Editing 2007

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[[File:2007 Collage V2.png|Clockwise from top-left: [[Steve Jobs]] unveils [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[iPhone (1st generation)|first iPhone]]; [[TAM Airlines Flight 3054]] overruns a runway and crashes into a [[filling station]], killing almost 200 people; former Pakistani [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]] is [[Assassination of Benazir Bhutto|assassinated]]; 2007 marked the beginning of the [[Subprime mortgage crisis]] in the [[United States]]; [[Iraq War troop surge of 2007|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]]<ref>{{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}}</ref> and the [[International Polar Year]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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==Events==

===January===
* [[January 1]] 
**[[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]] [[2007 enlargement of the European Union|join]] the [[European Union]], while [[Slovenia]] joins the [[Eurozone]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
** [[Adam Air Flight 574]], en route to [[Manado]], Indonesia, from [[Surabaya|Surabaya, Indonesia]], crashes into the [[Makassar Strait]]; killing all 102 on board.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[January 4]] – [[Nancy Pelosi]] becomes the first female speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
* [[January 8]] &ndash; Russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany, and [[Ukraine]] are cut as the [[2007 Russia–Belarus energy dispute|Russia–Belarus energy dispute]] escalates;<ref>{{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}}</ref> they are restored three days later.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[January 9]] – Apple CEO [[Steve Jobs]] introduces the original [[iPhone (1st generation)|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]].<ref name="WindowsVistaMarketplace">{{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 }}</ref>
* [[January 31]] – [[Boston]], United States faces a [[2007 Boston Mooninite panic|hoax bomb scare]], as a result of [[LED]] placards of [[List of Aqua Teen Hunger Force characters#Ignignokt and Err|Ignignokt and Err]] from [[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]] being mistaken as an [[improvised explosive device]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

===February===
*[[February 2]] &ndash; The [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change|IPCC]] publishes its [[IPCC Fourth Assessment Report|fourth assessment report]], having concluded that global [[climate change]] is "very likely" to have a predominantly human cause.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[February 2007 Al-Saydiya market bombing|A truck bomb explodes]] in [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]], killing at least 135 people and injures 339 others.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[February 19]] &ndash; Microblogging social network [[Tumblr]] is launched to the public.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[February 26]] &ndash; 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 [[Bosnian genocide case|the case]].<ref name=Sense-2007-02-26>{{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 }}</ref>

===March===
* [[March 1]] &ndash; The fourth [[International Polar Year]], a $1.73&nbsp;billion research program to study both the [[North Pole]] and [[South Pole]], is launched in Paris.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[March 3]] &ndash; A [[March 2007 lunar eclipse|total lunar eclipse]] occurs and is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. It is the 52nd lunar eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 123|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]] &ndash; The [[First Ivorian Civil War]] ends with a peace agreement.
* [[March 11]] &ndash; [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] accuses [[2007 Georgia helicopter incident|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[March 13]]&ndash;[[April 28]] &ndash; The [[2007 Cricket World Cup]] is held in the West Indies with Australia defeating Sri Lanka in the final.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[March 19]] &ndash; The [[Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007|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 149|Solar Saros series 149]], at ascending node. The Sun is its zenith just 83&nbsp;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]] &ndash; Naval forces of [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] [[2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel|arrest Royal Navy personnel]] in disputed Iran-Iraq waters;<ref>{{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}}</ref> they were released on April 4.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Prime Minister of Latvia|Latvian Prime Minister]] [[Aigars Kalvītis]] and [[Prime Minister of Russia|Russian Prime Minister]] [[Mikhail Fradkov]] sign a border treaty between [[Latvia]] and Russia, officially demarcating the [[Latvia–Russia border|border between the two]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===April===
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings]]: A series of attacks take place across [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]], killing nearly 200 people.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[April 24]] &ndash; [[Gliese 581c]], a potentially Earth-like extrasolar planet habitable for life, is discovered in the [[constellation]] [[Libra (constellation)|Libra]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[April 26]]–[[April 27|27]] &ndash; "[[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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[2007 cyberattacks on Estonia]] begin.

