Page 8: Historical Events In 2007

Aug 04   The Phoenix spacecraft launches toward the Martian north pole   

Aug 06   Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrives in historic Palestianian town of Jericho, becoming the inaugural Prime Minister of Israel to visit the West Bank or Gaza Strip in over seven years. Olmert met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas   

Aug 06   The Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County, Utah collapses, trapping six miners.   

Aug 07   Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's home run record by hitting his 756th home run   

Aug 08   The 21st World Scout Jamboree at Hylands Park, Essex closes.   

Aug 08   The Space Shuttle Endeavour is successfully launched on mission STS-118   

Aug 09   The Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since feb 27   

Aug 11   Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Sierra Leone.   

Aug 12   In this year, Tiger Woods claims PGA Championship, his 13th career major.   

Aug 14   At least 22 people are killed, and at least 39 missing, as a bridge collapses in the southeastern province of Hunan, China   

Aug 14   Multiple suicide bombings kill 572 people in Qahtaniya, northern Iraq   

Aug 14   Pakistan marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire   

Aug 15   An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean.   

Aug 15   India marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire.   

Aug 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.   

Aug 16   The Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County, Utah, collapses a second time, killing three rescue workers and injuring six more.   

Aug 17   Vladimir Putin issues a statement, revealing that Russia is to resume the flight exercises of its Strategic bombers in remote areas. The flights were suspended in 1991 after the Collapse of the Soviet Union   

Aug 18   Typhoon Sepat makes landfall in eastern Taiwan.   

Aug 21   STS-118 lands at the Kennedy Space Center, completing Space Shuttle Endeavour's 19th flight.   

Aug 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   

Aug 24   The 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.   

Aug 25   Forty-four people are dead after two bombs explode in Hyderabad, India.   

Aug 25   Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis declares a national state of emergency after a series of devastating wildfires ravage western Peloponese and southern Euboea, killing 68 people.   

Aug 27   United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation, to be effective sep 17   

Aug 30   United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident in which a B-52 flew from Minot AFB, ND to Barksdale AFB, LA carrying 6 nuclear warheads   

Sep 01   Finland switches off all of its analogue terrestrial television signals as part of the digital switchover   

Sep 02   The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation hosts its 19th annual city meeting in Sydney.   

Sep 03   British troops withdraw from the Basra region of Iraq.   

Sep 04   Northeast Nicaragua takes a direct hit from Hurricane Felix. The hurricane was a strong Category 5 storm when it reached the coast   

Sep 06   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.   

Sep 07   In this year, The Rugby World Cup 2007 starts in France   

Sep 08   Over 50 people die when car bomb explodes in the Algerian port city of Dellys   

Sep 09   The general election in Guatemala elects the president, vice president, congressmen, municipal mayors, and representatives to Parlacen.   

Sep 10   The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup is held in China   

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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)