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Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (born 1933)
Jacques Martin was a French television host and producer.
Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (born 1933)
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2007
Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (born 1927)
Robert Savoie, was a French-Canadian operatic baritone.
Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (born 1927)
2007
Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (born 1968)
Colin Steele McRae was a Scottish rally driver. He was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion, and in 1995 became the first Scottish driver to win the World Rally Championship Dr…
Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (born 1968)
2007
Jeremy Moore, English general (born 1928)
Major-General Sir John Jeremy Moore, was a British senior Royal Marines officer who served as the commander of the British land forces during the Falklands War in 1982. Moore recei…
Jeremy Moore, English general (born 1928)
2007
Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1928)
Aldemaro Romero was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger and orchestral conductor. He was born in Valencia, Carabobo State.
Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1928)
2007
Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1924)
Brett Somers was a Canadian-American game-show personality, actress, and singer. Somers was best known as a panelist on the 1970s game show Match Game and for her recurring role as…
Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1924)
2007
Robert Jordan, American engineer and author (born 1948)
James Oliver Rigney Jr., known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was an American author of epic fantasy. His The Wheel of Time series, which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel is …
Robert Jordan, American engineer and author (born 1948)
2007
Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player and producer (born 1965)
Tigertailz are a Welsh glam metal band from Cardiff. Their 1990 album Bezerk made the Top 40 on the UK Albums Chart and contained the hit singles "Love Bomb Baby" and "Heaven". The…
Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player and producer (born 1965)
2007
Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (born 1928)
John Thomas Gavin was an Irish footballer who spent most of his career in England. He played for Janesboro United, Limerick, Ireland, Norwich City, Watford, Tottenham Hotspur, Crys…
Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (born 1928)
2007
In one of the deadliest shooting incidents in United States history, a gunman killed 32 people and wounded over 20 more
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…
In one of the deadliest shooting incidents in United States history, a gunman killed 32 people and wounded over 20 more
2007
A ladle spilled 30 tonnes (33 tons) of molten steel in a factory in Liaoning, China, killing 32 workers
The Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster was an industrial disaster that occurred on April 18, 2007, in Qinghe District, Tieling, Liaoning, China. Thirty-two people were kille…
A ladle spilled 30 tonnes (33 tons) of molten steel in a factory in Liaoning, China, killing 32 workers
2007
Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing 796…
The Qahtaniyah bombings occurred on August 14, 2007, when four coordinated suicide car bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi towns of Til Ezer (al-Qahtaniyah) and Siba Sheikh Khidir…
Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing 796…
2007
Controversy surrounding the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet Red Army World War II memorial in Tall
The Bronze Soldier is the informal name of a controversial Soviet World War II war memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, built at the site of several war graves, which were relocated to t…
Controversy surrounding the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet Red Army World War II memorial in Tall
2007
Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has nev
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…
Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has nev
2007
Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashed immediately after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Cameroon, resulting in t
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 crashed immediately after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Cameroon, resulting in t
2007
A major storm caused the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker to run aground in New South Wales, Australia
The 2007 New South Wales storms started on 8 June 2007 following the development of an intense east coast low pressure system during the previous night. Over the next 36 hours, the…
A major storm caused the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker to run aground in New South Wales, Australia
2007
Mudslides caused by heavy monsoon rainfall and exacerbated by hill cutting killed at least 128 people in Chittagong, Ban
The 2007 Chittagong mudslides occurred in the port city of Chittagong in south-eastern Bangladesh. On 11 June 2007, heavy monsoon rainfall caused mudslides that engulfed slums arou…
Mudslides caused by heavy monsoon rainfall and exacerbated by hill cutting killed at least 128 people in Chittagong, Ban
2007
Insurgents carried out a second bombing at the al-Askari Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam
The 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing occurred on 13 June 2007 at around 9 am local time at one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, the al-Askari Mosque, and has been attributed by Ira…
Insurgents carried out a second bombing at the al-Askari Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam
2007
As a result of an ongoing conflict between drug dealers and police in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, a large military an
Favela is an umbrella name for several types of impoverished neighborhoods in Brazil. The term, which means slum or ghetto, was first used in the Slum of Providência in the center …
As a result of an ongoing conflict between drug dealers and police in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, a large military an
2007
Two U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters (pictured) conducted a series of air-to-ground attacks in Baghdad.
The Hughes/McDonnell Douglas/Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two. Nose-mo…
Two U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters (pictured) conducted a series of air-to-ground attacks in Baghdad.
2007
An earthquake of magnitude .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw 6.6 struck…
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 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw 6.6 struck…
2007
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.
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 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.
2007
A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, Japan, causing a leak of radioactive gases from…
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…
A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, Japan, causing a leak of radioactive gases from…
2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the popular Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, was released…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantasy novel by British author J. K. Rowling. It is the seventh and final novel in the Harry Potter series. It was released on 21 July 20…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the popular Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, was released…