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The Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base, code-named Operation Ellaalan, was a commando raid conducted on SLAF Anuradhapura an Air Force Base in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka by the Liber…
A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this…
The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting and mass shooting that occurred on Monday, April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institut…
Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho murders 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide
The Johnson Space Center shooting was an incident of hostage taking that occurred on April 20, 2007, in Building 44, the Communication and Tracking Development Laboratory, at the L…
Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips barricades himself with a handgun in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Hous
Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia, died of cardiac arrest on 23 April 2007, twelve days after being admitted to the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. Yeltsin was the …
Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the we…
Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy wi
Chang'e 1 was an uncrewed Chinese lunar-orbiting spacecraft, part of the first phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. The spacecraft was named after the Chinese Moon godde…
Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch…
Princess Isabella of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, is a member of the Danish royal family. She is the second child and elder daughter of King Frederik X and Queen Mary.
Princess Isabella of Denmark, daughter of King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark
Mirra Aleksandrovna Andreeva is a Russian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as world No. 5 in singles, which she achieved on 14 July 2025, and No. …
Mirra Andreeva, Russian tennis player
Infanta Sofía of Spain is a member of the Spanish royal family. She is the younger daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia and, as such, is second in the line of succession to…
Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east,…
Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem
Madeleine Beth McCann is a British missing person, who at the age of 3 disappeared from her bed in a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Lagos, Portugal, on the evening of 3 May 200…
The three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily report
Kenya Airways Flight 507 was a scheduled international passenger service between Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and Nairobi, Kenya with a stopover in Douala, Cameroon, operated by Kenya Air…
Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing all 114 ab
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and …
Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments
The president of Romania is the head of state of Romania. The president is directly elected by a two-round system, and, following a modification to the Romanian Constitution in 200…
President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension
Rayane Messi Tanfouri is a French footballer who plays as a left winger for Saudi Pro League club Neom, on loan from Strasbourg.
Rayane Messi, French footballer
Bryce Maximus James is an American college basketball player for the Arizona Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference. He is the second child of National Basketball Association (NBA) play…
Bryce James, American basketball player
Nanou Philips is a Belgian social media personality. Under the online handle Nanou ASMR, she produces ASMR content, which she is mostly known for, on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram…
Nanou Philips, Belgian ASMR social media personality
Elliana Kathryn Walmsley is an American dancer. She became known for appearing in Lifetime's reality show Dance Moms.
Elliana Walmsley, American dancer
Mason Thames is an American actor. He made his acting debut in 2017 and gained recognition for his performance in the lead role of Finney Blake in the horror film The Black Phone (…
Mason Thames, American actor
The 2007 Moscow, Idaho, shooting was an ambush and sniper attack that occurred on the night of May 19, 2007 in Moscow, Idaho, United States, and lasted into the early morning hours…
A mass shooting starts in Moscow, Idaho, which would leave 3 non-shooters dead and 3 more injured, before the shooter co
Super Cyclonic Storm Gonu was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that became the strongest cyclone on record in the Arabian Sea. The second named tropical cyclone of the 2007 N…
Cyclone Gonu develops from an area of convection in the Arabian Sea, becoming the worst recorded natural disaster in Oma
Newcastle, also known as Greater Newcastle, is a large metropolitan area and the second-most-populous such area of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the cities of Newcastle a…
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the deat
Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Atlantis was manufacture…
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-117 carrying two truss segments and solar arrays to the International Space St
The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire was a firefighting accident that occurred on the evening of June 18, 2007, in Charleston, South Carolina, resulting in the deaths of nine fire…
The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters