The year in history
2007
Someone born in 2007 turns 19 in 2026
2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2007th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 7th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2000s decade. 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
What happened in 2007
Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eurozone.
Windows Vista is released to consumers by Microsoft.
The fourth International Polar Year, a $1.73 billion research program to study both the North Pole and South Pole, is launched in Paris.
Naval forces of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrest Royal Navy personnel in disputed Iran-Iraq waters; they were released on April 4.
The 2007 Greensburg tornado moves through Kiowa County, Kansas, United States, striking the town of Greensburg and killing eleven residents. 95% of the town was destroyed, and the tornado was the first to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.
The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Moscow Patriarchate re-unite after 80 years of schism.
American rapper T.I was involved in a physical altercation with Chaka Zulu, the manager of Ludacris, at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, California.
The dwarf planet Gonggong is discovered by astronomers Megan Schwamb, Michael Brown, and David Rabinowitz from the Palomar Observatory.
Multiple suicide bombings kill 572 people in Qahtaniya, northern Iraq.
The SELENE spacecraft launches, with its objective being to study the Moon.
2007 Argentine general election: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
At the age of 81 years, 244 days, Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever reigning British monarch, surpassing Queen Victoria who was aged 81 years, 243 days upon her death on January 22, 1901.