2007

2007 (MMVII) was a common year that started on a Monday. In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 2007th year of the Common Era, or of Anno Domini; the 7th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 8th of the 2000s decade.

2007 was designated as: International Heliophysical Year. International Polar Year. European Year of Equal Opportunities for All. Year of Rumi. Year of the Dolphin.

Scotland's Year of Highland Culture.

Scouting Centenary, celebrating 100 years of the Scout Movement.

UNESCO has recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.

Events

January

January 1–Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.

January 1–South Korea's Ban Ki-moon becomes the new United Nations Secretary-General, replacing Kofi Annan.

January 3–China conducts an anti-terror raid in Xinjiang.

January 8–Russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany, and Ukraine are cut as the Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates; they are restored 3 days later.

January 12–Comet McNaught, the brightest comet in more than 40 years, makes perihelion.

January 13–The Greek ship Server breaks in half off the Norwegian coast, releasing over 200 tons of crude oil.

January 14–The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement adopts the Red Crystal as a non-religious emblem for use in its overseas operations.

January 17–Protests occur in India and the United Kingdom against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother, after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara were allegedly racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.

January 19–Israel releases $100 million in frozen assets to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority, in order to bolster the president's position.

February

February 2–Chinese President Hu Jintao signs a series of economic deals with Sudan.

February 2–Martti Ahtisaari unveils a United Nations plan for the final status of Kosovo; Serbian leaders denounce the proposal.

February 2–The IPCC publishes its fourth assessment report, having concluded that global climate change is "very likely" to have a predominantly human cause.

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.

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.

February 27–The Chinese Correction: World stock markets plummet after China and Europe release less-than-expected growth reports.

February 28–The New Horizons space probe makes a gravitational slingshot against Jupiter, which changes its trajectory towards Pluto.

March

March 1–The International Polar Year, a $1.5 billion research program to study both the North Pole and South Pole, is launched in Paris.

March 8–Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admits that Israel had planned an attack on Lebanon in the event of kidnapped soldiers on the border, months before Hezbollah carried out its kidnapping.

March 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 and Prime minister of Russia Mikhail Fradkov finally sign a border treaty between Latvia and Russia.

April

April 3–Second Orange Revolution: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko dissolves the Ukrainian Parliament, following defections that increased the majority of his opponents.

April 4–Iran announces it will release the British sailors and marines that they captured on March 23.

April 14–Retired chess champion Garry Kasparov is detained in Moscow for participating in a banned march.

April 24–Gliese 581 c, a potentially habitable Earth-like extrasolar planet, is discovered in the constellation Libra.

April 26–Russians riot in Tallinn, Estonia, about moving the Bronze Soldier; 2 nights of rioting leave 1 dead.

May

May 6–French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy wins the French presidential election, succeeding incumbent President Jacques Chirac 10 days later.

May 16–The United Nations General Assembly, recognizing that genuine multilingualism promotes unity in diversity and international understanding, proclaims 2008 the International Year of Languages.

May 17–The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Moscow Patriarchate re-unite after 80 years of schism.

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.

June

June 1–A 2,100-year-old melon is discovered by archaeologists in western Japan.

June 5–NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its second fly-by of Venus en route to Mercury.

June 28–In the aftermath of Greece's worst heatwave in a century, at least 11 people are reported dead from heatstroke, approximately 200 wildfires break out nationwide, and the country's electricity grid nearly collapses due to record breaking demand.

July

July 2–Venus and Saturn are in conjunction, separation 46 arcsecs.

July 7–Live Earth Concerts are held throughout 9 major cities around the world.

July 17–TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 overruns the runway of Congonhas-São Paulo International Airport and crashes, killing all 186 and others on the ground.

July 21–The final book of the Harry 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.

August

August 4–The Phoenix spacecraft launches toward the Martian north pole.

August 6–Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrives in the historic Palestinian town of Jericho, becoming the first Prime Minister of Israel to visit the West Bank or Gaza Strip in more than 7 years. Olmert meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

August 14–Multiple suicide bombings kill 572 people in Qahtaniya, northern Iraq.

August 15–An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean.

