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May 2007 is the fifth month of that year. MAY ( also known as: Mei メイ 메이 is a Korean singer well known in South Korea for singing the song "Miracle" Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. It began on a Tuesday and 31 days later, ended on a Thursday. Tuesday is the third Day of the week between Monday and Wednesday. Thursday is the fourth day of the week in most western countries and the fourth day of the week in the Judeo-Christian Calendar, falling between Wednesday

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Current events of May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01) (Tuesday)edithistorywatch
  • A U.S. federal appeals court rules that Congressman Jim McDermott must pay damages for leaking a copy of a tape of an illegally intercepted telephone call. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several Public holidays In many countries May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Labour Day is an annual Holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from efforts of India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Labour Day is an annual Holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from efforts of Guyana (ɡaɪˈænə or /ɡiːˈɑːnə/ officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only Nation state Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Labour Day is an annual Holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from efforts of |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. On May 2 1808 ( Dos de Mayo) the people of Madrid rebelled against the occupation of the city by French troops provoking a brutal repression Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Liberation Day is a Day, often a Public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place similar to an Independence day. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Universal Children's Day In 1954 the United Nations General Assembly suggested that all nations should observe a Universal Children's Day as a day of worldwide For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "5th of May" is a Mexican national holiday that honors the Mexican victory over the French army at Puebla de Los Angeles in 1862 The holiday commemorates The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Indian Arrival Day is a Holiday celebrated on May 30 in Trinidad and Tobago each year since the 1990s Guyana (ɡaɪˈænə or /ɡiːˈɑːnə/ officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only Nation state Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. St George's Day is celebrated by several nations kingdoms countries and cities of which Saint George is the Patron saint, including England, the The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Victory in Europe Day ( V-E Day or VE Day) was May 7 and May 8, 1945, the dates when the World War II Allies Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. The Norwegian Constitution Day is the National Day of Norway and is an official national holiday each year Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Saints Cyril and Methodius (Κύριλλος και Μεθόδιος Old Church Slavonic: Кѷриллъ и Меѳодїи) were two Byzantine Greek brothers born The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian The Republic of Macedonia (Република Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. African Liberation Day on May 25 is an annual Holiday in various countries in Africa, coinciding with African Union 's Africa Day Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place The National Sorry Day is an Australian event held each year on 26 May since 1998. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the Anniversary of a Nation 's assumption of independent Statehood, usually after ceasing Guyana (ɡaɪˈænə or /ɡiːˈɑːnə/ officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only Nation state Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Universal Children's Day In 1954 the United Nations General Assembly suggested that all nations should observe a Universal Children's Day as a day of worldwide Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (on May in) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Republic Day is the name of a Public holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they first became Republics January 9th in Republika Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling These are the national holidays of the United Kingdom for 2008. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday (also known as Monday of the Holy Spirit) is the Holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a Movable feast This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (commonly known as Ratu Sukuna Day) is a national public holiday in Fiji. Fiji (Matanitu ko Viti फ़िजी officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands (Matanitu Tu-Vaka-i-koya ko Viti फ़िजी द्वीप समूह गणराज्य Mother's Day is a day honoring Mothers celebrated on various days in many places around the world Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Parents' Day is a Holiday similar to a combination of Father's Day and Mother's Day. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman ( Arabic: سلطنة عُمان) is an Arab Country in Southwest Asia on the southeast Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Anguilla (English pronunciation ang-GWILL-ah, æŋˈɡwɪlə is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, one of the most northerly of the Leeward Aruba is a -long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, north of the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, Venezuela For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent sovereign English -speaking country consisting of two thousand Cays and Barbados ( Portuguese word for bearded-ones, bɑrˈbeɪdoʊz -dɒs situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent Island nation ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Belize (bəˈliːz formerly British Honduras, is a country in Central America. Ba (officially The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Island Territory of Bonaire ( Dutch: Eilandgebied Bonaire, Papiamento: Teritorio Insular di Boneiru) is one of five island areas |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Brunei Darussalam, (bruːˈnaɪ in English officially the State of Brunei Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam Jawi: برني دارالسلام Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Curaçao (ˈkjuːrəsaʊ in English Dutch: Curaçao, Papiamento: Kòrsou) is an Island in the southern Caribbean Sea, The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Grenada (grɪˈneɪdə is an Island nation that includes the southern Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland ( India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} Singapore Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Suriname ( Dutch: Suriname; Sranan Tongo: Sranan) officially the Republic of Suriname (traditionally spelled Surinam by Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ˈtrɪnɪdæd ən təˈbeɪgoʊ is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events in June Madaraka Day June 1 to commemorate when Kenya gained internal self-rule Pentecost (πεντηκοστή, pentekostē, "the fiftieth day" is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian Liturgical year, celebrated the The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is a United States court of appeals and was created by Congress with passage of the Federal Courts Improvement The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. For the illustrator see Jim McDermott (illustrator. James Adelbert "Jim" McDermott (born December 28 1936 (New York Times)
  • Iraq War:
    • On the fourth anniversary of his "Mission Accomplished" speech, President George W. Bush, citing the provisions setting a deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops, vetoes an Iraq War funding measure that also improves resting, training and equipping standards for combat troops before their deployment, and sets binding benchmarks for the Iraqi government. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign " Mission Accomplished " a Phrase associated with completing a mission, is in recent years particularly associated with a sign displayed on USS The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The withdrawal of American military forces from Iraq has been a contentious issue within the United States since the beginning of the Iraq War A veto, Latin for "I forbid" is used to Denote that a certain party has the right to stop unilaterally a certain piece of Legislation. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign The politics of Iraq takes place in a framework of a more or less federal parliamentary representative democratic Republic, whereby the (CNN) (AP via Denver Post)
    • Brigadier-General Abdul Kareem Khalaf of the Iraqi Interior Ministry claims that Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, has been killed in a battle between insurgents. Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Abu Ayyub al-Masri ( أبو حمزة المهاجر أبو حمزة المهاجر) are two pseudonyms of the same person according to an FBI wanted poster and Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI is a group playing an active role in the Iraqi insurgency. The claim is later denied by insurgents. (Reuters via News Limited) (BBC)
  • Rupert Murdoch, the CEO of News Corporation, announces a $5 billion offer to take over Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal. is gay Bold text' Keith Rupert Murdoch', AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11 1931 usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-American A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm (International Herald Tribune)
  • Turkish presidential election, 2007: The Constitutional Court of Turkey annuls last Friday's presidential vote in the Grand National Assembly after a challenge by opposition parties. The 2007 Turkish presidential election refers to two attempts to elect the country's 11th president, to succeed Ahmet Necdet Sezer. The Constitutional Court of Turkey (Anayasa Mahkemesi is the highest legal body for constitutional review in Turkey. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi - TBMM, usually referred to simply as Meclis - "the Parliament" is the Unicameral (BBC)
  • At least three people die after an explosion in an apartment building in Palencia, Spain. Other use Palencia Guatemala. Palencia is a city south of Tierra de Campos, in north-northwest Spain, the capital of Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
  • Police arrest 30 alleged animal rights extremists in raids in the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force "Animal liberation" redirects here for other uses see Animal liberation (disambiguation. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands (BBC)
  • Deutsche Börse AG, operator of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, agrees to buy International Securities Exchange the second biggest United States options market for $2. Deutsche Börse AG ( (ˈdɔɪtʃə ˈbɶʁzə is a marketplace organizer for the trading of Shares and other securities. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange ( FWB Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) is a Stock exchange located in Frankfurt, Germany. International Securities Exchange Holdings Inc', International Securities Exchange Holdings Inc The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Sao Paulo Stock Exchangejpg|thumb| Virtual market arena where buyer and seller are not present and trade via intemediates and electronical information 8 billion creating the largest transatlantic derivatives market. (Bloomberg via the Boston Globe)
  • Nigerian opposition and civil society groups join trade unions in May Day rallies against the recent presidential election which saw Umaru Yar'Adua elected as the President of Nigeria. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Civil society is composed of the totality of voluntary civic and social organizations and institutions that form the basis of a functioning Society as opposed to the force-backed A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several Public holidays In many countries May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour The Nigerian general elections of 2007 were held on 14 April and 21 April 2007. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (born 16 August 1951) is the 2nd President of Nigeria 's Fourth Republic. History When Nigeria became a Federal republic within the Commonwealth in 1963 it retained the Parliamentary system of government inherited from (BBC)
  • Eitan Cabel, a member of the Israeli Cabinet resigns in protest of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's handling of the 2006 Lebanon War. Eitan Cabel (איתן כבל born 23 August 1959) is an Israeli politician Knesset Member and current General Secretary of the Labor Party For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. A cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of Government, typically representing the executive branch. The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead Ehud Olmert (אהוד אולמרט ɛˈhud ˈolmeʁt born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel and the former leader Background See also Israel-Lebanon conflict The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO had engaged in cross-border attacks from Southern Lebanon (FOX)
  • Two men are charged in Melbourne, Victoria with being members of the Tamil Tigers and providing funding to the organisation. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 "LTTE" redirects here For the Led Zeppelin bootleg see Listen to This Eddie. (Sydney Morning Herald)
  • Thousands of Macau residents demonstrate against the government's labour policy and corruption on May Day, resulting in a clash with police. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Macau topics. May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several Public holidays In many countries May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour One bystander was injured. (AP via International Herald Tribute) (BBC)
  • Digg users participate in the "Digg Revolt" of posting the pirated HD-DVD/AACS hex code, considered by sources to be a pivotal moment in internet free-speech. Before editing this article or commenting on this article's talk page please read the Electronic Frontier Foundation's legal primer on this issue http//www [1]
Current events of May 2, 2007 (2007-05-02) (Wednesday)edithistorywatch
  • Gunmen in Afghanistan kill Abdul Sabur Farid, a member of the House of Elders and former Prime Minister. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani (1952 &ndash May 3, 2007) served as Prime Minister of Afghanistan from July 6, 1992 until August Note also the House of Elders of Somaliland The Mesherano Jirga, is the Upper house of the Bicameral National Assembly The Prime Minister of Afghanistan is a currently defunct post in the Afghan Government (BBC)
  • Voters in The Bahamas go to the polls in elections for the House of Assembly (AP via CNN), ousting the governing Progressive Liberal Party in favour of the opposition Free National Movement. The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent sovereign English -speaking country consisting of two thousand Cays and General elections were held in the Bahamas on 2 May 2007. The result was an opposition victory with the Free National Movement, led by former The Bahamian Parliament is a Bicameral body that in its organisation and functions closely follows the canons of the Westminster system. The Progressive Liberal Party is a populist, liberal party in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The Free National Movement is a socially liberal and economically conservative Political party in The Bahamas. (BBC)
