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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/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 Year of the Boar
• International Polar Year^[1]
• International Heliophysical Year^[2]
• European Year of Equal Opportunities for All^[3]
• Year of the Dolphin^[4]

UNESCO has formally recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.^[5]

Events

January

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• January 1 - Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.
• January 1 - Slovenia adopts the euro as its official currency, replacing the 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 are found 10 days later, but the aircraft remains missing.
• January 1 - Angola joins OPEC.
• January 1 - War in Somalia: Fighters of the Islamic Courts Union abandon their last stronghold in Kismayo and flee for the Kenyan border.
• January 3 - Former United States president Gerald Ford is buried in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• January 3 - China conducts an anti-terror raid in Xinjiang.
• January 4 - Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
• January 5 - War in Somalia: The first shots are fired in the battle for control of the border town of Ras Kamboni.
• January 8 - Russian 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: U.S. planes conduct air strikes against suspected terrorists, possibly having killed senior Al Qaeda operative Fazul Abdullah Mohammed.
• January 9 - An AerianTur-M Antonov An-26 crashes in Balad, Iraq. The Islamic Army in Iraq claims to have shot it down.
• January 10 - U.S. 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 parliamentary elections.
• January 11 - Vietnam joins the World Trade Organization as its 150th member.
• January 11 - China successfully tests a ground-based ballistic missile capable of destroying satellites in orbit, drawing criticisms from other countries.
• January 12 - An Argentine judge issues a warrant for the arrest of former 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 Norwegian coast, releasing over 200 tons of crude oil.
• January 14 - The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement officially adopts the Red Crystal as a non-religious emblem for use in its overseas operations.
• January 14 - Nazanin Fatehi, a 19 year old Iranian girl previously 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 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 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 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, becomes 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 bombing in a market in Baghdad, Iraq kills 88 people.
• January 24 - The Israeli 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 between 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, China.
• January 29 - A suicide bomber kills three people in a bakery in Eilat, Israel.
• January 31 - The Venezuelan 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 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

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• 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 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 - Chinese President Hu Jintao signs a series of economic deals with Sudan.
• February 2 - 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; Serbian leaders denounce the proposal.
• February 2 - The IPCC publishes its 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 bird flu is found at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm in Suffolk.
• February 3 - State of Emergency is declared in Indonesia after 'El Nino'-like flooding.
• February 3 - A 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 presidential bid in Springfield, Illinois.
• February 11 - 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. ^[6]
• February 13 - 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 2008 presidential election.
• February 17 - The 2007 NBA All-Star Game was held in the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
• February 18 - Melbourne Victory beats 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's successful Mars trajectory 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 the case.
• February 27 - The Chinese Correction: world stock markets 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

March
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• March - India's 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 - Total lunar eclipse.
• March 4 - Parliamentary elections take place in Estonia and in Abkhazia.
• March 5 - March 15 - The 2007 National People's Congress is held in Beijing, 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 highest lottery jackpot of US $370 million.
• March 7 - Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737-400, crashes at Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java, killing many on board.
• March 7 - Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 is held.
• March 8 - Israeli 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 is imploded.
• March 17 - Chlorine bombs injure hundreds in Baghdad, Iraq.
• March 17 - 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 Iran's Revolutionary Guard 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 Canadian province of Québec, the Liberal Party (le Parti Libéral du Québec) wins a 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

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• 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 - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko dissolves the 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 Afghan forces retake a key town from the Taliban in Sangin in southern Helmand Province.
• April 4 - Iran announced it will release the 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 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 - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspends Tennessee Titans star cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones for the entire 2007 season.
• April 11 - Al Qaeda claims responsibility for two bomb blasts in the Algerian capital of Algiers. At least 33 people have been killed and 222 others injured.

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• April 12 - Radio personality Don Imus is fired by CBS for making controversial comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team.

