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Year '''2007''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMVII]]''') is the current year, a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]] and the ''[[Anno Domini|AD]]/[[Common era|CE]]'' era in the [[21st Century]].
 
The year is usually pronounced as "two thousand and seven" or "two thousand seven"; however, some people prefer "twenty oh-seven" (as per the convention for [[1907]]) or simply as "oh-seven".
 
The year 2007 has been designated:
* In the [[Lunar Calendar]], dates from [[February 18]] onwards are in the ''[[pig (zodiac)|Year of the Pig]]''
* [[International Polar Year]]<ref>[http://www.ipy.org/ International Polar Year website]</ref>
* [[International Heliophysical Year]]<ref>[http://ihy2007.org/ International Heliophysical Year website]</ref>
* [[European Year of Equal Opportunities for All]]<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/eyeq/index.cfm?language=EN European Year of Equal Opportunities for All website]</ref>
* [[Year of the Dolphin]]<ref>[http://www.yod2007.org/en/Start_page/index.html Year of the Dolphin website]</ref>
 
[[UNESCO]] has formally recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.<ref>[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001457/145755M.pdf Celebration of anniversaries with which UNESCO will be associated in 2006–2007]</ref>
 
== Events ==
=== January ===
{{Month3|1|0}}
* [[January 1]] - [[Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union|Bulgaria]] and [[Accession of Romania to the European Union|Romania]] [[Enlargement of the European Union|join]] the [[European Union]].
* [[January 1]] - [[Slovenia]] adopts the [[euro]] as its official currency, replacing the [[Slovenian tolar|tolar]].
* [[January 1]] - [[South Korea]]'s [[Ban Ki-moon]] becomes the new [[United Nations Secretary-General]], replacing [[Kofi Annan]].
* [[January 1]] - [[Hong Kong]]'s new smoking law starts. From this day onwards, smoking is prohibited in clubs, karaoke bars, restaurants, and all public places.
* [[January 1]] - [[Adam Air Flight 574]], a routine domestic flight in [[Indonesia]], disappears; debris is found 10 days later, but the aircraft remains missing.
* [[January 1]] - [[Angola]] joins [[OPEC]].
* [[January 1]] - [[War in Somalia (2006 – present)|War in Somalia]]: Fighters of the [[Islamic Courts Union]] abandon their last stronghold in [[Fall of Kismayo|Kismayo]] and flee for the [[Ras Kamboni|Kenyan border]].
* [[January 3]] - Former [[United States]] [[President of the United States|president]] [[Gerald Ford]] is buried in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]].
* [[January 3]] - [[People's Republic of China|China]] conducts an [[Xinjiang raid (January 2007)|anti-terror raid]] in [[Xinjiang]].
* [[January 4]] - [[Nancy Pelosi]] becomes the first female [[Speaker of the House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the [[United States House of Representatives]].
* [[January 5]] - [[War in Somalia (2006 – present)|War in Somalia]]: The first shots are fired in the [[Battle of Ras Kamboni|battle for control]] of the border town of [[Ras Kamboni]].
* [[January 8]] - [[Russia]]n oil supplies to [[Poland]], [[Germany]], and [[Ukraine]] are cut as the [[Russia-Belarus energy dispute]] escalates; restored 3 days later.
* [[January 8]] - The [[Florida Gators]] beat [[Ohio State]] 41-14 in the [[BCS National Championship Game]] to be crowned [[NCAA]] National Football Champions.
* [[January 9]] - [[War in Somalia (2006 – present)|War in Somalia]]: U.S. planes conduct [[Battle of Ras Kamboni|air strikes against suspected terrorists]], possibly having killed senior [[Al Qaeda]] operative [[Fazul Abdullah Mohammed]].
* [[January 9]] - An [[AerianTur-M]] [[Antonov]] [[Antonov An-26|An-26]] [[2007 Balad aircraft crash|crashes]] in [[Balad, Iraq|Balad]], [[Iraq]]. The [[Islamic Army in Iraq]] claims to have shot it down.
* [[January 10]] - [[United States|U.S.]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] announces a plan to station 21,500 additional troops in [[Iraq]].
* [[January 11]] - In [[Bangladesh]], a state of emergency is declared by caretaker President [[Iajuddin Ahmed]], following weeks of violent protests preceding upcoming [[Bangladeshi parliamentary election, 2007|parliamentary elections]].
* [[January 11]] - [[Vietnam]] joins the [[World Trade Organization]] as its 150th member.
* [[January 11]] - [[People's Republic of China|China]] successfully tests a ground-based [[ballistic missile]] capable of destroying satellites in orbit, drawing criticisms from other countries.
* [[January 12]] - An [[Argentina|Argentine]] judge issues a warrant for the arrest of former [[President of Argentina|President]] [[Isabel Martínez de Perón]] in connection with the disappearance of a [[human rights]] worker in [[1976]].
* [[January 12]] - The US Embassy in [[Athens]] is attacked with a [[rocket propelled grenade]], which caused minimal damage and no injuries.
* [[January 12]] - [[Comet McNaught]], the brightest comet in over 40 years, makes [[perihelion]].
* [[January 13]] - The Greek ship ''Server'' breaks in half off the [[Norway|Norwegian]] coast, releasing over 200 tons of crude [[oil]].
* [[January 14]] - The [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]] officially adopts the [[Emblems of the Red Cross|Red Crystal]] as a non-religious emblem for use in its overseas operations.
* [[January 14]] - [[Nazanin Fatehi]], a 19 year old [[Iran]]ian girl previously [[Capital Punishment|sentenced to death]] for killing a man she claimed tried to [[rape]] her, is exonerated, as her re-trial comes to an end.
* [[January 15]] - The [[Sentosa Express]] [[monorail]] opens in [[Singapore]].
* [[January 15]] - [[Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti]], former Iraqi intelligence chief and [[Sibling|half-brother]] of [[Saddam Hussein]], and [[Awad Hamed al-Bandar]], former [[chief judge]] of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.
* [[January 17]] - [[Hurricane]] force winds from [[Kyrill (storm)|storm Kyrill]] claim at least 40 lives in western [[Europe]].
* [[January 17]] - Protests occur in [[India]] and the [[United Kingdom]] against the British series of [[Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK)|''Celebrity Big Brother'']] after [[Jade Goody]], [[Danielle Lloyd]] and [[Jo O'Meara]] were alleged to have been racially abusive towards [[Bollywood]] star [[Shilpa Shetty]].
* [[January 17]] - [[Doomsday Clock]] is set to 5 minutes to midnight.
* [[January 18]] - [[Comet McNaught]], the brightest [[comet]] to appear in over 40 years, becames visible over the [[Southern Hemisphere]].
* [[January 19]] - [[Israel]] released $100 million in frozen assets to President [[Mahmoud Abbas]] of the [[Palestinian National Authority]] in order to bolster the president's position. [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/23/tww.01.html]
* [[January 22]] - A [[22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings|bombing in a market]] in Baghdad, Iraq kills 88 people.
* [[January 24]] - The [[Israel]]i [[Justice Minister|Ministry of Justice]] announces that the [[President of Israel]], [[Moshe Katsav]], will be charged with [[rape]] and abuse of power.
* [[January 25]] - The [[President of Israel]], [[Moshe Katsav]], takes a temporary [[leave of absence]] due to a [[sex scandal]].
* [[January 28]] - A [[Battle of Najaf (2007)|battle]] between [[Iraqi insurgency|insurgents]] and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops kills 300 suspected terrorists in [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]].
* [[January 28]] - [[February 4]] - The [[2007 Asian Winter Games]] are held in [[Changchun]], [[People's Republic of China|China]].
* [[January 29]] - A [[suicide bomber]] kills three people in a bakery in [[Eilat]], [[Israel]].
* [[January 31]] - The [[Venezuela]]n [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] gives President [[Hugo Chávez]] the power to [[rule by decree]] for 18 months.
* [[January 31]] - [[Delta Air Lines]] creditors officially reject [[US Airways]]' [[hostile takeover]] bid.
* [[January 31]] - The [[2007 Boston Mooninite Scare|Mooninite scare occurs in Boston]] when devices used in a [[guerrilla marketing]] campaign for the animated television series ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' are mistaken for [[improvised explosive devices]].
 
=== February ===
{{Month3|2|3}}
* [[February 1]] - [[British Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]] is questioned for a second time in the '[[cash for peerages]]' probe as a witness.
* [[February 2]] - An [[2007 Central Florida tornadoes|unseasonal tornado in central Florida]] kills at least 20 people.
* [[February 2]] - [[Palestinian factional violence]]: [[Hamas]] and its rival [[Fatah]] renew their truce after violence broke out following the initial ceasefire.
* [[February 2]] - [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] President [[Hu Jintao]] signs a series of economic deals with [[Sudan]].
* [[February 2]] - [[War in Somalia (2006–present)|War in Somalia]]: Eight people are killed in a mortar attack in [[Somalia]]'s capital [[Mogadishu]].
* [[February 2]] - [[Martti Ahtisaari]] unveils a [[United Nations]] plan for the final status of [[Kosovo]]; [[Serbia]]n leaders denounce the proposal.
* [[February 2]] - The [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change|IPCC]] publishes its [[IPCC Fourth Assessment Report|fourth assessment report]], having concluded that [[global climate change]] is "very likely" to have a predominantly human cause.
* [[February 3]] - The deadly [[H5N1]] strain of [[Avian flu|bird flu]] is found at a ''[[Bernard Matthews]]'' [[Turkey (bird)|turkey]] farm in [[Suffolk]].
* [[February 3]] - [[State of Emergency]] is declared in [[Indonesia]] after '[[El Nino]]'-like flooding.
* [[February 3]] - A [[3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing|truck bombing]] in a crowded [[Baghdad]] market kills at least 135 people and injured a further 339 others.
* [[February 4]] - The [[Indianapolis Colts]] defeat the [[Chicago Bears]] 29-17 in [[Super Bowl XLI]], played at [[Dolphin Stadium]], [[Miami]].
* [[February 10]] - [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barack Obama]] of [[Illinois]] announces a [[President of the United States|presidential]] bid in [[Springfield, Illinois]].
* [[February 11]] - [[Portugal|Portuguese]] voters agree to legalise [[abortion]] in a national [[referendum]].
* [[February 11]] - The [[49th Annual Grammy Awards]] take place at the [[Staples Center]] in Los Angeles.
* [[February 12]] - An armed [[gunman]] shoots and kills five people at the [[Trolley Square Mall]] in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], before being killed by the police, bringing the evening's rampage death toll to six.
* [[February 13]] - [[North Korea]] agrees to shut down its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon by Apr. 14 as a first step towards complete denuclearization, receiving in return energy aid equivalent to 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil.<ref>http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/newsview_sub.php?menu=1&key=2007021324</ref>
* [[February 13]] - [[Republic of China|Taiwan]] opposition leader [[Ma Ying-jeou]] resigns as the chairman of the [[Kuomintang]] party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement; Ma also announces his candidacy for the [[Republic of China presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential election]].
* [[February 17]] - The [[2007 NBA All-Star Game]] was held in the [[Thomas & Mack Center]] in [[Las Vegas metropolitan area|Las Vegas]].
* [[February 18]] - [[Melbourne Victory FC|Melbourne Victory]] beats [[Adelaide United FC|Adelaide United]] 6-0 in the 2006–2007 [[A-League]] [[Grand Final]] at the [[Telstra Dome]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]].
* [[February 18]] - [[Kevin Harvick]] wins the [[2007 Daytona 500]].
* [[February 22]] - Huge fire causes 26 fatalities in care centre "Reģi" which is located in [[Alsunga]], [[Latvia]].
* [[February 25]] - The [[European Space Agency]] confirms [[Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta's]] successful Mars trajectory [[Planetary flyby|fly-by]].
* [[February 25]] - The [[79th Academy Awards]] ceremony, hosted by [[Ellen DeGeneres]], takes place at the [[Kodak Theater]] in [[Hollywood]].
* [[February 25]] - The Intel building in [[Austin, Texas]] implodes to the ground.
* [[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 [[Bosnian genocide case at the International Court of Justice|the case]].
* [[February 27]] - [[The Chinese Correction]]: world [[stock market]]s plummet after China and Europe release less-than-expected growth reports.The Chinese stock market drops by 9% during a single session, the largest slide in 10 years. The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] loses 416.02 points, its largest single-day decline since the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].
* [[February 27]] - [[2007 Bagram Air Base bombing]]: A suicide attack at Bagram Air Base while Vice President of the United States [[Dick Cheney]] is visiting kills 23, but the Vice President is not injured. The [[Taliban]] claims responsibility, and declares that Cheney was their intended target.
* [[February 28]] - The [[New Horizons]] [[space probe]] makes a [[gravitational slingshot]] against [[Jupiter]] which changes its trajectory towards [[Pluto]].
 
=== March ===
{{Month3|3|3|0}}
* March - [[India]]'s [[Five-Year Plans of India|10th Five Year Plan]] comes to an end.
* [[March 1]] - [[International Polar Year]], a $1.5 billion research program to study both the [[North Pole]] and [[South Pole]], is launched in [[Paris]].
* [[March 1]] - [[Airbus]] announces that it will cease work indefinitely on the [[A380F]] freight aircraft.
* [[March 3]] - [[March 4]] - Total [[3 March 2007 lunar eclipse|lunar eclipse]].
* [[March 4]] - [[Estonian parliamentary election, 2007|Parliamentary elections]] take place in [[Estonia]] and in [[Abkhazian parliamentary election, 2007|Abkhazia]].
* [[March 5]] - [[March 15]] - The [[2007 National People's Congress]] is held in [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. The [[Property Law of the People's Republic of China]] is officially adopted.
* [[March 6]] - ''[[Mega Millions]]'' sets a new world record for the [[Lottery jackpot records|highest lottery jackpot]] of US $370 million.
* [[March 7]] - [[Garuda Indonesia Flight 200]], a [[Boeing 737-400]], crashes at [[Yogyakarta]] on the [[Indonesia]]n island of [[Java]], killing many on board.
* [[March 7]] - [[Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007]] is held.
* [[March 8]] - [[Israel]]i Prime Minister [[Ehud Olmert]] admits that Israel had planned an attack on [[Lebanon]] in the event of kidnapped soldiers on the border, months before [[Hezbollah]] carried out its kidnapping.
* [[March 13]] - The [[Stardust Resort & Casino]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] is imploded.
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* [[March 17]] - [[Chlorine]] bombs injure hundreds in [[Baghdad, Iraq]].
* [[March 17]] - [[France national rugby union team|France]] wins the [[2007 Six Nations Championship]] on points difference after a controversial try.
* [[March 18]] - [[Bob Woolmer]], [[English]] [[cricketer]] and [[Pakistan]] national coach (b. 1948) dies during the [[Cricket World Cup]] in [[West Indies]].
* [[March 22]] - [[NATO]] troops launch two assaults in [[Helmand Province]], [[Afghanistan]], killing 38 [[Taliban]] terrorists. NATO suffers no casualties.
* [[March 23]] - Naval forces of [[Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps|Iran's Revolutionary Guard]] [[2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel|seize Royal Navy personnel]] in disputed Iran-Iraq waters.
* [[March 24]] - [[Monster Jam World Finals]] 8 takes place.
* [[March 25]] - In [[Berlin]] 27 European ministers celebrate the 50-year [[Treaty of Rome]].
* [[March 26]] - In the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Québec]], the [[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal Party]] (le Parti Libéral du Québec) wins a [[Quebec National Assembly election, 2007|National Assembly election]] with 48 seats out of 125 and forms a minority government.
* [[March 27]] - [[Prime Minister of Latvia]] [[Aigars Kalvitis]] and [[Prime minister of Russia]] [[Mikhail Fradkov]] finally signs a border treaty between [[Latvia]] and [[Russia]].
* [[March 28]] - Former [[MLB]] pitcher [[Ugueth Urbina]] is sentenced to 14 years in prison.
* [[March 31]] - [[Sydney, Australia]], turns off its lights for 1 hour between 7:30pm and 8:30pm as a [[political statement]] for [[Global Climate Change]].
 
=== April ===
{{Month3|4|6|0}}
* [[April 2]] - The [[Florida Gators]] defeat the [[Ohio State Buckeyes]] in the [[2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]] Championship Game, to win their second consecutive National Championship.
* [[April 2]] - The [[Solomon Islands]] is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 [[earthquake]], and hit by a subsequent [[tsunami]].
* [[April 3]] - [[President of Ukraine|Ukrainian President]] [[Viktor Yushchenko]] dissolves the [[Parliament of Ukraine|Ukrainian Parliament]] following defections that increased the majority of his opponents. It has been nicknamed the "Second [[Orange Revolution]]".
* [[April 3]] - Pat Summit and the Tennessee Lady Volunteers defeat Rutgers to win their 7th NCAA Women's National Title.
* [[April 4]] - [[NATO]] and [[Afganistan|Afghan]] forces retake a key town from the [[Taliban]] in [[Sangin]] in southern [[Helmand Province]].
* [[April 4]] - [[Iran]] announced it will release the [[2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel|British sailors and marines]] that they captured on [[March 23]]. The captives arrive back in the UK the next day.
* [[April 5]] - The Greek cruise ship [[M/S Sea Diamond|M/S ''Sea Diamond'']] strikes a reef off the harbor of [[Santorini]]; the ship sinks the next day.
* [[April 6]] - Severe clashes between two rival factions erupted in [[Parachinar]], a tribal area of [[Pakistan]] bordering the famous [[Tora Bora]] Heights.
* [[April 7]] - The [[Michigan State Spartans]] defeated the [[Boston College Eagles]] in the [[NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].
* [[April 8]] - [[Zach Johnson]] wins the [[2007 Masters Tournament]].
* [[April 10]] - [[National Football League|NFL]] commissioner [[Roger Goodell]] suspends [[Tennessee Titans]] star cornerback [[Pacman Jones|Adam "Pacman" Jones]] for the entire 2007 season.
* [[April 11]] - [[Al Qaeda]] claims responsibility for [[2007 Algiers bombings|two bomb blasts]] in the Algerian capital of [[Algiers]]. At least 33 people have been killed and 222 others injured.
* [[April 12]] - [[U.S.]] negotiator to the DPRK nuclear issue, [[Christopher Hill]], states that North Korea is unexpected to meet the April 14 deadline for shutting down its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon as previously agreed.<ref>http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/newsview_sub.php?menu=1&key=2007041303</ref>
* [[April 12]] - Radio personality [[Don Imus]] is fired by [[CBS]] for making controversial comments about the [[Rutgers]] women's basketball team.
[[File:2007 Virginia Tech Massacre Bush handshake.jpg|right|thumb|[[United States]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] with [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Virginia Tech]] Student Government Association President James Tyger after his speech at the school's convocation.]]
* [[April 13]] - [[Associated Press|AP]] breaks a story about the massacre of civilians during the Korean War by the United States Armed Forces. It is written by a Korean AP writer.
* [[April 14]] - Retired chess champion [[Garry Kasparov]] is detained in Moscow for participating in a banned march.
* [[April 16]] - The [[Virginia Tech massacre]] takes place in the premises of [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]] in [[Blacksburg, Virginia]]. 32 people are shot dead by [[Seung-Hui Cho]] in the deadliest single shooting incident in the history of the [[United States]]. Two days later a video diatribe is presented by [[NBC News]].
* [[April 17]] - The [[Pound Sterling]] hits a 15-year high against the US dollar, breaking through the US$2 level for the first time since 1992.
* [[April 17]] – The [[2014 Asian Games]] is awarded to be held in [[Incheon]], [[South Korea]], winning over [[India|India’s]] [[New Dehli]].
* [[April 18]] - 32 [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] [[steel]] workers are burnt to death in the [[Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster]].
* [[April 19]] - US and allied air forces conduct massive exercises over [[South Korea]] with over 500 planes.<ref>http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm</ref>
* [[April 20]] - Two are dead after a shooting at [[NASA]]'s [[Johnson Space Center]] in [[Houston]].
* [[April 21]] - Presidential elections are held in [[Nigeria]].
* [[April 21]] - A [[Blue Angels]] plane #6 [[2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash|crashes during an air show]] in [[Beaufort, South Carolina]], killing pilot [[Kevin Davis]].
* [[April 22]] - The first round of the [[French presidential election, 2007|French presidential election of 2007]] takes place.
* [[April 23]] - A bombing in Iraq kills 9 U.S. soldiers of the [[82nd Airborne Division (United States)|82nd Airborne Division]] and wounds 20. The Islamic State of Iraq, an al-Qaida group, claims responsibility for one of the worst attacks on the ground forces since the 2003 invasion.
* [[April 23]] - [[Bogotá]], Colombia, begins its term as [[World Book Capital]].
* [[April 24]] - [[Abortion]] is legalized in [[Mexico City]].
* [[April 24]] - [[Gliese 581 c]], a potentially habitable Earth-like extrasolar planet, is discovered in the [[constellation]] [[Libra (constellation)|Libra]].
* [[April 25]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] gains 135.95 points to close at 13089.89; its first close above 13000 in its history.
* [[April 25]] - The [[Burj Dubai]] reaches the height of the [[Sears Tower]] on its way to becoming the tallest building in the world. Its construction is led by Samsung E&C and was designed by [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]], the same company that designed the Sears Tower.
* [[April 25]] - A U.S. Congressman introduces articles to [[impeach]] [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]].<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/25/politics/main2726626.shtml</ref>
* [[April 26]] - Russians riot in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]], about moving the [[Bronze Soldier of Tallinn|Bronze Soldier]]. Two nights of rioting leave one dead.
* [[April 27]] - [[Turkish presidential election, 2007|Turkish Presidential Election]] first round, which was later declared invalid by a Turkish court.
* [[April 28]] - An [[2007 Kent earthquake|earthquake]] registering 4.3 on the [[Richter scale]] strikes [[Kent]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]].
* [[April 29]] - [[Kansas City]] suburban mall [[shooting]]. http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/13219012/detail.html
 
