What happened in 2007
222 entries recorded for 2007, listed by date. That was 19 years ago.
2007 at a glance
- Years ago
- 19 (as of 2026)
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- 21st century
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- 2000s
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- Generation Z
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- 222
- Breakdown
- 151 historical events · 34 births · 37 deaths
January
- January 1
Bulgaria
Bulgaria and Romania join the EU.
- January 1
Adam Air Flight 574
Adam Air Flight 574 crashed into the sea off Polewali, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board, when the pilots inadvertently disconnected the autopilot.
- January 1
Ian Subiabre
Ian Subiabre, Argentine footballer
- January 4
110th United States Congress
The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
- January 4
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government.
- January 5
Taiwan High Speed Rail
The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.
- January 7
Chloe Chua
Chloe Chua, Singaporean violinist, 2018 joint 1st prize winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists
- January 9
Apple Inc.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.
- January 10
2007 Guinean general strike
A general strike began in Guinea as an attempt to force President Lansana Conté to resign, eventually resulting in the appointment of two new prime ministers.
- January 12
Comet McNaught
Comet McNaught (pictured) reached perihelion, becoming the brightest comet in over 40 years, with an apparent magnitude of −5.5.
- January 17
Doomsday Clock
The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's nuclear testing.
- January 18
1999
The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.
- January 19
Henry Cookson
Four-man Team N2i, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the Antarctic pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1965 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.
- January 19
Hrant Dink
Turkish-Armenian journalist and human-rights activist Hrant Dink was assassinated by a Turkish nationalist in Istanbul.
- January 19
Snowkiting
A four-man team, using only skis and kites, completed a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility, the first people to get there since 1967, and the first to do so on foot.
- January 21
Luke Littler
Luke Littler, English darts player
- January 22
22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings
At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
- January 22
Pau Cubarsí
Pau Cubarsí, Spanish footballer
- January 23
Syed Hussein Alatas
Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian sociologist and politician (born 1928)
- January 24
Krystyna Feldman
Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (born 1916)
- January 24
Emiliano Mercado del Toro
Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (born 1891)
- January 24
İsmail Cem
İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1940)
- January 24
Guadalupe Larriva
Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (born 1956)
- January 28
Alaya High
That Girl Lay Lay, American rapper
- January 30
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation releases Windows Vista, a major release of the operating system Microsoft Windows and the NT based kernel.
- January 31
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Emergency officials in Boston mistakenly identified LED placards depicting characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force as IEDs, causing a panic.
- January 31
Kirka
Kirill Babitzin, Finnish singer, 9th in 1984 Eurovision Song Contest (born 1950), aortic aneurysm.
- January 31
Adelaide Tambo
Adelaide Tambo, South African activist and politician (born 1929)
- January 31
Molly Ivins
Molly Ivins, American journalist and author (born 1944)
February
- February 1
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in the United States switches from the Fujita scale to the new Enhanced Fujita scale to measure the intensity and strength of tornadoes.
- February 2
Catania football riot
Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.
- February 2
Derby di Sicilia
Following a Derby di Sicilia match in Catania, football violence caused the death of police officer Filippo Raciti, leading to new safety regulations at Italian sporting events.
- February 3
February 2007 Al-Saydiya market bombing
A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.
- February 7
Diego Aguado
Diego Aguado, Spanish footballer
- February 9
Ryan Coleman-Williams
Ryan Coleman-Williams, American football player
- February 13
Taiwan
Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
- February 14
2007 Zahedan bombings
The first of several bombings in Zahedan, Iran, killed 18 members of the Revolutionary Guards.
- February 21
Leeseo
Leeseo, South Korean singer
- February 22
Dennis Johnson
Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (born 1954)
- February 22
George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe
George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, English politician, Leader of the House of Lords (born 1918)
- February 23
Grayrigg derailment
A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
- February 24
Reconnaissance satellite
Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
- February 27
Chinese stock bubble of 2007
Chinese stock bubble of 2007: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.