• 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’s New Dehli.
• April 18 - 32 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. ^[8]
• 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 crashes during an air show in Beaufort, South Carolina, killing pilot Kevin Davis.
• April 22 - The first round of the French presidential election of 2007 takes place.
• April 23 - 2 die and 2 are injured in a luxury apartment complex shooting in Houston, reported to be close to where former President George H.W. Bush presently resides. http://www.newschannel10.com/global/story.asp?s=6413901
• 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.
• 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 Dick Cheney. ^[9]
• April 26 - Russians riot in Tallinn, Estonia, about moving the Bronze Soldier. Two nights of rioting leave one dead.
• April 27 - Turkish Presidential Election first round, which was later declared invalid by a Turkish court.
• April 28 - An earthquake registering 4.3 on the Richter scale strikes Kent, England, United Kingdom.

May

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• May 3 - Four year old girl Madeleine McCann disappears from holiday apartment in Portugal.
• 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 - Local government elections in Scotland and most of England.
• May 3 - National Assembly for Wales elections 2007.
• May 4 - Tornado strikes Greensburg, Kansas, killing at least twelve and destroying about 90% of the town.
• May 5 - Kenya Airways 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.
• May 6 - Manchester United wins the English Premier League after title rivals Chelsea draw against Arsenal.
• May 6 - Panathinaikos BC wins basketball's Euroleague after beating CSKA Moscow 93-91 in Athens Olympic stadium.
• May 6 - 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 - Chinese slave scandal.
• May 8 - A fire occurs at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California.
• May 8 - 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 British Prime Minister on 27th June triggering a 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 defeat 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 in Athens, Greece.
• May 24 - 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 - Danish former professional bicyclist Bjarne Riis admitted to having used doping when winning the 1996 Tour de France.
• May 27 - Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) is taken off the air after the government of Venezuela refused to renew its license. This action results in protests. On July 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 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 President of Latvia, defeating Aivars Endziņš in the Latvian presidential election.
• May 31 - A calendar blue moon occurred in the Western Hemisphere and parts of the Eastern Hemisphere.

June

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• June 1 - A 2100 year old melon is discovered by archaeologists in western Japan^[10]
• June 1 - U.S. warships bombard a Somali village where Islamic militants had set up a base^[11]
• June 2 - Four people are charged with a terror plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York. ^[12]
• June 3 - The Valley of Geysers in Russia was destroyed by a mudflow.^[13]
• June 4 - Ten people, including a Californian National Guard officer and former Laotian general, are charged over plans to overthrow the Laotian Government. ^[14][15]
• June 5 - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft made its second fly-by of Venus en route to 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.^[16]
• June 5 - Eleven people are killed and 23 others injured in a train crash near Kerang in 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 NHL's Stanley Cup.
• June 6 - Bob Barker taped his last episode of The Price is Right
• June 6-June 8 - The 33rd G8 summit took place amid strong protests in Heiligendamm, Germany.

• June 8 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully launched on mission STS-117.
• June 10 - The first round of a legislative election was held in France, and a 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 Canadian Grand Prix becoming the first driver of mixed racial origin to win a Formula One race.
• June 14 - The Green Party enters government for the first time in 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 15 - Bob Barker's last The Price is Right show aired.
• June 17 - Lewis Hamilton wins the 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.
• June 22 - For the first time in NHL history, two American players are drafted first and second into the NHL.
• June 22 - An F5 tornado tears through Elie, Manitoba, no injuries are reported.
• June 24 - The refurbished Millennium Dome, now called The O₂, 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 25 - Following the wettest June on record, Sheffield and South Yorkshire are affected by flooding. Much of Sheffield, Doncaster and Rotherham is flooded when the River Don breaches it's banks.
• June 26-July 15 - The Copa América 2007 soccer tournament takes place in Venezuela.
• June 27 - Tony Blair resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; New Labour Party leader Gordon Brown is appointed Prime Minister by 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 wildfires 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 - British police defuse a bomb in Haymarket, Central London.^[17]
• June 29 - Following a significant amount of media hype and scores of people flocking to Apple and AT&T stores to wait in line, Apple's revolutionary iPhone is released in the United States at 6 PM local time.
• June 30 - A Jeep Cherokee drove into the entrance of the main terminal of Glasgow International Airport in an apparent terrorist incident, resulting in a petrol-driven fire.^[18]
• June 30 - A calendar blue moon occurred in most of the Eastern Hemisphere.
• June 30 - The FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007 soccer tournament takes place in Canada.
• June 30 - A parliamentary election was held in Papua New Guinea.

