ignignokt and Err from Aqua Teen Hunger Force being mistaken as an improvised explosive device.{{cite web | url=http://wgbhnews.org/post/mooninite-invasion-boston-6-years-later | title=GBH News | date=31 January 2013 | access-date=2022-09-15 | archive-date=2014-07-31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731012118/http://wgbhnews.org/post/mooninite-invasion-boston-6-years-later | url-status=live }}

=February=

  • February 2 – The IPCC publishes its fourth assessment report, having concluded that global climate change is "very likely" to have a predominantly human cause.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6324029.stm|title=At a glance: IPCC report|date=2007-02-02|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-02-18|archive-date=2020-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104181724/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6324029.stm|url-status=live}}
  • February 3 – A truck bomb explodes in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 135 people and injures 339 others.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/world/middleeast/04iraq.html|title=At Least 130 Die as Blast Levels Baghdad Market|last1=Richard A.|first1=Oppel Jr.|date=2007-02-04|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2017-02-18|last2=Mizher|first2=Qais|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2020-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122035958/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/world/middleeast/04iraq.html|url-status=live}}
  • 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.{{cite web |url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/newsview_sub.php?menu=1&key=2007021324 |title=KBS Global |publisher=English.kbs.co.kr |access-date=2011-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929130921/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/newsview_sub.php?menu=1&key=2007021324 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |url-status=dead }}
  • February 19 – Microblogging social network Tumblr is launched to the public.{{cite web |title = Tumblr – something we've always wanted |first = David |last = Karp |url = https://davidville.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/tumblr/ |work = Davidville |date = February 19, 2007 |access-date = February 24, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130213010619/http://davidville.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/tumblr/ |archive-date = February 13, 2013 |url-status = live |df = mdy-all }}
  • February 26 – The International Court of Justice finds Serbia guilty of failing to prevent genocide in the Srebrenica massacre, but clears it of direct responsibility and complicity in the case.{{cite news|url=http://www.sense-agency.com/en/stream.php?sta=3&pid=9273&kat=3 |publisher=Sense Tribunal |title=Serbia found guilty of failure to prevent and punish genocide. |date=February 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730091312/http://www.sense-agency.com/en/stream.php?sta=3&pid=9273&kat=3 |archive-date=2009-07-30 }}

=March=

  • March 1 – The fourth International Polar Year, a $1.73 billion research program to study both the North Pole and South Pole, is launched in Paris.{{Cite web|url=http://www.polarfoundation.org/news_press/news/paris_international_polar_year_launch_event|title=Paris International Polar Year launch event|date=2007-03-03|website=Polar Foundation|language=en|access-date=2017-02-18|archive-date=2017-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219170025/http://www.polarfoundation.org/news_press/news/paris_international_polar_year_launch_event|url-status=live}}
  • March 3 – A total lunar eclipse occurs and is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. It is the 52nd lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros series 123 occurring at the moon's descending node. The moon is just 3.2 days before apogee, making it fairly small.
  • March 4 – The First Ivorian Civil War ends with a peace agreement.
  • March 11 – Georgia accuses three Russian helicopters of firing on the Kodori Gorge, then the only part of the break-away autonomous republic of Abkhazia still under Georgian control.{{cite news|title=Georgia Says Helicopters From Russia Attacked Gorge|url=http://www.rferl.org/a/1075206.html|access-date=March 10, 2017|publisher=Radio Free Europe|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017043135/https://www.rferl.org/a/1075206.html|url-status=live}}
  • March 13–April 28 – The 2007 Cricket World Cup is held in the West Indies with Australia defeating Sri Lanka in the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/scorecard/247507/australia-vs-sri-lanka-final-world-cup-2006-07/|title=Final, ICC World Cup at Bridgetown, Apr 28 2007 - Match Summary - ESPNCricinfo|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2018-07-10|archive-date=2018-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707011447/http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/scorecard/247507/australia-vs-sri-lanka-final-world-cup-2006-07/|url-status=live}}
  • March 19 – The first solar eclipse of the year 2007 is a partial solar eclipse occurring just 0.7 days before perigee, making it very large. The Moon covers 87.558% of the Sun. In this partial solar eclipse, the best visibility occurs at 61º02'55" N, 55º28'04" E. It is the 20th solar eclipse of Solar Saros series 149, at ascending node. The Sun is its zenith just 83 km south of the Equator, so the Northern Hemisphere was in winter and the Southern Hemisphere was in summer on March 19, 2007.
  • March 23 – Naval forces of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrest Royal Navy personnel in disputed Iran-Iraq waters;{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/23/iran.uk/index.html|title=Diplomats meet over Iranian seizure of British sailors|publisher=CNN|date=March 23, 2007|access-date=March 23, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070326201108/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/23/iran.uk/index.html |archive-date = March 26, 2007}} they were released on April 4.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6526359.stm|title=Ahmadinejad's final flourish|date=2007-04-04|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-02-18|archive-date=2021-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111221920/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6526359.stm|url-status=live}}
  • March 27 – Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov sign a border treaty between Latvia and Russia, officially demarcating the border between the two.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6498049.stm|title=Latvia, Russia sign border deal|date=2007-03-27|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-02-18|archive-date=2021-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125170544/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6498049.stm|url-status=live}}

