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Events from the year 2007 in the United States .
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors and lieutenant governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama : Bob Riley (Republican )
Governor of Alaska : Sarah Palin (Republican )
Governor of Arizona : Janet Napolitano (Democratic )
Governor of Arkansas : Mike Huckabee (Republican ) (until January 9), Mike Beebe (Democratic ) (starting January 9)
Governor of California : Arnold Schwarzenegger (Republican )
Governor of Colorado : Bill Owens (Republican ) (until January 9), Bill Ritter (Democratic ) (starting January 9)
Governor of Connecticut : Jodi Rell (Republican )
Governor of Delaware : Ruth Ann Minner (Democratic )
Governor of Florida : Jeb Bush (Republican ) (until January 2), Charlie Crist (Republican )/(Independent ) (starting January 2)
Governor of Georgia : Sonny Perdue (Republican )
Governor of Hawaii : Linda Lingle (Republican )
Governor of Idaho : Butch Otter (Republican )
Governor of Illinois : Rod Blagojevich (Democratic )
Governor of Indiana : Mitch Daniels (Republican )
Governor of Iowa : Tom Vilsack (Democratic ) (until January 12), Chet Culver (Democratic ) (starting January 12)
Governor of Kansas : Kathleen Sebelius (Democratic )
Governor of Kentucky : Ernie Fletcher (Republican ) (until December 11), Steve Beshear (Democratic ) (starting December 11)
Governor of Louisiana : Kathleen Blanco (Democratic )
Governor of Maine : John Baldacci (Democratic )
Governor of Maryland : Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. (Republican ) (until January 17), Martin O'Malley (Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Governor of Massachusetts : Mitt Romney (Republican ) (until January 4), Deval Patrick (Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Michigan : Jennifer Granholm (Democratic )
Governor of Minnesota : Tim Pawlenty (Republican )
Governor of Mississippi : Haley Barbour (Republican )
Governor of Missouri : Matt Blunt (Republican )
Governor of Montana : Brian Schweitzer (Democratic )
Governor of Nebraska : Dave Heineman (Republican )
Governor of Nevada : Jim Gibbons (Republican )
Governor of New Hampshire : John Lynch (Democratic )
Governor of New Jersey : Jon Corzine (Democratic )
Governor of New Mexico : Bill Richardson (Democratic )
Governor of New York : Eliot Spitzer (Democratic )
Governor of North Carolina : Mike Easley (Democratic )
Governor of North Dakota : John Hoeven (Republican )
Governor of Ohio : Bob Taft (Republican ) (until January 8), Ted Strickland (Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Oklahoma : Brad Henry (Democratic )
Governor of Oregon : Ted Kulongoski (Democratic )
Governor of Pennsylvania : Ed Rendell (Democratic )
Governor of Rhode Island : Donald Carcieri (Republican )
Governor of South Carolina : Mark Sanford (Republican )
Governor of South Dakota : Mike Rounds (Republican )
Governor of Tennessee : Phil Bredesen (Democratic )
Governor of Texas : Rick Perry (Republican )
Governor of Utah : Jon Huntsman, Jr. (Republican )
Governor of Vermont : Jim Douglas (Republican )
Governor of Virginia : Tim Kaine (Democratic )
Governor of Washington : Christine Gregoire (Democratic )
Governor of West Virginia : Joe Manchin (Democratic )
Governor of Wisconsin : Jim Doyle (Democratic )
Governor of Wyoming : Dave Freudenthal (Democratic )
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama : Lucy Baxley (Democratic ) (until January 15), Jim Folsom, Jr. (Democratic ) (starting January 15)
Lieutenant Governor of Alaska : Sean Parnell (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas : vacant (until January 9), Bill Halter (Democratic ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of California : Cruz Bustamante (Democratic ) (until January 8), John Garamendi (Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : Jane E. Norton (Republican ) (until January 9), Barbara O'Brien (Democratic ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Kevin B. Sullivan (Democratic ) (until January 3), Michael Fedele (Republican ) (starting January 3)
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware : John Carney (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Florida : Toni Jennings (Republican ) (until January 2), Jeff Kottkamp (Republican ) (starting January 2)
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia : Mark Taylor (Democratic ) (until January 8), Casey Cagle (Republican ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii : Duke Aiona (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : Jim Risch (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : Pat Quinn (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : Becky Skillman (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : Sally Pederson (Democratic ) (until January 17), Patty Judge (Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : John E. Moore (Democratic ) (until January 20), Mark Parkinson (Democratic ) (starting January 20)
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : Steve Pence (Republican ) (until December 11), Daniel Mongiardo (Democratic ) (starting December 11)
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : Mitch Landrieu (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland : Michael Steele (Republican ) (until January 17), Anthony G. Brown (Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : Kerry Healey (Republican ) (until January 4), Tim Murray (Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : John D. Cherry (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : Carol Molnau (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : Amy Tuck (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : Peter Kinder (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Montana : John Bohlinger (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : Rick Sheehy (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Lorraine Hunt (Republican ) (until January 20), Brian Krolicki (Republican ) (starting January 20)
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico : Diane Denish (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of New York : David Paterson (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : Bev Perdue (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : Jack Dalrymple (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : vacant (until January 8), Lee Fisher (Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma : Mary Fallin (Republican ) (until January 2), Jari Askins (Democratic ) (starting January 2)
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : Catherine Baker Knoll (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : Charles J. Fogarty (Democratic ) (until January 2), Elizabeth H. Roberts (Democratic ) (starting January 2)
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : André Bauer (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : Dennis Daugaard (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : John S. Wilder (Democratic ) (until January 8), Ron Ramsey (Republican ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Texas : David Dewhurst (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Utah : Gary Herbert (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : Brian Dubie (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : Bill Bolling (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington : Brad Owen (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : Barbara Lawton (Democratic )
Events
January
January 4 : Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker of the House.
February
March
April
April 16 : United States President George W. Bush with Virginia Tech Student Government Association President James Tyger after his speech at the school's convocation.
April 25 : President George W. Bush announces the U.S. will increase efforts to combat malaria in Africa.
May
June
June 1 – U.S. warships bombard a Somali village where Islamic militants had set up a base.[11]
June 2 – Four people are charged with a terror plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York City .[12]
June 3 – The Valley of Geysers in Russia was destroyed by a mudflow.[13]
June 4 – Ten people, including a Californian National Guard officer and former Hmong general, are charged over plans to overthrow the Laotian Government.[14] [15]
June 5 – NASA 's MESSENGER spacecraft made its second fly-by of Venus en route to Mercury .
June 7 – the famous birthday of America announced the birth of Monah Cooper
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 16 – Mike Nifong , district attorney for Durham County, North Carolina , is disbarred for misconduct having being found guilty of 27 ethics related charges. Nifong withheld evidence that cleared the falsely accused players in the Duke lacrosse case .[16]
June 18 – Nine Charleston, South Carolina firefighters are killed by a roof collapse while battling the Charleston Sofa Super Store fire .
June 24 – In South Lake Tahoe, California , a wildfire destroys 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.
Groundbreaking begins on the Chicago Spire .
June 29 – The first iPhone is released for sale in the U.S.
June 30 – The Hawaii Superferry arrives in Honolulu after a 7,600 mile journey from Mobile, Alabama .
July
July 15 : Opening ceremony of the second Tacoma Narrows Bridge
August
August 1 :I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse.
August 1
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.[17]
August 16 – The Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County , Utah , collapses a second time, killing three rescue workers and injuring six more.
August 17 – Phineas and Ferb debuts on Disney Channel .
August 18 – The remnants of Tropical Storm Erin re-strengthen into a tropical storm over Oklahoma, causing widespread flooding and wind damage.
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 , North Dakota to Barksdale AFB , Louisiana carrying 6 nuclear warheads.
September
October
October 20 – November 9 : Flames burn Santa Clarita, California during the California wildfires of October 2007 .
October 7 – Off-duty police officer Tyler Peterson kills six people at a house party in Crandon, Wisconsin before committing suicide.
October 9 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average hits an all-time high of 14,164 before beginning to decline ahead of the start of the late–2000s recession .
October 10 – The SuccessTech Academy school shooting occurs in Cleveland, Ohio .
October 15 – Drew Carey debuts as host of The Price Is Right , replacing the retired Bob Barker .