July

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• July 1 - Hong Kong celebrates 10 years of Chinese rule.
• July 1 - Portugal takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Germany.
• July 1 - Smoking in public and work places is banned in England.
• July 1 - Smoking banned in pubs and clubs in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia.
• July 1 - A law goes into effect lowering the voting age in Austria from 18 to 16 in federal elections.
• July 1 - Russia is composed of 85 federal subjects instead of 86 as Koryak Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Oblast were merged into the Kamchatka Krai per a 2005 referendum.
• July 1 - The Concert For Diana is held at Wembley Stadium to commemorate Diana, Princess of Wales.
• July 2 - Venus and Saturn are in conjunction, separation 46 arcsecs.
• July 3 - Torrential rains cause the onset of the 2007 Sudan floods, the worst in the Sudan's history.
• July 4 - The 50-star U.S. flag replaces the 48-star flag, which flew from 1912 to 1959, as the longest-flying American flag.
• July 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, and Salzburg.
• July 7 - Venus Williams wins the Women's Singles, at Wimbledon for a fourth time.
• July 7 - Live Earth Concerts are held throughout 9 major cities around the world.
• July 7-July 29 - The 2007 Tour de France begins, with the grand départ being from London.
• July 7- The International Public Health Forum (IPHF) elects an Executive Board with Francis Ohanyido the founder and Interim chairman as IPHF President, for a 3 year tenure.
• July 7-July 29 - The Asian Cup 2007 Football (Soccer) tournament begins, taking place in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
• July 8 - Boeing launches the new Boeing 787.
• July 8 - Roger Federer wins the Men's Singles, at Wimbledon for a fifth time in a row.
• July 9 - While celebrating Argentinean Independence Day, snow falls in Buenos Aires for the first time in almost one hundred years.
• July 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 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.
• July 10 - A Cessna 310R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes in Sanford, Florida, killing three adults and two children.
• July 10 - Zheng Xiaoyu, head of State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China executed.
• July 11 - The ninth All Africa Games kick off in Algiers, Algeria
• July 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.
• July 13 - The 15th Pan Am Games opens in Rio de Janeiro.
• July 14 - Following a presidential decree, Russia withdraws from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
• July 15 - Brazil defeats Argentina 3-0 in the Copa América 2007 Final.

• July 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.
• July 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.
• July 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.
• July 17 - TAM Linhas Aéreas 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.
• July 18 - Atlanta Falcons star quarterback Michael Vick is indicted on Federal dogfighting charges.
• July 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.
• July 18 - At the height of rush hour in New York City 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.
• July 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.
• July 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.
• July 19 - Prathiba Patil is elected as the first female President of India.
• July 21 - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney serves as Acting President for two and a half hours, while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure.
• July 22 - Floods cause chaos through wide areas of Britain, especially the counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, leaving hundreds homeless and thousands of vehicles stranded on major roads.
• July 22 - Parliamentary elections took place in Turkey.
• July 23 - Comedian Drew Carey announces that he's succeeding Bob Barker as host of The Price is Right effective at the start of the show's 36th year on CBS.
• July 26 - Atlanta Falcons star quarterback Michael Vick is arraigned on Federal dogfighting charges.
• July 27 - Two television news helicopters collide in midair while covering a police chase in Phoenix, Arizona, killing both pilots and two photojournalists.
• July 29 - The ruling coalition of Japan lost its majority in the upper house after the election.
• July 29 - Iraq wins its first Asian Cup football championship, beating Saudi Arabia 1-0.
• July 30 - New British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits U.S. President George W. Bush for the first time as Prime Minister.

August

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• August 1 - The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge on 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 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, near to Guildford, Surrey. Gordon Brown holds a COBRA meeting by phone on the outbreak. For more information see 2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak.
• August 4 - A 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 - Israeli 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 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, Wales.
• August 4-August 11 - The 92nd World Congress of Esperanto is held in Yokohama, Japan.
• August 11 - 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 kill 572 people in 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, China.
• August 15 - NBA referee Tim Donaghy surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the 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 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean.
• August 16 - Tributes are held in honor of the late Elvis Presley on the 30th anniversary of his death.
• 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 makes landfall in eastern Taiwan.
• August 21 - Hurricane Dean, a powerful 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 score thirty runs in one game, setting the modern (post-1900) 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.

• August 25 - Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis declares a national state of emergency after a series of devastating wildfires ravage western Peloponese and the island of Euboea, killing at least 64 people.
• August 25 - Forty-four people are dead after two bombs explode in 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, Japan.
• August 28 - Abdullah Gül is elected as the eleventh President of Turkey by the 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 William and Harry.

September

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• September 1 - Finland switches off all of its analogue terrestrial television signals as part of the digital switchover.
• September 2-September 9 - The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation hosts its 19th annual city meeting in Sydney.
• September 3 - British troops withdraw from the Basra region of Iraq.
• September 4 - Northeast Nicaragua takes a direct hit from Hurricane Felix. The hurricane was a strong Category 5 storm when it reached the coast.
• September 6 - A bomb explodes in Batna, Algeria as a crowd gathered to see Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Nineteen people died, while 107 were wounded by the attack.
• September 7 - The Rugby World Cup 2007 starts in France.
• September 8 - Over 50 people die when car bomb explodes in the Algerian port city of Dellys.
• September 9 - A general election in Guatemala will elect the president, vice president, congressmen, municipal mayors, and representatives to Parlacen.
• September 10-September 30 - The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup is held in China.
• September 11-September 24 - Inaugural Twenty20 World Championship is held.
• 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 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces his resignation, to be effective September 19.
• September 12 - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and 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. JAXA has called the mission, "the largest lunar mission since the Apollo program."
• September 14 - Viktor Zubkov is approved as the new Prime Minister of Russia after a vote in the Duma.
• September 15 - Over 3000 Taiwanese Americans and their supporters rallied in front of UN in New York City to demonstrate the dedication that UN should accept Taiwan. At the same time, over 300,000 Taiwanese people rallied in Taiwan to make the same plea.
• September 16 - One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 crashes in Phuket, Thailand, killing 89 of the passengers and crew.
• September 19 - Typhoon Wipha hits Fuding, 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 Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori must be extradited to Peru so Fujimori can face charges of corruption and human rights abuse.
• September 24 - Labour Party Conferences in Bournemouth at which Gordon Brown addresses delegates for the first time as Prime Minister.
• September 24 - India won the ICC Twenty20 WorldCup beating Pakistan by 5 runs.
• September 25 - Halo 3 is released, breaking all previous records in entertainment history by generating $170 million in the first 24 hours of release.
• September 26 - Emperor Akihito formally swears in Yasuo Fukuda as the 91st Prime Minister of Japan.

• September 26 - First confirmed deaths resulting from the Myanmar military's crackdown on weeks long anti-government protests. Buddhist monks are arrested and Internet access is cut from the public. ^[19]
• September 29 - 2007-2008 NHL season begins.
• September 30 - Parliamentary re-elections occur in Ukraine after Ukrainian President Victor Yuschenko dismisses Parliament.

October

• October 1 - The minimum age for purchasing tobacco products is raised from 16 to 18 across England and Wales.
• October 2 - The second Inter-Korean Summit begins. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il meet in Pyongyang.
• October 2 - Los Ríos Region of Chile officially begins its functions as a new region.
• October 4 - Spanish authorities arrest 22 people associated with the banned Batasuna party which campaigns for Basque independence, but also has ties to the terrorist group ETA.
• October 6 - Presidential election occurs in Pakistan.
• October 8 - Track and field star Marion Jones surrenders her five Olympic medals she won in the 2000 Sydney Games after admitting to doping.
• October 9 - Fortieth anniversary of the death of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
• October 9 - An election is held in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• October 10 - An election and referendum in the Canadian province of Ontario takes place.
• October 10 - A Cleveland, Ohio school shooting occurs at SuccessTech SuccessTech Academy shooting
• October 11 - A small private plane crashes into a house in the Fontibon neighborhood near the El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, killing 5 on board and 2 in the house.
• October 13 - Local Government Elections are held in New Zealand.
• October 15 - Sir Menzies Campbell resigns as leader of the British Liberal Democrats.
• October 15 - The first Airbus A380 is delivered to Singapore Airlines.
• October 15 - The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China takes place.
• October 15 - The first Drew Carey-hosted episode of The Price is Right airs.
• October 17 - Whitehaven, England becomes the first place in the United Kingdom to have one of its analogue terrestrial television signals switched off as part of digital switchover.
• October 17 - Stephen Colbert announces his candidacy for the United States presidential election, 2008.
• October 18 - After 8 years in exile, Benazir Bhutto returns to her homeland Pakistan. The same night, suicide attackers blow themselves up near Bhutto's convoy, killing 136 in the cheering crowd, including 20 police officers. Bhutto escaped uninjured.
• October 19 - Philippines. A bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati, which killed 9 and injured more than 100 people. Richmond, Vancouver a small aircraft crashed into a condo building in Richmond, which killed one person the pilot and 4 people were injured
• October 20 - Georgia's Governor declares state of emergency because of the drought conditions

