Page 3: Historical Events In 2007

Mar 03   Mixed martial artist Randy Couture wins the UFC heavyweight championship at the age of 43 in the main event of UFC 68 on this day in history.   

Mar 03   Total lunar eclipse in the year 2007.   

Mar 04   Parliamentary elections take place in Estonia and in Abkhazia on this day in history.   

Mar 05   mar 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Mega Millions sets a new world record for the highest lottery jackpot of US $370 million in the year 2007.   

Mar 07   Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737-400, crashes at Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java, killing many on board on this day in history.   

Mar 07   In the year 2007 northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 is held.   

Mar 08   In the year 2007 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.   

Mar 12   Alan Johnston, a BBC journalist disappears in Gaza City, Palestine. Van Halen is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

Mar 17   In the year 2007 chlorine bombs injure hundreds in Baghdad, Iraq.   

Mar 18   The 2007 Formula 1 World Championship Begins with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne in the year 2007.   

Mar 22   NATO troops launch two assaults in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, killing 38 Taliban terrorists. NATO suffers no casualties on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Eight human skeletons are discovered in Fort Myers, Florida, later linked to suspected serial killer Daniel Conahan in the year 2007.   

Mar 23   On this day in history naval forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guard seize Royal Navy personnel in disputed Iran-Iraq waters.   

Mar 25   In Berlin 27 European ministers celebrate the 50-year Treaty of Rome on this day in history.   

Mar 25   In the year 2007 ozeki Hakuho clinches the Emperor's Cup at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament (Haru Basho) in Osaka, Japan.   

Mar 26   In the year 2007 in the Canadian province of Québec, the Liberal Party wins a National Assembly election with 48 seats out of 125 and forms a minority government.   

Mar 27   In the year 2007 prime Minister of Latvia Aigars Kalvitis and Prime minister of Russia Mikhail Fradkov finally signs a border treaty between Latvia and Russia.   

Mar 28   In the year 2007 former MLB pitcher Ugueth Urbina is sentenced to 14 years in prison.   

Mar 31   Sydney, Australia, turns off its lights for 1 hour between 7:30pm and 8:30pm as a political statement for Global Climate Change in the year 2007.   

Apr 02   Smoke ban in enclosed places in Wales on this day in history.   

Apr 02   The Solomon Islands is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, and hit by a subsequent tsunami in the year 2007.   

Apr 03   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" on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Iran announced it will release the British sailors and marines that they captured on mar 23. The captives arrive back in the UK the next day in the year 2007.   

Apr 04   NATO and Afghan forces retake a key town from the Taliban in Sangin in southern Helmand Province in the year 2007.   

Apr 05   In the year 2007 the Greek cruise ship M/S Sea Diamond strikes a reef off the harbor of Santorini; the ship sinks the next day.   

Apr 06   Severe clashes between two rival factions erupted in Parachinar, a tribal area of Pakistan bordering the famous Tora Bora Heights in the year 2007.   

Apr 08   Zach Johnson wins the 2007 Masters Tournament on this day in history.   

Apr 11   In the year 2007 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.   

Apr 12   In the year 2007 don Imus is fired by CBS for making controversial comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team.   

Apr 14   In the year 2007 retired chess champion Garry Kasparov is detained in Moscow for participating in a banned mar. United States President George W. Bush with Virginia Tech Student Government Association President James Tyger after his speech at the school's convocation.apr 16 - 32 people are killed in the Virginia Tech massacre on the premises of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.   

Apr 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 in the year 2007.   

Apr 18   32 Chinese steel workers are burnt to death in the Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster on this day in history.   

Apr 19   US and allied air forces conduct massive exercises over South Korea with over 500 planes.[8] in the year 2007.   

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Jan 01   In the year 2007 death of a. I. Bezzerides, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1908)   

Jan 02   In the year 2007 death of teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 2007 death of roberta Wohlstetter, military historian and strategist (b. 1912)   

Jan 07   Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic-born television presenter (b. 1929) died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Jane Bolin, first African American female judge (b. 1908) died in the year 2007.