2007 CE

Images of the 2007 South Asian floods; Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan was assassinated; The 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis was a violent political, economic, and humanitarian crisis in Kenya; Hurricane Noel killed 223 and carved a path of destruction across the Atlantic Ocean.; The original iPhone is launched by Apple, marking a new era in cellphones and changing how people use them today; The bronze night surrounding the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet-era war memorial; A car of Google Street View, launched that year; Seung-Hui Cho shoots and kills 32 at Virginia Tech before killing himself; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 crashed at Congonhas-São Paulo Airport after overrunning the runway, killing almost 200.

In the 2000s, the 21st century.

2007 at a glance

World population: about 6.76 billion Our World in Data
United States: George W. Bush (President) Wikipedia rev. 1371751788
United Kingdom: Elizabeth II (Queen); Tony Blair, then Gordon Brown (Prime Minister) Wikipedia rev. 1371751788
Russia: Vladimir Putin (President); Mikhail Fradkov, then Viktor Zubkov (Prime minister) Wikipedia rev. 1371751788
China: Hu Jintao (General Secretary; paramount leader); Hu Jintao (President); Wen Jiabao (Premier) Wikipedia rev. 1371751788
France: Jacques Chirac, then Nicolas Sarkozy (President); Dominique de Villepin, then François Fillon (Prime minister) Wikipedia rev. 1371751788
Germany: Horst Köhler (President); Angela Merkel (Chancellor) Wikipedia rev. 1371751788
$1 in 2007: $1.63 in September 2026 dollars BLS CPI-U
Gallon of gas (U.S. average): $2.80 ($4.48 in September 2026) BLS
Most weeks at No. 1 in 2007: “Irreplaceable” by Beyoncé; “Umbrella” by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z; “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, 7 weeks each Wikipedia rev. 1363063683

Who led every country in 2007 →Born in 2007? What it cost, who led, what was No. 1 →

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

January 1 – Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eurozone.source
January 4 – Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the United States House of Representatives.source
January 4 - Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who had carried out a military coup on 5 December, restores the deposed President Ratu Josefa Iloilo to office.Fiji source
February 5 - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said his country can play a major role in international efforts to end the civil war in Iraq.Syria source
March 4 – The First Ivorian Civil War ends with a peace agreement.source
March 27 – Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov sign a border treaty between Latvia and Russia, officially demarcating the border between the two.source
March 28 - Lansana Conté names a new government led by Lansana Kouyaté.Guinea source
April 25: U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs David Kramer, speaking on behalf of the U.S. government, offers to normalize relations with Belarus if it releases imprisoned politicians.Belarus source
May 6 – 2007 French presidential election: Nicolas Sarkozy is elected President of France in the second round.source
May 10 – As a result of factors including the Blair–Brown deal and falling approval ratings as a result of the Iraq War, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces his intention to resign as Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister, triggering the 2007 Labour Party leadership election, in which Chancellor Gordon Brown ran unopposed. Brown would officially replace Blair as Prime Minister on 27 June.source
June 7: President of the United States George W. Bush and President of Russia Vladimir Putin meet to discuss missile defense. Putin, in a minor reversal of recent rhetoric regarding Bush's European missile shield plans, suggests placing a radar installation in Azerbaijan.Azerbaijan source
7 June 2007 - United States agrees to cancel 100% ($58 million USD) of Sierra Leone's foreign debt.Sierra Leone source
June 27 – Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair and becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after a leadership election.source
August 10 – The UEFA Executive Committee decided to cancel the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying matches between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Group A, after the proposal to play them on neutral ground was rejected by the federations of the two countries.source
September 13 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.source
October 22 – Montenegro adopts a new constitution, which among other things changes the country's official name from "Republic of Montenegro" to "Montenegro".source
October 28 – 2007 Argentine general election: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.source
November 16 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds talks with Lebanese political leaders, trying to break an impasse over the election of the next President.Lebanon source
November 24 – 2007 Australian federal election: The Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd defeats the Liberal/National Coalition government led by Prime Minister John Howard. Rudd would be sworn in on December 3.source
November 29: Following new legislative elections in Togo, European Union announces lifting of sanctions imposed on country in 1993Togo source
December 13 – The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by members states of European Union.source
December 21 – The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the Schengen border-free zone.source