Scheduled events

• October 20 - Rugby World Cup 2007 Final in Stade de France, Paris, England v South Africa.
• October 20 - Jungle (open) primary election will be held for governor and the legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
• October 21 - Presidential election in Slovenia.
• October 21 - Parliamentary election in Switzerland.
• October 21 - 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 26 - Apple Inc. is set to release Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard.
• October 28 - An election in Argentina will elect the President and members of the National Congress.
• October 28 - Mayor elections will be held in Bogota.
• October 30 - Announcement of the host of FIFA World Cup 2014.
• October 30 - 2007-08 NBA season tips off.
• October 31 - World Economic Forum releases The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008, at 11.00 CET.

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• 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 - Legislative elections will be held in the U.S. states of Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia; Kentucky and Mississippi will also hold gubernatorial elections.
• November 6 - I-Empire, the second album by the band Angels & Airwaves (Formed by Tom Delonge, the former lead singer of blink 182) released in the US.
• 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 and legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
• November 24 - A federal election will be held in Australia.
• November 25 - A European Parliament election will take place in Romania.
• November 25 - Parliamentary elections will be held in Croatia.
• November 28 - Possible declaration of independence of Kosovo.
• November 30 - The 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season will officially end.

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• December - Presidential and parliamentary elections will take place in Kenya before 30 December.
• December 2 - Parliamentary elections will be held in Russia.
• December 7 - 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 presidential election will take place in South Korea.
• December 23 - The Thailand general election will be held.
• December 23 - The 155th clasico between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe.
• December 23 - A grand conjunction in which the solar system would align with the galactic center.

Undated

• India's 11th Five Year Plan will be launched.
• The Met Office predicts that 2007 will be the warmest year ever, on a global scale.

Ongoing

• Iraq War
• War in Afghanistan
• Conflict in Darfur
• Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Births

2007 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2007 MMVII
Ab urbe condita	2760
Armenian calendar	1456 ԹՎ ՌՆԾԶ
Bah' calendar	163 – 164
Buddhist calendar	2551
Chinese calendar	4643/4703-intercalary 7-10 (丙戌年閏七月初十日) — to — 4644/4704-6-20 (丁亥年六月二十日)
Coptic calendar	1723 – 1724
Ethiopian calendar	1999 – 2000
Hebrew calendar	5767 – 5768
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2062 – 2063
- Shaka Samvat	1929 – 1930
- Kali Yuga	5108 – 5109
Holocene calendar	12007
Iranian calendar	1385 – 1386
Islamic calendar	1428 – 1429
Japanese calendar	Heisei 0 (平成0年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2667 (皇紀2667年)
Julian calendar	2052
Korean calendar	4340
Thai solar calendar	2550
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• 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 - TRH 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 Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and his wife, Crown Princess Mary.
• April 29 - HRH Infanta Sofía of Spain, daughter of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and his wife, Letizia, Princess of Asturias.
• September 22 - HRH Albert Windsor, son of Lord Nicholas Windsor and Paola Doimi de Frankopan.

