2007 in the United States

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Events from the year 2007 in the United States.

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10 January - President Bush announces a plan to station 21,500 additional troops in Iraq.
30 January - Microsoft releases Windows Vista and Office 2007
January 31 - Delta Air Lines creditors officially reject US Airways' hostile takeover bid.
January 31 - The Mooninite scare occurs in Boston when devices used in a guerrilla marketing campaign for the animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force are mistaken for improvised explosive devices.

March 6 - Mega Millions sets a new world record for the highest lottery jackpot of US $370 million.
March 16 - For the first time in the 23-year history of the modern version of the popular gameshow, Jeopardy!, a three-way tie occurred.

United States President George W. Bush with Virginia Tech Student Government Association President James Tyger after his speech at the school's convocation.

April 16 - 32 people are killed in the Virginia Tech massacre on the premises of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
April 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.
April 19 - US and allied air forces conduct massive exercises over South Korea with over 500 planes.^[1]
April 25 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 135.95 points to close at 13089.89; its first close above 13000 in its history.
April 25 - The Burj Dubai reaches the height of the Sears Tower on its way to becoming the tallest building in the world.
April 25 - A U.S. Congressman introduces articles to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.^[2]

May 4 - Tornado strikes Greensburg, Kansas, killing at least twelve and destroying about 90% of the town.
May 4 - Executive Directive 51, which specifies the procedures for continuity of the federal government in the event of a "catastrophic emergency" signed by President George W. Bush
May 31 - A calendar blue moon occurred in the Western Hemisphere and parts of the Eastern Hemisphere.

June 2 - Four people are charged with a terror plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York.^[3]
June 3 - The Valley of Geysers in Russia was destroyed by a mudflow.^[4]
June 4 - Ten people, including a Californian National Guard officer and former Hmong general, are charged over plans to overthrow the Laotian Government.^[5]^[6]
June 5 - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft made its second fly-by of Venus en route to Mercury.
June 8 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully launched on mission STS-117.
June 14 - The San Antonio Spurs sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the 2007 NBA Finals.
June 15 - Bob Barker airs his last episode of The Price is Right
June 24 - South Lake Tahoe - A wildfire starts eventually destroying 254 homes in the area.
June 25 - WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy Benoit, and son Daniel, are found dead as the result of a murder-suicide that took place over the previous weekend.
June 25 - Groundbreaking of the Chicago Spire.
June 30 - The Hawaii Superferry arrives in Honolulu after a 7,600 mile journey from Mobile, Alabama

July 7 - Venus Williams wins the Women's Singles, at Wimbledon for a fourth time.
July 7 - Live Earth Concerts are held throughout 9 major cities around the world.
July 8 - Boeing launches the new Boeing 787.
July 10 - A Cessna 310R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes in Sanford, Florida, killing three adults and two children.

Opening ceremony of the second Tacoma Narrows Bridge

July 15 - In Tacoma, Washington, the second span of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens to traffic, making it the longest twin suspension bridge in the world.
July 18 - At the height of rush hour in New York City a major steam pipe bursts, releasing millions of gallons of boiling water and super heated steam. Only one fatality occurred; a pedestrian who went into cardiac arrest.
July 19 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 14,000 for the first time in history.
July 21 - Vice President Dick Cheney serves as Acting President for two and a half hours, while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure.

August 1 - 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.
August 1 - Scouting celebrates its 100th birthday with worldwide celebrations.

August 4 - The Phoenix spacecraft launches toward the Martian north pole.
August 6 - The Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County, Utah collapses, trapping six miners.
August 7 - Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's home run record by hitting his 756th home run.
August 8 - The Space Shuttle Endeavour is successfully launched on mission STS-118.
August 9 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since February 27.
August 12 - Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, his 13th career major.
August 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.
August 21 - STS-118 lands at the Kennedy Space Center, completing Space Shuttle Endeavour's 19th flight.
August 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.
August 27 - United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation, to be effective September 17.
August 30 - 2007 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.

September 25 - Halo 3 is released, breaking all previous records in entertainment history by generating $170 million in the first 24 hours of release.