=== May ===
{{Month3|5|1|0}}
* [[May 3]] - [[Scottish Parliament election, 2007]]: The [[Scottish National Party]] became the largest party in [[Scotland]] for the first time in their history.
* [[May 3]] - [[United Kingdom local elections, 2007|Local government elections]] in [[Scotland]] and most of [[England]].
* [[May 3]] - [[National Assembly for Wales election, 2007|National Assembly for Wales]] elections 2007.
* [[May 4]] - [[May 2007 Tornado Outbreak|Tornado]] strikes [[Greensburg, Kansas]], killing at least twelve and destroying about 90% of the town.
* [[May 5]] - [[Kenya Airways]] [[Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507|Flight KQ 507]] crashes in [[Cameroon]].
* [[May 6]] - [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] is elected [[President of the French Republic]], defeating [[Ségolène Royal]] with 53% of the vote in the [[French presidential election, 2007|French Presidential Election]].
* [[May 6]] - [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] wins the [[England|English]] [[Premier League]] after title rivals [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] draw against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]].
* [[May 6]] - [[Panathinaikos BC]] wins basketball's [[Euroleague]] after beating [[CSKA Moscow]] 93-91 in Athens Olympic stadium.
* [[May 6]] - [[Atlético Clube Paranavaí|A.C. Paranavaí]] wins its first ever Paraná State Championship after a scoreless draw against [[Paraná Clube]] in the city of [[Curitiba]], [[Brazil]].
* [[May 7]] - [[2007 Chinese slave scandal|Chinese slave scandal]].
* [[May 8]] - A fire occurs at [[Griffith Park]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].
* [[May 8]] - [[Northern Ireland Assembly|Devolved government]] is restored to [[Northern Ireland]], with [[Ian Paisley]] as First Minister and [[Martin McGuinness]] as Deputy First Minister.
* [[May 9]] - [[Subtropical Storm Andrea]] forms off the coast of [[Florida]], the earliest subtropical storm since [[Subtropical Storm Ana]] in [[2003]].
* [[May 10]] - Wildfire threatens the city of Avalon on [[Santa Catalina Island, California]]
* [[May 10]] - [[Tony Blair]] announces he will resign as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] on [[27th June]] triggering a [[Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007|Labour Party leadership election]].
* [[May 12]] - The final of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007]] is held in Helsinki, resulting in [[Serbia]]'s first victory.
* [[May 14]] - Senatorial Elections in the [[Philippines]] was held.
* [[May 15]] - Coalition government of [[Fatah]] and [[Hamas]] in [[Palestinian National Authority]] appeared to break down, as massive fighting breaks out in [[Gaza Strip]].
* [[May 16]] - [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] officially became [[President of the French Republic]] after taking over from [[Jacques Chirac]].
* [[May 16]]-[[May 20]] - The [[European Festival of Youth Choirs]] was held in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]].
* [[May 17]] - [[Alex Salmond]] officially became [[First Minister of Scotland]] after taking over from [[Jack McConnell]].
* [[May 17]] - The [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad]] and the [[Moscow Patriarchate]] re-united after eighty years of schism.
* [[May 17]] - [[Hong Kong]] media regulator receives more than thousand complaints about the [[bible]] being too sexual.
* [[May 19]] - The 126th [[FA Cup]] Final is held, the first at the new [[Wembley Stadium]]. [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] defeat [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] 1-0.
* [[May 20]] - The ruler of [[Dubai]], Sheikh [[Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum]] makes the largest single charitable donation in modern history, committing €7.41 billion to an educational foundation in the Middle East.
* [[May 20]] - Clashes in [[Tripoli, Lebanon]], spark the [[2007 Lebanon conflict]].
* [[May 21]] - The [[19th century]] ship the ''[[Cutty Sark]]'' is badly damaged by fire in [[London]], UK.
* [[May 23]] - [[A.C. Milan]] beat [[Liverpool F.C.]] 2-1 in the [[UEFA Champions League 2006-07]] final at the [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]].
* [[May 24]] - [[Irish general election, 2007|General election]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]].
* [[May 25]] - [[Ozeki]] [[Hakuho]] clinches the [[Emperor's Cup]] at the Summer Grand [[Sumo]] Tournament (Natsu Basho) in [[Tokyo]], Japan.
* [[May 25]] - [[Denmark|Danish]] former professional bicyclist [[Bjarne Riis]] admitted to having used [[Doping (sport)|doping]] when winning the [[1996 Tour de France]].
* [[May 27]] - [[RCTV|Radio Caracas Televisión]] (RCTV) is taken off the air after the government of [[Venezuela]] refused to renew its license. This action results in [[May 2007 RCTV protests|protests]]. On Julai 16, 2007, RCTV resumed broadcasting via cable and satellite.
* [[May 27]] - [[Dario Franchitti]] wins the [[2007 Indianapolis 500]].
* [[May 28]] - [[Riyo Mori]] was crowned the new [[Miss Universe 2007]] in [[Mexico City]].
* [[May 29]] - Inauguration of newly elected [[President of Nigeria|President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria]] at the Abuja Eagle Square and first civilian to civilian transfer of power in [[Nigeria]].
* [[May 30]] - Eighth series of [[Big Brother (UK)]] kick off its 13 week run.
* [[May 31]] - [[Valdis Zatlers]] is elected [[List of Presidents of Latvia|President of Latvia]], defeating [[Aivars Endziņš]] in the [[Latvian presidential election, 2007|Latvian presidential election]].
* [[May 31]] - A calendar [[blue moon]] occurred in the [[Western Hemisphere]] and parts of the [[Eastern Hemisphere]].
 