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2007

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 Jiménez, 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 (The Spinners) (b. 1939)
• February 6 - Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
• February 7 - Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist, 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 - 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) (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, Major League Baseball Commissioner (b. 1926)
• March 16 - Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
• March 16 - Sir Arthur Marshall, British aviation engineer (b. 1903)
• March 17 - Jim Cronin, British businessman (b. 1952)
• March 17 - Roger Bennett, American Southern Gospel Vocalist and Pianist
• 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, American football coach (b. 1919)
• April 4 - Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1939)
• April 5 - Thomas Stoltz Harvey Pathologist who conducted Albert Einstein's autopsy (b. 1912)
• April 5 - Leela Majumdar, Bengali children's author (b. 1908)
• April 5 - Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
• April 5 - Poornachandra Tejaswi, Indian writer and novelist (b. 1938)
• April 6 - Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (b. 1916)
• April 7 - Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
• April 7 - Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1920)
• April 7 - Carey W. Barber, 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, 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, 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 Maiman, American physicist (b. 1927)
• May 5 - Gusti Wolf, Austrian actress (b. 1912)
• May 6 - Lesley Blanch, English writer and fashion editor (b. 1904)
• May 7 - Emma Lehmer, Russian-born mathematician (b. 1906)
• May 11 - Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter (b. 1918)
• May 11 - Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan head of state (b. 1913)
• May 12 - Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Afghani Taliban military leader
• May 14 - Colin St John Wilson, English architect (b. 1922)
• May 15 - Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (b. 1933)
• May 15 - Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1955)
• May 17 - Lloyd Alexander, American author (b. 1924)
• May 18 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and Nobel Prize for Physics laureate (b. 1932)
• May 18 - Yoyoy Villame, Filipino singer "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 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, 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 - Khadijeh Dadehbala (Mahasti), Iranian popular singer (b. 1946)
• June 26 - Jupp Derwall, German footballer and coach (b. 1927)
• June 27 - Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer (b. 1929)
• June 27 - William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b. 1920)
• June 28 - Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
• June 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)

July

• July 1 - Gottfried von Bismarck, German aristocrat and socialite (b. 1962)
• July 2 - Brahim Déby, son of Chadian president Idriss Déby (b 1980)
• July 2 - Vojislav Nikčević, Montenegrin professor and linguist (b. 1935)
• July 2 - Beverly Sills, American soprano (b. 1929)
• July 2 - Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (b. 1940)
• July 2 - Jimmy Walker, American basketball player (b. 1944)
• July 2 - Hy Zaret, American lyricist and composer (b. 1907)
• July 3 - Claude Pompidou, wife of President of France Georges Pompidou (b. 1912)
• July 3 - Boots Randolph, American saxophone player (b. 1927)
• July 4 - Barış Akarsu, Turkish musician (b.1979)
• July 4 - José Roberto Espinosa, Mexican commentator (b.1948)
• July 4 - Liane Bahler, German cyclist (b. 1982)
• July 4 - Johnny Frigo, American jazz violinist and bassist (b.1916)
• July 4 - Bill Pinkney, American singer (b. 1925)
• July 4 - Osvaldo Romo, Chilean agent of the Pinochet's Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) (b. 1938)
• July 5 - George Melly, English singer (b. 1926)
• July 5 - Régine Crespin, French soprano (b. 1927)
• July 6 - Lois Wyse, American advertising executive, author, and columnist (b. 1926)
• July 9 - Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
• July 10 - Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese bureaucrat (b. 1944)
• July 10 - Abdul Rashid Ghazi, Pakistani cleric (b. 1964)
• July 10 - Corbin Harney, an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people (b. 1920)
• July 11 - Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
• July 11 - Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (b. 1913)
• July 11 - Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1914)
• July 11 - Shag Crawford, American umpire in Major League Baseball (b. 1916)
• July 11 - Jimmy Skinner, Detroit Red Wings head coach (b. 1917)
• July 11 - Richard Franklin, Australian film director (b. 1948)
• July 12 - Nigel Dempster, British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist (b.1941)
• July 12 - Pat Fordice, First Lady of Mississippi from 1992 until 2000 (b. 1935)
• July 12 - Larry Staverman, American professional basketball player and coach (b. 1936)
• July 12 - Stan Zemanek, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1947)
• July 12 - Mr. Butch, American homeless man living on the streets of Boston, also known as "King of Kenmore Square" (b. 1951)
• July 14 - John Ferguson, Canadian professional hockey player, coach and executive (b. 1938)
• July 19 - A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
• July 20 - Tammy Faye Messner, American evangelist (b. 1942)
• July 22 - Mike Coolbaugh, American baseball player and coach (b. 1972)
• July 22 - László Kovács, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1933)
• July 22 - Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)
• July 22 - Jean Stablinski, French cyclist of Polish origin (b. 1932)
• July 22 - Aleksandr Tatarskiy, Russian animation film director (b. 1950)
• July 23 - Benjamin Libet, American pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness (b. 1916)
• July 23 - Mohammed Zahir Shah, last King of Afghanistan (b. 1914)
• July 26 - Skip Prosser, American basketball coach (b. 1950)
• July 27 - James Oyebola, British heavyweight boxer (b. 1961)
• July 29 - Mike Reid, British comedian and actor (b. 1940)
• July 29 - Tom Snyder, American talk show host (b. 1936)
• July 30 - Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (b. 1912)
• July 30 - Teoctist Arăpaşu, Ex-Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch (b. 1915)
• July 30 - Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director (b. 1918)
• July 30 - Bill Walsh, American football coach (b. 1931)