August 17–Vladimir Putin issues a statement, revealing that Russia is to resume the flight exercises of its strategic bombers in remote areas. The flights were suspended in 1991 after the Collapse of the Soviet Union.

September

September 2–9–The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit hosts its 19th annual city meeting in Sydney.

September 6–Operation Orchard: Israeli airplanes strike a suspected nuclear site in Syria.

September 14–The SELENE spacecraft launches. JAXA has called the mission, "the largest lunar mission since the Apollo program."

September 16–One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 crashes in Phuket, Thailand, killing 89 passengers and crew.

September 20–The 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures opens in Monterrey, Mexico.

October

October 4–Spanish authorities arrest 22 people associated with the banned Batasuna party, which campaigns for Basque independence, but also has ties to the terrorist group ETA.

October 8–Track and field star Marion Jones surrenders her 5 Olympic medals she won in the 2000 Sydney Games, after admitting to doping.

October 14–Al-habileen/lahij: Four citizens are killed on the 44th anniversary of the revolution against British colonial rule in South Yemen.

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 later becomes larger in volume than the Sun, 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 the Spanish Civil War.

October 31–The World Economic Forum releases The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008.

November

November 3–President Pervez Musharraf declares a state of emergency in Pakistan.

November 5–The Writers Guild of America goes on a strike that lasts until February 12, 2008.

November 6–A suicide bomber kills at least 50 people in Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan, including 6 members of the National Assembly.

November 13–An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, north of Manila, killing 4 people, including Basilan Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding 6 others.

November 14–High Speed 1 from London to the Channel Tunnel is opened to passengers.

November 16–Approximately 10,000 people are believed to have died after Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh.

November 18–The Zasyadko mine disaster in eastern Ukraine claims the lives of 101 miners.

December

December 3–14–The United Nations Climate Change Conference is held at Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia.

December 7–Uranus' orbit is positioned such that the sun shines directly above its equator (i.e. an equinox).

December 8–The 2007 Africa-EU Summit takes place as European Union and African Union leaders gather in Lisbon, Portugal, for their first joint summit in 7 years. The British and Czech prime ministers boycott the event due to the presence of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.

December 10–The United Nations deadline for a negotiated settlement on the future of Kosovo passes without an international agreement.

December 19–Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, is announced as Time magazine's 2007 Person of the Year.

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.

December 21–The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the Schengen border-free zone.

December 24–The Nepalese government announces that the country's 240-year-old monarchy will be abolished in 2008 and a new republic will be declared.

December 27–Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated, and at least 20 others are killed by a bomb blast at an election rally in Rawalpindi.

December 31–Over 200 people are killed in Kenya, due to riots over the results of the December 27 presidential election.

Births

April 10–HRH Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima.

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 of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and his wife, Letizia, Princess of Asturias.

Deaths

January

January 2–Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)

January 4–Marais Viljoen, State President of South Africa (b. 1915)

January 5–Momofuku Ando, Japanese inventor (b. 1910)

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 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 17–Art Buchwald, American humorist (b. 1925)

January 19–Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist (b. 1954)

January 19–Denny Doherty, Canadian musician (The Mamas & 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 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)

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 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 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–Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974)

February 14–Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator, artist, and sculptor (b. 1943)

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–Bruce Bennett, American actor (b. 1906)

February 28–Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and political commentator (b. 1917)

February 28–Charles Forte, English hotelier (b. 1908)

March

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–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 9–Thomas Mason, U.S. Attorney (b. 1919)

March 10–Ernie Ladd, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)

March 10–Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)

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 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 (b. 1952)

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 conducted Albert 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. circa 1936)

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, first President 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 of MPAA 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–Dick Motz, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1940)

April 30–Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)

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 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–Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan head of state (b. 1913)

May 12–Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Afghani Taliban military leader

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 of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1955)

May 17–Lloyd Alexander, American author (b. 1924)

May 18–Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and Nobel 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)

May 28–David Lane, American white nationalist (b. 1938)

June

June 2–Huang Ju, Chinese politician (b. 1938)

June 4–Craig L. Thomas, American politician (b. 1933)

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 of Raúl Castro (b. 1930)