  • Antonio Villaraigosa, the Mayor of Los Angeles, California, orders an inquiry into a clash that occurred at a May Day Rally between the Los Angeles Police Department and pro-immigration demonstrators. Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio Ramon Villar Jr on January 23 1953 or Tony Villar, is the mayor of Los Angeles California. The Mayor of Los Angeles is the Chief Executive Officer of the City California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Los Angeles May Day mêlée was a May Day pro-illegal-immigration rally which occurred on May 1, 2007, at MacArthur Park. Illegal immigration to the United States refers to the act of foreign nationals voluntarily resettling in the United States in violation of U A demonstration is an historically and geographically common form of Nonviolent action by groups of people (Reuters via CNN)
  • The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Sudanese humanitarian affairs minister Ahmed Haroun and Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb on charges of war crimes committed during the Darfur conflict. The International Criminal Court ( ICC or ICCt) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for Genocide, crimes against An arrest warrant is a warrant issued by and on behalf of the state which authorizes the Arrest and detention of an individual Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. Ahmed Mohammed Haroun (or Ahmad Harun أحمد هارون is one of two Sudanese men wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC for War crimes The Janjaweed ( Arabic: جنجويد; variously transliterated Janjawid, Janjawed or Jingaweit etc Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, commonly known as Ali Kushayb, is a former senior Janjaweed commander and current International Criminal Court (ICC War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied The War in Darfur is a military conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. (BBC)
  • Iraq War: U.S. President George W. Bush meets with Democratic Party officials in Congress to try find ways to fund the Iraq War. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses (BBC)
  • French presidential election, 2007: Candidates Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal participate in a televised debate. The 2007 French presidential election, the ninth of the Fifth French Republic was held to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France Nicolas Sarkozy (pronounced, Marie-Ségolène Royal (born 22 September 1953 in Dakar, Senegal, then a French colony known as, (seɡɔlɛn ʁwajal is a French presidential debates traditionally occur between the two rounds of the presidential elections, and are broadcasted on TV. (CNN) (BBC) (Reuters via CNN)
  • All six members of the Bali Nine on death row have the appeal against their sentence heard in Bali and Jakarta. The Bali Nine is the name given to a group of nine Australian citizens arrested on 17 April 2005 in Denpasar on the island of Bali, Indonesia, in a plan Death row is a term that refers to the section of a Prison that houses individuals awaiting execution. Bali is an Indonesian Island located at, the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta) is the Capital and largest city of Indonesia. (ABC News Australia)
  • Avigdor Yitzhaki, the chairman and co-founder of Ehud Olmert's Kadima party, calls on Olmert to resign as the Prime Minister of Israel over his handling of the 2006 Lebanon War. Avigdor Yitzhaki (אביגדור יצחקי born 13 September 1949) is an Israeli politician Ehud Olmert (אהוד אולמרט ɛˈhud ˈolmeʁt born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel and the former leader Kadima (קדימה lit Forward) is a political party in Israel. The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead Background See also Israel-Lebanon conflict The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO had engaged in cross-border attacks from Southern Lebanon Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni later joined calls for Olmert's resignation. The Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel (שר החוץ Sar HaHutz) is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tzipora Malka "Tzipi" Livni (ציפורה מלכה "ציפי" לבני born 8 July 1958 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is Foreign Affairs Minister (BBC) (AustBC)
  • Four people are killed in a helicopter crash in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys. An aviation accident is defined in the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located (Sky News)
  • A train carrying solid-fuel booster segments for the space shuttle programe is involved in a bridge collapse in Alabama, injuring six people, two seriously. NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System ( STS) is the Spacecraft currently used by the United States Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. (Spaceflight Now)
Current events of May 3, 2007 (2007-05-03) (Thursday)edithistorywatch
  • Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv call for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his government to resign over their mishandling of the 2006 Lebanon war. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Rabin Square (כיכר רבין Kikar Rabin is a large public city square in central Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel Ehud Olmert (אהוד אולמרט ɛˈhud ˈolmeʁt born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel and the former leader For other Winograd Commissions see Eliyahu Winograd. The Winograd Commission (ועדת וינוגרד the commission's official name is הוועדה (BBC)
  • Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom begins a tour of Virginia with a speech to the General Assembly of Virginia in Richmond in honour of the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Jamestown 2007 is the name of the organization planning the events commemorating the 400th Anniversary England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Jamestown, located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony, was founded on May 14 1607 She also meets with victims of the Virginia Tech Massacre before departing for Colonial Williamsburg. The Virginia Tech massacre was a School shooting consisting of two separate attacks approximately two hours apart on April 16 2007 that took place on the campus of Colonial Williamsburg' is the historic district of the Independent city of Williamsburg Virginia. Radio New Zealand(ABC News Australia) London Free Press
  • United States presidential election, 2008: Republican presidential candidates debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday November 4 2008 will be the 56th consecutive The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs is the Presidential library of Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States Simi Valley is an incorporated city located in the southeast corner of Ventura County, California, bordering the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles (MSNBC)
  • The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence announces plans to release their UFO files to the public, seven weeks after France's space agency CNES opened its UFO files to the public. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Ministry of Defence ( MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters This is a list of alleged sightings of Unidentified flying objects or UFOs in United Kingdom. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The fr '''Centre National d'Études Spatiales''' ( CNES) is the French government Space agency (administratively a "public establishment of industrial and commercial (The Register)
  • The Ulster Volunteer Force, a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, renounces the use of force. The Ulster Volunteer Force (more commonly referred to as the UVF) is a Loyalist group in Northern Ireland. In general a loyalist is one who maintains loyalty to an established government political party or sovereign especially during war or revolutionary change A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military force but which are not regarded as having the same status Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of (Sky News) (RTÉ)
  • Polling stations open for the Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales general elections, and for local council elections in Scotland and parts of England. The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament The 2007 National Assembly election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. The Scottish local elections 2007 were held on 3 May, 2007, the same day as Scottish Parliament elections and local elections in parts of The 2007 UK local government elections were held on 3 May, 2007. (BBC)
  • Madeleine McCann disappears from her hotel room in Praia da Luz, Portugal. Madeleine McCann disappeared on the evening of Thursday 3 May 2007 from the resort of Praia da Luz, in the Algarve region of Portugal, just days short Praia da Luz (pɾaiɐdɐˈluʃ "Beach of Light" is a Village and Resort located about 6km from Lagos in the Algarve, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula.
Current events of May 4, 2007 (2007-05-04) (Friday)edithistorywatch
  • Greensburg, Kansas Tornado Outbreak: A massive tornado kills nine people in Kansas including 8 people in Greensburg, Kansas with the town suffering widespread damage. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The May 2007 Tornado Outbreak was an extended Tornado outbreak that started on May 4 2007 affecting portions of the Central United States. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " Greensburg is a City in central Kiowa County, located in Southwest Kansas (AFP/Reuters via ABC Online)
  • Three U.S. Republican legislators from Alaska are charged with accepting bribes to support legislation favorable to oil services company Veco Corp. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent Bribery, a form of pecuniary corruption is an act usually implying money or gift given that alters the behaviour of the recipient in ways not consistent with the duties of that person VECO Corporation was an Alaska -based oil pipeline service and construction company until its purchase in September 2007 by CH2M HILL. (AP via Forbes)
  • A heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket blasts off from French Guiana putting into orbit two telecommunications satellites, Astra 1L and Galaxy 17. Ariane 5 is a European Expendable launch French Guiana (Guyane française officially fr ''Guyane'' is an Overseas department (French département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France SES Astra SA, is a corporate Subsidiary of SES, based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg, that owns and operates the Astra (Reuters)
  • The Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong visits Washington D.C. for talks with the President of the United States George W. Bush about South East Asia. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore is the Head of government of the Republic of Singapore (and prior to 9 August 1965 Lee Hsien Loong ( born February 10, 1952) is the third and current Prime Minister of Singapore. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. (BBC)
  • The Labour Party performs poorly in local and regional elections in the UK, with the Scottish National Party winning the most seats in the Scottish Parliament and the Conservatives performing well in English local government elections. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Scottish National Party (SNP (Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba Scottis Naitional Pairtie is a Centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: Scottish Pairlament) is the devlolved national unicameral The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The 2007 UK local government elections were held on 3 May, 2007. (New York Times) (BBC)
  • Airline Partners Australia Ltd. nearly issues a bid for Qantas Airways until its investors rejected it. Airline Partners Australia (APA is a consortium that made a AU$ 5 Qantas Airways Limited (ˈkwɔntəs ( is the National airline of Australia. (Reuters) (The Age) (Bloomberg.com: Asia) (Sydney Morning Herald) (CNN)
  • Mali's opposition Front for Democracy and the Republic calls on the Constitutional Court to annul last Sunday's presidential election. Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali is a Landlocked nation in Western Africa. The Front for Democracy and the Republic ( Front pour la démocratie et la république) is an opposition coalition in Mali that fought the presidential election A presidential election was held in Mali on 29 April 2007. President Amadou Toumani Touré ran for re-election against seven other candidates (BBC)
  • Convicted terrorist Carlos the Jackal will face charges in France relating to alleged involvement in deadly bombings in 1982 and 1983. Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (born) is a Venezuelan born leftist Revolutionary. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) (AP via IHT)
  • International delegates reach agreement at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the summary report on mitigating climate change despite some concerns raised by China. Climate Change 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4 of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC) is the fourth China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National (AP via CNN)
  • Holly Aldous celebrates 15 years of living
  • Major world and Middle East powers discuss the future of Iraq on the second day of an International Compact for Iraq conference in Egypt. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. (BBC)
  • A boat carrying nearly 150 Haitian migrants capsizes in the Atlantic Ocean 1 km off the coast of one of the Turks and Caicos Islands, killing at least twenty, requiring the rescue of at least seventy-three and leaving at least fifty-eight unaccounted for. Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: The Turks and Caicos Islands ( TCI) (ˈtɜːks ænd ˈkeɪkəs are a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the West Indies (CBS)
  • Two Cuban military deserters hijack a bus and reroute it to Havana Airport, before attempting to steal an empty passenger jet with the occupants of the bus as hostages. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Jose Marti Airport is located southwest of Havana, Cuba, and is a hub for Cubana de Aviación, Aerogaviota and Aerocaribbean The plan is ultimately foiled but one hostage is killed before the men are captured. [2]
Current events of May 5, 2007 (2007-05-05) (Saturday)edithistorywatch
  • Footage showing seventeen-year-old Kurdish girl Du’a Khalil Aswad being stoned to death for having a relationship with a Sunni boy is posted on YouTube. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Du’a Khalil Aswad (دعاء خليل أسود(c 1989 or 1990 – c Stoning, or lapidation, refers to a form of Capital punishment whereby an organized group throws stones at the convicted individual until the person dies Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees (FOX)
  • More than 20 countries including the People's Republic of China, the United States, France, Japan, Chile and South Korea agree to work together to end bottom sea trawling. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Trawling is a method of Fishing that involves pulling a large Fishing net through the water behind one or more boats (BBC via ABC News Australia)
  • Kenya Airways states that it has lost contact with Kenya Airways Flight 507, a Boeing 737-800 with 115 passengers and crew aboard flying between Douala, Cameroon and Nairobi. Kenya Airways is the Flag carrier Airline of Kenya, based in Nairobi. Kenya Airways Flight 507 was a Boeing 737-800 flight of Kenya Airways flying from Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Province. The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central and western Africa. Nairobi (naɪˈroʊbɪ is the capital and largest city of Kenya. Kenyan state radio later claims that it crashed in southern Cameroon near the town of Niete. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Niete ( Niété in French) is a Town in the Océan division, South Province of Cameroon. (BBC) (AP via USA Today)
  • Five people are killed in attacks by Islamic rebels in the south of Thailand. Islamism ( Islam + ism; Arabic: al-'islāmiyya) a set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj (AFP via ABC News Australia)
  • A third mass rally in support of secularism in Turkey is held in Çanakkale, protesting against the Justice and Development Party (AKP) regarding the presidential election. The Republic Protests (Cumhuriyet Mitingleri were a series of peaceful mass rallies that took place in Turkey in the spring of 2007 in support of the Secularism in Turkey was introduced with the Turkish Constitution of 1924 and later the Atatürk's Reforms set the administrative and political requirements to create Çanakkale (ʧɑˈnɑkːɑle is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asian coast of the Dardanelles (or The Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi or AK Parti, or AKP) is the incumbent Turkish Political party, which describes The 2007 Turkish presidential election refers to two attempts to elect the country's 11th president, to succeed Ahmet Necdet Sezer. (Hürriyet) (Turkish Press)
  • Lightning is determined to be the cause of "the Bugaboo fire" in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia which eventually spread to Florida charring hundreds of thousands of acres. Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of Electricity, which typically occurs during Thunderstorms and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the (Orlando Sentinel)
  • Street Sense wins the 133rd Kentucky Derby. Street Sense (foaled February 23, 2004 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, U The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three year-old thoroughbred horses held annually in Louisville Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May (MSNBC)
  • Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Oscar De La Hoya in the highest grossing boxing match in history. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr (born Floyd Joy Sinclair on February 24 1977) is a former American professional boxer who has a record Oscar de la Hoya (ˈɒskər dɛlə ˈhɔɪə (born February 4 1973 &mdash nicknamed "The Golden Boy" &mdash is an Mexican American boxer (ESPN)
Current events of May 6, 2007 (2007-05-06) (Sunday)edithistorywatch
  • 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. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. (FOX)
  • HaMoked Center for the Defense of the Individual and B'Tselem, Israeli human rights organizations, accuse the Israeli Defense Ministry of abusing Palestinian detainees in 73 cases. B'Tselem (בצלם "in the image of" as in Genesis) is an Israeli Non-governmental organization (NGO that describes For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn The Justice Ministry said the report was "fraught with mistakes, groundless claims and inaccuracies. " (BBC)
  • Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül withdraws his candidacy from the 2007 Turkish presidential election after failing to win the support of secular lawmakers. Following is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. Abdullah Gül PhD GCB, (born October 29, 1950) is the 11th President of the Republic of Turkey, serving in that office since The 2007 Turkish presidential election refers to two attempts to elect the country's 11th president, to succeed Ahmet Necdet Sezer. (New York Times)
  • A car bomb kills at least 20 people and injures 80 more in the Baiyaa neighbourhood of Baghdad. A car bomb is an explosive device placed in a car or other Vehicle and then detonated. Baiyaa (Bayaa’ ( Arabic,البياع is a middle-class district in western Baghdad, Iraq along the Baghdad Airport Road. Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous (AP via CNN)
  • Tens of thousands of Pakistanis greet suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry in Lahore. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ( افتخار محمد چودھری) (born 12 December 1948)in a village of Faisalabad and belonging to the Ghorewaha ( lahor is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and is the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi. (Reuters via CNN)
  • More than 125,000 people are homeless and 16 killed following recent floods in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island (AFP via ABC Online)
  • Eight Afghan police are killed in Farah Province in a clash with the Taliban in which at least 17 insurgents are killed or injured. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Farah ( is one of the thirty-four Provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the west of the country The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately (Reuters Alertnet)
  • Voters in France go to the polls for the second round of the French presidential election with socialist Ségolène Royal and conservative Nicolas Sarkozy as the two contenders. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The 2007 French presidential election, the ninth of the Fifth French Republic was held to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France Marie-Ségolène Royal (born 22 September 1953 in Dakar, Senegal, then a French colony known as, (seɡɔlɛn ʁwajal is a Nicolas Sarkozy (pronounced, Exit polls indicate that Nicolas Sarkozy has won the runoff poll in the election with 53% of the vote, beating Ségolène Royal who has 47% of the vote. She later concedes defeat. (BBC) (BBC)
  • A former World No. 1 ranked tennis player from Belgium, Kim Clijsters, announces her retirement effective immediately. This is a list of WTA number 1 ranked players. That is players who have been or currently are ranked World Number 1 along with the dates of first reaching and losing that Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those (BBC)
Current events of May 7, 2007 (2007-05-07) (Monday)edithistorywatch
  • Discovery is announced of the Kerguelen Plateau, an Antarctic sunken large island formerly joined to India, from the icebreaker Polarstern at its homeport of Bremerhaven, Germany, after a 19-month research voyage to Antarctica. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Kerguelen Plateau (kɚˈɡeɪlən ˈkɝɡələn is an underwater Volcanic Large igneous province (LIP in the Indian Ocean. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Bremerhaven (bʁeːmɐˈhaːfən is the seaport of the free city and federal state of Bremen, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. (Times of India)
  • Kenya Airways Flight 507:
    • Search officials confirm that there were no survivors. Kenya Airways Flight 507 was a Boeing 737-800 flight of Kenya Airways flying from Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon (AP via CNN)
    • The flight data recorder is retrieved from a mangrove swamp where the plane crashed. (BBC)
  • NASA announces that the Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based telescopes have discovered a massive supernova designated SN 2006gy, the largest ever recorded, and possibly a new type that has been predicted but never observed. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The Chandra X-ray Observatory is a Satellite launched on STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999. A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects and the collection of Electromagnetic radiation. A supernova (plural supernovae or supernovas) is a stellar Explosion. SN 2006gy was an extremely energetic Supernova, sometimes referred to as a Hypernova or Quark-nova, that was discovered on September 18, (BBC) (Space.com)
  • Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel survives three motions of no confidence in Knesset, in the latest backlash over his handling of the 2006 Lebanon war. The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead Ehud Olmert (אהוד אולמרט ɛˈhud ˈolmeʁt born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel and the former leader For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. A motion of no confidence (also vote of no confidence, censure motion, no-confidence motion, or confidence motion) is a Parliamentary motion For Beit Knesset a Jewish Place of worship, see Synagogue. The Knesset (כנסת lit Background See also Israel-Lebanon conflict The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO had engaged in cross-border attacks from Southern Lebanon (BBC)
  • A senior officer of the Los Angeles Police Department is demoted and 61 other officers reassigned after an inquiry into the handling of a May Day protest. May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several Public holidays In many countries May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour (BBC)
  • At least 21 people die in a bus crash in northwest Pakistan. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and (AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
  • More than 18,000 Mexicans pose naked for U.S. photographer Spencer Tunick at the Zócalo Plaza in Mexico City. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. Spencer Tunick (born January 1 1967 is an American Artist. He is best known for his installations that feature large numbers of nude people La Plaza de la Constitución, informally called El Zócalo, is the main square in Mexico City. Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico (AP via CNN)
  • WWE Raw came to Penn State May 7, 2007
Current events of May 8, 2007 (2007-05-08) (Tuesday)edithistorywatch
  • U.S. police arrest six Islamic men from the Republic of Macedonia and the Middle East based on a tip from a Mount Laurel, NJ resident who discovered their plot to attack Fort Dix, New Jersey, and "kill as many soldiers as possible. This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related, land-grant, space grant public research University Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. The Republic of Macedonia (Република The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Mount Laurel Township is a Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, and is an Edge city "suburb" of A group of six radical Islamist men allegedly plotting to stage an attack on the Fort Dix military Fort Dix is a United States Army installation located in parts of New Hanover Township, Pemberton New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. " (New York Times) (BBC) (AP via Trentonian.com)
  • Former U.S. President Bill Clinton announces a deal with drug companies to lower the price of anti-AIDS drugs in Third World countries. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Third World is a name given to nations that are generally considered to be underdeveloped economically (AP via Fox News)
  • André Boisclair resigns as the leader of Canada's Parti Québécois. André Boisclair (born April 14, 1966 in Montreal, Quebec) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Parti Québécois ' is a Sovereignist Political party that advocates national sovereignty for the Canadian province of Quebec and (International Herald Tribune)
  • The Treasurer of Australia Peter Costello delivers his twelfth budget with significant tax cuts and increases in government spending on education and health. The Treasurer of Australia is the minister in the Government of Australia and head of the Department of the Treasury, responsible for government expenditure Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957 is an Australian politician (Sydney Morning Herald)
  • The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta blows up three oil pipelines in the Niger delta in the south of Nigeria. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta ("MEND" is a Militant indigenous people's movement dedicated to armed struggle against An oil is a substance that is in a viscous Liquid state ( "oily") at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer and is Pipeline transport is the transportation of goods through a pipe. The Niger River (ˈnaɪdʒɚ NYE-jer) is the principal River of western Africa, extending about 4180 km (2600 miles Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal (Reuters Alertnet)
  • Home rule returns to Northern Ireland. Devolution is the statutory granting of powers from the central government of a State to government at subnational level Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of DUP leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness take office as First Minister and Deputy First Minister, respectively. The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (Máirtín Mag Aonghusa born in Derry on 23 May 1950 is the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. The Office of the First Minister and the deputy First Minister ( OFMDFM) ( Irish: Oifig an Chéad-Aire agus an leasChéad-Aire (BBC)
  • War in Iraq:
    • A suicide bomber kills at least 10 people and injures many more in an attack on the Shi'ite city of Kufa in Iraq. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons Kufa ( Arabic, ar الكوفة) is a city in modern Iraq, about 170 km south of Baghdad, and 10 km northeast of Najaf. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (BBC) (Reuters)
  • The U.S. Department of Defense announces plans to deploy 35,000 troops in Iraq starting from August 2007. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (Washington Post)
  • Tomislav Nikolić, the temporary leader of the Serbian Radical Party, is elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia. Tomislav Nikolić ( Томислав Николић,) (born February 15, 1952) is a Serbian politician President of the Serbian Progressive The Serbian Radical Party (Српска радикална странка or Srpska radikalna stranka, SRS is a Nationalist right-wing Political party The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a legislative body The unicameral Parliament of Serbia is known as the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: Народна (AP via CTV) (BBC)
  • Former Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam gives evidence to the coronial inquest into the death of the Balibo Five in Balibo, East Timor in October 1975. The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916 known as Gough Whitlam (ˈɡɒf goff is an Australian former politician and 21st A coroner is an official responsible for investigating deaths particularly some of those happening under unusual circumstances and determining the cause of death The Balibo Five was a group of Journalists for Australian Television networks who were based in the town of Balibo in East Timor (then Balibo is a town in East Timor situated approximately 10 kilometres from the Indonesian border East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (Sydney Morning Herald with AAP)
  • Scotland's John Higgins beats England's Mark Selby in the World Snooker Championship 2007 final by 18-13 frames. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. John Higgins England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Mark Selby (born 19 June in 1983, Leicester, England) is an English professional Snooker and pool player The 2007 888com World Snooker Championship began on 21 April and ran until 7 May 2007 (with the final continuing into the early hours TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles (BBC Sport)
  • Hebrew University archaeologist Ehud Netzer claims to have discovered the tomb of Herod the Great in Herodium. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים الجامعة العبرية في القدس abbreviated HUJI) is Herod (הוֹרְדוֹס Horodos, Greek: Herōdes) also known as Herod I or Herod the Great (73 BC – 4 BC in Jericho Herodium or Herodion (הרודיון هيروديون Jabal al-Fraidees) is a hill shaped like a truncated cone (758 m / 2487 ft above (CNN)
Current events of May 9, 2007 (2007-05-09) (Wednesday)edithistorywatch
  • The Times and Phoenix TV reports that Huang Ju, Executive Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China and a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, has died in Beijing. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd or Phoenix Television ( Simplified Chinese: 凤凰卫星电视 Traditional Chinese:鳳凰衛星電視 Hanyu Huang Ju ( (28 September 1938 &ndash 2 June 2007 was the Executive Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China. The Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (国务院副总理 otherwise known as the Vice Premier of the State Council, is a high-ranking The Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (PSC, abbreviated) is a committee whose membership varies between 5 and 9 people usually men and includes However, the State Council of the People's Republic of China denies these reports. The State Council ( which is largely synonymous with the Central People's Government ( is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China (Stratfor) (IOL)