=== June ===
{{Month3|6|4|0}}
* [[June 1]] - A 2100 year old melon is discovered by archaeologists in western Japan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_on_fe_st/japan_oldest_melon;_ylt=ApRgC.q7xY7jDAOUFbldew0PLBIF|title=Researchers Find 2,100 Year Old Melon|publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-06-01}}</ref>
* [[June 1]] - U.S. warships bombard a Somali village where Islamic militants had set up a base<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_on_re_af/somalia_us|title=Report: U.S. hits militants' Somali base |publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-06-02}}</ref>
* [[June 2]] - Four people are charged with a terror plot to blow up [[JFK International Airport]] in [[New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/02/jfk.terror.plot/index.html|title=4 charged with terror plot at JFK airport, official says |publisher=CNN News |accessdate=2007-06-02}}</ref>
* [[June 4]] - Ten people, including a Californian National Guard officer and former Laotian general, are charged over plans to overthrow the Laotian Government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070604/ap_on_re_us/laos_plot;_ylt=AvJrpI4uHaIielJzG9NGY_PMWM0F|title=2 charged in Laotian overthrow plot |Author: Don Thompson |publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/04/laos.arrests/index.html|title=10 charged with alleged Laos plot|publisher=CNN |accessdate=2007-06-04}}</ref>
* [[June 5]] - [[NASA]]'s [[MESSENGER]] spacecraft made its second fly-by of [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] en route to [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].
* [[June 5]] - A mass grave in southern Ukraine, found accidentally by workers in May, has been confirmed to be filled with thousands of victims of [[The Holocaust]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_re_eu/ukraine_holocaust|title=Mass Holocaust grave found in Ukraine |publisher=Yahoo News |accessdate=2007-06-05}}</ref>
* [[June 5]] - Eleven people are killed and 23 others injured in a [[2007 Kerang train crash|train crash]] near Kerang in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]].
* [[June 6]] - Twelve people are killed by cyclone [[Gonu]] in [[Oman]].
* [[June 6]] - The [[Anaheim Ducks]] defeat the [[Ottawa Senators]] 4 games to 1 to win the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]'s [[Stanley Cup]].
* [[June 6]]-[[June 8]] - The [[33rd G8 summit]] took place amid strong protests in [[Heiligendamm]], [[Germany]].
[[File:STS-117launch6.jpg|thumbnail|right|Launch of the [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']]]]
* [[June 8]] - The [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] successfully launched on mission [[STS-117]].
* [[June 10]] - The first round of a [[French legislative election, 2007|legislative election]] was held in [[France]], and a [[Belgian general election, 2007|general election]] was held in [[Belgium]].
* [[June 10]] - The [[61st Tony Awards]], honoring [[Broadway theatres]]' best shows, took place at [[Radio City Music Hall]].
* [[June 10]] - [[Lewis Hamilton]] wins the [[2007 Canadian Grand Prix|Canadian Grand Prix]] becoming the first driver of mixed racial origin to win a [[Formula One]] race.
* [[June 14]] - The [[Green Party of Ireland|Green Party]] enters government for the first time in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], with [[Fianna Fáil]] and the [[Progressive Democrats]].
* [[June 14]] - The [[San Antonio Spurs]] sweep the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] to win the [[2007 NBA Finals]].
* [[June 17]] - [[Lewis Hamilton]] wins the [[2007 United States Grand Prix|US Grand Prix]] becoming the first black driver to win two [[Formula One]] races.
* [[June 18]] - Three people are injured and one dead in a shooting near [[Flinders St]] in [[Melbourne]].
* [[June 18]] - Nine [[Charleston]], [[South Carolina]] firefighters are killed by a roof collapse while battling a furniture store fire.
* [[June 20]] - The Argentinian team [[Boca Juniors]] beat the Brazilian team [[Grêmio]] to win the [[Copa Libertadores 2007]]. This was the last match of [[Juan Román Riquelme]] for Boca Juniors. In this match Riquelme scored 2 goals.
* [[June 22]] - For the first time in [[NHL]] history, two American players are drafted first and second into the [[NHL]].
* [[June 22]] - An [[Fujita scale|F4]] [[tornado]] tears through [[Elie, Manitoba]], no injuries are reported.
* [[June 24]] - The refurbished [[Millennium Dome]], now called The O<sub>2</sub>, reopens in [[London]].
* [[June 24]] - South Lake Tahoe - A wildfire starts eventually destroying 254 homes in the area.
* [[June 25]] - [[WWE]] wrestler [[Chris Benoit]], his wife [[Nancy Benoit]], and son Daniel, are found dead as the result of a murder-suicide that took place over the previous weekend.
* [[June 25]] - Groundbreaking of the [[Chicago Spire]].
* [[June 25]] - Intense heatwaves begin to hit Southeast Europe as temperatures reach 46c in Bulgaria and Greece.
* [[June 26]]-[[Julai 15]] - The [[Copa América 2007]] [[Football (soccer)|soccer]] tournament takes place in [[Venezuela]].
* [[June 27]] - [[Tony Blair]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]; New [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] leader [[Gordon Brown]] is [[kiss hands|appointed]] Prime Minister by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]].
* [[June 28]] - In the aftermath of [[Greece]]'s worst [[heatwave]] in a century, at least 11 people are reported dead from [[heatstroke]], approximately 200 [[wildfire]]s break out across the country's electricity grid nearly collapses due to record breaking demand.
* [[June 28]] - Start of the [[Manchester International Festival]].
* [[June 29]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] police [[2007 Haymarket bomb plot|defuse a bomb]] in [[Haymarket (London)|Haymarket]], [[Central London]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6252276.stm | title=London 'bomb' made safe by police |date=[[2007-06-29]]| work =[[BBC News Online]]}}</ref>
* [[June 30]] - A [[Jeep Cherokee (XJ)|Jeep Cherokee]] drove into the entrance of the main terminal of [[Glasgow International Airport]] in an [[2007 Glasgow International Airport attack|apparent terrorist incident]], resulting in a petrol-driven fire.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/index_6a0d944f9aa1ca2c956854eff9c13a76.html | title=Car smashed into Glasgow Airport |date=[[2007-06-30]]| work =[[ITV News]]}}</ref>
* [[June 30]] - A calendar [[blue moon]] occurred in most of the [[Eastern Hemisphere]].
* [[June 30]] - The [[FIFA U-20 World Cup|FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007]] [[Football (soccer)|soccer]] tournament takes place in [[Canada]].
* [[June 30]] - A [[Papua New Guinean parliamentary election, 2007|parliamentary election]] was held in [[Papua New Guinea]].
 
=== Julai ===
{{Month3|7|6|0}}
* [[Julai 1]] - [[Hong Kong]] celebrates 10 years of Chinese rule.
* [[Julai 1]] - [[Portugal]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]] from [[Germany]].
* [[Julai 1]] - Smoking in public and work places is banned in [[England]].
* [[Julai 1]] - Smoking banned in pubs and clubs in [[New South Wales]] and [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[Australia]].
* [[Julai 1]] - A law goes into effect lowering the [[voting age]] in [[Austria]] from 18 to 16 in federal elections.
* [[Julai 1]] - [[Russia]] is composed of 85 federal subjects instead of 86 as [[Koryak Autonomous Okrug|Koryakia]] was merged into the [[Kamchatka Oblast]] per a 2005 referendum.
* [[Julai 1]] - The [[Concert For Diana]] is held at Wembley Stadium to commemorate [[Diana, Princess of Wales]].
* [[Julai 2]] - [[Venus]] and [[Saturn]] are in [[conjunction (astronomy)|conjunction]], separation 46 arcsecs.
* [[Julai 3]] - Torrential rains cause the onset of the [[2007 Sudan floods]], the worst in the [[Sudan]]'s history.
* [[Julai 4]] - The [[flag of the United States|50-star U.S. flag]] replaces the [[flag of the United States|48-star flag]], which flew from [[1912]] to [[1959]], as the longest-flying American flag.
* [[Julai 4]] - [[Sochi]] is elected as the host city of the [[2014 Winter Olympics]]. It was announced during the 119th [[International Olympic Committee]] Session in [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]. [[Sochi]] was selected over [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]], and [[Salzburg]].
* [[Julai 7]] - [[Venus Williams]] wins the Women's Singles, at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] for a fourth time.
* [[Julai 7]] - [[Live Earth]] Concerts are held throughout 9 major cities around the world.
* [[Julai 7]]-[[Julai 29]] - The [[2007 Tour de France]] begins, with the ''grand départ'' being from [[London]].
* [[Julai 7]]-[[Julai 29]] - The [[2007 AFC Asian Cup|Asian Cup 2007]] [[Football (soccer)|Football (Soccer)]] tournament begins, taking place in [[Indonesia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], and [[Vietnam]].
* [[Julai 8]] - Boeing launches the new [[Boeing 787]].
* [[Julai 8]] - [[Roger Federer]] wins the Men's Singles, at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] for a fifth time in a row.
* [[Julai 9]] - While celebrating Argentinean Independence Day, snow falls in [[Buenos Aires]] for the first time in almost one hundred years.
* [[Julai 10]] - The [[American League]] defeats the [[National League]] 5-4 in the [[2007 MLB All-Star Game]] in [[San Francisco]], the AL's 10th straight All-Star Game victory (excluding [[2002 Major League Baseball All Star Game|the 2002 tie]]). [[Ichiro Suzuki]] of the [[Seattle Mariners]] hits the first inside the park home run in the history of the All-Star Game.
* [[Julai 10]] - A [[Cessna 310]]R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes in [[Sanford, Florida]], killing three adults and two children.
* [[Julai 10]] - [[Zheng Xiaoyu]], head of [[State Food and Drug Administration]] of the [[People's Republic of China]] executed.
* [[Julai 11]] - The ninth [[All Africa Games]] kick off in [[Algiers]], [[Algeria]]
* [[Julai 12]] - [[Queen Elizabeth II]] visits the world's largest Commonwealth war grave in [[Ypres]], [[Belgium]] to pay respects to fallen soldiers of the [[Battle of Passchendaele]].
* [[Julai 13]] - The [[2007 Pan American Games|15th Pan Am Games]] opens in [[Rio de Janeiro]].
* [[Julai 14]] - Following a presidential decree, [[Russia]] withdraws from the [[Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe]].
* [[Julai 15]] - [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] defeats [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] 3-0 in the [[Copa América 2007]] Final.
[[File:TopViewNarrows.jpg|thumb|right|Opening ceremony of the second [[Tacoma Narrows Bridge]]]]
* [[Julai 15]] - In [[Tacoma, Washington]], the second span of the [[Tacoma Narrows Bridge]] opens to traffic, making it the longest twin suspension bridge in the world.
* [[Julai 16]] - Earthquake occurs in Japan, killing seven and causing a pipe at a nuclear power plant to break and release about 300 gallons of radioactive water.
* [[Julai 16]] - Britain expels four Russian diplomats in response to a refusal by the Russians to extradite Andrei Ludovoi, the suspect behind the murder of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko in London.
* [[Julai 17]] - [[TAM Linhas Aéreas]] [[TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054|Flight 3054]] overruns the runway of [[Congonhas-São Paulo International Airport]], crossing a major roadway during rush hour, crashing into a warehouse and exploding, killing all 186 on board plus some people on the ground and in the building.
* [[Julai 18]] - [[Atlanta Falcons]] star quarterback [[Michael Vick]] is indicted on Federal dogfighting charges.
* [[Julai 18]] - [[Nelson Mandela]] convenes a group of world leaders to contribute their wisdom, independent leadership and integrity to tackle some of the world's toughest problems as he turns 89. Members of the group include [[Graça Machel]], [[Desmond Tutu]], Muhammad Yunus, [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Mary Robinson]], [[Li Zhaoxing]], and [[Kofi Annan]].
* [[Julai 18]] - At the height of rush hour in New York City [[2007 New York City steam explosion|a major steam pipe bursts]], releasing millions of gallons of boiling water and super heated steam. Only one fatality occurred; a pedestrian who went into cardiac arrest.
* [[Julai 19]] - [[Ol Doinyo Lengai]] mountain erupts, bringing a stop to the daily week long tremors experienced in [[Nairobi]] and Northern [[Tanzania]]. No deaths are reported.
* [[Julai 19]] - Russia expels four British embassy staff in a tit-for-tat response over Britain's expulsion of four of Russia's diplomats. Russia also refuses to cooperate with Britain over the war on terror.
* [[Julai 19]] - [[Prathiba Patil]] is elected as the first female [[President of India]].
* [[Julai 21]] - U.S. Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] serves as [[Acting President of the United States|Acting President]] for two and a half hours, while President [[George W. Bush]] undergoes a [[colonoscopy]] procedure.
* [[Julai 22]] - [[Summer 2007 United Kingdom floods|Floods cause chaos]] through wide areas of [[Great Britain|Britain]], especially the counties of [[Gloucestershire]], [[Warwickshire]], [[Worcestershire]] and [[Oxfordshire]], leaving hundreds homeless and thousands of vehicles stranded on major roads.
* [[Julai 22]] - [[Turkish general election, 2007|Parliamentary elections]] took place in [[Turkey]].
* [[Julai 26]] - [[Atlanta Falcons]] star quarterback [[Michael Vick]] is arraigned on Federal dogfighting charges.
* [[Julai 27]] - Two television news [[helicopter]]s [[2007 Phoenix news helicopter collision|collide in midair]] while covering a police chase in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], killing both pilots and two [[photojournalist]]s.
* [[Julai 29]] - The ruling coalition of [[Japan]] lost its majority in the upper house after the [[Japanese House of Councillors election, 2007|election]].
* [[Julai 29]] - [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] wins its first [[2007 AFC Asian Cup|Asian Cup]] football championship, beating [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] 1-0.
* [[Julai 30]] - New British Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]] visits U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] for the first time as Prime Minister.
 
=== August ===
{{Month3|8|2|0}}
* [[August 1]] - The [[I-35W Mississippi River Bridge]] on [[Interstate 35W (Minnesota)|I-35W]] over the [[Mississippi River]] in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]] between University Avenue and Washington Avenue collapses at 6:05 pm CST during the later part of [[rush hour]], killing 13 people.
* [[August 1]] - [[Scouting]] celebrates its [[Scouting 2007 Centenary|100th birthday]] with worldwide celebrations.
* [[August 2]] - Demolition of the last 4 masts of former [[VLF Transmitter Rugby]]
* [[August 3]] - A strain of [[foot and mouth disease]] is found on a farm at [[Wanborough, Surrey|Wanborough]], near to [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]]. Gordon Brown holds a [[Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms|COBRA]] meeting by phone on the outbreak. For more information see [[2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak]].
* [[August 4]] - A [[United Kingdom|UK]]-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is found on the Surrey farm.
* [[August 4]] - Smoking in public places is banned in [[Slovenia]].
 
* [[August 4]] - The [[Phoenix spacecraft]] launches toward the Martian north pole.
* [[August 5]] - [[Tom Glavine]] of the [[New York Mets]] wins his 300th career game against the [[Chicago Cubs]] at [[Wrigley Field]].
* [[August 6]] - [[Israel]]i Prime Minister [[Ehud Olmert]] arrives in historic Palestianian town of [[Jericho]], becoming the first Prime Minister of Israel to visit the [[West Bank]] or [[Gaza Strip]] in over seven years. Olmert met with Palestinian Authority President [[Mahmoud Abbas]].
* [[August 6]] - The [[Crandall Canyon Mine]] in [[Emery County]], [[Utah]] collapses, trapping six miners.
* [[August 7]] - [[Barry Bonds]] breaks Hank Aaron's home run record by hitting his 756th home run.
* [[August 8]] - The [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] is successfully launched on mission [[STS-118]].
* [[August 8]] - The 21st [[World Scout Jamboree]] at Hylands Park, Essex closes.
* [[August 9]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since February 27.
* [[August 4]]-[[August 11]] - The [[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] is held at [[Mold, Flintshire|Mold]], [[Flintshire]], [[Wales]].
* [[August 4]]-[[August 11]] - The 92nd [[World Congress of Esperanto]] is held in [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]].
* [[August 11]] - [[Sierra Leonean general election, 2007|Presidential and parliamentary elections]] were held in [[Sierra Leone]].
* [[August 11]] - The [[Premier League]] and [[Football League]] seasons start in [[England]].
* [[August 12]] - [[Tiger Woods]] wins [[PGA Championship]], his 13th career major.
* [[August 14]] - Multiple suicide bombings [[2007 Qahtaniya bombings|kill 572 people]] in [[Kahtaniya|Qahtaniya]], northern [[Iraq]].
* [[August 14]] - At least 22 people are killed, and at least 39 missing, as a bridge collapses in the southeastern province of [[Hunan]], [[People's Republic of China|China]].
* [[August 15]] - [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] referee [[Tim Donaghy]] surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] investigation that he placed bets on games that he refereed.
* [[August 15]] - [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] mark the 60th anniversary of their independence from the [[British Empire]].
* [[August 15]] - An [[2007 Peru earthquake|8.0 earthquake]] strikes [[Peru]], killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing [[tsunami]] warnings in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
* [[August 16]] - The [[Crandall Canyon Mine]] in [[Emery County]], [[Utah]], collapses a second time, killing three rescue workers and injuring six more.
* [[August 18]] - [[Typhoon Sepat (2007)|Typhoon Sepat]] makes landfall in eastern [[Taiwan]].
* [[August 21]] - [[Hurricane Dean (2007)|Hurricane Dean]], a powerful [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 5]] storm, slams into a largely evacuated [[Yucatán Peninsula]] of [[Mexico]].
* [[August 21]] - [[STS-118]] lands at the [[Kennedy Space Center]], completing [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]]'s 19th flight.
* [[August 22]] - The [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] score thirty [[Run (baseball)|runs]] in one game, setting the modern (post-[[1900]]) [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] record for most runs by one team in a single game, in a 30-3 victory over the [[Baltimore Orioles]].
* [[August 24]] - [[NFL]] commissioner [[Roger Goodell]] suspends deactivated [[Atlanta Falcons]] quarterback [[Michael Vick]] indefinitely without pay after Vick chose to plead guilty in federal court to [[dog fighting]].
[[File:25August 2007 Greek fires.jpg|thumb|170px|Rapidfire – [[NASA]] image of southern [[Greece]] taken on 25 August, at the height of the [[2007 Greek forest fires|wildfires crisis]].]]
* [[August 25]] - [[Greece|Greek]] Prime Minister [[Kostas Karamanlis]] declares a national [[state of emergency]] after a series of [[2007 Greek forest fires|devastating wildfires]] ravage western [[Peloponese]] and the island of [[Euboea]], killing at least 64 people.
* [[August 25]] - [[25 August 2007 Hyderabad bombings|Forty-four people are dead after two bombs explode]] in [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[India]].
* [[August 27]] - [[United States Attorney General]] [[Alberto Gonzales]] announced his resignation, to be effective [[September 17]].
* [[August 24]]-[[September 2]] - The [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]] was held at [[Nagai Stadium]] in [[Osaka, Osaka|Osaka]], [[Japan]].
* [[August 28]] - [[28 August 2007 lunar eclipse|Total lunar eclipse]].
* [[August 28]] - [[Abdullah Gül]] is [[Turkish presidential election, 2007|elected]] as the [[List of Presidents of Turkey|eleventh]] [[President of Turkey]] by the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Turkish Parliament]], after secularist concerns delayed his initial candidacy.
* [[August 31]] - [[Malaysia]] celebrated their 50th anniversary of independence.
* [[August 31]] - A memorial service is held at the Guards' Chapel in [[London]], the area of worship for the [[Household Division]] of the [[British Army]], for the 10th anniversary of the death of [[Princess Diana]]. The service was organized by her sons, Princes [[Prince William of Wales|William]] and [[Prince Henry of Wales|Harry]].
 