Conflict & Security

January 8 – Russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany, and Ukraine are cut as the Russia–Belarus energy dispute escalates; they are restored three days later.source
January 8: Russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany, and Ukraine are cut as the Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates.Belarus source
January 10 – Iraq War: The surge of US troops in Iraq is announced.source
January 10 - A general strike starts in Guinea, with trade unions calling for pay rises, the return to jail of Mamadou Sylla and the resignation of President Lansana Conté.Guinea source
January 28 - Six soldiers have been killed and 20 injured in attacks by Shia militants in the north of Yemen, officials say.Yemen source
February 3 – A truck bomb explodes in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 135 people and injures 339 others.source
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.source
March 11 – Georgia accuses three Russian helicopters of firing on the Kodori Gorge, then the only part of the break-away autonomous republic of Abkhazia still under Georgian control.source
March 23 – Naval forces of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrest Royal Navy personnel in disputed Iran-Iraq waters; they were released on April 4.source
April 16 – Virginia tech massacre: 23-year-old Seung-Hui Cho fatally shoots 32 people and injured 17 others, before committing suicide as police arrive on the scene.source
May 27: Nepalese police clash with Bhutanese asylum seekers at a United Nations resulting in one 16-year-old boy being killed and a dozen people being injured.Bhutan source
June 10–15 – Fatah-Hamas conflict: The Battle of Gaza is fought between Fatah and Hamas, and ends with Hamas gaining control of the Gaza Strip.source
June 24 - A roadside bomb hits a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon patrol, killing six Spanish-speaking peacekeepers (three of whom were Colombian) and injuring two others.Lebanon source
July 31 – Operation Banner comes to an end, thus ending the longest continuous deployment in British military history.source
August 4: Opposition party protests against government to denounce "impunity"Togo source
September 6 – Israeli Air Force airplanes attack a suspected nuclear reactor in Syria in an airstrike.source
October 15 – October 21 – The 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held in Beijing, China.source
October 29: The UK embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, is closed as a precaution after a terrorist attack in the city is prevented. The US embassy also closes its doors after the Azerbaijan Government reports of the thwarting of a "large-scale, horrifying terror attack."Azerbaijan source
November 7 – Whistleblower website WikiLeaks leaks the standard US army protocol at Guantanamo Bay.source
November 7 – The Jokela school shooting happened in Finland.source
November 15: United Nations human rights envoy Paulo Sergio Pinheiro visits political prisoners, including Su Su Nway, in Burma's Insein Prison.Myanmar source
November 29 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.source
December 27 – Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the general election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that killed over 1,000 people.source

Exploration & Expansion

February 26 - Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney makes surprise visits to Pakistan and Afghanistan to encourage President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai to increase border security between the two countries and to take further action against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.Afghanistan source
March 8–11 – Edoardo Molinari from Italy wins 2007 Kenya Open golf tournament held in Karen Golf and Country Club, Nairobi. Jacob Okello was the best placed Kenyan golfer. Kenya Open is part of the Challenge Tour.Kenya source
March 16: The Inter-American Development Bank forgives US$4.4 billion in debt owed by Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti and Guyana, five of the poorest countries in the Americas.Bolivia source
May 5 – 2006 Kite Awards was held in HanoiVietnam source
June 2007, Bo Waterside, a key border crossing on the Mano River, re-opens for the first time since 1990 allowing increased traffic between Sierra Leone and Liberia.Sierra Leone source
August 12: Denmark sends a scientific team to the Arctic to try to establish that the Lomonosov Ridge is an extension of Greenland so it can claim sovereignty over oil reserves.Greenland source
September 20 – The Universal Forum of Cultures opens in Monterrey, Mexico.source
November 19 – Israel releases 450 Palestinian Arab prisoners as a goodwill gesture to the President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, ahead of the 2007 Mideast peace conference with the Palestinian Authority.Palestine source
December 18 – US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice makes an unscheduled visit to Kirkuk before proceeding to Baghdad, where she calls on Iraqi leaders to urgently implement a national reconciliation roadmap.Iraq source