  • At least nine Colombian policeman are killed and six others injured from a bomb planted by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in Santander Department. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo also known by the Acronym of (BBC)
  • The Shanghai Composite Index of the Shanghai Stock Exchange reaches a record high 4,000 points. The SSE Composite Index is an index of all stocks (A shares and B shares that are traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The Shanghai Stock Exchange ( SSE) ( is a Chinese Stock exchange based in the city of Shanghai, with a Market capitalization (New York Times)
  • Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf is re-elected as the Mayor of Tehran, Iran. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf ( born September 23, 1961 in Torghabeh, near Mashhad) is the Mayor of Tehran. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Tehran (or Teheran) ( Persian: تهران Tehrān) is the capital and largest City of Iran, and the administrative center of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. (BBC)
  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Brazil on his first visit to Latin America to reaffirm Catholicism in the region. Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld As a Christian Ecclesiastical term Catholic —from the Greek adjective, meaning "general" or "universal"—is described (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
  • The first named storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Subtropical Storm Andrea, forms off the southeastern United States. The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season was an active Atlantic hurricane season that produced 17  Tropical cyclones It officially started on June 1 and ended on Subtropical Storm Andrea was the first named storm and first Subtropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. The US Southeast is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, but the Census Bureau does not provide a standard definition of a "Southeast" region (CNN)
  • Four people in the United Kingdom are arrested in connection with the 7 July 2005 London bombings. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The 7 July 2005 London bombings (also called the 7/7 bombings) were a series of coordinated bomb blasts that hit London's public transport system during (BBC)
  • Iraq War:
    • Dick Cheney, the Vice President of the United States, travels to Baghdad to encourage reconciliation amongst factions. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous (AP via Houston Chronicle)
    • At least 12 people die as a truck bomb explodes in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq. A car bomb is an explosive device placed in a car or other Vehicle and then detonated. Arbil (also written Erbil or Irbil; BGN: Arbīl; Kurdish: هه‌ولێر Hewlêr The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG ( Kurdish: حكومه تى هه ريمى كوردستان Hikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan,) is the official ruling body For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (Reuters via Sydney Morning Herald)
  • People in East Timor finish voting in the second round of the country's first presidential election since it gained independence from Indonesia in 2002. East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. The 2007 East Timorese presidential election involved two separate votes The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. (BBC)
  • The United Kingdom Home Office is restructured with a new Ministry of Justice being formed to handle prisons, probation and the sentencing of offenders. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for security and order The Ministry of Justice has been a department of the government of the United Kingdom since 2007 "HM Prison" redirects here For prisons in Australia see List of Australian prisons. Probation is the suspension of all or part of a jail sentence the Criminal who is "on probation" has been convicted of a crime but instead of serving jail (UK Home Office) (BBC)
  • An international genetic research program identifies a group of genes which may cause bipolar disorder. Genetics (from Ancient Greek grc-Latn genetikos, “genitive” and that from grc-Latn genesis, “origin” a discipline of Biology, is Inheritance of quantitative traits or polygenic inheritance refers to the inheritance of a phenotypic characteristic that varies in degree and can be attributed to (Daily Telegraph)
Current events of May 10, 2007 (2007-05-10) (Thursday)edithistorywatch
  • The United States House of Representatives passes a $96 billion war spending measure which sets benchmarks for achievements in the War in Iraq in return for funding. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign (CNN)
  • Pope Benedict XVI urges tens of thousands of young Brazilian Catholics packing the Pacaembu stadium in São Paulo to resist the temptations of wealth, power and other "snares of evil," and tells them to promote life from "its beginning to natural end. Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". Estádio do Pacaembu, as it is usually called is a football Stadium in São Paulo, located on Praça Charles Miller no nº - in Pacaembu neighborhood São Paulo ( is the largest city in Brazil, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world " (CNN)
  • Military officers from North Korea and South Korea agree on the first cross-border rail link over their heavily fortified border since the Korean War. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The Korean Demilitarized Zone ( Korean: 한반도의 군사 분계선 is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a Buffer The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the (BBC)
  • President Bashar al-Assad states that Syria will not cooperate with a United Nations tribunal to try suspects in the suspected assassination of former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafiq al-Hariri. This page lists presidents and other Heads of State of Syria. Dr Bashar al-Assad (بشار الأسد) (born 11 September, 1965) is the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Regional Secretary Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. This page lists Prime ministers of Lebanon. By an unwritten agreement following independence the holder of this post must be a Sunni Muslim. (The Guardian)
  • The Grand National Assembly of Turkey votes overwhelmingly in favour of a proposal for the direct election of the President of Turkey. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi - TBMM, usually referred to simply as Meclis - "the Parliament" is the Unicameral Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person persons or political party that they desire to The President of Turkey ( Cumhurbaşkanı) is the Head of state of the Republic of Turkey. (AP via CNN)
  • Syrian dissident Kamal Labwani is jailed for 12 years for allegedly undermining national security by visiting the United States. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية A dissident, broadly defined is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine policy or institution The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (BBC)
  • The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair announces he will step down on June 27, once the Labour Party has elected a successor. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the (BBC)
Current events of May 11, 2007 (2007-05-11) (Friday)edithistorywatch
  • Samoa's Head of State Malietoa Tanumafili II dies at the age of 94. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean King Malietoa Tanumafili II, GCMG, CBE, ( January 4, 1913 &ndash May 11, 2007) (also called Susuga) was (AP via IHT)
  • The United States and European Union nations circulate a United Nations resolution on independence for Kosovo with international supervision. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security (CNN)
  • Pope Benedict XVI canonizes Brazil's first native-born saint, Frei Galvão, an 18th century Franciscan monk. Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger Canonization is the act by which a particular Christian church declares a deceased person to be a Saint and is included in the canon or list of recognized saints |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity Saint Anthony de Saint Anne Galvão ( Portuguese: Santo Antônio de Sant'Anna Galvão) OFM, popularly known as Frei Galvão (Friar Galvão (1739 &mdash The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The term Franciscan is commonly used to refer to members of Catholic MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective (CNN)
  • Officials begin to evacuate Santa Catalina Island, California, as wildfires on the island south of Los Angeles burn out of control. Emergency evacuation is the movement of people from a dangerous place due to the threat or occurrence of a disastrous event Santa Catalina Island, often called Catalina Island, or just Catalina, is a rocky Island off the coast of the U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West (CNN)
  • The Singapore Grand Prix has been confirmed for the Formula One 2008 season, with a planned 4. The Singapore Grand Prix is a Formula One race staged in the Marina Bay area of Singapore. Pre-season testing The first multi-team test session started in Jerez on January 14 2008. 8km (3. 0 miles) long street circuit around the downtown area. It is planned to be the event's first night race when safety and logistical concerns are addressed. (CNA)
  • Two Serbian reformist parties; the Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Serbia, agree to form a coalition government. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country The Democratic Party (Демократска странка Demokratska stranka,) is the main Center-left Political party in Serbia. The Democratic Party of Serbia ( Serbian: Демократска странка Србије or Demokratska stranka Srbije) is the largest Conservative (BBC)
  • Tony Blair formally endorses Gordon Brown as his successor, the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951 is The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom (AP via Fox News)
  • East Timorese presidential election, 2007: it is announced that Prime Minister José Ramos-Horta won the election against Francisco Guterres of Fretilin by 69% to 31%. The 2007 East Timorese presidential election involved two separate votes The Prime Minister of East Timor is the Head of government in East Timor. José Manuel Ramos-Horta ( Portuguese: ʒu'zɛ 'ʁɐmuz 'oɾtɐ GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President Francisco Guterres, popularly known as Lu Olo (born October 7, 1955) is the President of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor ( Portuguese: Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente or FReTiLIn) is a (Xinhua)
  • At least 20 people die in a bus crash near Patna, the capital of Bihar state in India. Paṭnā ( Hindi: पटना is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited Bihar ( Hindi:बिहार Urdu: بہار bɪhaːr) is a state in eastern India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country (Fox News).
Ed Edd & Eddy's final eposide is aired. What a great day & sad to see such a good show be taken off the air.
Current events of May 12, 2007 (2007-05-12) (Saturday)edithistorywatch
  • Guinean soldiers riot in the capital Conakry after the President of Guinea Lansana Conté fails to attend a meeting to discuss grievances over their pay and conditions. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea (pronounced /ˈgɪni/ République de Guinée is a country in West Africa, formerly known as French Guinea Conakry or Konakry ( Malinké: Kɔnakiri) is the Capital and largest city of Guinea. Latest election List of Heads of State of Guinea (Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office See also Lansana Conté (born ca 1934 has been the President of Guinea since 3 April 1984. (BBC)
  • The final of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Serbia wins with its debut entry Molitva. Serbia selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 on 8 March 2007. " Molitva " ( Serbian Cyrillic: Молитва English: "Prayer" is a song by Serbian singer Marija Šerifović that was the winning (BBC)
  • A bomb placed on a bicycle was detonated in a bazaar in İzmir, Turkey wounding fifteen people just a day before the scheduled "republic protest" in the city. İzmir, historically Smyrna, is the third most populous city of Turkey and the country's largest port after İstanbul. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The Republic Protests (Cumhuriyet Mitingleri were a series of peaceful mass rallies that took place in Turkey in the spring of 2007 in support of the One of the wounded was in a critical condition and later died in the hospital while most of the others were lightly wounded and were released from the hospital the same day. (Hürriyet)
  • At least 33 people are killed and 120 are injured in violent protests organized by the political organization Muttahida Qaumi Movement (led by exiled Altaf Hussain) in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Muttahida Qaumi Movement (متحدہ قومی موومنٹ ( Muttahida Qaumi Movement) generally known as MQM or simply Muttahida, is a linguistic Altaf Hussain' ( الطاف حسین) is the leader and founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM of Pakistan. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and On May 12, 2007, riots erupted across Karachi, capital of the province of Sindh and the most populous city in Pakistan. (BBC) (CNN)
  • Su Tseng-Chang resigns as the Premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) following a loss in a primary election to be the Democratic Progressive Party candidate in the 2008 Taiwanese presidential election. Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌 Pinyin: Sū Zhēnchāng POJ: So Cheng-chhiong born July 28, 1947) is a Taiwanese politician of the The President of the Executive Yuan ( commonly known in English as the Premier of Taiwan ( is the head of the Executive Yuan, the Executive A primary election ( nominating primary) also referred to simply as a primary, is an election in which voters in a Jurisdiction select candidates The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP ( Taiwanese: Bîn-chú-chìn-pō͘-tóng Traditional Chinese: zh-Hant 民主進步黨 Simplified Chinese: zh-Hans The election for the 12th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China was held in the Republic of China (ROC Taiwan on Saturday March 22, (Bloomberg) (BBC)
  • Voters in Armenia go to the polls to elect a new National Assembly of Armenia. Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 12 May 2007. 1364 candidates ran for the 131 seats 41 of which were constituency seats with the remaining The Azgayin Zhoghov of Armenia (Ազգային Ժողով English: National Assembly) is the official name of the Legislative branch (BBC)
Current events of May 13, 2007 (2007-05-13) (Sunday)edithistorywatch
  • Team Canada wins the 2007 IIHF World Hockey Championship after a 4-2 win over Finland in the gold medal game in Moscow, Russia. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. History From 1920 until 1963 the Senior Amateur Club teams representing Canada were usually the most recent Allan Cup champions 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2007 IIHF World Championship were held between April 27 and May 13, 2007 in Moscow, Russia Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Gold Medal is an Album by American band The Donnas, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music) Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending (Toronto Star)
  • Two cargo ships collide in heavy fog near Dalian, China. A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of Ship or vessel that carries Cargo, goods and materials from one port to another Dalian (;; Japanese: Dairen Russian: Далянь Dalian or Дальний Dalny is the governing Sub-provincial city in the eastern Liaoning China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National 16 sailors are missing. (AP via Washington Post) (Xinhua)