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 22–Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player b. (1964)

June 24–Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1938)

June 24–Natasja Saad, Afro Danish rapper and reggae singer (b. 1974)

June 24–Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1967)

June 26–Jupp Derwall, German footballer and coach (b. 1927)

June 26–Joey Sadler, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1914)

June 26–Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer (b. 1929)

June 27–William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b. 1920)

June 28–Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)

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–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–Hy Zaret, American lyricist and composer (b. 1907)

July 3–Claude Pompidou, wife of President of France Georges Pompidou (b. 1912)

July 3–Boots Randolph, American saxophone player (b. 1927)

July 4–Johnny Frigo, American jazz violinist and bassist (b.1916)

July 4–Bill Pinkney, American singer (b. 1925)

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 6–Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, U.S.American novelist (b. 1939)

July 10–Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese bureaucrat (b. 1944)

July 10–Corbin Harney, an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people (b. 1920)

July 11–Lady Bird Johnson, former First 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–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 14–John Ferguson, Canadian professional hockey player, coach and executive (b. 1938)

July 17–Júlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (b. 1956)

July 18–Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908)

July 19–A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1945)

July 22–László Kovács, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1933)

July 22–Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)

July 22–Peter Lennox-Kerr, British Journalist (b. 1926)

July 22–Jean Stablinski, French cyclist of Polish origin (b. 1932)

July 22–Aleksandr Tatarskiy, Russian animation film director (b. 1950)

July 23–Benjamin Libet, American pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness (b. 1916)

July 23–Mohammed Zahir Shah, last King of Afghanistan (b. 1914)

July 24–Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913)

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

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 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 5–Oliver Hill, American lawyer (b. 1907)

August 5–Jean-Marie Lustiger, French Cardinal Archbishop of Paris (b. 1926)

August 6–Heinz Barth, German war criminal (b. 1920)

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–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 the Church 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, American Manhattan 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 24–Abdul Rahman Arif, 3rd President 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)

September

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 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 of Ronald 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 18–Len Thompson, Australian footballer (b. 1947)

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–Dave Carpender, American guitarist with The 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 the National 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–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–Qassem Al-Nasser, Jordanian General (b. 1925)

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–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 and Marie 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 the Enola Gay (b. 1915)

November 2–Charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor (b. 1978)

November 2–S. P. Thamilselvan, Sri Lankan 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–Aleksandr Dedyushko (b. 1962)

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, 56th President 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 11–Delbert Mann, American film and television director (b. 1920)

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–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 beverage Gatorade (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, American 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 21–Carol Bly, Teacher, award-winning American author of short stories, essays, and nonfiction (b. 1930)

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–Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, Yemeni political and tribal leader (b. 1933)

December 29–Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)

December 31–Muhammad Osman Said, Former Libyan prime minister (b. 1922).

December 31–Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect (b. 1917)

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry–Gerhard Ertl

Economics–Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin, and Roger Myerson

Literature–Doris Lessing

Peace–Albert Gore, Jr, and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Physics–Albert Fert, Peter Grünberg

Physiology or Medicine–Mario Capecchi, Oliver Smithies, and Sir Martin Evans

Holidays

January 1–New Year's Day.

January 7–Christmas in Eastern Christianity.

January 26–Australia Day, India's Republic Day.

February 6–Waitangi Day in New Zealand.

February 12–Independence Day in Chile.

February 19–Presidents' Day in the United States.

February 20–Mardi Gras Day.

February 21–Western Christianity: Ash Wednesday and start of Lent.

March 1–Saint David's Day

March 17–Saint Patrick's Day.

March 19–Feast of Saint Joseph in Christianity. In Judaism, start of the month of Nisan.

March 21–Norouz, Iranian and Bahá'í New Year.

April 1–April Fools' Day.

April 2–In Judaism, 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 of Passover 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 the Hebrew calendar.

April 25–ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand.

April 25–Liberation of Italy Day.

April 27–Arbor Day in the USA.

April 30–Koninginnedag (Queen's Day, in Dutch)–National Holiday in the Netherlands.

May 1–Beltane, a cross-quarter day. Also Labor Day in most of the world, but not in the USA and Canada. May Day.