- February 28
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and critic (born 1917)
March
- March 1
Tornado
Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including eight at Enterprise High School.
- March 4
Death of Charlotte Shaw
Fourteen-year-old English schoolgirl Charlotte Shaw drowned on Dartmoor, becoming the first person to die in connection with the annual Ten Tors challenge.
- March 4
Miyako (actress)
Miya Cech, American actress
- March 5
Roman Griffin Davis
Roman Griffin Davis, English actor
- March 7
Reform of the House of Lords
Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
- March 7
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people.
- March 7
Kiyan Anthony
Kiyan Anthony, American basketball player
- March 8
John Vukovich
John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (born 1947)
- March 8
John Inman
John Inman, English actor (born 1935)
- March 9
Glen Harmon
Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1921)
- March 9
Brad Delp
Brad Delp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
- March 10
Ernie Ladd
Ernie Ladd, American football player and wrestler (born 1938)
- March 11
2007 Georgia helicopter incident
Georgian authorities accused Russia of orchestrating a helicopter attack in the Kodori Valley, in the breakaway territory of Abkhazia.
- March 14
Nandigram violence
The Nandigram violence in Nandigram, West Bengal, results in the deaths of at least 14 people.
- March 21
Ethan Nwaneri
Ethan Nwaneri, English footballer
- March 26
Jesús Fortea
Jesús Fortea, Spanish footballer
- March 27
Nancy Adams
Nancy Adams, New Zealand botanist and illustrator (born 1926)
April
- April 2
Brenda Fruhvirtová
Brenda Fruhvirtová, Czech tennis player
- April 3
TGV world speed record
Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record of 574.8 km/h (159.6 m/s, 357.2 mph).
- April 5
Cruise ship
The cruise ship MS Sea Diamond strikes a volcanic reef near Nea Kameni and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead.
- April 11
2007 Algiers Government Palace bombings
Algiers bombings: Two bombings in Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.
- April 12
2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing
A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.
- April 16
Virginia Tech shooting
In one of the deadliest shooting incidents in United States history, a gunman killed 32 people and wounded over 20 more before committing suicide at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
- April 18
Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster
A ladle spilled 30 tonnes (33 tons) of molten steel in a factory in Liaoning, China, killing 32 workers.
- April 19
Ben Kindel
Ben Kindel, Canadian ice hockey player
- April 19
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (born 1932)
- April 20
Johnson Space Center shooting
Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips barricades himself with a handgun in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, before killing a male hostage and himself.
- April 20
Andrew Hill (pianist)
Andrew Hill, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1931)
- April 20
Michael Fu Tieshan
Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (born 1931)
- April 20
Robert Rosenthal
Robert Rosenthal World War II B 17 Commander Pilot who also served on the Nuremburg Trials (born 1917)
- April 21
Princess Isabella of Denmark
Princess Isabella of Denmark, daughter of King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark
- April 22
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Juanita Millender-McDonald, American educator and politician (born 1938)
- April 25
Death and state funeral of Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
- April 26
Bronze Soldier of Tallinn
Controversy surrounding the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet Red Army World War II memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, erupted into mass protests and riots.
- April 26
Jack Valenti
Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (born 1921)
- April 27
Estonia
Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
- April 27
Israel
Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
- April 29
Mirra Andreeva
Mirra Andreeva, Russian tennis player
- April 29
Infanta Sofía of Spain
Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess
May
- May 3
Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.
- May 4
Greensburg, Kansas
Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by the 2007 Greensburg tornado, a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.
- May 5
Kenya Airways Flight 507
Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashed immediately after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Cameroon, resulting in the deaths of all 114 people aboard.
- May 11
Malietoa Tanumafili II
Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (born 1913)
- May 17
North Korea
Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.
- May 19
President of Romania
President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
- May 19
2007 Moscow, Idaho, shooting
A mass shooting starts in Moscow, Idaho, which would leave 3 non-shooters dead and 3 more injured, before the shooter committed suicide the next day.