  • At least one million people gather in İzmir, Turkey for the fifth mass rally to demand their country remain a secular state, stepping up pressure on the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) government before July elections. İzmir, historically Smyrna, is the third most populous city of Turkey and the country's largest port after İstanbul. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The Republic Protests (Cumhuriyet Mitingleri were a series of peaceful mass rallies that took place in Turkey in the spring of 2007 in support of the A secular state is a State or Country that is officially neutral in matters of Religion, neither supporting nor opposing any particular religious beliefs Islamism ( Islam + ism; Arabic: al-'islāmiyya) a set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only The Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi or AK Parti, or AKP) is the incumbent Turkish Political party, which describes The 2007 Turkish presidential election refers to two attempts to elect the country's 11th president, to succeed Ahmet Necdet Sezer. (Swissinfo)
  • Iraq War:
    • At least 40 people die in a truck bomb attack on the offices of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq in Makhmur. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign A car bomb is an explosive device placed in a car or other Vehicle and then detonated. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP (Partîya Demokrata Kurdistan (PDK was founded by Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish nationalist who fought numerous revolts against (BBC)
    • Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini confirms his country will hold talks with the United States regarding the security situation in Iraq. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The first Minister of Foreign Affairs (or Foreign Minister) of Iran was Mirza Abdolvahhab Khan Mo'tamed od-Dowleh Neshat who served between 1819 and 1824 Mohammad Ali Hosseini (In Persian: محمد علی حسینی is the vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (Reuters)
  • NATO confirms that Mullah Dadullah, the foremost military leader of the Taliban, has been killed in battle. The North Atlantic Treaty Mullah Dadullah or Dadullah Akhund ( ملا دادالله آخوند) (c The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately (AP via IHT)
  • President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the United Arab Emirates for the first official visit since 1979. The President of Iran is the highest elected official in the Islamic Republic of Iran, second only to the Supreme Leader. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (محمود احمدی‌نژاد; born October 28, 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (BBC)
  • Prime Minister of Australia John Howard writes to Cricket Australia telling it to call off a tour of Zimbabwe due to concern over human rights abuses in that country. The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. See also Howard Government John Winston Howard AC (born 26 July 1939 was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March Cricket Australia, formerly known as See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election There are widespread reports of systematic and escalating violations of human rights in Zimbabwe under the Mugabe administration and his party ZANU-PF. (ABC News Australia)
Current events of May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14) (Monday)edithistorywatch
  • Legislative and local elections are being held currently in the Philippines. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Legislative and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 14, 2007. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
  • Jorge Daniel Castro, the head of the Colombian National Police force and Guillermo Chavez, the intelligence chief, resign over an illegal wiretapping scandal. Jorge Daniel Castro Castro (born 1950 in Mocoa, Putumayo) is a Colombian former General of the Colombian National Police and business The Colombian National Police (Spanish Policía Nacional de Colombia) is the National police force of the Republic of Colombia. Wiretap redirects here For the radio program see WireTap (radio program Telephone tapping (or wire tapping / wiretapping in (BBC)
  • A death threat was mailed by PKK to CHP, MHP, DYP and AKP to withdraw their Van and Hakkari candidates to the 2007 general election in Turkey. A death threat is a threat, often made anonymously, against a person to kill him or her The Kurdistan Workers' Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan or PKK, also called KADEK, Kongra-Gel, and KGK It is listed as a terrorist The Kurdistan Workers' Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan or PKK, also called KADEK, Kongra-Gel, and KGK It is listed as a terrorist The Republican People's Party (Turkish Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi or CHP) is the oldest political party in the Republic of Turkey. The Nationalist Movement Party (also translated as 'Nationalist Action Party' (Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi MHP) is a Nationalist, Conservative The Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi or AK Parti, or AKP) is the incumbent Turkish Political party, which describes Van ( Armenian hy Վան Kurdish: Wan from Armenian van - village settlement is a city in eastern Turkey and the seat of Van Hakkâri is a city in the far southeast of Turkey. The name Hakkâri comes from the Aramaic Akkare (ܐܟܪ̈ܐ meaning 'farmers' Turkey's 16th general election was held on July 22 2007 and resulted in a resounding victory for the incumbent Justice and Development Party. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches (Hürriyet)
  • United States Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty will resign, two Justice Department officials tell The Associated Press. United States Deputy Attorney General is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice. Paul J McNulty (born January 21, 1958 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is the former Deputy Attorney General of the United States having previously For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department (AP via Yahoo! News)
  • Top Palestinian Security Official, Hani Kawasmeh, quits in protest on Monday as Sunday's ceasefire is broken, with fighting across Gaza between Hamas and Fatah killing 8 and wounding 40. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn A ceasefire (or truce) is a temporary stoppage of a War or any Armed conflict, where each side of the conflict agrees Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Fatah (فتح literally opening, is a reverse Acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (حركة التحرير Fighting began as both sides set up security checkpoints and kidnapped rivals as bargaining chips. (Washington Post)
  • President George W. Bush orders United States government agencies to take regulatory steps to reduce automobile emissions. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (Bloomberg)
  • The U.S. military is to block troops from using YouTube and MySpace and 11 other popular websites for sharing photos, video clips and messages. The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and This page is about the visual medium for the Thai film see Video Clip (2007 film. (BBC)
  • 2007 Pakistan unrest: A strike in Pakistan closes shops and clears transport from the roads after two days of violence in Karachi left 41 people dead. On May 12, 2007, riots erupted across Karachi, capital of the province of Sindh and the most populous city in Pakistan. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and (ڪراچي) is the largest city in Pakistan. It is the world's second largest city proper behind Mumbai in terms of population which exceeds 10 million (BBC)
  • The House of Councillors passes rules for revising the pacifist Constitution of Japan, a central goal of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The is the Upper house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the Lower house. The has been the founding legal document of Japan since 1947 The constitution provides for a Parliamentary system of government and guarantees certain fundamental rights The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime (Bloomberg)
  • Ten people die in an explosion and fire in a cafe in Orsk, Russia. Orsk (Орск is a city in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, situated in the southern Urals, at. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending (AP via Houston Chronicle)
  • The President of the Republic of China Chen Shui-bian names Chang Chun-hsiung of the Democratic Progressive Party as the new Premier of the Republic of China. The President of the Republic of China ( is the Head of state of the Republic of China (ROC (commonly known as Taiwan since the 1970s Chen Shui-bian ( born October 12, 1950) is a Taiwanese politician and former President of the Republic of China. Chang Chun-hsiung ( POJ: Tiuⁿ Chùn-hiông born March 23, 1938, a politician in Taiwan, is a former Premier of the Republic of China The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP ( Taiwanese: Bîn-chú-chìn-pō͘-tóng Traditional Chinese: zh-Hant 民主進步黨 Simplified Chinese: zh-Hans The President of the Executive Yuan ( commonly known in English as the Premier of Taiwan ( is the head of the Executive Yuan, the Executive (BBC)
  • Nominations open for the leadership of the United Kingdom Labour Party with Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown as the favourite. The 2007 Labour Party Leadership Election was formally triggered on 10 May 2007 by the resignation of Tony Blair, Labour Leader since The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951 is (BBC)
  • An ethics panel of the World Bank Group finds that its President Paul Wolfowitz was guilty of violating his contract when arranging a compensation package for Shaha Ali Riza with whom he had a relationship. The World Bank Group (WBG is a family of five International organizations responsible for providing Finance and advice to countries for the purposes of economic Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is a former United States Ambassador to Indonesia, U Shaha Ali Riza, ( شاها علي رضا) (born 1953 or 1954 is a World Bank staffer who is currently on external assignment (CNN) (Bloomberg)
  • A new species of hummingbird is discovered in Colombia. The Gorgeted Puffleg ( Eriocnemis isabellae) is a Hummingbird endemic to Colombia. Hummingbirds are Birds in the family Trochilidae, and are endemic to the Americas. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. (ABC News)
  • DaimlerChrysler announces it has sold 80. Daimler AG ( (formerly DaimlerChrysler AG) is a German car corporation (not to be confused with the British car-maker Daimler Motor Company) and 1% of its stake in the Chrysler Group to Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm for $7. Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 Cerberus Capital Management LP is one of the largest Private equity investment firms in the USA In Finance, private equity is an Asset class consisting of equity Securities in operating companies that are not Publicly traded on The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 4 Billion. It is announced that the corporate names are to be changed to Daimler AG and Chrysler Holding LLC. (WDIV-TV)
  • The Alaskan cruise ship Empress of the North strikes an underwater rock on day two of a seven-day tour, and evacuates all 281 passengers on board. Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent A cruise ship or cruise liner is a Passenger ship used for pleasure voyages where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience The Empress of the North is a diesel-powered Paddlewheeler operated by Majestic America Line (CTV News)
  • Twenty four members of a marriage party killed and 30 more injured when their van collides with a truck in the district of Adilabad, in Andhra Pradesh, India. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details -->See Adilabad district for information related to the district India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country (Saisat)
Current events of May 15, 2007 (2007-05-15) (Tuesday)edithistorywatch
  • Space Shuttle Atlantis rolls out to launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the STS-117 mission to the International Space Station. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System ( STS) is the Spacecraft currently used by the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis ( Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104 is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of The John F Kennedy Space Center ( KSC) is the NASA Space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center ( Spaceport) on Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the STS-117 was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'', launched from pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center The rollout is the second for the mission, as Atlantis's External Tank was damaged during a hailstorm on February 26, leading to the shuttle being rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs. A Space Shuttle External Tank ( ET) is the component of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle that contains the Liquid hydrogen fuel and Liquid oxygen Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed VABConstructionjpg|thumbnail|right|VAB during its early steel construction phase (1963 along with the Mobile Launcher Platform and tower assemblies for the Saturn V rocket (NASAspaceflight.com)
  • Danish protesters clash with police in Copenhagen with the Little Mermaid being doused with red paint. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city The Little Mermaid (Den lille havfrue is a Fairy tale by the Danish Poet and Author Hans Christian Andersen about a young The clashes followed the demolition of a building in the Freetown Christiania district. Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania (Danish Fristaden Christiania) is a partially self-governing neighbourhood of about 850 residents covering 34 hectares (CNN)
  • Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute has been chosen to be President Bush's "war czar," overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Douglas E Lute is a Lieutenant general in the United States Army. The Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, also known by the slang term War Czar, is a position the George W For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, (ABC News)
  • French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin resigns. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Dominique de Villepin (born Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (dɔminik də vilpɛ̃ &mdash) on 14 November 1953 in Rabat, Morocco (The Globe and Mail)
  • Palestinian factional violence claims 8 more lives as violence erupts on the Israeli border with Fatah and Hamas fighting for dominance at the Karni cargo crossing in Gaza, ending Monday night's ceasefire agreement. Fatah (فتح literally opening, is a reverse Acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (حركة التحرير Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة (USA Today)
  • The United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. The United States Secretary of State (commonly abbreviated as SecState) is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with Foreign affairs Condoleezza Rice (born November 14 1954 is the 66th United States The President of Russia (Президент России or the President of the Russian Federation, Президент Российской Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia (Boston Globe)
  • Canadian publisher The Thomson Corporation agrees to buy Reuters for £8. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This article is primarily about Thomson prior to its 2008 merger with Reuters This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson 7 billion creating the world's biggest financial news and data group. (Reuters via CNN)
  • The death toll for violence associated with the Philippine general election rises to 126. Legislative and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 14, 2007. (AFP via News Limited)
  • A bomb attack on a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills at least 24 people. ( پښور; Urdu: پشاور) is the capital of the North-West Frontier Province and the administrative centre for the Federally Administered Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and (Reuters) (BBC)
