Page 8: Historical Events In 2007

Aug 01   Cholera in Ethiopia in the year 2007.   

Aug 01   On this day in history cholera in Somalia   

Aug 01   On this day in history cholera in Vietnam   

Aug 01   Dengue fever in Puerto Rico; Dominican Republic; Mexico in the year 2007.   

Aug 01   Iraq cholera outbreak in Iraq killing 10 people in the year 2007.   

Aug 01   Mweka ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of the Congo killing 187 people on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 2007 poliomyelitis in Nigeria   

Aug 01   Scouting celebrates its 100th birthday with worldwide celebrations in the year 2007.   

Aug 01   On this day in history the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge on I-35W over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota between University Avenue and Washington Avenue collapses at 6:05 pm CST during the later part of rush hour, killing 13 people.   

Aug 03   In the year 2007 a strain of foot and mouth disease is found on a farm at Wanborough, near to Guildford, Surrey. Gordon Brown holds a COBRA meeting by phone on the outbreak. For more information see 2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak.   

Aug 04   On this day in history a UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is found on the Surrey farm.   

Aug 04   On this day in history smoking in public places is banned in Slovenia.   

Aug 04   The 92nd World Congress of Esperanto is held in Yokohama, Japan on this day in history.   

Aug 04   The National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Mold, Flintshire, Wales on this day in history.   

Aug 04   The Phoenix spacecraft launches toward the Martian north pole on this day in history.   

Aug 06   Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrives in historic Palestianian town of Jericho, becoming the first Prime Minister of Israel to visit the West Bank or Gaza Strip in over seven years. Olmert met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the year 2007.   

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

Aug 07   Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's home run record by hitting his 756th home run on this day in history.   

Aug 08   On this day in history the 21st World Scout Jamboree at Hylands Park, Essex closes.   

Aug 08   The Space Shuttle Endeavour is successfully launched on mission STS-118 on this day in history.   

Aug 09   The Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since feb 27 in the year 2007.   

Aug 11   Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Sierra Leone in the year 2007.   

Aug 12   On this day in history tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, his 13th career major.   

Aug 14   In the year 2007 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 14   Pakistan marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire on this day in history.   

Aug 15   An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean on this day in history.   

Aug 15   In the year 2007 india marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire.   

Aug 15   In the year 2007 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 in the year 2007.   

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 in the year 2007.   

Aug 18   On this day in history typhoon Sepat makes landfall in eastern Taiwan.   

Aug 21   In the year 2007 hurricane Dean, a powerful Category 5 storm, slams into a largely evacuated Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.   

Aug 21   On this day in history sTS-118 lands at the Kennedy Space Center, completing Space Shuttle Endeavour's 19th flight.   

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

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

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   Roberta Wohlstetter, military historian and strategist (b. 1912) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.