- May 21
El Ma
El Ma, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
- May 22
Pemba Doma Sherpa
Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepalese mountaineer (born 1970)
- May 23
Rayane Messi
Rayane Messi, French footballer
June
- June 1
Cyclone Gonu
Cyclone Gonu develops from an area of convection in the Arabian Sea, later becoming the worst recorded natural disaster in Oman.
- June 2
Kentarō Haneda
Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (born 1949)
- June 8
Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years, resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
- June 8
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-117 carrying two truss segments and solar arrays to the International Space Station.
- June 8
2007 New South Wales storms
A major storm caused the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker to run aground in New South Wales, Australia.
- June 11
2007 Chittagong mudslides
Mudslides caused by heavy monsoon rainfall and exacerbated by hill cutting killed at least 128 people in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- June 13
Al-Askari Shrine
The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
- June 13
2007 al-Askari mosque bombing
Insurgents carried out a second bombing at the al-Askari Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam.
- June 14
Bryce James
Bryce James, American basketball player
- June 15
Hugo Corro
Hugo Corro, Argentine boxer (born 1953)
- June 18
Charleston Sofa Super Store fire
The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire kills nine firefighters in Charleston, South Carolina.
- June 19
2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing
The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
- June 21
Nanou ASMR
Nanou Philips, Belgian ASMR social media personality
- June 22
Elie, Manitoba
The small town of Elie, Manitoba is hit by Canada's most intense tornado on record.
- June 22
Erik Parlevliet
Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (born 1964)
- June 23
Elliana Walmsley
Elliana Walmsley, American dancer
- June 25
PMTair Flight 241
PMTair Flight 241 crashes in the Dâmrei Mountains in Kampot Province, Cambodia, killing all 22 people on board.
- June 26
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.
- June 27
Tony Blair
Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. Chancellor Gordon Brown succeeds him.
- June 27
Favela
As a result of an ongoing conflict between drug dealers and police in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, a large military and civil police operation killed 19 people and injured several others.
- June 27
Military Police (Brazil)
The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
- June 29
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
- June 29
Casey Phair
Casey Phair, South Korean footballer
- June 30
Jeep Cherokee
A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.
July
- July 1
Smoking bans in the United Kingdom
Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces.
- July 6
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (born 1939)
- July 7
Live Earth (2007 concert)
The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.
- July 10
Erden Eruç
Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
- July 10
Siege of Lal Masjid
The Pakistani military storms the Lal Masjid mosque in Islamabad, which had been seized by Islamist militants.
- July 10
Mason Thames
Mason Thames, American actor
- July 11
Siege of Lal Masjid
The Siege of Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, ends after the Pakistan Army storms the mosque which had been occupied by Islamist militants.
- July 12
United States Army
U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are killed; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
- July 12
Boeing AH-64 Apache
Two U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters (pictured) conducted a series of air-to-ground attacks in Baghdad.
- July 13
Lamine Yamal
Lamine Yamal, Spanish footballer
- July 16
2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake
A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, Japan, causing a leak of radioactive gases from the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant.
- July 17
TAM Airlines Flight 3054
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.
- July 18
Cameron Boozer
Cameron Boozer, American basketball player
- July 21
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the popular Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, was released and sold 15 million copies in its first 24 hours, making it the fastest-selling book in history.
- July 25
Pratibha Patil
Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the first female president of India.
- July 26
Shambo
After widespread controversy throughout Wales, Shambo, a black Friesian bull that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, was slaughtered due to concerns about bovine tuberculosis.
- July 27
Car chase
While covering a police pursuit in Phoenix, Arizona, two news helicopters collided in mid-air, killing both crews.
- July 31
Operation Banner
Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
- July 31
The Troubles
The Troubles: Operation Banner, the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland, ended after 38 years with a military stalemate and ceasefire.
August
- August 1
I-35W Mississippi River bridge
Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, United States, suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed (aftermath pictured), killing 13 people and injuring 145 others.