  • David Bain, who was convicted for murder in one of New Zealand's most controversial trials, is released on bail while awaiting a retrial following an appeal to the Privy Council in March. David Cullen Bain (born March 27 1972 in Dunedin New Zealand) was convicted in May 1995 for the Murder of his parents and siblings on 20 June Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is one of the highest courts in the United Kingdom, established by the Judicial Committee Act 1833 Events in March American Red Cross Month Fire Prevention month ( The Philippines) Women's History Month ( United (The Press via stuff.co.nz)
Current events of May 16, 2007 (2007-05-16) (Wednesday)edithistorywatch
  • Tony Blair, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, meets with the President of the United States George W. Bush for the final time before his departure from politics. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. (CNN)
  • Alex Salmond, the leader of the Scottish National Party, is elected as the first non-Labour First Minister of Scotland. Alexander Elliot Anderson "Alex" Salmond, (ˈsamənd is the First Minister of Scotland, heading a minority Scottish Government. The Scottish National Party (SNP (Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba Scottis Naitional Pairtie is a Centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish Scottish Labour (often but inaccurately described at the "Scottish Labour Party" is that part of the (British Labour Party which operates in Scotland The First Minister of Scotland (Prìomh Mhinistear na h-Alba First Meinister o Scotland is the head of the devolved Scottish (BBC)
  • Nicolas Sarkozy succeeds Jacques Chirac as President of the French Republic after prevailing over Ségolène Royal in the 2007 French presidential election. Nicolas Sarkozy (pronounced, The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected Marie-Ségolène Royal (born 22 September 1953 in Dakar, Senegal, then a French colony known as, (seɡɔlɛn ʁwajal is a The 2007 French presidential election, the ninth of the Fifth French Republic was held to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France (CNN)
  • Fifteen people die in fighting between Hamas and Fatah forces on the Gaza Strip with Hamas killing five people at the house of a Fatah security chief Rashid Abu Shbak in Gaza City. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Fatah (فتح literally opening, is a reverse Acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (حركة التحرير The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. (AP via CNN)
  • Over 18 people have been wounded by approximately thirty Qassam rockets being fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel. The Qassam rocket ( صاروخ القسام; also Kassam) is a simple steel Rocket filled with explosives produced by Hamas. The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west Hamas has claimed responsibility and sources believe the rocket attacks are an attempt to lure Israel into the ongoing internal conflict between Hamas and Fatah. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Fatah (فتح literally opening, is a reverse Acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (حركة التحرير (JPost)
  • A flare dropped from a New Jersey National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon is believed to be the cause of a wildfire that has burned 20 square miles at the edge of Pinelands National Reserve, New Jersey, burning three homes and causing the evacuation of 2,500 other homes. A flare, also sometimes called a fusee, is a type of Pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light or intense heat without an Explosion. The New Jersey Army National Guard consists of over 9000 Guardsmen from New Jersey. A wildfire, also known as a wildland fire, forest fire, brush fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, Peat fire, New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve (also known as Pinelands National Reserve) preserves the New Jersey Pine Barrens. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. (CNN)
  • The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence announces that HRH Prince Harry of the British Royal Family will not be deployed to Iraq as originally planned, due to the security risks to both himself and his regiment the Blues and Royals. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Ministry of Defence ( MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters For actual Princes of Wales called Henry see Henry Prince of Wales. The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons (RHG/D is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. (BBC)
Current events of May 17, 2007 (2007-05-17) (Thursday)edithistorywatch
  • Jaak Aaviksoo, the Estonian Defence Minister, states that the Russian Government may be behind recent hacking on Estonian government and commercial web sites following the moving of the Bronze Soldier. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Jaak Aaviksoo, born 11 January 1954 in Tartu, Estonian SSR is an Estonian politician and current Estonian Minister of Defense Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region The Minister of Defence ( Estonian: Kaitseminister) is the senior minister at the Ministry of Defence ( Eesti Vabariigi Kaitseministeerium) in Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The Bronze Soldier (Pronkssõdur Бронзовый Солдат originally "Monument to the Liberators of Tallinn" ("Tallinna vabastajate monument" (Sydney Morning Herald)
  • Paul Wolfowitz announces his resignation effective June 30 as president of the World Bank Group after protracted discussions over alleged ethics violations. Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is a former United States Ambassador to Indonesia, U Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper The World Bank Group (WBG is a family of five International organizations responsible for providing Finance and advice to countries for the purposes of economic (MSNBC)
  • United States Senate Democratic Party officials seek a vote of no confidence on Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. A motion of no confidence (also vote of no confidence, censure motion, no-confidence motion, or confidence motion) is a Parliamentary motion The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement Alberto R Gonzales (born August 4 1955) was the 80th Attorney General of the United States. (CBS)
  • Gordon Brown is confirmed as the next leader of the British Labour Party, taking effect on 24 June. WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951 is The 2007 Labour Party Leadership Election was formally triggered on 10 May 2007 by the resignation of Tony Blair, Labour Leader since The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Brown will succeed Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when he kisses the hand of Queen Elizabeth II on 27 June. Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden (BBC)
  • 2007 Israel-Gaza conflict: An Israeli aircraft bombs a building of the Hamas-run Executive Force in Gaza, killing at least one person and injuring about 45 others. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. (BBC)
  • Trains travel between North Korea and South Korea for the first time since the Korean War. A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the (ITV)
  • Voters in Algeria go to the polls to elect a new People's National Assembly with tight security arrangements after recent bomb attacks. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's Legislative elections were held in Algeria on 17 May 2007. 24 political parties and around 100 independent lists with a total of more than 12000 candidates The People's National Assembly ( al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani) is the lower house of the Algerian Parliament. (BBC)
  • French President Sarkozy appoints François Fillon as his Prime Minister. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Nicolas Sarkozy (pronounced, François Fillon (fʁɑ̃swa fijɔ̃ born 4 March 1954 in Le Mans, Sarthe) is the current Prime Minister of France, having been appointed to that The Prime Minister of France ( Premier ministre français) in Fifth Republic is the functional Head of the government and Council of Ministers (Élysée Palace)
  • The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announces that all over-the-air TV broadcasts must be digital by August 31, 2011. CRTC may also stand for Cathode Ray Tube Controller. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC, in French Conseil Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne 2011 ( MMXI) will be a Common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. (The Globe and Mail)
  • Hong Kong media regulator receives more than a thousand complaints about the bible being too sexual, in what seems to be a response to a recent ruling condemning a sex survey in a student newspaper. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin (Daily Mail)
Current events of May 18, 2007 (2007-05-18) (Friday)edithistorywatch
  • A bomb in a market place in Juliaca in southern Peru kills 6 people and injures about 50. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A bomb is any of a range of devices that typically rely on the Exothermic Chemical reaction of an Explosive material to produce an extremely Juliaca is a city in the Puno Region, Peru. It is the region's largest city and capital of the San Román province Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. (BBC)
  • Black Swan Project: Deep sea explorers retrieve 17 tons of colonial era silver and gold coins with an estimated value of US$500 million. The Black Swan Project is the project name given by Odyssey Marine Exploration for its discovery and recovery of an estimated 500 million USD (253 million Units of mass There are three similar units of Mass called the ton: Long ton (simply ton in countries such as the United The early modern period is a term initially used by historians to refer mainly to the period roughly from 1500 to 1800 in Western Europe ( Early modern Europe) Silver (ˈsɪlvɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol " Ag " (argentum from the Ancient Greek: ἀργήντος - argēntos gen Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 main - title Coin keywords numismatics coin review The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been (CNN)
  • Two ABC News employees are killed by unknown assailants in Baghdad. This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous (Reuters via the Australian)
  • 9 people are killed in a bomb blast at the Mecca Masjid mosque in the Indian city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. On 18 May 2007, the old city area in Hyderabad, capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, experienced a bomb blast Mecca Masjid is one of the oldest and the biggest Mosques located in Hyderabad, India. A "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller privately owned mosque and the larger India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country [3]
  • The parliament of Kazakhstan votes to allow the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to stand for an unlimited number of terms. TalkParliament#Screen-size. -->A  parliament is a Legislature, especially in those Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the Leaders of Kazakhstan since 1919 Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1925 Secretaries of the Kirghiz Regional Committee of the Communist Party Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev ( Kazakh: Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев æbəʃʊˈlɯ nɑzɑrˈbɑjəf Russian: Нурсултан (BBC)
  • A home-made bomb explodes in a bus terminal in Cotabato in the southern Philippines, killing 3 people and injuring 15. A bus terminus is a designated place where a Bus or coach starts or ends its scheduled route The City of Cotabato is one of the cities of the Philippines located in Mindanao. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP (AFP via ABC News Australia)
  • Rioting breaks out in Guangxi province, China, in protest at the government imposing fines for breaches of its strict one-child policy. Guangxi (or Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region;) is a Zhuang autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Power within the Government of the People's Republic of China is divided among three bodies the Communist Party of China, the state and the People's The one-child policy is the Population control policy (or planned birth policy of the People's Republic of China (PRC (BBC)
Current events of May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19) (Saturday)edithistorywatch
  • Three people are killed and two wounded in a sniper attack in Moscow, Idaho, United States. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. READ DISCUSSION PAGE BEFORE MAKING ANY EDITS TO CAPTION BELOW http//en Moscow (ˈmɒskoʊ is the County seat of Latah County in northern Idaho, along the Washington The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (BBC)
  • Chelsea F.C. wins the FA Cup Final 2007, defeating Manchester United 1–0 through a goal by Didier Drogba in extra time. The 2007 FA Cup Final was played on Saturday 19 May 2007 between Chelsea and Manchester United, who had come up against Premier League Didier Drogba Tebily (born 11 March 1978 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian Footballer who plays for Chelsea in Aggregated Extra Time (AET, commonly known as extra time is an additional period played in some sports codes if the score is tied at the end of normal time It was the first final played at a rebuilt Wembley Stadium. Wembley Stadium is a Stadium in Wembley, located in the London Borough of Brent in London, England. (BBC) (CNN)
  • The Bulls become the first South African team to the win the Super 14 rugby union championship, defeating the Sharks by one point in the final. The Bulls, for sponsorship reasons known as the Vodacom Bulls, are a South African Rugby union team competing in the Super 14 competition The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The Super 14 is the largest Rugby union football club championship in the Southern hemisphere, consisting of four state teams from Australia (Queensland/Reds Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short The Sharks are a South African Rugby union team competing in the Super 14 competition (Super 10 from 1993-1995 and Super 12 from 1996-2005 The 2007 Super 14 season started in February 2007 with preseason matches held from mid-January (Reuters via stuff.co.nz)
  • Former Samoan head of state Malietoa Tanumafili II is buried in Apia. Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean King Malietoa Tanumafili II, GCMG, CBE, ( January 4, 1913 &ndash May 11, 2007) (also called Susuga) was (AP via International Herald Tribune)
  • Three German soldiers are killed with four civilians in a suicide bombing in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons Kunduz ( قندوز) also known as Kundûz Qonduz Qondûz Konduz Kondûz Kondoz or Qhunduz is a city in northern Afghanistan, the capital Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, (Reuters via Malaysian Star)
  • Romanian voters go to the polls to vote on the impeachment of the President of Romania, Traian Băsescu. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania A national referendum to impeach suspended President Traian Băsescu was held in Romania on 19 May 2007, after Parliament voted Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to forcibly remove a Government official The President of Romania is the Head of state of Romania. The President is directly elected by a Two-round system for a five-year term (since 2004 Traian Băsescu (born November 4 1951) is a Romanian politician and former Merchant Navy officer (BBC)
  • Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has ordered the national army to rescue several hostages from FARC rebels, including Íngrid Betancourt, a former senator and presidential candidate. List of Presidents of Colombia The President of Colombia (Presidente de Colombia is the Head of state and Head of government of the Republic of Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez ('alβ̞aɾo u'ɾiβ̞e 'β̞eles born July 4 1952 in Medellín) is a Colombian politician and lawyer who is currently the 39th President The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo also known by the Acronym of Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio (born December 25 1961) is a Colombian French politician former senator and anti- corruption [http://www.bruneitimes.com.bn/details.php?shape_ID=30538 (Brunei Times)
