Historical Events In 2007

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

Nov 25   Parliamentary elections is held in Croatia in the year 2007.  

Nov 25   On this day in history 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   The Annapolis Conference, a peace conference trying to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, is held in Annapolis, Maryland in the United States on this day in history.  

Nov 27   United Nations Development Programme releases the 2007/2008 Human Development Report on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 30   On this day in history atlasjet Flight 4203 crashes near Keçiborlu, Turkey, killing all 56 people on board.  

Nov 30   In the year 2007 the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially ends.  

Dec 02   United Russia wins parliamentary elections in Russia, increasing their majority with 60% of the votes in the year 2007.  

Dec 02   In the year 2007 venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's proposed changes to the Venezuelan constitution are narrowly defeated in a nationwide referendum.  

Dec 03   14 - United Nations Climate Change Conference at Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia in the year 2007.  

Dec 03   Kevin Rudd is sworn in as the 26th Prime Minister of Australia, by Governor General Major-General Michael Jeffery in the year 2007.  

Dec 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Dec 10   Led Zeppelin reunites in London, England, for the Ahmet Ertegün tribute on this day in history.  

Dec 10   In the year 2007 the United Nations deadline for a negotiated settlement on the future of Kosovo passed without an international agreement.  

Dec 11   In the year 2007 in Algiers, Algeria, two bombs explode within ten minutes of each other, the first 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 2007 entry into force of the revised version of the European Patent Convention (EPC), known as the EPC 2000.  

Dec 13   In the year 2007 european leaders sign the Treaty of Lisbon in Lisbon.  

Dec 13   On this day in history former US Senator George J. Mitchell publicly releases a report accusing 88 retired and active Major League Baseball players of anabolic steroid use.  

Dec 14   In the year 2007 fAI World Grand Prix Gliding Championship at Omarama, New Zealand.  

Dec 15   In the year 2007 president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf had lifted the State of Emergency in Pakistan.  

Dec 16   On this day in history parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan.  

Dec 18   Jacob Zuma is elected president of the African National Congress political party in South Africa during the party's national conference in the year 2007.  

Dec 18   The Verkhovna Rada has approved Yulia Tymoshenko to become Prime Minister of Ukraine on this day in history.  

Dec 19   A presidential election takes place in South Korea. Former mayor of Seoul Lee Myung-bak, of the Grand National Party, won with 50% of the vote against two other major opponents in the year 2007.  

Dec 19   In the year 2007 an explosion and fire at the T2 Laboratories facility in Jacksonville, Florida kills 4 and injures 14.  

Dec 19   In the year 2007 the Flying Phantom sinks in the River Clyde, three crew are killed.  

Dec 19   Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, is announced as Time magazine's 2007 Person of the Year in the year 2007.  

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Jan 01   A. I. Bezzerides, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1908) died on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911) died on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 2007 death of william Verity Jr., United States Secretary of Commerce 1987-1989 (b. 1917)  

Jan 04   Marais Viljoen, former State President of South Africa (b. 1915) died on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles (b. 1910) died in the year 2007.  

Jan 06   On this day in history death of roberta Wohlstetter, military historian and strategist (b. 1912)  

Jan 07   On this day in history death of magnús Magnússon, Icelandic-born television presenter (b. 1929)  

Jan 08   Jane Bolin, first African American female judge (b. 1908) died on this day in history.