=April=

  • April 16 – Virginia tech massacre: 23-year-old Seung-Hui Cho fatally shoots 32 people and injured 17 others, before committing suicide as police arrive on the scene.
  • April 18 – 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings: A series of attacks take place across Baghdad, Iraq, killing nearly 200 people.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6567329.stm|title=Up to 200 killed in Baghdad bombs|date=2007-08-18|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=2020-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109035605/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6567329.stm|url-status=live}}
  • April 24 – Gliese 581c, a potentially Earth-like extrasolar planet habitable for life, is discovered in the constellation Libra.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6589157.stm|title=New 'super-Earth' found in space|date=2007-04-24|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=2012-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305232748/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6589157.stm|url-status=live}}
  • April 26–27 – "Bronze Night": Ethnic Russian riot in Tallinn and other cities in Estonia against the moving of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet World War II memorial statue.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6598269.stm|title=Estonia removes Soviet memorial|date=2007-04-27|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=2009-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516003602/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6598269.stm|url-status=live}} 2007 cyberattacks on Estonia begin.

=May=

  • May 3 – British three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Lagos, Portugal, described by The Daily Telegraph as "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1902515/Master-of-media-circus-for-Madeleine-McCann.html "Master of media circus for Madeleine McCann"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504094425/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1902515/Master-of-media-circus-for-Madeleine-McCann.html|date=4 May 2019}}, The Daily Telegraph, 24 April 2008.
  • May 4 – The 2007 Greensburg tornado moves through Kiowa County, Kansas, United States, striking the town of Greensburg and killing eleven residents. 95% of the town was destroyed, and the tornado was the first to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.{{cite web |last1=Marshall |first1=Tim |date=2007 |title=Damage Survey of the Greensburg, KS tornado |url=https://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/141534.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230337/https://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/141534.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |website=ams.confex.com |publisher=American Meteorological Society}}{{Cite web |date=May 7, 2007 |title=Governor Blagojevich offers condolences, support to Kansas Governor in response to Greensburg tornado |url=https://www.illinois.gov/news/press-release.5974.html |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=Illinois.gov |language=en}}
  • May 5 – Kenya Airways Flight 507, on a scheduled passenger flight from Doula, Cameroon, to Nairobi, Kenya, crashes after takeoff, killing all 114 crew and passengers on board.{{Cite news |date=2007-05-15 |title=Kenya pilot took off despite storm warning: Cameroon |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cameroon-kenya-crash-idUSL1555246020070515 |access-date=2023-03-20 |archive-date=2023-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320121803/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cameroon-kenya-crash-idUSL1555246020070515 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Grim recovery of bodies at crash site |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2007-05-08-grim-recovery-of-bodies-at-crash-site/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=mg.co.za |date=8 May 2007 |language=en-ZA |archive-date=2023-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320121804/https://mg.co.za/article/2007-05-08-grim-recovery-of-bodies-at-crash-site/ |url-status=live }}
  • May 6 – 2007 French presidential election: Nicolas Sarkozy is elected President of France in the second round.{{Cite news |last=Sciolino |first=Elaine |date=2007-05-07 |title=Sarkozy Wins in France and Vows Break With Past |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/07/world/europe/07france.html |access-date=2025-02-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