- August 2
Raúl Iturriaga
Raúl Iturriaga, a former deputy director of the Chilean secret police, was captured in Viña del Mar after having been on the run following a kidnapping conviction.
- August 3
Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional
Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
- August 4
María del Luján Telpuk
An airport police officer discovered a suitcase containing approximately US$800,000 as it passed through security at Jorge Newbery Airfield in Buenos Aires, sparking an international scandal involving Venezuela and Argentina.
- August 4
NASA
NASA's Phoenix Mars lander is launched.
- August 7
Oracle Park
At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron's 33-year-old record.
- August 8
2007 Brooklyn tornado
An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
- August 8
STS-118
Space Shuttle program: STS-118 Mission: Endeavour takes off on a mission to the International Space Station.
- August 9
Air Moorea Flight 1121
Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashes after takeoff from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia, killing all 20 people on board.
- August 10
Queen's Pier
Amid large protests against the impending demolition of the Queen's Pier, the Hong Kong High Court dismissed legal attempts to preserve the landmark.
- August 14
Qahtaniyah bombings
Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing 796 people and wounding 1,562 others.
- August 14
Tikhon Khrennikov
Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (born 1913)
- August 14
Franco Mastantuono
Franco Mastantuono, Argentine footballer
- August 15
2007 Peru earthquake
An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru, killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
- August 15
John Gofman
John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (born 1918)
- August 15
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
Richard Bradshaw, English conductor and director (born 1944)
- August 20
China Airlines Flight 120
China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
- August 21
BioShock
BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form.
- August 21
Piper Rockelle
Piper Rockelle, American model and singer
- August 22
Texas Rangers (baseball)
The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
- August 23
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
- August 27
Ariana Greenblatt
Ariana Greenblatt, American actress
- August 29
2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident
Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
- August 30
Heavy bomber
A heavy bomber that had been unintentionally loaded with nuclear missiles flew them from North Dakota to Louisiana before they were recognized.
September
- September 4
Al-Qaeda
Three terrorists suspected to be part of al-Qaeda were arrested in Germany after planning attacks on Frankfurt Airport and Ramstein Air Base.
- September 5
Matthew Schaefer
Matthew Schaefer, Canadian ice hockey player
- September 6
Israel
Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
- September 10
Nawaz Sharif
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
- September 11
Conventional weapon
Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
- September 12
Joseph Estrada
Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
- September 12
2007 Bengkulu earthquakes
Two earthquakes measuring 8.4 and 7.9 on the Richter Scale hits the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing 25 people and injuring 161.
- September 13
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
- September 13
McLaren
The McLaren F1 team are found guilty of possessing confidential information from the Ferrari team, fined $100 million, and excluded from the constructors' championship standings.
- September 14
2008 financial crisis
Late-2000s financial crisis: The Northern Rock bank received a liquidity support facility from the Bank of England, sparking a bank run—the United Kingdom's first in 150 years.
- September 16
Nisour Square massacre
Seventeen Iraqi civilians were shot and killed by Academi guards in Baghdad.
- September 16
One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269
One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 crashed after attempting a poorly executed go-around while landing in Thailand, killing 90 of the 130 people on board.
- September 18
Saffron Revolution
Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
- September 20
Jena Six
Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters march on Jena, Louisiana, United States, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
- September 24
Saffron Revolution
Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
- September 27
Dawn (spacecraft)
NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt.
- September 29
Calder Hall nuclear power station
Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
October
- October 2
Roh Moo-hyun
President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
- October 2
Tex Coulter
Tex Coulter, American football player (born 1924)
- October 2
George Grizzard
George Grizzard, American actor (born 1928)
- October 6
Jason Lewis (adventurer)
Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
- October 9
Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2008 financial crisis.
- October 10
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
- October 15
2007 New Zealand police raids
Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
- October 15
New Zealand Police
New Zealand Police conducted several anti-terrorism raids in relation to the discovery of an alleged paramilitary training camp in the Urewera mountain ranges, arresting 17 people and seizing four guns and 230 rounds of ammunition.