May 5- May Day in the United Kingdom.

May 5–Cinco de Mayo, celebrating the Battle of Puebla between Mexico and France.

May 18–Somaliland's (disputed) Independence day from Somalia.

May 21–Victoria Day in Canada.

May 23–Shavuot or Pentecost in the Jewish religion.

May 28–Memorial Day in the USA.

June 1–Foundation Day Western Australia, Australia.

June 2–Republic Day in Italy.

June 7–Independence Day in Norway.

June 12–Independence Day in the Philippines.

June 14–Flag Day in the USA.

June 17–Iceland's Independence Day.

June 26–Somaliland's Independence from the UK.

July 1–Canada Day.

July 4–Independence Day in the USA.

July 5–Independence Day in Venezuela.

July 9–Independence Day in Argentina.

July 14–Bastille Day in France.

July 20–Independence Day in Colombia.

July 24–Birthday of Simon Bolivar (observed in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador). Pioneer Day observed in Utah.

July 28–Independence Day in Peru.

August 1–Lammas, "Loaf Mass," a Cross-quarter day, Swiss National Day.

August 6–Independence Day in Jamaica.

August 9–National Day in Singapore.

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 in Hungary.

August 28–India Raksha Bhandhan.

August 31–National Day in Malaysia.

September 3–Labour Day in Canada and the USA.

September 7–Independence Day in Brazil.

September 11–National Day in Catalonia.

September 12–September 14–Rosh Hashana begins at sunset: New Year 5768 in the Hebrew Calendar.

September 13–Ramadan begins for the religion of Islam.

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 or Feast of Tabernacles in Judaism.

October 1–Independence Day in Nigeria.

October 2–Gandhi Jayanti in India.

October 8–Thanksgiving in Canada. Columbus Day in the USA.

October 8–Battle of Angamos Day in Peru.

October 12–Columbus Day in Central and South America.

October 23–Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Anniversary in Hungary.

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 in India.

November 11- Remembrance Day in most Commonwealth countries, Veterans' Day in the USA.

November 11–Independence Day in Poland.

November 22–Thanksgiving in the USA.

November 30–Saint Andrew's Day.

December 1–National Day in Romania.

December 6–Independence Day in Finland.

December 11–Independence Day in South Africa.

December 19–Eid ul-Adha in Muslim countries.

December 22–Winter Solstice.

December 23–Festivus.

December 25–Christmas in Western Christianity.

December 26–Boxing Day in most Commonwealth countries.

December 31–New Year's Eve.

2007 in fiction

Computer and video games

Mega Man: Dr. Thomas Light is awarded the Nobel Prize for the creation of the Robot Master.

(2001): Solid Snake boards a vessel in New York City to photograph one Metal Gear.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 (2004): The second Korean War begins.

Set in 2007:

* '' (2005)

* Battlefield 2 (2005)

* Duke Nukem 3D (1996): Specifically, sometime in December.

* (2003)

* (2005)

* Outcast (game) (1999)

* Sin and Punishment (2000): Specifically, July 15

Films

Click (2006): Michael Newman (played by Adam Sandler) unwillingly fast forwards himself to 2007, when his next promotion occurs.

Set in 2007:

* Double Dragon (film) (1994)

* The Jacket (2005)

* Paycheck (2003)

Literature

The Forever War (1975): some events take place in 2007

The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein (1951): Events take place in 2007, beginning on July 12.

Television and video series

Dead Ernest (1980): Ernest (played by Andrew Sachs), is scheduled to die by God in 2007, in bed in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England.

Macross Zero (2002): The VF-0 variable fighter is tested and events take place in 2007.

Odyssey 5 (2002): Earth is destroyed on August 7. The consciousness of the surviving crew of the Space Shuttle Odyssey are sent back in time by a being known as The Seeker to prevent the destruction.

Set in 2007:

* Doctor Who: The episodes School Reunion, Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel (aired 2006) take place between January 30 and February 2, the latter two in an alternate reality. Army of Ghosts and Doomsday likely take place later this year.

* Wild Palms (1993)

References

External links

2007 Calendar at Internet Accuracy Project.