October 18 – In New York City , one of the world's leading art galleries, the Salander/O'Reilly Galleries, is forced into closure amidst scandal and lawsuits.
October 20 – Georgia 's governor Sonny Perdue declares a state of emergency due to drought conditions.
October 20 – November 9 – Wildfires in Southern California result in the evacuation of more than 1,000,000 people and destroying over 1,600 homes and businesses.
October 22 – In Missouri , Lisa Montgomery is convicted of murdering pregnant woman Bobbie Jo Stinnett and cutting her baby from her womb.[18]
October 26 – Apple Inc. launches the sixth major release of their Mac OS X operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard .[19]
October 28 – The Boston Red Sox win the 2007 World Series in a four-game sweep against the Colorado Rockies .
October 31 – World Economic Forum releases The Global Competitiveness Report 2007–2008 .
November
November 1 – GoAnimate, now Vyond is founded by Alvin Hung.
November 3 – DARPA Grand Challenge , a prized competition for driverless cars to navigate safely in traffic, is scheduled.
November 4 – Daylight saving time in the United States and most of Canada will end, one week later than the previous schedule, in accordance with the Energy Policy Act of 2005 .
November 5 – The Writers Guild of America goes on strike .
November 6 – Legislative elections are held in the U.S. states of Kentucky , Mississippi , New Jersey , and Virginia ; Kentucky and Mississippi also hold gubernatorial elections .
November 8 – The 8th annual Latin Grammy Awards are held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas .
November 27 – The Annapolis Conference , a peace conference trying to end the Arab–Israeli conflict , is held in Annapolis, Maryland .
November 30 – The 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially ends.
December
Ongoing
Deaths
January
Yvonne De Carlo
Art Buchwald
Bam Bam Bigelow
January 1
January 2 – Robert C. Solomon , American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1942 )
January 4
January 6 – Mario Danelo , American college football player (b. 1985 )
January 7 – Bobby Hamilton , race car driver (b. 1957 )
January 8 – Yvonne de Carlo , Canadian-born American actress (b. 1922 )
January 11 – Robert Anton Wilson , writer, philosopher, psychologist, editor, and poet (b. 1932 )
January 12 – Alice Coltrane , musician and composer (b. 1937 )
January 13 – Michael Brecker , musician and composer (b. 1949 )
January 14 – Darlene Conley , actress (b. 1934 )
January 16 – Benny Parsons , race car driver and television announcer and analyst (b. 1941 )
January 17 – Art Buchwald , humorist (b. 1925 )
January 19 – Bam Bam Bigelow , wrestler (b. 1961 )
January 19 – Dennis Doherty , member of The Mamas and The Papas b. 1940
January 20 – Dan Christensen , painter (b. 1942 )
January 22 – Liz Renay , actress (b. 1926 )
January 23
January 25 – Charlotte Reid , singer and politician (b. 1913 )
January 27 – Tige Andrews , actor (b. 1920 )
January 28 – Emma Tillman , supercentenarian (b. 1892 )
January 30 – Sidney Sheldon , writer and screenwriter (b. 1917 )
January 31
February
Frankie Laine
Anna Nicole Smith
Dennis Johnson
Bruce Bennett
February 1
February 2 – Eric Von Schmidt , folk musician (b. 1931 )
February 4
February 6
February 7
February 8
February 9 – Hank Bauer , American baseball player and manager (b. 1922 )
February 10 – Cardis Cardell Willis , American comic (b. 1937 )
February 11 – Charles Langford , American politician (b. 1922 )
February 12 – Peggy Gilbert , American bandleader (b. 1905 )
February 13
February 15 – Walker Edmiston , American actor (b. 1925 )
February 16 – Gene Snyder , American politician (b. 1928 )
February 17 – Mike Awesome , American wrestler (b. 1965 )
February 18
February 19 – Janet Blair , American big-band singer (b. 1921 )
February 22
February 23 – Donnie Brooks , American pop singer (b. 1935 )
February 24 – Bruce Bennett , American actor and athlete (b. 1906 )
February 25 – William Anderson , American naval officer and politician (b. 1921 )
February 27 – Elbie Nickel , American Football player (b. 1922 )
February 28 – Robert Kingston , American army general (b. 1928 )