=== September ===
{{Month3|9|5|0}}
* [[September 1]] - [[Finland]] switches off all of its [[analogue television|analogue]] [[terrestrial television]] signals as part of the [[digital switchover]].
* [[September 2]]-[[September 9]] - The [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] hosts its [[APEC Australia 2007|19th annual city meeting]] in [[Sydney]].
* [[September 3]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] troops withdraw from the [[Basra]] region of [[Iraq]].
* [[September 4]] - Northeast [[Nicaragua]] takes a direct hit from [[Hurricane Felix (2007)|Hurricane Felix]]. The hurricane was a strong [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 5]] storm when it reached the coast.
* [[September 6]] - A bomb explodes in [[Batna, Algeria|Batna]], [[Algeria]] as a crowd gathered to see Algerian President [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]]. Nineteen people died, while 107 were wounded by the attack.
* [[September 8]] - Over 50 people are dead after a car bomb explodes in the [[Algeria]]n port city of [[Dellys]].
* [[September 9]] - A [[Guatemalan general election, 2007|general election in Guatemala]] will elect the [[President of Guatemala|president]], vice president, [[Congress of Guatemala|congressmen]], municipal mayors, and representatives to [[Parlacen]].
* [[September 10]]-[[September 30]] - The [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup]] is held in [[People's Republic of China|China]].
* [[September 11]] - Partial [[solar eclipse]].
* [[September 11]]-[[September 24]] - Inaugural [[2007 ICC World Twenty20|Twenty20 World Championship]] is held.
* [[September 12]] - The [[Ethiopian calendar]] enters year 2000. Millennium celebration begins in [[Ethiopia]].
* [[September 12]] - The [[Sandiganbayan]] found former [[Philippines]] President [[Joseph Estrada]] guilty beyond reasonable doubt on the charges of [[plunder]] but acquitted on the charges of [[perjury]].
* [[September 12]] - [[Japan]]ese Prime Minister [[Shinzo Abe]] announces his resignation, to be effective [[September 19]].
* [[September 12]] - [[Russia]]n Prime Minister [[Mikhail Fradkov]] and [[Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet|his entire cabinet]] resign.
* [[September 13]] - The [[Burj Dubai]] became the world's tallest free standing structure after surpassing the [[CN Tower]] in [[Toronto]].
* [[September 14]] - The [[SELENE]] spacecraft launches. [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] has called the mission, "the largest [[Moon|lunar]] mission since the [[Apollo program]]."
* [[September 14]] - [[Viktor Zubkov]] is approved as the new [[Prime Minister of Russia]] after a vote in the [[State Duma|Duma]].
* [[September 16]] - [[Greek legislative election, 2007|Parliamentary elections]] in [[Greece]].
* [[September 16]] - [[One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269]] crashes in [[Phuket]], [[Thailand]], killing 89 of the passengers and crew.
* [[September 19]] - [[2007 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Wipha .28Goring.29|Typhoon Wipha]] hits [[Fuding]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. Authorities had evacuated over two million people prior to the storm's landfall.
* [[September 20]] - Opening of the [[2007 Universal Forum of Cultures]], in the city of [[Monterrey]], [[Mexico]].
* [[September 21]] - The [[Supreme Court of Chile]] rules that former [[Peru]]vian [[List of Presidents of Peru|President]] [[Alberto Fujimori]] must be extradited to Peru so Fujimori can face charges of corruption and human rights abuse.
* [[September 24]] - [[Labour Party Conference#2007 Bournemouth|Labour Party Conferences]] in [[Bournemouth]] at which [[Gordon Brown]] addresses delegates for the first time as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]].
* [[September 24]] - [[India national cricket team|India]] won the [[2007 ICC World Twenty20|ICC Twenty20 WorldCup]] beating [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] by 5 [[Run (cricket)|runs]].
* [[September 26]] - [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] [[Akihito]] formally swears in [[Yasuo Fukuda]] as the 91st [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] of [[Japan]].
[[File:2007 Myanmar protests 11 (M-cropped).jpg|thumb|150px|Myanmar protests]]
* [[September 26]] - First confirmed deaths resulting from the [[Myanmar]] military's crackdown on [[2007 Burmese anti-government protests|weeks long anti-government protests]]. [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monks]] are arrested and [[Internet]] access is cut from the public.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,508395,00.html Spiegel:Internetverbindung nach Burma gekappt (German)]</ref>
* [[September 29]] - [[2007-2008 NHL season]] begins.
* [[September 30]] - [[2007 Michigan Budget Crisis]] Last day to find solution before [[Michigan]] State Goverment has to close.
 
== Scheduled events ==
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* [[September 30]] - [[Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007|Parliamentary re-elections]] will occur in [[Ukraine]] after [[President of Ukraine|Ukrainian President]] [[Victor Yuschenko]] dismisses [[Parliament of Ukraine|Parliament]].
 
=== October ===
{{Month3|10|0|0}}
* [[October 1]] - The minimum age for purchasing [[tobacco]] products will rise from 16 to 18 across [[England and Wales]].
* [[October 3]] - [[Los Ríos Region]] of [[Chile]] will officially begin its functions as a new [[Regions of Chile|region]].
* [[October 9]] - An [[Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007|election]] will take place in the Canadian province of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]].
* [[October 10]] - An [[Ontario general election, 2007|election and referendum in the Canadian province of Ontario]] will take place.
* [[October 11]] - The [[Pakistani general election, 2007|Pakistani general election]] is due.
* [[October 13]] - [[New Zealand local body elections, 2007|Elections]] will be held for all [[Territorial authorities of New Zealand|Local Government]] in [[New Zealand]].
* [[October 15]] - The [[Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China]] is expected to take place.
* [[October 16]] - Anticipated release of [[Microsoft Zune 2.0]].
* [[October 17]] - [[Whitehaven#Digital Switchover Trial|Whitehaven]], England will become the first place in the [[United Kingdom]] to have one of its analogue [[terrestrial television]] signals switched off as part of [[Digital switchover in the United Kingdom|digital switchover]].
* [[October 20]] - [[Rugby World Cup 2007]] Final in [[Stade de France]], [[Paris]].
* [[October 20]] - [[Jungle primary|Jungle (open) primary]] election will be held for [[governor#United States|governor]] and the [[Louisiana State Legislature|legislature]] of the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]].
* [[October 21]] - [[Slovenian presidential election, 2007|Presidential election]] in [[Slovenia]].
* [[October 21]] - [[Polish parliamentary election, 2007|Parliamentary election]] in [[Poland]].
* [[October 21]] - [[2007 Formula One season]] ends at the [[Brazilian Grand Prix]].
* [[October 25]] - [[Singapore Airlines]] expected to take its first service of the [[A380]].
* [[October 28]] - An [[Argentine general election, 2007|election in Argentina]] will elect the [[President of Argentina|President]] and members of the [[Argentine National Congress|National Congress]].
* [[October 28]] - [[Mayor]] elections will be held in Bogota.
* [[October 30]] - [[2007-2008 NBA season]] begins.
 
=== November ===
{{Month3|11|3|0}}
* [[November 3]] - [[DARPA Urban Challenge]], a prized competition for driverless cars to navigate safely in traffic is scheduled.
* [[November 4]] - [[Daylight saving time]] in the [[United States]] and most of [[Canada]] will end, one week later than the previous schedule, in accordance with the [[Energy Policy Act of 2005]].
* [[November 6]] - [[Legislature|Legislative]] elections will be held in the U.S. states of [[Kentucky]], [[Mississippi]], [[New Jersey]], and [[Virginia]]; Kentucky and Mississippi will also hold [[Governor#United States|gubernatorial]] elections.
* [[November 14]] - The [[Channel Tunnel Rail Link]] from London to the [[Channel Tunnel]] is expected to be completed.
* [[November 17]] - General (run-off) election for the [[Governor#United States|governor]] and [[Louisiana State Legislature|legislature]] of the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]].
* [[November 25]] - A [[European Parliament election, 2007|European Parliament election]] will take place in [[Romania]].
* [[November 25]] - [[Croatian parliamentary election, 2007|Parliamentary elections]] will be held in [[Croatia]].
* [[November 30]] - The [[2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season]] will officially end.
 
=== December ===
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* [[December]] - The [[Andean Community]] and [[Mercosur]] will fully integrate into the [[Union of South American Nations]].
* [[December]] - [[Kenyan general election, 2007|Presidential and parliamentary elections]] will take place in [[Kenya]] before [[30 December]].
* [[December 2]] - [[Russian legislative election, 2007|Parliamentary elections]] will be held in Russia.
* [[December 7]] - [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]' [[orbit]] will be positioned such that the [[sun]] shines directly above its [[equator]] (i.e. an [[equinox]]).
* [[December 8]] - [[December 9]] - The [[World Peace One]] concert is held.
* [[December 19]] - A [[South Korean presidential election, 2007|presidential election]] will take place in [[South Korea]].
* [[December 23]] - The [[Thai general election, 2007|Thailand general election]] will be held.
* [[December 23]] - The 155th [[El Clasico|clasico]] between [[FC Barcelona]] and [[Real Madrid CF]] at [[Camp Nou]], the largest stadium in Europe.
* [[December 23]] - A [[Conjunction (astronomy and astrology)#2007|grand conjunction]] in which the solar system would align with the galactic center.
 
=== Undated ===
* Panamanian dictator [[Manuel Noriega]] is to be released after 18 years in a U.S. prison, although further judicial proceedings in [[Panama]] or [[France]] are possible.
* [[India|India's]] [[Five-Year Plans of India|11th Five Year Plan]] will be launched.
* The [[Met Office]] predicts that 2007 will be the warmest year ever, on a global scale.
 
== Ongoing ==
* [[War in Iraq]]
* [[War in Afghanistan]]
* [[Conflict in Darfur]]
* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]
 
== Births ==
{{Year in other calendars}}
 
* [[February 28]] - [[HRH]] [[Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco]], daughter of [[King Mohammed VI]] and his wife, [[Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco]].
* [[March 12]] - [[Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden]], son of [[Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster]], and his wife [[Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster]].
* [[March 14]] - [[Simeon Hassan Muñoz]], son of [[Princess Kalina of Bulgaria]], and her husband [[Antonio "Kitín" Muñoz Valcárcel]].
* [[March 17]] - [[HRH]] Prince [[Abdul Muntaqim]], son of [[HRH]] [[Al-Muhtadee Billah]] and his wife, [[HRH]] [[Pengiran Anak Sarah]], the Crown Prince and Princess of Brunei.
* [[March 19]] - [[HRH]] [[Prince Abdullah bin Al Ali]] of Jordan, son of [[Prince Ali bin Al Hussein]] and Rym Brahimi
* [[March 26]] - [[HRH|TRH]] [[Princess Paulina of Hesse|Princess Paulina]] and [[Prince Moritz of Hesse]], fraternal twin daughter and son of [[Heinrich, Hereditary Prince of Hesse]] and his wife, Countess Floria of Faber-Castell
* [[April 6]] - [[HRH]] [[Princess Haalah bint Al Hashim]] of Jordan, daughter of [[Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein]] and Princess Fahdah.
* [[April 10]] - [[HRH]] [[Princess Ariane of the Netherlands]], daughter of [[Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange]], and his wife, [[Princess Máxima of the Netherlands]].
* [[April 18]] - [[HRH]] [[Princess Hayah bint Al Hamzah]] daughter of [[Princess Noor bint Asem]] and [[Prince Hamzah]].
* [[April 18]] - [[HRH]] [[Prince Lerotholi Seeiso]] son of King [[Letsie III of Lesotho]] and Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso.
* [[April 21]] - [[HRH]] [[Princess Isabella of Denmark]], daughter of [[Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark|Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark]] and his wife, [[Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark|Crown Princess Mary]].
* [[April 29]] - [[HRH]] [[Infanta Sofía of Spain]], daughter of [[Felipe, Prince of Asturias]] and his wife, [[Letizia, Princess of Asturias]].
 