Religion & Belief

January 25 – The city council of Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh has selected a new coat of arms for the city as part of a "Shushi Revival." The new coat of arms was designed by Rouben Arutchyan, an artist from Yerevan by descent from a famous Shushi family. The new coat features a guardian angel of "Sourp Amenaprkich Kazanchetsost" Church.Armenia source
January 25 – Vietnam's prime minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng becomes the first leader of the communist nation to meet and hold talks with the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Prime Minister Dũng met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican City in Rome.Vietnam source
March 20 – Taha Yassin Ramadan (born 1938), Iraqi vice president of Saddam Hussein, executed by hangingIraq source
Pope Benedict laments the violence in Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Afghanistan, and the Middle East, stating, "nothing positive is happening in Iraq" in his Easter homily.Afghanistan source
May 17 – The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Moscow Patriarchate re-unite after 80 years of schism.source
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.source
June 8: Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah is ordained Archbishop of LoméTogo source
September 12 - Daniel Ciobotea is elected as the 6th Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church since the Church was elevated to this status in 1925.source
October 8: 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: Burma's junta announces that Buddhist monasteries have accepted US$8000 as well as food and medicine from its soldiers to signify the armed forces have not left the faith.Myanmar source
October 17 – John Njue, the newly appointed Archbishop of Nairobi, is now elevated to cardinal status. He became the second Kenyan cardinal, the other was Maurice Michael Otunga, who died in 2003.Kenya source
October 19: EU leaders agree in Lisbon that the transcription "eвро" (evro) will be used in Bulgarian translations of the euro in official EU documents.Bulgaria source

Economy & Finance

January 1: The Bulgarian political party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, which had only been founded on 2006-12-03 by Sofia mayor Boyko Borisov, instantly comes second in a public poll on party support, trailing only the Bulgarian Socialist Party.Bulgaria source
A World Bank review of the Congo's three largest mining contracts finds that the 2005 concession awards were made with "a complete lack of transparency"Democratic Republic of the Congo source
6 March – Japan signs an agreement with Burkina Faso to aid the country with $3.4 million to combat food insecurity within the country.Burkina Faso source
May 1 – During his labour day speech, President Mwai Kibaki promises to scrap tuition fees issued by public high schools.Kenya source
June 24 – American rapper T.I was involved in a physical altercation with Chaka Zulu, the manager of Ludacris, at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, California.source
August 1: Russia's gas exports monopoly Gazprom will almost halve supplies to Belarus from August 3 after failing to reach a deal with Minsk over a $456 million energy debt.Belarus source
August 9 – Subprime mortgage crisis: The French global bank BNP Paribas in the United Kingdom blocks withdrawals from three hedge funds heavily committed in subprime lendings, signaling the 2008 financial crisis.source
7 October – Costa Ricans narrowly approved the Central America Free Trade Agreement in a referendum with 51.6 percent of the vote.Costa Rica source
November 19: The European Union imposes tougher sanctions on Burma, including an embargo on gemstones, metal and timber, and a tighter visa ban against members of the State Peace and Development Council.Myanmar source
People's National Party (Belize) February 19 foundedBelize source