===May===


* [[May 3]] – British three-year-old [[Disappearance of Madeleine McCann|Madeleine McCann disappears]] in [[Praia da Luz]], [[Lagos, Portugal|Lagos]], [[Portugal]], described by ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' as "the most heavily reported [[Missing person|missing-person]] case in modern history".<ref name="Telegraph24April2008">[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.</ref>
* [[May 4]] – The [[2007 Greensburg tornado]] moves through [[Kiowa County, Kansas]], United States, striking the town of [[Greensburg, Kansas|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]].<ref name="American Meteorological Society">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[May 5]] – [[Kenya Airways Flight 507]], on a scheduled passenger flight from [[Douala|Doula, Cameroon]], to [[Nairobi|Nairobi, Kenya]], crashes after takeoff, killing all 114 crew and passengers on board.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[May 6]] – [[2007 French presidential election]]: [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] is elected [[President of France]] in the second round.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[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 (UK)|Leader of the Labour Party]] and Prime Minister, triggering the [[2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2007 Labour Party leadership election]], in which Chancellor [[Gordon Brown]] ran unopposed. Brown would officially replace Blair as Prime Minister on 27 June.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[May 10]]–[[May 12|12]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007]] takes place in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]], and is won by [[Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest|Serbian]] entrant [[Marija Šerifović]] with the song "[[Molitva]]".
* [[May 11]] – [[Malietoa Tanumafili II]], the [[O le Ao o le Malo|head of state]] of [[Samoa]] since its independence, [[Death and state funeral of Malietoa Tanumafili II|dies in office]] at the age of 94. His death triggers the [[2007 Samoan o le Ao o le Malo election|first election for the office]] of Samoan head of state.<ref name=":1">{{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]]}}</ref>
* [[May 17]] &ndash; The [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad]] and the [[Moscow Patriarchate]] [[Act of Canonical Communion with the Moscow Patriarchate|re-unite]] after 80 years of schism.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[May 20]] &ndash; Sheikh [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]] of [[Dubai]] makes the largest single charitable donation in modern history, committing €7.41&nbsp;billion to [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation|an educational foundation]] in the Middle East.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===June===
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s [[MESSENGER]] spacecraft makes its second fly-by of [[Venus]] on route to [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].
* [[June 10]]–[[June 15|15]]: [[Fatah–Hamas conflict|Fatah-Hamas conflict]]: The [[Battle of Gaza (2007)|Battle of Gaza]] is fought between [[Fatah]] and [[Hamas]], and ends with Hamas gaining control of the [[Gaza Strip]].
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Bob Barker]] hosts his final episode of [[The Price Is Right (franchise)|''The Price Is Right'']] after 35 years of hosting.
* [[June 22]] &ndash; The [[2007 Elie tornado|2007 Ellie tornado]] becomes the only F5 tornado recorded under the use of the [[Fujita scale]] in [[Canada]], reaching windspeeds up to 320 mph (510 km/h).
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Gordon Brown]] succeeds [[Tony Blair]] and becomes [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] after a [[2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|leadership election]].
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[2007 European heat wave]]: in the aftermath of Greece's worst [[heat wave]] in a century, at least 11 people are reported dead from [[heatstroke]], approximately 200 [[2007 Greek forest fires|wildfires break out nationwide]], and the country's electricity grid nearly collapses due to record breaking demand.
* [[June 29]] &ndash; The [[iPhone (1st generation)|iPhone]], the first modern smartphone, is released in the [[United States]]. It will later be released in the [[United Kingdom]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[France]], [[Germany]], and [[Austria]], in November 2007.

===July===
* [[July 4]] &ndash; The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[Sochi]] the right to host the [[2014 Winter Olympics]].
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[Live Earth]] Concerts are held in nine major cities around the world to raise [[Environmentalism|environmental awareness]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[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 Regency|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_plc|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
** The [[dwarf planet]] [[Gonggong (dwarf planet)|Gonggong]] is discovered by astronomers [[Megan Schwamb]], [[Michael E. Brown|Michael Brown]], and [[David L. Rabinowitz|David Rabinowitz]] from the [[Palomar Observatory]].<ref name="MPC-object">{{cite web
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* [[July 24]] &ndash; Five [[Bulgaria]]n nurses are released from Libyan prison after eight and a half years spent behind bars in [[Benghazi]] and [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], marking the end of the so-called "[[HIV trial in Libya]]".<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[July 31]] – [[Operation Banner]] comes to an end, thus ending the longest continuous deployment in [[British military history]].