  • May 10 – As a result of factors including the Blair–Brown deal and falling approval ratings as a result of the Iraq War, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces his intention to resign as Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister, triggering the 2007 Labour Party leadership election, in which Chancellor Gordon Brown ran unopposed. Brown would officially replace Blair as Prime Minister on 27 June.{{Cite news |date=May 10, 2007 |title=Tony Blair's Sedgefield send-off |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6643875.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921051111/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6643875.stm |archive-date=September 21, 2008 |access-date=October 24, 2022 |work=BBC News}}{{cite web |url=http://www.labour.org.uk/leadership/nominations_close_-_1230_thursday_17_may |title=Labour Party Leadership Contest: » Nominations close - 12.30 Thursday 17 May |website=www.labour.org.uk |access-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921050327/http://www.labour.org.uk/leadership/nominations_close_-_1230_thursday_17_may |archive-date=21 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}
  • May 10–12 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 takes place in Helsinki, Finland, and is won by Serbian entrant Marija Šerifović with the song "Molitva".
  • May 11 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, the head of state of Samoa since its independence, dies in office at the age of 94. His death triggers the first election for the office of Samoan head of state.{{cite news |last=Sagapolutele |first=Fili |date=12 May 2007 |title=Samoan Head of State Passes Away |url=http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/05/12/samoan-head-of-state-passes-away |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927175435/http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/05/12/samoan-head-of-state-passes-away |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=12 May 2007 |work=Pacific Magazine}}
  • May 17 – The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Moscow Patriarchate re-unite after 80 years of schism.{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-may-18-fg-orthodox18-story.html|title=Russian Orthodox split is mended|last=Holley|first=David|date=2007-05-18|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-02-18|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|archive-date=2016-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603032502/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/may/18/world/fg-orthodox18|url-status=live}}
  • May 20 – Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai makes the largest single charitable donation in modern history, committing €7.41 billion to an educational foundation in the Middle East.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6672923.stm|title=Dubai ruler in vast charity gift|date=2007-05-20|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=2007-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824200451/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6672923.stm|url-status=live}}

=June=

=July=

  • July 4 – The International Olympic Committee awards Sochi the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.
  • July 7 – Live Earth Concerts are held in nine major cities around the world to raise environmental awareness.{{Cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-35574720080920?sp=true|title=Live Earth show to help light homes with solar energy|last=Jamkhandikar|first=Shilpa|date=2008-09-20|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=2017-01-11|language=en-IN|archive-date=2017-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113105624/http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-35574720080920?sp=true|url-status=dead}}
  • July 11 – The traffic accident between Toyota Kijang Kapsul's car and the truck which contains a lot of cement in front of Krendetan Market, Purworejo, Central Java, Indonesia. Taufik Savalas, Indonesian comedian died in the tragedy at the age of 41 years old.
  • July 17
  • TAM Airlines Flight 3054 an Airbus A320-233 overruns the runway of São Paulo–Congonhas Airport runway 35L, flies over Avenida Washington Luís and crashes into TAM Express building and a Shell filling station adjacent to the TAM Express building. All 187 passengers and crew are killed instantly. 12 people inside the TAM Express and the Shell filling station are also killed.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-23609524|title=Brazil trial over plane crash that killed 199|date=2013-08-08|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=2017-02-18|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128163634/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-23609524|url-status=live}}
  • The dwarf planet Gonggong is discovered by astronomers Megan Schwamb, Michael Brown, and David Rabinowitz from the Palomar Observatory.{{cite web

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  • July 24 – Five Bulgarian nurses are released from Libyan prison after eight and a half years spent behind bars in Benghazi and Tripoli, marking the end of the so-called "HIV trial in Libya".{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6912965.stm|title=HIV medics released to Bulgaria|date=2007-07-24|work=BBC News|access-date=2015-11-25|archive-date=2007-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808075931/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6912965.stm|url-status=live}}
  • July 31 – Operation Banner comes to an end, thus ending the longest continuous deployment in British military history.

