2007

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This article is about the year 2007.
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2007 by topic:
Arts
ArchitectureComicsFilmHome videoLiterature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – RadioTelevisionVideo gaming
Politics
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Science and technology
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Sports
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Birth and death categories
BirthsDeaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
EstablishmentsDisestablishments
Works and introductions categories
WorksIntroductions
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2007 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 2007
MMVII
Ab urbe condita 2760
Armenian calendar 1456
ԹՎ ՌՆԾԶ
Assyrian calendar 6757
Bahá'í calendar 163–164
Bengali calendar 1414
Berber calendar 2957
British Regnal year 55 Eliz. 2 – 56 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar 2551
Burmese calendar 1369
Byzantine calendar 7515–7516
Chinese calendar 丙戌(Fire Dog)
4703 or 4643
    — to —
丁亥年 (Fire Pig)
4704 or 4644
Coptic calendar 1723–1724
Discordian calendar 3173
Ethiopian calendar 1999–2000
Hebrew calendar 5767–5768
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2063–2064
 - Shaka Samvat 1928–1929
 - Kali Yuga 5107–5108
Holocene calendar 12007
Igbo calendar 1007–1008
Iranian calendar 1385–1386
Islamic calendar 1427–1428
Japanese calendar Heisei 19
(平成19年)
Javanese calendar 1939–1940
Juche calendar 96
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4340
Minguo calendar ROC 96
民國96年
Nanakshahi calendar 539
Thai solar calendar 2550
Unix time 1167609600–1199145599

2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday (dominical letter G) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2007th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 7th year of the 3rd millennium, the 7th year of the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2000s decade.

2007 was designated as

UNESCO has recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.[6]

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animated GIF of the bridge collapse
The collapse of 35W Bridge in Minneapolis

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  • Mauritania was the last country to criminalize slavery in 2007 (officially "abolished" in 1981), making the practice illegal everywhere in the world.[15]

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Main article: Deaths in 2007

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Nobel Prizes[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "International Heliophysical Year". IHY. Retrieved 2008-10-12. 
  2. ^ "International Polar Year 2007-2008". IPY. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12. 
  3. ^ "2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All". Europa. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12. 
  4. ^ UNESCO names 2007 ‘Year of Rumi’ Archived April 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. (Daily Times)
  5. ^ "yod2007.org - ARCHIVE - we love dolphin! — Home". yod2007.org. Retrieved November 25, 2015. 
  6. ^ "Celebration of anniversaries with which UNESCO will be associated in 2006-2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-21. 
  7. ^ "CNN.com – Transcripts". Transcripts.cnn.com. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  8. ^ "KBS Global". English.kbs.co.kr. Retrieved 2011-05-21. 
  9. ^ "GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS 2008 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF LANGUAGES, IN EFFORT TO PROMOTE UNITY IN DIVERSITY, GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING". Un.org. Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-21. 
  10. ^ "Researchers Find 2,100 Year Old Melon". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2007-06-01. [dead link]
  11. ^ "'Harry Potter' tale is fastest-selling book in history". International Herald Tribune. 2007-07-23. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-21. 
  12. ^ "BBC NEWS - Europe - HIV medics released to Bulgaria". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved November 25, 2015. 
  13. ^ Elliott, Larry (2012-08-05). "Three myths that sustain the economic crisis". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2012-08-06. 
  14. ^ "Vatican beatifies 498 Spanish martyrs". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on October 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-28. 
  15. ^ "UN: There is hope for Mauritania's slaves". CNN. March 17, 2012. 

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