Technology & Infrastructure

January 9 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco, California; starting the new era of smartphones with this invention. The phone would be released in June.source
January 30 – Windows Vista is released to consumers by Microsoft.source
February 19 – Microblogging social network Tumblr is launched to the public.source
March 15: Russia, Greece and Bulgaria sign a deal to build a pipeline to transport Russian oil to the Greek port of Alexandroupolis.Bulgaria source
May 3 – British three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Lagos, Portugal, described by The Daily Telegraph as "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".source
June 15 – Bob Barker hosts his final episode of The Price Is Right after 35 years of hosting.source
June 28: UNESCO designates 22 new World Heritage Sites, including Sydney Opera House, Canada's Rideau Canal, Japan's Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine, Turkmenistan's Parthian Fortresses of Nisa, India's Red Fort complexes, the Lope-Okanda Landscape of Gabon, the Richtersveld desert of South Africa, the rock carvings of Twyfelfontein in Namibia, the fortified tower houses of Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China, Teide National Park in the Canary Islands, Spain, ancient beech forests of Central Europe, Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bordeaux and the Port de la Lune in France, the Old Town of Corfu in Greece, the Palace of Galerius in Gamzigrad-Romuliana in Serbia.Bosnia and Herzegovina source
June 29 – The iPhone, the first modern smartphone, is released in the United States. It is later released in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, and Austria, in November 2007.source
September 7 – Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan announced that Metsamor unit-2 was to be replaced with a new nuclear power plant built on the same site at a cost of $2 billion. "The project's feasibility study is being carried out by Armenia, Russia, the US and the International Atomic Energy Agency. The old nuclear power plant is to be rebuilt within four-and-a-half years", he stated, clarifying that "many foreign countries now understand that Armenia must have a nuclear power plant." TAEK, which had recently denied claims in Today's Zaman that its latest protest to the IAEA was made in response to the RESAI early warning system indicating "an increase in radioactive leakage in the region," stating, "None of the radioactivity analyses or RESAI station measurements done up until now have uncovered radioactivity or radiation levels above normal," confirmed that it would be involved in following related developments and taking the necessary precautions from the Turkish side.Armenia source
September 18 - North Korea denies allegations that it is helping Syria to develop a nuclear weapons facility.Syria source
October 14: Burma restores some Internet access but continues to deny access to foreign news services such as the BBC and CNN, blogs and dissident sites.Myanmar source
November 2 – Cambodia will build a new rail link to Thailand with US$80 million in funds it received from the Asian Development Bank and OPEC. Work on the 48-kilometer line between Sisophon and Poipet will start early next year and be completed by 2010, transport minister Sun Chanthol says.Cambodia source
December 6: Radio France Internationale launches third FM relay in TogoTogo source
Karaoke Television ends October 7Belize source

Science & Discovery

January 11 – Following the discovery of the right tail horizontal stabilizer, a life vest and some parts of airline seats had also been found in Pare pare.Indonesia source
January 30 – Ban Ki-moon, the new Secretary General of United Nations visits Kenya.Kenya source
March 3 – A total lunar eclipse occurs and is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. It is the 52nd lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros series 123 occurring at the moon's descending node. The moon is just 3.2 days before apogee, making it fairly small.source
March 19 – The first solar eclipse of the year 2007 is a partial solar eclipse occurring just 0.7 days before perigee, making it very large. The Moon covers 87.558% of the Sun. In this partial solar eclipse, the best visibility occurs at 61º02'55" N, 55º28'04" E. It is the 20th solar eclipse of Solar Saros series 149, at ascending node. The Sun is its zenith just 83 km south of the Equator, so the Northern Hemisphere was in winter and the Southern Hemisphere was in summer on March 19, 2007.source
10 April: Argentina's only icebreaker, ARA Almirante Irízar, catches fire while returning from her summer Antarctic campaign, 140 miles off Puerto Madryn. The ship is then towed to Puerto Belgrano, arriving on 20 April.Argentina source
15 April – An UMNO Youth (Pemuda UMNO) parachute team landed at the North Pole.Malaysia source
April 24 – Gliese 581c, a potentially Earth-like extrasolar planet habitable for life, is discovered in the constellation Libra.source
June 5 – NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its second fly-by of Venus on route to Mercury.source
6 June - Ghana discovers oil in commercial quantities.Ghana source
July 17 – The dwarf planet Gonggong is discovered by astronomers Megan Schwamb, Michael Brown, and David Rabinowitz from the Palomar Observatory.source
August 4 – The Phoenix spacecraft is launched toward Mars to study its north pole.source
25 August – Pakistan successfully test-fires a new cruise missile named Hatf-VIII (or Ra'ad) capable of carrying nuclear payloads across a range of 350 km.Pakistan source
September 12 - Burj Dubai reaches 555.3 metres, surpassing the 553.3 metre CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario Canada as the world's tallest free-standing structure on land, which it had been since 1976. The building is due for completion 2008 with a final projected height of 818 metres.United Arab Emirates source
September 14 – The SELENE spacecraft launches, with its objective being to study the Moon.source
December 29: Singye Galeem film is released.Bhutan source