August

• August 1 - Tommy Makem, Irish folk musician (b. 1932)
• August 1 - Ryan Cox, South African professional road racing cyclist (b. 1979)
• August 1 - Veikko Karvonen, Finnish athlete (b. 1926)
• August 2 - Holden Roberto, Angolan nationalist leader (b. 1923)
• August 2 - Chauncey Bailey, American columnist and newspaper editor (b. 1949)
• August 3 - James T. Callahan, American actor (b. 1930)
• August 3 - John Gardner, British author (b. 1926)
• August 4 - Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
• August 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 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, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
• August 14 - Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (b. 1913)
• August 15 - Richard Bradshaw, British opera conductor (b. 1944)
• August 15 - John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (b. 1918)
• August 15 - Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive (b. 1925)
• August 16 - Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924)
• August 17 - Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
• August 18 - Michael Deaver, American political adviser (b. 1938)
• August 20 - Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (b. 1920)
• August 21 - Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American brigadier general (b. 1918)
• August 21 - Qurratulain Hyder, Indian novelist (b. 1926)
• August 24 - Abdul Rahman Arif, 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 (b. 1962)
• August 29 - Pierre Messmer, French politician (b. 1916)
• August 29 - Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (b. 1978)
• August 30 - Michael Jackson, English writer (b. 1942)
• August 30 - Charles Vanik, American politician (b. 1918)
• August 31 - Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)

September

• September 1 - Tomás Medina Caracas, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1965)
• September 2 - Max McNab, Canadian hockey player and hockey executive (b. 1924)
• September 3 - Jane Tomlinson, British charity fund raiser (b. 1964)
• September 4 - Ryūzō Sejima, staff officer at the Imperial Headquarters of Japanese Imperial Army (b. 1911)
• 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, former wife of Ronald Reagan (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 world rally champion (b. 1968)
• September 15 - Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (b. 1928)
• September 15 - Brett Somers, American actress (b. 1924)
• September 16 - Robert Jordan, American author (b. 1948)
• September 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 - Rex Humbard, American evangelist (b. 1919)
• September 21 - Petar Stambolić, Serbian politician (b. 1912)
• September 22 - Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (b. 1923)
• September 23 - Ken Danby, Canadian artist (b. 1940)
• September 26 - Bill Wirtz, American businessman (b. 1929)
• September 27 - Avraham Shapira, Israeli chief rabbi (b. 1914)
• September 27 - Kenji Nagai, Japanese journalist (b. 1957)
• September 28 - Wally Parks, American founder of the National Hot Rod Association (b. 1913)
• September 29 - Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927)
• September 30 - Milan Jelić, Bosnian-Serb politician (b. 1956)