===August===
* [[August 4]] &ndash; The [[Phoenix (spacecraft)|''Phoenix'' spacecraft]] is launched toward [[Mars]] to study its north pole.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[August 9]] &ndash; The French global bank [[BNP Paribas]] in the United Kingdom blocks withdrawals from three [[hedge fund]]s heavily committed in [[subprime lending]]s, signaling the [[2008 financial crisis]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] &ndash; Multiple suicide bombings [[2007 Yazidi communities bombings|kill 572 people]] in [[Qahtaniyah, Iraq|Qahtaniya]], northern [[Iraq]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[August 15]] &ndash; An [[2007 Peru earthquake|8.0 earthquake]] strikes [[Peru]], killing at least 519 people, injuring more than 1,300, and causing [[tsunami]] warnings in the Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===September===
* [[September 6]] – [[Israeli Air Force]] airplanes [[Operation Orchard|attack a suspected nuclear reactor]] in [[Syria]] in an airstrike.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-04-23-554340650_x.htm|title=White House says Syria 'must come clean' about nuclear work|last1=Hess|first1=Pamela|last2=Riechmann|first2=Deb|date=2008-04-24|website=USA Today|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=2014-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207051918/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-04-23-554340650_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* [[September 7]] – [[October 20]] – The [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] takes place in France. [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] beat defending champions [[England national rugby union team|England]] in [[2007 Rugby World Cup final|the final]].
* [[September 13]] – The [[United Nations General Assembly]] adopts the [[Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]].
* [[September 14]] – The [[SELENE]] spacecraft launches, with its objective being to study the [[Moon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6994272.stm|title=Japan launches first lunar probe|date=2007-09-14|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=2011-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511101523/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6994272.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 20]] – The [[2007 Universal Forum of Cultures|Universal Forum of Cultures]] opens in [[Monterrey]], Mexico.
* [[September 25]] – [[Mount Ruapehu]] in [[Tongariro National Park]] in [[New Zealand]], erupts.

===October===
*[[October 10]] – [[Valve Software]] releases [[The Orange Box]] on Windows and Xbox 360.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="z620">{{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}}</ref> 
*[[October 21]] – Finnish racing driver [[Kimi Räikkönen]] won his first [[Formula One]] World Championship, driving for [[Scuderia Ferrari]] at the [[2007 Brazilian Grand Prix|Brazilian Grand Prix]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[October 22]] – [[Montenegro]] adopts a new constitution, which among other things changes the country's official name from "Republic of Montenegro" to "Montenegro".<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[October 28]] – [[2007 Argentine general election]]: [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]] becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[Sports TV Uganda Limited]] is incorporated in Uganda.<ref>Uganda Broadcasting Council, Workers' House, Kampala</ref>

===November===
* [[November 7]] – [[Whistleblower]] website [[WikiLeaks]] [[News leak|leaks]] the [[Camp Delta Standard Operating Procedures|standard US army protocol at Guantanamo Bay]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[November 24]] – [[2007 Australian federal election]]: The [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by [[Kevin Rudd]] defeats the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Howard government|government]] led by [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[John Howard]]. Rudd would be sworn in on [[December 3]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[November 29]] &ndash; The [[Armed Forces of the Philippines]] lay siege to [[the Peninsula Manila]] after soldiers led by Senator [[Antonio Trillanes]] stage a [[Manila Peninsula Mutiny|mutiny]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

===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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[December 21]] – The Czech Republic, [[Estonia]], Hungary, [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Malta]], Poland, [[Slovakia]], and [[Slovenia]] join the [[Schengen Agreement|Schengen]] border-free zone.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[December 27]]
** Former [[Pakistan]]i prime minister [[Assassination of Benazir Bhutto|Benazir Bhutto is assassinated]], along with 20 other people, at an election rally in [[Rawalpindi]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
** Riots erupt in [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]], after [[Mwai Kibaki]] is declared the winner of the [[Kenyan general election, 2007|general election]], triggering a [[2007–08 Kenyan crisis|political, economic, and humanitarian crisis]] that killed over 1,000 people.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===Unknown date===
* [[Mauritania]] is the last country to criminalise slavery (officially "abolished" in 1981), making the practice illegal everywhere in the world.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Births and deaths==
{{Main|Category:2007 births|Deaths in 2007}}

==Nobel Prizes==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|120px]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] &ndash; [[Gerhard Ertl]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] &ndash; [[Leonid Hurwicz]], [[Eric Maskin]], and [[Roger Myerson]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] &ndash; [[Doris Lessing]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] &ndash; [[Al Gore]] and the [[United Nations]] [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] &ndash; [[Albert Fert]], [[Peter Grünberg]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] &ndash; [[Mario Capecchi]], [[Oliver Smithies]], and Sir [[Martin Evans]]

==New English words and terms==
*''[[additive manufacturing]]''
*''[[colony collapse disorder]]''
*''[[hashtag]]''
*''[[listicle]]''
*''[[netbook]]''
*''[[sharing economy]]''<ref>What Is the Sharing Economy?". Dotdash Meredith. November 10, 2021.</ref>
*''[[Twitter#Appearance and features|tweet]]''<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.accuracyproject.org/2007calendar.html 2007 Calendar] at Internet Accuracy Project.
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