=August=

  • August 4 – The Phoenix spacecraft is launched toward Mars to study its north pole.{{Cite web|url=http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2007/aug/06/phoenix-blasts-off-to-mars|title=Phoenix blasts off to Mars|last=Cartwright|first=John|date=2007-08-06|website=Physics World|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-02-18|archive-date=2017-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219120216/http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2007/aug/06/phoenix-blasts-off-to-mars|url-status=live}}
  • August 9 – The French global bank BNP Paribas in the United Kingdom blocks withdrawals from three hedge funds heavily committed in subprime lendings, signaling the 2008 financial crisis.{{cite news|title=Three myths that sustain the economic crisis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2012/aug/05/economic-crisis-myths-sustain|access-date=2012-08-06|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=2012-08-05|first=Larry|last=Elliott|archive-date=2020-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120221533/https://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2012/aug/05/economic-crisis-myths-sustain|url-status=live}}
  • August 14 – Multiple suicide bombings kill 572 people in Qahtaniya, northern Iraq.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/22/world/middleeast/22iraq-top.html|title=Toll in Iraq Bombings Is Raised to More Than 500|last1=Cave|first1=Damien|date=2007-08-22|last2=Glanz|first2=James|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=2017-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919215854/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/22/world/middleeast/22iraq-top.html|url-status=live}}
  • August 15 – An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing at least 519 people, injuring more than 1,300, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-earthquake-idUSN1629631020070816|title=Peru earthquake kills 450, bodies in streets|last=Arce|first=Jean Luis|date=2016-08-16|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=2020-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203211157/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-earthquake-idUSN1629631020070816|url-status=live}}

=September=

=October=

  • October 10 – Valve Software releases The Orange Box on Windows and Xbox 360.{{Cite web |last=Kain |first=Eric |date=2017-10-11 |title=10 Years Ago Valve Released The Orange Box, A High-Point For The Company |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2017/10/11/ten-years-ago-valve-launched-3-brand-new-games-all-at-once-in-the-orange-box/?sh=29a5beb43dcb |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=Forbes}}{{cite web | last=King | first=Jade | title=Valve's Orange Box Is Still The Greatest Deal In Gaming History | website=TheGamer | date=2023-12-23 | url=https://www.thegamer.com/the-orange-box-valve-half-life-portal-team-fortress-2/ | access-date=2024-09-16}}
  • October 21 – Finnish racing driver Kimi Räikkönen won his first Formula One World Championship, driving for Scuderia Ferrari at the Brazilian Grand Prix.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sports/raikkonen-takes-f1-title-after-brazil-gp-win-idUSL21623272/ |work=Reuters |title=Raikkonen takes F1 title after Brazil GP win |date=October 21, 2007}}
  • October 22 – Montenegro adopts a new constitution, which among other things changes the country's official name from "Republic of Montenegro" to "Montenegro".{{Cite web|url=https://portal.cor.europa.eu/divisionpowers/Pages/Montenegro.aspx|title=CoR - Montenegro|website=portal.cor.europa.eu|access-date=2019-12-23|archive-date=2019-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205205604/https://portal.cor.europa.eu/divisionpowers/Pages/Montenegro.aspx|url-status=live}}
  • October 28 – 2007 Argentine general election: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.{{cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-93719-2007-10-29.html|title=Kirchner, presidenta con "A" final|date=October 29, 2007|website=Pagina12|language=en|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008074654/https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-93719-2007-10-29.html|url-status=live}}
  • Sports TV Uganda Limited is incorporated in Uganda.Uganda Broadcasting Council, Workers' House, Kampala