  • Curlin wins the Preakness Stakes, extending the Triple Crown drought to 29 years. Curlin (foaled March 25 2004 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the current highest North American money earner with over The Preakness Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race 1-3/16 mile (1 (MSNBC)
  • Starcraft II is announced by Blizzard Entertainment, probably one of the largest announcements to come from them in years. PLEASE READ BEFORE EDITING 1 DO NOT INSERT ANY INFORMATION READ ON FANSITES except when such information can be sourced by reliable sources or has been released by Blizzard Blizzard Entertainment is an American Video game developer and publisher headquartered in Irvine California. (IGN)
Current events of May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20) (Sunday)edithistorywatch
  • Alltel, a mobile phone provider in the United States, is acquired by TPG Capital, L.P. and Goldman Sachs leveraged-buyout unit. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Alltel Corporation is the fifth largest Wireless Telecommunications company in the United States with 13 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the TPG Capital (formerly Texas Pacific Group commonly referred to as "TPG" is a Private equity investment firm founded by David Bonderman, James The Goldman Sachs Group Inc, or simply Goldman Sachs ( is a large global Bank holding company that engages in Investment banking securities (Bloomberg)
  • A suicide bomber kills at least 10 people and injures 32 people in Gardez, the capital of Afghanistan's Paktia Province. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons Gardēz is the capital of the Paktiā province of Afghanistan. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Paktia ( پکتيا) is one of the thirty-four Provinces of Afghanistan, in the east of the country (New York Times)
  • 2007 Israel-Gaza conflict: An IAF plane fires a missile at house of Hamas lawmaker Khalil al-Haya, killing eight people and wounding many others; Al-Haya was not at his house at the time of the strike. The Israeli Air Force ( IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האויר והחלל Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, "Air and Space Arm" commonly known as חיל Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة (Ynet) (Reuters)
  • The main landing gear of an Air Canada Jazz plane flight # AC8911 collapsed while on a runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada with 37 passangers and 3 crew members who were not injured. Jazz Air LP (Air Canada Jazz is a Canadian Regional airline based in the Halifax Regional Municipality, at the Halifax Stanfield International Lester B Pearson International Airport is a major International airport serving Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated 27 kilometres (17 mi northwest (CTV Toronto)
  • Bulgaria elects Members of the European Parliament for the first time, the three top parties each possibly receiving five deputies. The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Bulgaria elected its members of the European Parliament in a By-election on 20 May 2007. The narrow winner of the elections is the opposition Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria. Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (Граждани за европейско развитие на България Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya (Reuters)
  • Tens of thousands of Venezuelans march in protest in support of Radio Caracas Televisión and in opposition to President Hugo Chávez, who has vowed not to renew its licence. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional ( RCTV Internacional) is a Venezuelan cable Television network headquartered in the ||-||} Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->The President of Venezuela (Presidente Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela. (AP via Guardian)
  • Thousands gather in Samsun, Turkey to protest against the government. The Republic Protests (Cumhuriyet Mitingleri were a series of peaceful mass rallies that took place in Turkey in the spring of 2007 in support of the Samsun ( Greek: Σαμψούντα, Samsounta, Amisos) is a city in northern Turkey, on the coast of the Black Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches (CNN)
  • Battle of Nahr al-Bared: Fighting breaks out between Fatah al-Islam militants and Lebanese soldiers at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in Tripoli, Lebanon. The 2007 Lebanon conflict began when fighting broke out between Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist militant organization, and the Lebanese Armed Forces Fatah al-Islam ( Arabic: فتح الإسلام, English: Conquest of Islam) is a radical Sunni Islamist group that Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. Nahr al-Bared ( literally Cold River is a Palestinian Refugee camp in northern Lebanon, 16 km from the city According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race Tripoli ( Lebanese Arabic: طرابلس Ṭrāblos or Ṭrēblos locally Ṭrōbles Standard Arabic: Ṭarābulus Τρίπολις Tripolis is the second-largest (BBC)
  • David Hicks returns from Guantánamo Bay to his home state of South Australia. David Matthew Hicks (born 7 August 1975 is an Australian who undertook combat training in Al Qaeda -linked camps and served with the ruling Taliban Guantánamo Bay ( Spanish Bahía de Guantánamo) is a bay located in Guantánamo Province at the south-eastern end of Cuba South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country He will serve the remaining seven months of his sentence for providing material support for terrorism at Yatala Labour Prison. Yatala Labour Prison is a low- to high-security men's Prison in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. (Sydney Morning Herald)
  • Romário scores his 1000th goal for Vasco da Gama by penalty kick against Sport Recife. Romário de Souza Faria (born January 29 1966 in Rio de Janeiro) better known simply as Romário, is a former Brazilian football Center A penalty kick is a type of free kick in Association football, taken from twelve yards (approximately eleven metres out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of Sport Club do Recife, more popularly known as Sport in Recife or Sport Recife in Northeastern Brazil, is a football team from He is only the second player in the history of professional soccer to achieve this, the first being Pelé in 1969. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (Uol)
Current events of May 21, 2007 (2007-05-21) (Monday)edithistorywatch
  • 2007 Israel-Gaza conflict: Palestinian militants from Gaza fire 13 Qassam rockets into Israel, killing one woman and injuring others. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn For the British newspaper and Marxist organization see Militant tendency. Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. The Qassam rocket ( صاروخ القسام; also Kassam) is a simple steel Rocket filled with explosives produced by Hamas. (YnetNews)
  • United States Presidential Election, 2008: Bill Richardson, the Democratic Governor of New Mexico, officially declares his candidacy for president in Los Angeles, California. The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday November 4 2008 will be the 56th consecutive William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is the current Governor of New Mexico and was a candidate for the 2008 The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Governors Governors of New Mexico Territory Governors of New Mexico The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. (Los Angeles Times)
  • The Battle of Nahr al-Bared continues at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in Tripoli, Lebanon for a second successive day. The 2007 Lebanon conflict began when fighting broke out between Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist militant organization, and the Lebanese Armed Forces Nahr al-Bared ( literally Cold River is a Palestinian Refugee camp in northern Lebanon, 16 km from the city According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race Tripoli ( Lebanese Arabic: طرابلس Ṭrāblos or Ṭrēblos locally Ṭrōbles Standard Arabic: Ṭarābulus Τρίπολις Tripolis is the second-largest (CNN)
  • The historic tea clipper Cutty Sark, the last surviving preserved vessel of its kind, catches fire in a drydock in Greenwich, London. A clipper was a very fast Sailing ship of the 19th century that had multiple masts and a Square rig. Etymology The ship is named after the cutty sark ( Scots: a short Chemise or Undergarment) A drydock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform Greenwich ( ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ GREN-itch /ˈɡrɛnɪdʒ/ GREN-idge or /ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ/ GRIN-idge is a district in south-east London, London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Arson is being considered as a possible cause. (BBC)
Current events of May 22, 2007 (2007-05-22) (Tuesday)edithistorywatch
  • Premier Gary Doer of the Canadian province of Manitoba secures a third straight NDP majority government in the general election. (CTV)
  • Silas Rondeau, the Energy Minister of Brazil, resigns over allegations of corruption in a public works project. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A premier is a title for the Head of government in some countries Gary Albert Doer MLA (born March 31, 1948) is a Politician in Manitoba, Canada. The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116  sq mi of North America In the Westminster System, there is a majority government when the governing party enjoys an Absolute majority of seats in the Legislature or The Manitoba general election held on May 22 2007 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba Silas Rondeau is a Brazilian politician and a member of Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Political corruption is the use of governmental powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain (BBC)
  • 2007 Israel-Gaza conflict: A total of seven rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip and landed in western Negev. The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west The Negev (נֶגֶב Tiberian vocalization: Néḡeḇ) is the Desert region of southern Israel. Another rocket landed in Sderot and killed an Israeli woman. Sderot (שְׂדֵרוֹת a western Negev City, in the Southern District of Israel. In response, the IAF also fired missiles in an air strike at a munitions base, and secondary explosions were reported after the strike. The Israeli Air Force ( IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האויר והחלל Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, "Air and Space Arm" commonly known as חיל The air strike wounded seven people in the attack on Jabaliya, Gaza City, according to local residents and hospital officials. Jabalya (جباليا is a Palestinian City located four kilometers north of Gaza City Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. (Reuters) (Ynet)
  • Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual head of the Anglican community, declines to invite gay Bishop of New Hampshire Gene Robinson and unrecognized conservative Bishop Martyn Minns of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America to the 2008 Lambeth Conference. Rowan Douglas Williams, PC, DD, DCL, FBA, (born 14 June 1950 in Swansea, Wales) is an Anglican The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The Right Reverend V Gene Robinson (born May 29 1947) is the ninth Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the The Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA is an Anglican body in the United States comprised primarily of U The Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA is an Anglican body in the United States comprised primarily of U The Lambeth Conferences are decennial assemblies of Bishops of the Anglican Communion convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury. (Reuters)
  • Skybus Airlines, a new U.S.-based ultra-low-cost carrier airline, launches inaugural flights to and from Columbus, Ohio, with $10 tickets enabled by on-plane advertising and charging people for baggage, pillows, boarding priority, and refreshments. Skybus Airlines Inc was a privately-held Airline based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. (bizjournal via MSN Money) (AP via Signonsandiego.com)
  • A suicide attack occurs at a shopping centre in the Ulus district of Ankara, the capital of Turkey. The 2007 Ankara bombing was a Suicide attack that occurred in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, on 22 May 2007. Ulus is a quarter in Ankara, Turkey and is located at the center of the capital city Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after İstanbul. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Authorities say there were six fatalities, and 79 injuries. (Reuters) (Hürriyet)
  • The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issues its forecast for an above-normal 2007 Atlantic hurricane season with 13 to 17 named storms, 7 to 10 hurricanes and 3 to 5 major hurricanes. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA) is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season was an active Atlantic hurricane season that produced 17  Tropical cyclones It officially started on June 1 and ended on A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous Thunderstorms that produce strong winds and Flooding A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous Thunderstorms that produce strong winds and Flooding (NOAA)
  • The UK Crown Prosecution Service announces that Andrei Lugovoi, an ex-KGB agent, will be charged in connection with the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, also a former KGB agent. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Crown Prosecution Service, or CPS, is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for public Prosecutions Andrei Lugovoi (Lugovoy (Андрей Луговой b September 19 1966, Azerbaijan SSR) is a Russian politician and businessman and deputy of the KGB ( Transliteration of "КГБ" is the Russian abbreviation of Committee for State Security ( Komityet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosty Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (Алекса́ндр Ва́льтерович Литвине́нко ( 30 August 1962 – 23 November 2006 (Press Association via the Guardian)
  • Iraq War: A car bomb kills 25 people and injures at least 60 in a commercial area in southwestern Baghdad. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign A car bomb is an explosive device placed in a car or other Vehicle and then detonated. Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous (Reuters Alertnet)
Current events of May 23, 2007 (2007-05-23) (Wednesday)edithistorywatch
  • AC Milan defeats Liverpool F.C. 2-1 in the UEFA Champions League final. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to by the abbreviation Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club (Bloomberg)
  • One of three captured US soldiers in Iraq is found dead, during an extensive manhunt which occupied nearly 3% of US troops. The second-largest capture of American soldiers serving in the Iraq War occurred when Iraqi insurgents attacked a military outpost in Amiriyah Baghdad The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign (BBC)
  • Venezuela's Supreme Court rules that Radio Caracas Televisión must close on Monday, May 28, after the station's appeal against a decision by the Venezuelan Government failed. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the The Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia is the highest Court of law in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and is the head of the judicial Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional ( RCTV Internacional) is a Venezuelan cable Television network headquartered in the Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling (CNN)
