Page 6: Historical Events In 2007

Jun 29   Apple's new iPhone is released in the US.   

Jun 29   British police defuse a bomb in Haymarket, Central London.[18].   

Jun 30   A calendar blue moon occurred in most of the Eastern Hemisphere.   

Jun 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.[19]   

Jun 30   A parliamentary election was held in Papua New Guinea   

Jun 30   The FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007 soccer tournament takes place in Canada   

Jun 30   The Hawaii Superferry arrives in Honolulu after a 7600 mile journey from Mobile, Alabama   

Jul 01   A law comes into force lowering the voting age in Austria from 18 to 16 in federal elections   

Jul 01   Hong Kong celebrates 10 years of Chinese rule.   

Jul 01   Portugal takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Germany   

Jul 01   Russia is composed of 85 federal subjects instead of 86 as Koryak Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Oblast were merged into the Kamchatka Krai following a 2005 referendum   

Jul 01   Smoking in public and work places is banned in England   

Jul 01   Smoking is banned in pubs and clubs in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia.   

Jul 01   The Concert For Diana is held at Wembley Stadium to commemorate Diana, Princess of Wales.   

Jul 02   10th anniversary of the collapse of the Thai baht, which triggered the Asian Financial Crisis.   

Jul 02   Venus and Saturn are in conjunction, separation 46 arcsecs   

Jul 03   Torrential rains cause the onset of the 2007 Sudan floods, the worst in the Sudan's history   

Jul 04   After being held for 114 days, Alan Johnston was finally freed.   

Jul 04   Sochi is elected as the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, during the 119th International Olympic Committee Session in Guatemala City.   

Jul 04   The 50-star U.S. flag is recorded as becoming the longest-flying American flag, replacing the 48-star flag that flew from 1912 to 1959   

Jul 07   In this year, Venus Williams claims the Women's Singles, at Wimbledon for a fourth time   

Jul 07   Live Earth Concerts are held throughout 9 major cities around the world.   

Jul 07   The Asian Cup 2007 Football (Soccer) tournament begins, taking place in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam.   

Jul 08   Boeing launches the new Boeing 787.   

Jul 08   In this year, Roger Federer claims the Men's Singles, at Wimbledon for a fifth time in a row.   

Jul 09   While celebrating Argentinean Independence Day, snow falls in Buenos Aires for the inaugural time in almost 100 years   

Jul 10   2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco (AL 5, NL 4)   

Jul 10   A Cessna 310R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes in Sanford, Florida, killing three adults and two children   

Jul 10   Zheng Xiaoyu, head of State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China executed.   

Jul 11   The ninth All Africa Games kick off in Algiers, Algeria   

Jul 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.   

Jul 12   Stan Zemanek, Australian radio personality (b.1947).   

Jul 13   The 15th Pan Am Games opens in Rio de Janeiro   

Jul 14   Following a presidential decree, Russia withdraws from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.   

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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)