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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.
Portal:Current events [ edit] This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from December 2007. Al-Qaeda in Iraq militants attack the Shiite village of Dwelah in Diyala, killing at least 13 people. (AP via IHT) Turkey claims that it has attacked PKK positions in Iraq, inflicting significant losses.
2 January 2007 - Establishment of BBC Trust. The BBC Governors have been replaced by the new BBC Trust, part of a plan by the Government to make the corporation more accountable to the public and give greater value for licence fee payers. The new Trust came into force on 1 January 2007, and is led by current Acting Chairwoman Dr Chitra Bharucha .
President George W. Bush has threatened to veto the Bill. (Bloomberg) July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike. An airstrike is carried out by two United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopters in Al-Amin al-Thaniyah, in the district of New Baghdad in Baghdad, during the occupation of Iraq.
The United States commemorates the sixth anniversary of the attacks with ceremonies in New York City, Washington, DC and Shanksville, PA. (The Telegraph) Osama bin Laden releases a video for the anniversary. (Reuters) Kanye West releases his 3rd studio album Graduation. September 12, 2007 (Wednesday) edit.
The Boston Red Sox defeat the Cleveland Indians 11-2 winning the 2007 American League Championship Series and going on to meet the Colorado Rockies, the 2007 National League champions, in the 2007 World Series. (AP via Fox News) 2007 California fires: At least nine wildfires burn out of control in Southern California leading to the death of a ...
Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Oscar De La Hoya in the highest grossing boxing match in history. (ESPN) May 6, 2007 (Sunday) edit. history. watch. Palestinian extremists bomb a United Nations -run Gaza elementary school in the continuing Palestinian factional violence, killing at least one and wounding at least seven.
July 6 - 2007 National Assembly for Wales election. Welsh Labour Party members endorse a deal that will enable Assembly members to enter into a coalition with Plaid Cymru, despite some opposition from Welsh Labour Members of Parliament and Assembly Members. (BBC News-Labour Agrees Historic Coalition) July 6 - 2007 Glasgow International Airport ...