March
Betty Hutton
April
Roscoe Lee Browne
Jack Valenti
April 3 – Eddie Robinson , American football coach (b. 1919 )
April 4 – Bob Clark , American film director (b. 1939 )
April 5
April 7
April 11
April 14 – Don Ho , American musician (b. 1930 )
April 16 – Seung-Hui Cho , South Korean terrorist (b. 1984 )
April 17 – Kitty Carlisle Hart , American singer, actress & talk show panelist (b. 1910 )
April 22 – Juanita Millender-McDonald , American politician (b. 1938 )
April 26 – Jack Valenti , American film executive, creator of MPAA film rating system (b. 1921 )
April 28 – Dabbs Greer , American actor (b. 1917 )
April 30
May
Wally Schirra
Yolanda King
June
Chris Benoit
June 1 – Arn Shein , journalist (b. 1928 )
June 4 – Craig L. Thomas , American politician (b. 1933 )
June 11 – Mala Powers , American film actress (b. 1931 )
June 12 – Don Herbert , American television personality, Mr. Wizard (b. 1917 )
June 14 – Ruth Bell Graham , Wife of Billy Graham (b. 1920 )
June 15 – Sherri Martel , American professional wrestler (b. 1958 )
June 22 – Nancy Benoit , wrestling valet and manager, and wife and murder victim of Chris Benoit (b. 1964 )
June 23 – Rod Beck , American baseball player (b. 1968 )
June 24 – Chris Benoit , Canadian wrestler, and husband and murderer of Nancy Benoit (b. 1967 )
July
August
Merv Griffin
August 5 – Oliver Hill , American lawyer (b. 1907 )
August 12 – Merv Griffin , American singer, television producer and land developer (b. 1925 )
August 13
August 15 – John Gofman , American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (b. 1918 )
August 16 – Max Roach , American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924 )
August 17 – Eddie Griffin , American basketball player (b. 1982 )
August 18 – Michael Deaver , American political adviser (b. 1938 )
August 20 – Leona Helmsley , American hotel operator and real estate investor (b. 1920 )
August 29 – Richard Jewell , American falsely accused of bombing the Centennial Olympic Park (b. 1962 )
September
Jane Wyman
October
Sri Chinmoy
November
Paul Tibbets
Norman Mailer
November 1 – Paul Tibbets , American general, pilot of the Enola Gay (b. 1915 )
November 2 – The Fabulous Moolah , American professional wrestler (b. 1923 )
November 3 – Ryan Shay , American runner (b. 1979 )
November 6 – Hank Thompson , American country singer (b. 1925 )
November 10
November 11 – Delbert Mann , American film and television director (b. 1920 )
November 12 – Ira Levin , American novelist (b. 1929 )
November 15 – Joe Nuxhall , American baseball player and announcer (b. 1928 )
November 16 – Harold Alfond , businessman (b. 1914 )
November 24 – Casey Calvert , musician (Hawthorne Heights) (b. 1981 )
November 25 – Kevin DuBrow , musician (Quiet Riot) (b. 1955 )
November 27
November 29
November 30 – Evel Knievel , American motorcycle daredevil (b. 1938 )
December
Ike Turner
Julia Carson
See also
References
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^ (in Japanese) News From Korean Central News Agency Of Dprk Archived 2009-09-11 at WebCite
^ "Kucinich Files Impeachment Articles Vs. VP" . CBS News . April 25, 2007. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007 .
^ "Report: U.S. hits militants' Somali base" . Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2007-06-02 .
^ "4 charged with terror plot at JFK airport, official says" . CNN News. Archived from the original on 2007-06-04. Retrieved 2007-06-02 .
^ Russian GEO , N10, 2007, p. 167
^ Thompson, Don. "2 charged in Laotian overthrow plot" . Yahoo News. Retrieved 2007-06-04 . [dead link ]
^ "10 charged with alleged Laos plot" . CNN. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-04 .
^ Wilson, Duff (June 16, 2007). "Prosecutor in Duke Case Is Disbarred for Ethics Breaches (Published 2007)" – via NYTimes.com.
^ NBA Referee Pleads Guilty in Betting Scandal . History and the Headlines: What Made History in 2007? Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
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^ "Apple to Ship Mac OS X Leopard on October 26" . Apple Inc. October 16, 2007.
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