=November=

  • November 7 – Whistleblower website WikiLeaks leaks the standard US army protocol at Guantanamo Bay.{{Cite magazine|date=2014-02-10|title=Sensitive Guantanamo Bay Manual Leaked Through Wiki Site|magazine=Wired|url=http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/11/gitmo|access-date=2021-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210123003/http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/11/gitmo|archive-date=February 10, 2014|last1=Singel|first1=Ryan}}
  • November 7 – Jokela school shooting happened in Finland.
  • November 16 – Up to 15,000 people are believed to have been killed after Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1569832/Bangladesh-cyclone-death-toll-hits-15000.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1569832/Bangladesh-cyclone-death-toll-hits-15000.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Bangladesh cyclone death toll hits 15,000|last=Foster|first=Peter|date=2007-11-18|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-01-11}}{{cbignore}}
  • November 24 – 2007 Australian federal election: The Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd defeats the Liberal/National Coalition government led by Prime Minister John Howard. Rudd would be sworn in on December 3.{{Cite web|url=https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2007|title=2007 Federal Election - AustralianPolitics.com|date=June 9, 2012|access-date=November 8, 2022|archive-date=November 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108113420/https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2007|url-status=live}}
  • November 29 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.{{cite news |last1=Sturcke |first1=James |last2=MacKinnon |first2=Ian |title=Troops storm Manila hotel to recapture Philippines dissidents |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/29/philippines |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=29 November 2007 |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315073057/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/29/philippines |url-status=live }}

=December=

  • December 1 – At the age of {{Age in years and days|1926|4|21|2007|12|21}}, Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever reigning British monarch, surpassing Queen Victoria who was aged {{Age in years and days|1819|5|24|1901|1|22}} upon her death on January 22, 1901.
  • December 13 – The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by members states of European Union.
  • December 20 – The Pablo Picasso painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, together with Candido Portinari's O Lavrador de Café, is stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7154101.stm|title=Picasso stolen from Brazil museum|date=2007-12-20|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=2021-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126021546/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7154101.stm|url-status=live}}
  • December 21 – The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the Schengen border-free zone.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7153490.stm|title=Europe's border-free zone expands|date=2007-12-21|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-02-18|archive-date=2007-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221044652/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7153490.stm|url-status=live}}
  • December 27
  • Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated, along with 20 other people, at an election rally in Rawalpindi.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7161590.stm|title=Benazir Bhutto killed in attack|date=2007-12-27|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=2007-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228135135/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7161590.stm|url-status=live}}
  • Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the general election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that killed over 1,000 people.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7344816.stm|title=Deal to end Kenyan crisis agreed|date=2008-04-12|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=2008-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415174110/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7344816.stm|url-status=live}}

=Unknown date=

  • Mauritania is the last country to criminalise slavery (officially "abolished" in 1981), making the practice illegal everywhere in the world.{{Cite news |last=Sutter |first=John D. |date=2012-03-17 |title=UN: There is hope for Mauritania's slaves |url=http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/17/un-there-is-hope-for-mauritanias-slaves/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323013339/https://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/17/un-there-is-hope-for-mauritanias-slaves/ |archive-date=2022-03-23 |access-date=2017-08-29 |work=CNN}}

Births and deaths

{{Main|Category:2007 births|Deaths in 2007}}

Nobel Prizes

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New English words and terms

  • additive manufacturing
  • colony collapse disorder
  • hashtag
  • listicle
  • netbook
  • sharing economyWhat Is the Sharing Economy?". Dotdash Meredith. November 10, 2021.
  • tweet{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2007|title=Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 2007|website=merriam-webster.com|access-date=May 7, 2018|archive-date=January 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121143333/https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2007|url-status=live}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.accuracyproject.org/2007calendar.html 2007 Calendar] at Internet Accuracy Project.

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