== Deaths ==
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=== January ===
* [[January 1]] - [[Ernie Koy]], American baseball player (b. [[1909]])
* [[January 1]] - [[Darrent Williams]], American football player (b. [[1982]])
* [[January 2]] - [[Teddy Kollek]], Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. [[1911]])
* [[January 3]] - [[Sergio Jimenez]], Mexican actor. (b. [[1937]])
* [[January 4]] - [[Marais Viljoen]], State [[President of South Africa]] (b. [[1915]])
* [[January 5]] - [[Momofuku Ando]], Japanese inventor (b. [[1910]])
* [[January 7]] - [[Bobby Hamilton]], American race car driver (b. [[1957]])
* [[January 7]] - [[Magnus Magnusson]], Icelandic-born television presenter (b. [[1929]])
* [[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 13]] - [[Henri-Jean Martin]], French expert on book history (b. [[1924]])
* [[January 14]] - [[Darlene Conley]], American actress (b. [[1934]])
* [[January 14]] - [[Barbara Kelly]], Canadian actress (b. [[1924]])
* [[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 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 and the Papas]]) (b. [[1940]])
* [[January 19]] - [[Bam Bam Bigelow]], American wrestler (b. [[1961]])
* [[January 21]] - [[U;Nee]], K-pop singer and actress (b. [[1981]])
* [[January 22]] - [[Abbé Pierre]], French priest and founder of Emmaus (b. [[1912]])
* [[January 22]] - [[Carlos Olivier]], Venezuelan actor (b. [[1952]])
* [[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]])
* [[January 31]] - [[Lee Bergere]], American actor (b. [[1924]])
* [[January 31]] - [[Molly Ivins]], American columnist (b. [[1944]])
 
=== February ===
* [[February 1]] - [[Gian Carlo Menotti]], Italian-born composer and librettist (b. [[1911]])
* [[February 3]] - [[Pedro Knight]], Cuban-born musician (b. [[1921]])
* [[February 3]] - [[Billy Henderson (American singer)|Billy Henderson]], American singer ([[The Spinners (U.S. band)|The Spinners]]) (b. [[1939]])
* [[February 6]] - [[Frankie Laine]], American singer (b. [[1913]])
* [[February 7]] - [[Alan MacDiarmid]], New Zealand chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1927]])
* [[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 10]] - [[Jung Da Bin]], Korean actress (b. [[1980]])
* [[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]] - [[Charlie Norwood|Charles Norwood]], American politician (b. [[1941]])
* [[February 13]] - [[Eliana Ramos]], Uruguayan model (b. [[1988]])
* [[February 13]] - [[Johanna Sällström]], Swedish actress (b. [[1974]])
* [[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]] - [[Damien Nash]], American football player (b. [[1982]])
* [[February 24]] - [[Bruce Bennett]], American actor (b. [[1906]])
* [[February 27]] - [[Bobby Rosengarden]], American drummer (b. [[1924]])
* [[February 28]] - [[Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.]], American historian and political commentator (b. [[1917]])
* [[February 28]] - [[Billy Thorpe]], Australian musician ([[Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs]]) (b. [[1946]])
* [[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]] (Natalie Bodanskaya), American soprano (b. [[1908]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Thomas Eagleton]], American politician (b. [[1929]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Bob Hattoy]], American activist (b. [[1950]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Richard Joseph]], British game music composer (b. [[1954]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Sunil Kumar Mahato]], Indian parliamentarian (b. [[1966]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Tadeusz Nalepa]], Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b. [[1934]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Ian Wooldridge]], British sports journalist (b. [[1932]])
* [[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 (band)|Boston]]) (b. [[1951]])
* [[March 10]] - [[Richard Jeni]], American comedian (b. [[1957]])
* [[March 10]] - [[Ernie Ladd]], American football player and professional wrestler (b. [[1938]])
* [[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 15]] - [[Bowie Kuhn]], [[Commissioner of Baseball|Major League Baseball Commissioner]] (b. [[1926]])
* [[March 16]] - [[Manjural Islam Rana|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 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]])
 
=== 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 (football coach)|Eddie Robinson]], American football coach (b. [[1919]])
* [[April 4]] - [[Bob Clark]], American film director (b. [[1939]])
* [[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]], 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]] - [[Kurt Vonnegut]], American novelist and playwright (b. [[1922]])
* [[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 17]] - [[Kitty Carlisle Hart]], American singer, actress & talk show panelist (b. [[1910]])
* [[April 17]] - [[Iccho Itoh]], Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan (assassinated) (b. [[1945]])
* [[April 20]] - [[Michael Fu Tieshan]], Chinese bishop (b. [[1931]])
* [[April 22]] - [[Juanita Millender-McDonald]], American politician (b. [[1938]])
* [[April 23]] - [[Boris Yeltsin]], first [[President of the Russian Federation]] (b. [[1931]])
* [[April 25]] - [[Alan Ball, Jr.|Alan Ball]], English footballer (b. [[1945]])
* [[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]] - [[Josh Hancock]], American baseball player (b. [[1978]])
* [[April 30]] - [[Grégory Lemarchal]], French singer (b. [[1983]])
* [[April 30]] - [[Kevin Mitchell (football player)|Kevin Mitchell]], American football player (b. [[1971]])
* [[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 5]] - [[Theodore Harold Maiman|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 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 "King of Philippine Novelty Songs." (b. [[1938]])
* [[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]])
 
=== June ===
* [[June 2]] - [[Huang Ju]], Chinese politician (b. [[1938]])
* [[June 4]] - [[Bill France, Jr.]], American President/CEO of [[NASCAR]] (b. [[1933]])
* [[June 4]] - [[Craig L. Thomas]], American politician (b. [[1933]])
* [[June 5]] - [[Povel Ramel]], Swedish entertainer (b. [[1922]])
* [[June 8]] - [[Aden Abdullah Osman Daar]], first [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]] (b. [[1908]])
* [[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 (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]], 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 21]] - [[Bob Evans (restaurateur)|Bob Evans]], American restaurateur (b. [[1918]])
* [[June 22]] - [[Nancy Benoit]], American professional wrestling manager (b. [[1964]])
* [[June 22]] - [[Rod Beck]], American baseball player (b. [[1968]])
* [[June 22]] - [[Erik Parlevliet]], Dutch field hockey player b. ([[1964]])
* [[June 24]] - [[Derek Dougan]], Northern Irish footballer (b. [[1938]])
* [[June 24]] - [[Chris Benoit]], Canadian professional wrestler (b. [[1967]])
* [[June 24]] - [[Jack Flynt]], American politician (b. [[1914]])
* [[June 25]] - [[J. Fred Duckett]], Texan sports announcer and teacher (b. [[1933]])
* [[June 25]] - [[Mahasti|Khadijeh Dadehbala (Mahasti)]], Iranian popular singer (b. [[1946]])
* [[June 26]] - [[Jupp Derwall]], German footballer and coach (b. [[1927]])
* [[June 27]] - [[Liz Claiborne (fashion designer)|Liz Claiborne]], Belgian-American fashion designer (b. [[1929]])
* [[June 27]] - [[William Hutt (actor)|William Hutt]], Canadian stage and film actor (b. [[1920]])
* [[June 28]] - [[Kiichi Miyazawa]], 78th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1919]])
* [[June 29]] - [[Joel Siegel]], American film critic (b. [[1943]])
* [[June 29]] - [[George McCorkle]], Founder of The Marshall Tucker Band (b. [[1947]])
* [[June 30]] - [[Jan Herman Linge]], Norwegian engineer and boat designer (b. [[1922]])
 