Health & Medicine

January 14 – Rift Valley Fever outbreak in northeastern Kenya has reached a death toll of 95, out of 248 reported cases. Most affected are Garissa, Wajir, Ijara and Tana River districts. Several international and domestic health organisations have provided vaccines and other aid to overcome the outbreak.Kenya source
July 10: The Gadhafi Foundation announces a deal has been reached with families of more than 400 children infected with HIV in the case of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor.Bulgaria source
July 24 – Five Bulgarian nurses are released from Libyan prison after eight and a half years spent behind bars in Benghazi and Tripoli, marking the end of the so-called "HIV trial in Libya".source
August 27 - Pending arbitration by the International Trade Union Confederation, Chadian Union leaders suspend a strike by the country's civil servants which has disrupted public schools and hospitals since its beginning in May.Chad source
1 September – International aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières has accused Ethiopia of denying it access to the country's eastern Ogaden region.Ethiopia source
2 September – Sudan postpones a census that is a crucial for the success of two national elections.Sudan source
September 20: Government of Togo increases campaign for vaccination against Yellow feverTogo source
September 22: Several hundred Buddhist monks marched through Burma's second largest city Mandalay as activists urged people to join the protests against the ruling military junta.Myanmar source
October 10 – Valve Software releases The Orange Box on Windows and Xbox 360.source
16 November – Paulo Wanchope, one of the country's most successful footballers ever, announced his retirement from the game.Costa Rica source

Crime & Justice

January 31 – Boston, Massachusetts, United States faces a hoax bomb scare, as a result of LED placards of Ignignokt and Err from Aqua Teen Hunger Force being mistaken as an improvised explosive device.source
April 10: Serbia's war crimes court has jailed four Serb paramilitaries who were filmed as they shot dead six captured young Bosnian Muslims.Bosnia and Herzegovina source
April 26–27 – "Bronze Night": Ethnic Russian riot in Tallinn and other cities in Estonia against the moving of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet World War II memorial statue. 2007 cyberattacks on Estonia begin.source
17 June: Sierra Leone lost to Mali 0-3 in BamakoSierra Leone source
June 22–June 24 – Canadian professional wrestler Chris Benoit commits a double-murder suicide on his wife and youngest son at their home in Fayetteville, Georgia, United States.source
July 5 – Eight Kenyan cattle raiders have been killed by the Uganda People's Defence Force.Kenya source
July 21 - Two Rwandan men wanted for their role in the 1994 genocide are arrested in France.Rwanda source
August 6 - The Lebanese government claim that the police have killed Abu Hureira, the second in command of Fatah al-Islam.Lebanon source
August 22: The U.S. Campaign for Burma claims that Myanmar's military government has arrested at least nine leaders of the pro-democracy 88 Generation Students.Myanmar source
October 12 - United States evangelical missionary Steve Goldbold is kidnapped by MDJT rebels in the Tibesti region. The MDJT leader Aboubakar Choua Dazi accuses Goldbold to be "in the service of the regime in N'Djamena to create division in the center of the movement".Chad source
October 14: 2007 Togolese parliamentary electionTogo source
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.source
Mauritania is the last country to criminalise slavery (officially abolished in 1981), making the practice illegal everywhere in the world.source

Disasters & Accidents

January 1 – Adam Air Flight 574, en route to Manado, Indonesia, from Surabaya, Indonesia, crashes into the Makassar Strait; killing all 102 on board.source
24 January – A Sudanese airliner, Air West Flight 612, carrying 103 people, is hijacked by a lone gunman and diverted to N'Djamena, Chad. The Air West flight lands at the airport in N'Djamena and the hijacker is arrested.Sudan source
January 28 - Ethnic Zaghawa militias raid in Dar Tama a group of Tama villages between Am Zoer and Biltine, killing seven Tama and burning 200 homes.Chad source
April 11: Several explosions in Algiers, Algeria, leave 23 dead and dozens of people injured.Algeria source
April 18 – 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings: A series of attacks take place across Baghdad, Iraq, killing nearly 200 people.source
May 5 – Kenya Airways Flight 507, on a scheduled passenger flight from Doula, Cameroon, to Nairobi, Kenya, crashes after takeoff, killing all 114 crew and passengers on board.source
June 3: Togolese football fans riding in helicopter crash near Lungi AirportTogo source
June 28: A TAAG-Angola Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in northern Angola resulting in the death of at least five passengers on the same day the European Union bans the airline from European airspace.Angola source
July 17 – TAM Airlines Flight 3054 an Airbus A320-233 overruns the runway of São Paulo–Congonhas Airport runway 35L, flies over Avenida Washington Luís and crashes into TAM Express building and a Shell filling station adjacent to the TAM Express building. All 187 passengers and crew are killed instantly. 12 people inside the TAM Express and the Shell filling station are also killed.source
August 14 – Multiple suicide bombings kill 572 people in Qahtaniya, northern Iraq.source
November 4: Baku–Gazakh motorway minibus crash took place, becoming the country's heaviest road accident in the past ten years.Azerbaijan source
November 23 – Solomon Nyanjui, the missing KWS helicopter pilot was found alive with minor injuries, after being missing for eight days. The helicopter he was flying had crashed on the flanks of Mount Kenya, near Chuka town.Kenya source
The 2007 Koidu-Sefadu protest was an action by 400 protesters in the town of Koidu-Sefadu in Eastern Province. The protest was aimed at the local diamond mine which the resident claim has lowered local living conditions and environmental conditions in the area. The result of the protest was a clampdown by Sierra Leonean police and the death of 2 protesters.Sierra Leone source