- October 18
2007 Karsaz bombing
Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is uninjured.
- October 21
Kimi Räikkönen
Finnish race drivers Kimi Räikkönen of Scuderia Ferrari won the Brazilian Grand Prix in Formula One. With this result, Räikkönen became world champion, surpassing McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by one point in the drivers' standings.
- October 22
Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base
A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and ten damaged.
- October 23
Space Shuttle Discovery
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-120, with Pamela Melroy becoming the second female space shuttle commander.
- October 23
Kab 101
A storm causes the Mexican Kab 101 oil platform to collide with a wellhead, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the platform.
- October 24
Chang'e 1
Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
- October 28
2007 Argentine general election
In the Argentine general election, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman to be elected president of Argentina.
- October 28
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
- October 29
Dai Hong Dan incident
Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mogadishu.
November
- November 3
Aleksandr Dedyushko
Aleksandr Dedyushko, Belarusian-Russian actor (born 1962)
- November 5
Android (operating system)
The Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.
- November 5
Chang'e 1
China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
- November 7
Jokela school shooting
The Jokela school shooting in Jokela, Tuusula, Finland, takes place, resulting in the death of nine people.
- November 10
Ibero-American Summit
At the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile, King Juan Carlos I of Spain asked Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez "Why don't you shut up?" after Chávez repeatedly interrupted a speech by Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
- November 12
Leonardo Puglisi
Leonardo Puglisi, Australian journalist
- November 13
Wahab Akbar
Wahab Akbar, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1960)
- November 15
Cyclone Sidr
Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
- November 23
MV Explorer (1969)
MS Explorer became the first cruise ship to sink in the Southern Ocean.
- November 29
Armed Forces of the Philippines
The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
- November 29
Oakwood mutiny
During their trial for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny, Philippine soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes mutinied and seized a conference room at The Peninsula Manila in Makati.
- November 30
Atlasjet Flight 4203
Atlasjet Flight 4203 crashes in Keçiborlu while on approach to Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport, killing 57.
December
- December 3
Great Coastal Gale of 2007
Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a 32-kilometre (20 mi) portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.
- December 3
James Kemsley
James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (born 1948)
- December 5
Westroads Mall shooting
A gunman killed nine people at a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska.
- December 6
Katseye
Yoonchae Jeung, South Korean singer
- December 11
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
Insurgency in the Maghreb: Two car bombs explode in Algiers, Algeria, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations.
- December 13
Treaty of Lisbon
The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by the EU member states to amend both the Treaty of Rome and the Maastricht Treaty which together form the constitutional basis of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon is effective from 1 December 2009.
- December 20
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art before being recovered about three weeks later.
- December 20
Portrait of Suzanne Bloch
The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art in Brazil. Both will be recovered a few weeks later.
- December 20
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years and 243 days.
- December 20
Gavin McKenna
Gavin McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player
- December 23
Kingdom of Nepal
An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.
- December 25
San Francisco Zoo
A tiger at the San Francisco Zoo escaped from its enclosure and attacked three patrons before it was shot and killed.
- December 25
Siberian tiger
A Siberian tiger named Tatania escapes her exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo and attacks three people, killing one and injuring two more.
- December 27
Benazir Bhutto
Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a Pakistan People's Party political rally at Liaqat National Bagh in Rawalpindi.
- December 27
Mombasa
Riots erupted in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election—the first event in a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.
- December 27
Prime minister
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
Questions about 2007
What happened in 2007?
This site records 222 entries for 2007, including Bulgaria on January 1. They are listed below by date.
How long ago was 2007?
19 years ago, counting from 2026. Anyone born in 2007 turns 19 this year.
Which century is 2007 in?
2007 falls in the 21st century, in the 2000s.
Which generation was born in 2007?
Generation Z (1997–2012). First generation raised with smartphones and social media.
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