=== Julai ===
* [[Julai 1]] - [[Gottfried von Bismarck]], German aristocrat and socialite (b. [[1962]])
* [[Julai 2]] - [[Brahim Déby]], son of Chadian [[Heads of state of Chad|president]] [[Idriss Déby]] (b [[1980]])
* [[Julai 2]] - [[Vojislav Nikčević]], Montenegrin professor and linguist (b. [[1935]])
* [[Julai 2]] - [[Beverly Sills]], American soprano (b. [[1929]])
* [[Julai 2]] - [[Dilip Sardesai]], Indian cricketer (b. [[1940]])
* [[Julai 2]] - [[Jimmy Walker (basketball)|Jimmy Walker]], American basketball player (b. [[1944]])
* [[Julai 2]] - [[Hy Zaret]], American lyricist and composer (b. [[1907]])
* [[Julai 3]] - [[Claude Pompidou]], wife of President of France [[Georges Pompidou]] (b. [[1912]])
* [[Julai 3]] - [[Boots Randolph]], American saxophone player (b. [[1927]])
* [[Julai 4]] - [[Barış Akarsu]], Turkish musician (b.[[1979]])
* [[Julai 4]] - [[José Roberto Espinosa]], Mexican commentator (b.[[1948]])
* [[Julai 4]] - [[Liane Bahler]], German cyclist (b. [[1982]])
* [[Julai 4]] - [[Johnny Frigo]], American jazz violinist and bassist (b.[[1916]])
* [[Julai 4]] - [[Bill Pinkney]], American singer (b. [[1925]])
* [[Julai 4]] - [[Osvaldo Romo]], Chilean agent of the [[Augusto Pinochet|Pinochet's]] Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) (b. [[1938]])
* [[Julai 5]] - [[George Melly]], English singer (b. [[1926]])
* [[Julai 5]] - [[Régine Crespin]], French soprano (b. [[1927]])
* [[Julai 6]] - [[Lois Wyse]], American advertising executive, author, and columnist (b. [[1926]])
* [[Julai 9]] - [[Charles Lane (actor)|Charles Lane]], American actor (b. [[1905]])
* [[Julai 10]] - [[Zheng Xiaoyu]], Chinese bureaucrat (b. [[1944]])
* [[Julai 10]] - [[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]], Pakistani cleric (b. [[1964]])
* [[Julai 10]] - [[Corbin Harney]], an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people (b. [[1920]])
* [[Julai 11]] - [[Lady Bird Johnson]], former [[First Lady of the United States]] (b. [[1912]])
* [[Julai 11]] - [[Alfonso López Michelsen]], 32nd Colombian President (b. [[1913]])
* [[Julai 11]] - [[Ed Mirvish]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. [[1914]])
* [[Julai 11]] - [[Shag Crawford]], American umpire in Major League Baseball (b. [[1916]])
* [[Julai 11]] - [[Jimmy Skinner]], Detroit Red Wings head coach (b. [[1917]])
* [[Julai 11]] - [[Richard Franklin (director)|Richard Franklin]], Australian film director (b. [[1948]])
* [[Julai 12]] - [[Nigel Dempster]], British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist (b.[[1941]])
* [[Julai 12]] - [[Pat Fordice]], First Lady of Mississippi from 1992 until 2000 (b. [[1935]])
* [[Julai 12]] - [[Larry Staverman]], American professional basketball player and coach (b. [[1936]])
* [[Julai 12]] - [[Stan Zemanek]], Australian radio broadcaster (b. [[1947]])
* [[Julai 12]] - [[Mr. Butch]], American homeless man living on the streets of Boston, also known as "King of Kenmore Square" (b. [[1951]])
* [[Julai 14]] - [[John Ferguson, Sr.|John Ferguson]], Canadian professional hockey player, coach and executive (b. [[1938]])
* [[Julai 19]] - [[A. K. Faezul Huq]], Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. [[1945]])
* [[Julai 20]] - [[Tammy Faye Messner]], American evangelist (b. [[1942]])
* [[Julai 22]] - [[Mike Coolbaugh]], American baseball player and coach (b. [[1972]])
* [[Julai 22]] - [[László Kovács (cinematographer)|László Kovács]], Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. [[1933]])
* [[Julai 22]] - [[Ulrich Mühe]], German actor (b. [[1953]])
* [[Julai 22]] - [[Jean Stablinski]], French cyclist of Polish origin (b. [[1932]])
* [[Julai 22]] - [[Aleksandr Tatarskiy]], Russian animation film director (b. [[1950]])
* [[Julai 23]] - [[Benjamin Libet]], American pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness (b. [[1916]])
* [[Julai 23]] - [[Mohammed Zahir Shah]], last King of [[Afghanistan]] (b. [[1914]])
* [[Julai 26]] - [[Skip Prosser]], American basketball coach (b. [[1950]])
* [[Julai 27]] - [[James Oyebola]], British heavyweight boxer (b. [[1961]])
* [[Julai 29]] - [[Mike Reid (entertainer)|Mike Reid]], British comedian and actor (b. [[1940]])
* [[Julai 29]] - [[Tom Snyder]], American talk show host (b. [[1936]])
* [[Julai 30]] - [[Michelangelo Antonioni]], Italian film director (b. [[1912]])
* [[Julai 30]] - [[Teoctist Arăpaşu]], Ex-Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch (b. [[1915]])
* [[Julai 30]] - [[Ingmar Bergman]], Swedish film director (b. [[1918]])
* [[Julai 30]] - [[Bill Walsh (football coach)|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 2]] - [[Chauncey Bailey]], American columnist and newspaper editor (b. [[1949]])
* [[August 3]] - [[James T. Callahan]], American actor (b. [[1930]])
* [[August 3]] - [[John Gardner (thriller writer)|John Gardner]], British author (b. [[1926]])
* [[August 4]] - [[Lee Hazlewood]], American country singer, songwriter and producer (b. [[1929]])
* [[August 4]] - [[Frank Mancuso]], American baseball player and politician (b. [[1918]])
* [[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]] - [[Hal Fishman]], Los Angeles–based local news anchor (b. [[1931]])
* [[August 7]] - [[Ernesto Alonso]], Mexican soap operas actor, director and producer, best known as "Señor Telenovela" (b. [[1917]])
* [[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 (Mormonism)|Apostle]] in the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. [[1920]])
* [[August 12]] - [[Merv Griffin]], American TV personality (b. [[1925]])
* [[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 (wrestler)|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 (basketball)|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]], 4th [[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 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 29]] - [[Richard Jewell]], American falsely accused of bombing the [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing|Centennial Olympic Park]] (b. [[1962]])
* [[August 29]] - [[Pierre Messmer]], French politician (b. [[1916]])
* [[August 29]] - [[Chaswe Nsofwa]], Zambian footballer (b. [[1978]])
* [[August 30]] - [[Michael Jackson (writer)|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 2]] - [[Max McNab]], Canadian hockey player and hockey executive (b. [[1924]])
* [[September 3]] - [[Jane Tomlinson]], British charity fund raiser (b. [[1964]])
* [[September 5]] - [[Jennifer Dunn]], American politician (b. [[1941]])
* [[September 5]] - [[Paul Gillmor]], American politician (b. [[1939]])
* [[September 5]] - [[D. James Kennedy]], American evangelist (b. [[1930]])
* [[September 6]] - [[Madeleine L'Engle]], American author (b. [[1918]])
* [[September 6]] - [[Luciano Pavarotti]], Italian tenor (b. [[1935]])
* [[September 7]] - [[Mark Weil]], Uzbek theater director (b. [[1952]])
* [[September 9]] - [[Helmut Senekowitsch]], Austrian footballer and coach (b. [[1933]])
* [[September 10]] - [[Anita Roddick]], English entrepreneur (b. [[1942]])
* [[September 10]] - [[Jane Wyman]], American actress (b. [[1917]])
* [[September 11]] - [[Ian Porterfield]], Scottish footballer (b. [[1946]])
* [[September 11]] - [[Joe Zawinul]], Austrian musician (b. [[1932]])
* [[September 14]] - [[Benny Vansteelant]], Belgian duathlete (b. [[1976]])
* [[September 15]] - [[Colin McRae]], Scottish rally driver (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 19]] - [[Antoine Ghanem]], Lebanese politician (b. [[1943]])
* [[September 21]] - [[Hallgeir Brenden]], Norwegian athlete (b. [[1929]])
* [[September 21]] - [[Alice Ghostley]], American actress (b. [[1926]])
* [[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]] - [[Bill Wirtz]], American businessman (b. [[1929]])
* [[September 27]] - [[Avraham Shapira]], Israeli [[Chief Rabbi|chief rabbi]] (b. [[1914]])
 
== Holidays ==
* [[January 1]] - [[New Year's Day]].
* [[January 26]] - [[Australia Day]]. [[India]] Republic Day.
* [[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]], [[Iran]]ian and [[Bahá'í]] New Year.
* [[April 2]] - In [[Judaism]], 14/15 Nisan. [[Passover]] [[Passover Seder|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 22]] - [[Earth Day]].
* [[April 23]] - [[Saint George's Day]].
* [[April 23]] - [[Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel|Israeli Independence]] Day (Iyar 5) in the [[Hebrew calendar]].
* [[April 25]] - [[Australian and New Zealand Army Corps|ANZAC]] [[ANZAC Day|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]] - [[Cinco de Mayo]], celebrating the [[Battle of Puebla]], in [[Mexico]] and the USA.
* [[May 17]] - [[Norway]]'s [[Independence Day]].
* [[May 18]] - Somaliland Independence 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 12]] - Independence Day in the [[Philippines]].
* [[June 14]] - [[Flag Day]] in the [[USA]].
* [[June 17]] - [[Iceland]]'s [[Independence Day]].
* [[June 26]] - Somaliland Independence From UK.
* [[Julai 1]] - [[Canada Day]].
* [[Julai 4]] - [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] in the [[USA]].
* [[Julai 5]] - [[Independence Day]] in [[Venezuela]].
* [[Julai 9]] - [[Independence Day]] in [[Argentina]].
* [[Julai 14]] - [[Bastille Day]].
* [[Julai 24]] - Birthday of [[Simon Bolivar]] observed in [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], and [[Ecuador]]. [[Pioneer Day (Utah)|Pioneer Day]] observed in [[Utah]].
* [[Julai 28]] - [[Independence Day]] in [[Peru]].
* [[August 1]] - [[Lammas]], "Loaf Mass," a Cross-quarter day, [[Switzerland|Swiss]] National Day.
* [[August 6]] - [[Independence Day]] in [[Jamaica]].
* [[August 9]] - [[National Day]] in [[Singapore]].
* [[August 15]] - [[India]] [[Independence Day]].
* [[August 17]] - [[Indonesia]] [[Independence Day]].
* [[August 20]] - [[Stephen I of Hungary|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 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 21]] - [[Yom Kippur]] or ''Yom ha-kippurim'', the Day of Atonement in the Jewish faith, begins at sunset, and continues until after sunset [[September 22]].
* [[September 23]] - National Day of [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]]
* [[September 27]] - [[Sukot]] or [[Tabernacles]] in [[Judaism]].
* [[October 2]] - [[Gandhi Jayanti]] in [[India]].
* [[October 8]] - [[Thanksgiving]] in [[Canada]]. [[Columbus Day]] in the USA this year.
* [[October 8]] - [[Battle of Angamos]] Day in [[Peru]].
* [[October 12]] - [[Columbus Day]] in Central and South America. A day of mourning for Native Americans.
* [[October 31]] - [[All Hallows' Eve]], [[Halloween]].
* [[November 1]] - [[All Saints' Day]]. [[Samhain]], a cross-quarter day. [[Neopagan]] New Year's Day.
* [[November 22]] - [[Thanksgiving]] this year in the USA.
* [[December 22]] - [[Winter Solstice]] Winter festival/holiday for those of Pagan faiths.
* [[December 25]] - [[Christmas]] in Western [[Christianity]].
* [[December 26]] - [[Boxing Day]] in most [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries.
 
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== References ==
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