October

• October 1 - Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules football player (b. 1966)
• October 1 - Al Oerter, American athlete (b. 1936)
• October 1 - Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster and theatre director (b. 1931)
• October 2 - Dan Keating, Irish republican (b. 1902)
• October 4 - Antonie Iorgovan, Romanian jurist, professor, and politician (b. 1948)
• October 5 - Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (b. 1898)
• October 6 - Jo Ann Davis, American politician (b. 1950)
• October 6 - Bud Ekins, American stuntman (b. 1930)
• October 7 - Norifumi "Norick" Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (b. 1975)
• October 7 - George E. Sangmeister, American politician (b. 1931)
• October 8 - Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917)
• October 9 - Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (b. 1922)
• October 11 - Sri Chinmoy, Indian philosopher (b. 1931)
• October 11 - Werner von Trapp, member of the Trapp Family Singers (b. 1915)
• October 12 - Soe Win, Burmese politician (b. 1948)
• October 12 - Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (b. 1934)
• October 13 - Bob Denard, French mercenary (b. 1929)
• October 16 - Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (b. 1921)
• October 16 - Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Venezuelan cardinal (b. 1922)
• October 16 - Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer (b. 1981)
• October 17 - Joey Bishop, American entertainer (b. 1918)
• October 17 - Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (b. 1931)
• October 18 - Alan Coren, English columnist (b. 1939)
• October 18 - William J. Crowe, American military commander and ambassador (b. 1925)
• October 18 - Lucky Dube, South African musician (b. 1964)
• October 19 - Michael Maidens, English footballer (b. 1987)

Nobel Prizes

• Chemistry - Gerhard Ertl
• Economics - Leonid Hurwicz - Eric Maskin, and Roger Myerson
• Literature - Doris Lessing
• Peace - Albert Gore, Jr, and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Physics - Albert Fert, Peter Grünberg
• Physiology or Medicine - Mario Capecchi, Oliver Smithies, Sir Martin Evans

Holidays

• January 1 - New Year's Day.
• January 26 - Australia Day. India Republic Day.
• February 12 - Independence Day in Chile.
• February 19 - Presidents' Day in the United States.
• February 20 - Mardi Gras Day.
• February 21 - Western Christianity: Ash Wednesday and start of Lent.
• March 1 - Saint David's Day
• March 17 - Saint Patrick's Day.
• March 19 - Feast of Saint Joseph in Christianity. In Judaism, start of the month of Nisan.
• March 21 - Norouz, Iranian and Bahá'í New Year.
• April 2 - In Judaism, 14/15 Nisan. Passover Seder.
• April 6 - Good Friday in the Western Christian and Eastern Orthodox calendars.
• April 8 - Easter (Western Christianity and Eastern Orthodoxy).
• April 10 - End of Passover or Feast of Unleavened Bread.
• April 22 - Earth Day.
• April 23 - Saint George's Day.
• April 23 - Israeli Independence Day (Iyar 5) in the Hebrew calendar.
• April 25 - ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand.
• April 25 - Liberation of Italy Day.
• April 27 - Arbor Day in the USA.
• April 30 - Koninginnedag (Queen's Day, in Dutch) - National Holiday in The Netherlands.
• May 1 - Beltane, a cross-quarter day. Also Labor Day in most of the world, but not in the USA and Canada. May Day.
• May 5 - 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.
• July 1 - Canada Day.
• July 4 - Independence Day in the USA.
• July 5 - Independence Day in Venezuela.
• July 9 - Independence Day in Argentina.
• July 14 - Bastille Day.
• July 24 - Birthday of Simon Bolivar observed in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. Pioneer Day observed in Utah.
• July 28 - Independence Day in Peru.
• August 1 - Lammas, "Loaf Mass," a Cross-quarter day, Swiss National Day.
• August 6 - Independence Day in Jamaica.
• August 9 - National Day in Singapore.
• August 15 - India Independence Day.
• August 17 - Indonesia Independence Day.
• August 20 - St. Stephen's day, the main national holiday in Hungary.
• August 28 - India Raksha Bhandhan.
• August 31 - National Day in Malaysia.
• September 3 - Labour Day in Canada and the USA.
• September 7 - Independence Day in Brazil.
• September 11 - National Day in Catalonia.
• September 12-September 14 - Rosh Hashana begins at sunset: New Year 5768 in the Hebrew Calendar.
• September 13 - Ramadan begins for the religion of Islam.
• September 16 - Mexico Independence Day.
• September 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 1 - Independence Day in Nigeria.
• 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.
• October 31 - All Hallows' Eve, Halloween.
• November 1 - All Saints' Day. Samhain, a cross-quarter day. Neopagan New Year's Day.
• November 11 - Independence Day in Poland.
• 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 countries.

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