Climate & Environment

January 19 – A girl who disappeared 19 years ago at the age of 8 was found living wild in the jungle in northern Rattanakiri Province. Police say the girl cannot speak any intelligible language.Cambodia source
February 2 – The IPCC publishes its fourth assessment report, having concluded that global climate change is "very likely" to have a predominantly human cause.source
February 12 – a tri-nation deal has been signed to protect 200,000 square kilometres of rainforest on the island of Borneo. Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei pledged to protect the area, known as the 'Heart of Borneo'. It is considered one of the most important sites of biodiversity in the world, home to thousands of species.Brunei source
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.source
February 23 - Following the death of Pascal Yoadimnadji, Infrastructure Minister Adoum Younousmi assumes the interim as Prime Minister of Chad.Chad source
26 March: A massive storm system brings heavy rain to the center and south of Santa Fe. The rain falls almost continuously for more than one week. Large sections of Santa Fe City and peripheral neighbourhoods of Rosario, as well as many smaller towns and large sections of Argentina's most productive agricultural land, are flooded. The storm moves east, affecting the south of Entre Ríos and eventually reaching Uruguay. See March 2007 floods in the Argentine littoral.Argentina source
May 4 – The 2007 Greensburg tornado moves through Kiowa County, Kansas, United States, striking the town of Greensburg and killing eleven residents. 95% of the town was destroyed, and the tornado was the first to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.source
May 16 – A 6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes in remote northern Laos, and is felt as far away as Bangkok, Thailand, and Hanoi, Vietnam, where shoppers fled malls and high-rise buildings are evacuated. In Luang Prabang, 92 km. from the epicenter, residents said they felt only minor shaking. There were no reports of injuries or severe damage.Laos source
June 16 – Kenyan football team is defeated by Eritrea, 0–1, at the African Nations cup qualifier in Asmara, Eritrea. Following the result, Kenya can not qualify for the finals.Kenya source
June 22 – The 2007 Ellie tornado becomes the only F5 tornado recorded under the use of the Fujita scale in Canada, reaching windspeeds up to 320 mph (510 km/h).source
June 28 – 2007 European heat wave: in the aftermath of Greece's worst heat wave in a century, at least 11 people are reported dead from heatstroke, approximately 200 wildfires break out nationwide, and the country's electricity grid nearly collapses due to record breaking demand.source
August 15 – An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing at least 519 people, injuring more than 1,300, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean.source
28 August – The Sudanese government and the United Nations launch a flood appeal to help victims of recent flooding which has killed 89 people and destroyed 73,000 homes.Sudan source
September 15: Widescale flooding occurs in Kpendjal PrefectureTogo source
September 25 – Mount Ruapehu in Tongariro National Park in New Zealand, erupts.source
September 30 - A dormant volcano erupts on Jabal al-Tair Island, a Yemeni island in the Red Sea.Yemen source
November 16 – Up to 15,000 people are believed to have been killed after Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh.source

