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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:
UNESCO has recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.
Events
January
February
March
April
May
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
August
September
October
November
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 .
December 17 – James Windsor, Viscount Severn , son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie, The Countess of Wessex .
Deaths
January
January 1 – Darrent Williams , American football player, Denver Broncos (b.1982 )
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 15 – Pura Santillan-Castrence , Filipino writer and diplomat (b. 1905 )
January 16 – Benny Parsons , American race car driver and television personality (b. 1941 )
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 26 – Gump Worsley , Canadian hockey player (b. 1929 )
January 28 – Cyril Demarne , British wartime firefighter (b. 1905 )
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 – Bernard Gordon , American screenwriter (b. 1918 )
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 27 – 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 Cardinal 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
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
Films
Literature
Television and video series
References
^ "International Heliophysical Year". IHY. http://ihy2007.org/ . Retrieved 2008-10-12 .
^ "International Polar Year 2007-2008". IPY. http://www.ipy.org/ . Retrieved 2008-10-12 .
^ "2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All". EUROPA. http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/eyeq/index.cfm?language=EN . Retrieved 2008-10-12 .
^ UNESCO names 2007 ‘Year of Rumi’ (Daily Times )
^ Year of the Dolphin website
^ Celebration of anniversaries with which UNESCO will be associated in 2006–2007
^ "CNN.com – Transcripts". Transcripts.cnn.com. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/23/tww.01.html . Retrieved 2008-10-06 .
^ Kbs Global
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^ "Researchers Find 2,100 Year Old Melon". Yahoo News. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_on_fe_st/japan_oldest_melon;_ylt=ApRgC.q7xY7jDAOUFbldew0PLBIF . Retrieved 2007-06-01 .
^ 'Harry Potter' tale is fastest-selling book in history
^ "Vatican beatifies 498 Spanish martyrs". Yahoo News. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071028/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_spain_beatifications . Retrieved 2007-10-28 .
External links
2007 Calendar at Internet Accuracy Project.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007"