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   On this day in history parliamentary elections take place in Estonia and in Abkhazia.   

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 in the year 2007.   

Mar 06   On this day in history mega Millions sets a new world record for the highest lottery jackpot of US $370 million.   

Mar 07   Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737-400, crashes at Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java, killing many on board in the year 2007.   

Mar 07   Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 is held in the year 2007.   

Mar 08   On this day in history 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   On this day in history alan Johnston, a BBC journalist disappears in Gaza City, Palestine. Van Halen is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.   

Mar 17   Chlorine bombs injure hundreds in Baghdad, Iraq on this day in history.   

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

Mar 22   NATO troops launch two assaults in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, killing 38 Taliban terrorists. NATO suffers no casualties in the year 2007.   

Mar 23   Eight human skeletons are discovered in Fort Myers, Florida, later linked to suspected serial killer Daniel Conahan on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Mar 26   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 on this day in history.   

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   Former MLB pitcher Ugueth Urbina is sentenced to 14 years in prison on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Smoke ban in enclosed places in Wales in the year 2007.   

Apr 02   The Solomon Islands is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, and hit by a subsequent tsunami on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history nATO and Afghan forces retake a key town from the Taliban in Sangin in southern Helmand Province.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 11   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 in the year 2007.   

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   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 in the year 2007.   

Apr 17   In the year 2007 the Pound Sterling hits a 15-year high against the US dollar, breaking through the US$2 level for the first time since 1992.   

Apr 18   In the year 2007 32 Chinese steel workers are burnt to death in the Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster.   

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

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Jan 01   A. I. Bezzerides, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1908) died in the year 2007.   

Jan 02   Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911) died in the year 2007.   

Jan 03   William Verity Jr., United States Secretary of Commerce 1987-1989 (b. 1917) died in the year 2007.   

Jan 04   Marais Viljoen, former State President of South Africa (b. 1915) died in the year 2007.   

Jan 05   In the year 2007 death of momofuku Ando, inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles (b. 1910)   

Jan 06   Roberta Wohlstetter, military historian and strategist (b. 1912) died in the year 2007.   

Jan 07   Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic-born television presenter (b. 1929) died in the year 2007.   

Jan 08   In the year 2007 death of jane Bolin, first African American female judge (b. 1908)