Culture & Society

January 29 – Armenian grand master Levon Aronian won Corus-2007, the international chess tournament held in the Netherlands.Armenia source
February 2: Citizens' Movement for Democracy and Development establishedTogo source
March 1 – The fourth International Polar Year, a $1.73 billion research program to study both the North Pole and South Pole, is launched in Paris.source
March 13–April 28 – The 2007 Cricket World Cup is held in the West Indies with Australia defeating Sri Lanka in the final.source
April 15–22 – Three major marathon races were won by Kenyan men: Rotterdam Marathon was won by Joshua Chelanga, Boston Marathon by Robert Cheruiyot and London Marathon by Martin Lel.Kenya source
May 10–12 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 takes place in Helsinki, Finland, and is won by Serbian entrant Marija Šerifović with the song "Molitva".source
May 31 to June 2 – launched by the Ministry of Defence Brunei Darussalam (MinDef), the Brunei Darussalam International Defence Exhibition (BRIDEX), a new military trade fair and exhibition was held at the International Convention Centre.Brunei source
June 29 – The Thai foreign ministry says it will support a bid by Cambodia for UNESCO to make the Angkorian temple Preah Vihear a World Heritage Site. The temple lies along a disputed part of the border between the two countries.Cambodia source
July 4 – The International Olympic Committee awards Sochi the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.source
July 7 – Live Earth Concerts are held in nine major cities around the world to raise environmental awareness.source
September 7 – October 20 – The 2007 Rugby World Cup takes place in France. South Africa beat defending champions England in the final.source
September 11 – Ethiopia celebrates the third millennium in Ethiopian calendar.source
11 September – The Ethiopian third millennium is celebrated nationwide and concert performances organized in Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa.Ethiopia source
October 21 – Finnish racing driver Kimi Räikkönen won his first Formula One World Championship, driving for Scuderia Ferrari at the Brazilian Grand Prix.source
October 31: Buddhist monks return to the streets of Burma for the first time since a crackdown on protests last month.Myanmar source
Sports TV Uganda Limited is incorporated in Uganda.source
2007 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship.Greenland source

Births

1 January – Choe Il-son, footballerNorth Korea source
February 10: Jade Kops, social media influencer and cancer victim (died 2026)Netherlands source
April 27 – Nguyễn Lê Cẩm Hiền, chess player.Vietnam source
9 June – Maisha Kanna – Actress, and singerIndonesia source

Deaths

January 8 – Yvonne De Carlo, 84, Canadian-born American actress (The Ten Commandments, The Munsters, McLintock!).source
January 19 – Bam Bam Bigelow, 45, American professional wrestler (WWF, ECW, NJPW), drug overdose.source
February 23: Hanna Barysevich, 118?, claimed to be world's oldest person.Belarus source
April 11 – Kurt Vonnegut, 84, American novelist (Slaughterhouse-Five) and social critic, brain injury from a fall.source
April 23 – Boris Yeltsin, 76, Russian politician, first President of the Russian Federation (1991–1999), heart failure.source
June 24 – Chris Benoit, 40, Canadian professional wrestler (WWE, WCW, NJPW), suicide by hanging.source
August 29: Ten people are trapped alive in a collapsed apartment building in Baku, Azerbaijan with at least twelve people having died.Azerbaijan source
September 3 – Steve Fossett, 63, American adventurer, aircrash.source
October 17 – Taku, 14, American orca at SeaWorld San Antonio.source
November 10 – Norman Mailer, 84, American Pulitzer Prize–winning author (The Naked and the Dead, The Executioner's Song), renal failure.source
November 20 – Ian Smith, 88, Rhodesian politician, Prime Minister (1964–1979).source
November 25: Agnethe Davidsen, 60, politician, Mayor of Nuuk (1993–2007).Greenland source
November 30 – Evel Knievel, 69, American stunt performer.source
December 5 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, 79, German composer.source
December 12 – Ike Turner, 76, American R&B musician and record producer, ex-husband of singer Tina Turner, cocaine overdose.source
December 12 - The Lebanese armed forces' chief of operations, General François al-Hajj, is killed in a bomb attack in Beirut.Lebanon source
December 27 – Benazir Bhutto, 54, Pakistani opposition leader and former prime minister (1988–1990, 1993–1996), assassinated.source
December 27 – Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated, along with 20 other people, at an election rally in Rawalpindi.source