Explore 1917 historical events from 2000–2009.
The siege of Lal Masjid was an armed confrontation in July 2007 between a Islamist fundamentalist private militia and the government of Pakistan, led by president Pervez Musharraf …
The Pakistani military storms the Lal Masjid mosque in Islamabad, which had been seized by Islamist militants.
The siege of Lal Masjid was an armed confrontation in July 2007 between a Islamist fundamentalist private militia and the government of Pakistan, led by president Pervez Musharraf …
The Siege of Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, ends after the Pakistan Army storms the mosque which had been occupied…
The United States Army is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is designated as the army of the United States in the United States Constitution. As a part …
U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are…
The Chūetsu offshore earthquake was a powerful magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred 10:13 local time on July 16, 2007, in the northwest Niigata Prefecture of Japan. The earthqua…
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring…
Bishop Michael Fu Tieshan of Beijing was a top leader of the Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA).
Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (born 1931)
Juanita Millender-McDonald was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 until her death in 2007, representing Californi…
Juanita Millender-McDonald, American educator and politician (born 1938)
Paul Emil Erdman was a Canadian-born American economist and banker who became known for writing novels based on monetary trends and international finance.
Paul Erdman, Canadian-American economist and author (born 1932)
David Halberstam was an American writer, journalist, and historian, known for his work on the Vietnam War, politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American c…
David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (born 1934)
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by TAM Airlines from Porto Alegre to São Paulo, Brazil. On the evening of 17 July 2007, the Ai…
TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the…
Cameron Sikander Boozer is an American basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Boozer played college basketball for the Duke Blue …
Cameron Boozer, American basketball player
Peter John Randall, was a British Army soldier and a recipient of the George Medal, and the RSPCA's Margaret Wheatley Cross, for his actions on 8 October 1954 where he saved the li…
Peter Randall, English sergeant (born 1930)
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU…
Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (born 1931)
Alan James Ball was an English professional football player and manager. He won the 1966 World Cup with England and scored more than 180 league goals in a career spanning 22 years.…
Alan Ball Jr
Clement Arthur Milton was an English cricketer and footballer. He played County cricket for Gloucestershire from 1948 to 1974, playing six Test matches for England in 1958 and 1959…
Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (born 1928)
Robert George Pickett, better known as Bobby "Boris" Pickett, was an American singer-songwriter and comedian. He is best known for co-writing and performing the 1962 smash hit nove…
Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
Robert William "Dabbs" Greer was an American character actor in film and television for over 60 years. Greer appeared in nearly 100 film roles and in nearly 600 television episodes…
Dabbs Greer, American actor (born 1917)
René Mailhot was a Canadian journalist from the province of Quebec. He began his career at the age of twenty with the French-language newspaper Le Droit, published in Ottawa. After…
René Mailhot, Canadian journalist (born 1942)
Thomas Penn Newsom was a saxophone player in the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, for which he later became assistant director. Newsom was frequently the b…
Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1929)
Jack Joseph Valenti was an American political advisor and lobbyist who served as a Special Assistant to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was also the longtime president of the …
Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (born 1921)
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was well known for both inspiring and commis…
Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (born 1927)
Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German physicist and philosopher. He was the longest-living member of the team which performed nuclear research in Nazi Germany during …
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (born 1912)
Bertha Wernham Wilson was a Canadian jurist and the first female puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Before her ascension to Canada's highest court, she was the first fe…
Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist (born 1923)
Joshua Morgan Hancock was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, and St. …
Josh Hancock, American baseball player (born 1978)
Richard Charles Motz was a New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler and hard-hitting lower order batsman, Motz played 32 Test matches for the New Zealand national cricket tea…
Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (born 1940)