Page 11: Historical Events In 2007

Nov 14   A magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurs in northern Chile.   

Nov 14   High Speed 1 from London to the Channel Tunnel is opened to passengers.   

Nov 16   Over 3000 people are believed to have died after Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, with the death toll expected to rise   

Nov 17   Parliamentary elections in Kosovo.   

Nov 18   In this year, The Zasyadko mine disaster in eastern Ukraine claims the lives of 101 miners.   

Nov 20   The UK's HM Revenue and Customs admits that it has misplaces two computer discs which contained the records of child benefit claimants data, including bank details and National Insurance numbers, in the United Kingdom, leaving up to 7.25 million households susceptible to identity theft.   

Nov 21   Senegalese street vendors riot in Dakar after government attempts to ban them from operating in the center of the capital city.   

Nov 22   Vladimer Gurgenidze is recorded as becoming the 17th Prime Minister of Georgia   

Nov 24   In this year, Australian Labor Party claims the federal election in Australia; Labor leader Kevin Rudd is elected to succeed John Howard as Prime Minister of Australia.   

Nov 24   Police broke up anti-Putin demonstrations in Saint Petersburg and Moscow   

Nov 24   The National Australian Football League draft will take place.   

Nov 25   A European Parliament election will take place in Romania.   

Nov 25   Nawaz Sharif makes a second attempt to return to Pakistan along with his brother Shahbaz Sharif and other family members.   

Nov 25   Parliamentary elections is held in Croatia.   

Nov 25   Riots continue for a second night in Val-d'Oise, France following the death of two youths in a motorcycle collision with a police vehicle   

Nov 27   In this year, United Nations Development Programme releases the 2007/2008 Human Development Report.   

Nov 27   The Annapolis Conference, a peace conference trying to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, is held in Annapolis, Maryland in the United States.   

Nov 28   President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf stands down as the head of the Pakistan Army and was successed by Lt. General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani   

Nov 29   The Armed Forces of the Philippines lays siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.   

Nov 30   The 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially ends   

Dec 02   In this year, United Russia claims parliamentary elections in Russia, increasing their majority with 60% of the votes.   

Dec 03   14 - United Nations Climate Change Conference at Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia   

Dec 03   Kevin Rudd is sworn in as the 26th Prime Minister of Australia, by Governor General Major-General Michael Jeffery   

Dec 04   In this year, The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) releases the results of the PISA 2006 survey.   

Dec 05   19-year old Robert A. Hawkins shoots eight people dead and injures five at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, then commits suicide.   

Dec 06   A pipe bomb explodes in a law office in Paris, France, killing one person.   

Dec 07   Uranus' orbit will be positioned such that the sun shines directly above its equator (i.e. an equinox).   

Dec 08   2007 Africa-EU Summit takes place as European Union and African Union leaders gather in Lisbon, Portugal, for their inaugural joint summit in seven years. The British and Czech prime ministers boycott the event due to the presence of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.   

Dec 10   The United Nations deadline for a negotiated settlement on the future of Kosovo passed without an international agreement   

Dec 11   In Algiers, Algeria, two bombs explode within ten minutes of each other, the inaugural near a UN office and the other detonated close to the Algerian Supreme Court. The official death count for both blasts stands as 31.   

Dec 12   Election by the Swiss Parliament of Switzerland's highest executive authority, the Swiss Federal Council (7 members). All the sitting members are confirmed, except Christoph Blocher, who in an upset is replaced by Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. This is only the sixth time in Swiss history a sitting member is not reconfirmed.   

Dec 13   Entry into force of the revised version of the European Patent Convention (EPC), known as the EPC 2000.   

Dec 13   European leaders sign the Treaty of Lisbon in Lisbon.   

Dec 13   In this year, Former US Senator George J. Mitchell publicly releases a report accusing 88 retired and active Major League Baseball players of anabolic steroid use   

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Jan 01   A. i. bezzerides: American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1908)   

Jan 02   Teddy kollek: Austrian-born mayor of jerusalem (b. 1911)   

Jan 03   William verity jr.: United states secretary of commerce 1987-1989 (b. 1917)   

Jan 04   Marais viljoen: Former state president of south africa (b. 1915)   

Jan 05   Momofuku ando: Inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles (b. 1910)   

Jan 06   Roberta wohlstetter: Military historian and strategist (b. 1912)   

Jan 07   Magnús magnússon: Icelandic-born television presenter (b. 1929)   

Jan 08   Jane bolin: First african american female judge (b. 1908)