  • Lebanon's Defence Minister Elias Murr issues an ultimatum to Fatah al-Islam militants in the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in Tripoli, Lebanon. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Elias Murr (إلياس المرّ (born 1962 in Bteghrine) is the current Lebanese Defense Minister and vice Prime Minister. Fatah al-Islam ( Arabic: فتح الإسلام, English: Conquest of Islam) is a radical Sunni Islamist group that Nahr al-Bared ( literally Cold River is a Palestinian Refugee camp in northern Lebanon, 16 km from the city Tripoli ( Lebanese Arabic: طرابلس Ṭrāblos or Ṭrēblos locally Ṭrōbles Standard Arabic: Ṭarābulus Τρίπολις Tripolis is the second-largest (AP via CNN)
  • At least 27 people die as a wall collapses in a bar in Tirupur in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tirupur (திருப்பூர் is a textile city and is the seventh largest municipal corporation among the 10 municipal corporations in the Coimbatore District South India is the area encompassing India 's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union India is a union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. Tamil Nadu ( Tamil:, Country of the Tamils, t̪ɐmɨɻ n̪aːɽɯ is one of the 28 states of India. (BBC)
  • 2007 Israel-Gaza conflict: Militants in the Gaza Strip fire eight rockets at the southern Israeli cities of Sderot and Kibbutz Nir Am. The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west A rocket or rocket vehicle is a Missile, Aircraft or other Vehicle which obtains Thrust by the reaction of the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Sderot (שְׂדֵרוֹת a western Negev City, in the Southern District of Israel. The IAF makes an air strike on the Gaza Strip, in which they destroy two buildings. The Israeli Air Force ( IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האויר והחלל Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, "Air and Space Arm" commonly known as חיל (Ynet) (Reuters)
  • The British Government announce a carbon emissions trading scheme, the Carbon Reduction Commitment, that will apply to hotel chains, supermarkets, banks, and other large organisations. Her Majesty's Government, or when the monarch is male His Majesty's Government, is the title used by the Government of the United Kingdom, based at Emissions trading (or emission trading) is an administrative approach used to control Pollution by providing economic Incentives for The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC is a proposed mandatory cap and trade scheme in the United Kingdom that will apply to large non energy-intensive organisations (DEFRA)
  • A Serbian court finds 12 men, including Milorad Ulemek, guilty of the 2003 assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Milorad "Legija" Ulemek ( Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад "Легија" Улемек (aka President of the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( Predsednik Vlade Republike Srbije) is the head of the Government of Serbia. Zoran Đinđić, PhD (often Zoran Djindjić, from Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ђинђић, /ˈzorɑn ˈdʑɪndʑɪtɕ/ (1 August (BBC) (Sky) (Reuters AlertNet) (Radio Televizija Vojvodine)
  • A Thai gunman opens fire with an AK-47 in a market in Pathum Thani Province, north of Bangkok, killing a villager, a security guard and a police officer and critically injuring another six before he was shot dead by the police. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj The AK-47 (contraction of Russian Автомат Калашникова образца 1947 года; Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1947 goda; "Kalashnikov's Pathum Thani (ปทุมธานี is one of the central provinces ( changwat) of Thailand. Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (krūŋtʰêːp máhǎːnákʰɔn) or Krung Thep ( for short is the Capital, largest The Royal Thai Police (สำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ are the National police of Thailand. (AFP via Channelnewsasia.com)
  • Gwen Stefani performs in front of a record-breaking crowd at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA. Gwen Renée Stefani (born October 3 1969 (ˈgwɛn stɛˈfɑːni is an American recording artist and Fashion designer Stefani fronts the rock band No Doubt Mansfield is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
Current events of May 24, 2007 (2007-05-24) (Thursday)edithistorywatch
  • The United States House of Representatives approves a $US100 billion bill to fund the US war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan without a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
  • 2007 Israel-Gaza conflict:
    • Israeli soldiers arrest 33 Hamas figures in Nablus, West Bank, including one cabinet member, Palestinian Education Minister Naser al-Shaer. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Nablus ( sometimes Nābulus; Arabic:; næːblʊs is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, approximately north of Jerusalem The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria Nasser al-Shaer (ناصر الدين الشاعر (born 1961 is the former Education Minister of the Palestinian National Authority serving as a member of Hamas (AFP via ABC Australia)
    • Palestinians fire eight Qassam rockets from the Gaza Strip towards the western Negev. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn The Qassam rocket ( صاروخ القسام; also Kassam) is a simple steel Rocket filled with explosives produced by Hamas. The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west The Negev (נֶגֶב Tiberian vocalization: Néḡeḇ) is the Desert region of southern Israel. (Reuters)
    • The IAF makes two air strikes in the Gaza Strip, destroying housing used by the Hamas Executive Force and another post in Deir al-Balah. The Israeli Air Force ( IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האויר והחלל Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, "Air and Space Arm" commonly known as חיל This article is about a Palestinian city for the nearby refugee camp see Deir el-Balah camp. (Ynet)
  • 38 Siberian miners are killed and 7 injured by a methane explosion in the Yubileinaya coal mine in the Kemerovo Oblast in Russia. Siberia (Сиби́рь Sibir) is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving Methane is a Chemical compound with the molecular formula. It is the simplest Alkane, and the principal component of Natural gas. The Yubileinaya mine is a Coal mine in the Kemerovo Oblast area of Siberia, Russia. Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. Kemerovo Oblast (Ке́меровская о́бласть Kemerovskaya oblast) often called Kuzbass (ru Кузба́сс after the Kuznetsk Basin Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending (Xinhua)
  • Voting is underway in the Republic of Ireland for a general election after a closely fought campaign. Single transferable vote (STV is a preferential Voting system designed to minimize Wasted votes and provide Proportional representation Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. The Irish general election of 2007 took place on 24 May 2007 after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 29 April 2007 at the request of (RTÉ) (BBC)
Current events of May 25, 2007 (2007-05-25) (Friday)edithistorywatch
  • It is announced that the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican is to be fitted with over 1,000 photovoltaic panels to supply all its annual electricity requirements. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Paul VI Audience Hall is a building in the Vatican City used by the Pope as an alternative to Saint Peter's Square for conducting his Wednesday morning Vatican City, officially the State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano is a Landlocked sovereign City-state whose territory Photovoltaics ( PV) is the field of technology and research related to the application of Solar cells for Energy by converting Sunlight directly (Catholic News Service)
  • A United States Department of Defense report warns of the growing power of the Chinese military. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government Military budget of the People's Republic of China (PRC is the portion of the overall budget of China that is allocated for the funding of the Military (CNN)
  • The widow of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury, and her brother, are found guilty of the murder of her husband. WIDOW is a full-length Album recorded by British rock band Ritual released in 1983 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury ( 22 May, 1938 &ndash2004 was a British aristocrat (BBC)
  • Six foreign oil workers (two British, three American and one South African) have been kidnapped in Nigeria. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa (Sky News)
  • Japanese sources tell the Kyodo news agency that North Korea has test-fired several missiles towards the Sea of Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Kyodo News (共同通信社 Kyōdō Tsūshinsha) is a Nonprofit Cooperative News agency based in Minato Tokyo. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, The Sea of Japan is a Marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, Korea, North Korea and Russia (BBC)
  • Ukraine's political crisis worsens after the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko fires the prosecutor general Svyatoslav Piskun. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The President of Ukraine (Президент України is the head of the state of Ukraine and acts in its name Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( Ukrainian: Viktor Andrijovyč Juščenko) (born February 23 1954) is the third and current President of Svyatoslav Mykhaylovych Piskun (Святослав Михайлович Піскун born March 8, 1959) was the 3 times Prosecutor General of Ukraine Piskun has defied the order and his supporters have occupied government buildings. (BBC)
  • NASDAQ agrees to buy OMX AB which runs several stock exchanges in Scandinavia and the Baltic States for 25. The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. OMX AB ( A ktie' b' olaget O ptions' m' äklarna/Helsinki Stock E' x' change is a Swedish - Finnish Financial A stock exchange, share market or bourse is a Corporation or Mutual organization which provides "trading" facilities for Stock Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well The Baltic states (Balti riigid Baltijas valstis Baltijos valstybės or Baltic countries are three countries in Northern Europe, all members of the 1 billion kronor (USD$3. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 7 billion). (Bloomberg)
  • Exit polls indicate that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's Fianna Fáil leads in the Irish General Election. An exit poll is a poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations The Taoiseach (ˈtiːʃəx in English t̪ˠiːʃʲəx (plural Taoisigh ( or) in Irish) also referred to as An Taoiseach ( t̪ˠiːʃʲəx is the the Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern ( Irish: Pádraig Parthalán Ó hEachthairn, born 12 September 1951 is an Irish politician who served Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach shortened to Fianna Fáil ( is currently the largest Political party in the The Irish general election of 2007 took place on 24 May 2007 after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 29 April 2007 at the request of (RTÉ) (BBC)
  • 2007 Israel-Gaza conflict
    • The IAF carried out an air strike near the residence of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. The Israeli Air Force ( IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האויר והחלל Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, "Air and Space Arm" commonly known as חיל The Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority is the Head of government of the Palestinian government Ismail Haniyeh ( Arabic: إسماعيل هنية sometimes transliterated as Ismail Haniya or Ismail Haniyah) (born January 1963 is a The IDF said that the air strike was not targeting the Prime Minister, and was on a structure used by Hamas, located in the Shati refugee camp. The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Local residents said that an IAF missile hit a vehicle patrolling Haniyeh's home in Gaza, and that the attack wounded one person. (Reuters)
  • The Ostankino Tower has once again caught fire. Ostankino Tower (Останкинская телебашня is a free-standing Television and Radio tower in Moscow, Russia. The BBC reports that the fire is believed to be not as serious as that in 2000 and was isolated to a platform on the outside of the tower. The fire was successfully extinguished, with no casualties. (BBC)
Current events of May 26, 2007 (2007-05-26) (Saturday)edithistorywatch
  • A thousand Czech protesters gather in Wenceslas Square in the centre of Prague to protest against Czech participation in the United States missile defence system. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Wenceslas Square ( Czech:) is one of the main city squares and the centre of the business and cultural communities in the New Town of Prague, Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Missile defense is a system weapon or technology involved in the detection tracking interception and destruction of attacking Missiles Originally conceived as a defence against (Xinhua)
  • Iran claims to have uncovered an espionage network run by the United States and its allies. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (BBC), (CNN)
  • Fianna Fáil performs strongly in the Irish general election, putting it in a strong position to retain government. Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach shortened to Fianna Fáil ( is currently the largest Political party in the The Irish general election of 2007 took place on 24 May 2007 after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 29 April 2007 at the request of (RTÉ) (AP via the Philadelphia Daily News)
  • Germany celebrates the 175th anniversary of the Hambacher Fest. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Hambacher Fest was a German national democratic festival celebrated from May 27 to May 30 1832 at Hambach Castle near Neustadt an der (SWR)
  • Several thousand Ukrainian Interior Ministry troops head for Kiev in defiance of orders to support President Viktor Yushchenko. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the The President of Ukraine (Президент України is the head of the state of Ukraine and acts in its name Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( Ukrainian: Viktor Andrijovyč Juščenko) (born February 23 1954) is the third and current President of (BBC)
  • At least 21 people die in western China in landslides caused by heavy rain. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National A landslide is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement such as rock falls deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows which can occur (BBC)
  • 2007 Israel-Gaza conflict:
    • Hamas militants are considering lighter ceasefire terms offered by Fatah, specifically Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Fatah (فتح literally opening, is a reverse Acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (حركة التحرير The President of the Palestinian National Authority ( رئيس السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية) is the highest-ranking political position (equivalent to Mahmoud Abbas (محمود عباس (born March 26, 1935) also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (ابو مازن was elected President They are giving Israel until May 27 to respond to this agreement, that would only end Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west Hamas has said, however, that they are not completely committed to their offer.
    • Israeli attack helicopters launch missile strikes on a various facilities, including a security facility near Palestinian Prime Minister Haniyeh's home. The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit An attack helicopter, also known as a Helicopter Gunship, is a Military helicopter armed for attacking targets on the ground A missile (see also pronunciation differences) is a self-propelled explosive Projectile used as a weapon towards a target The Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority is the Head of government of the Palestinian government Ismail Haniyeh ( Arabic: إسماعيل هنية sometimes transliterated as Ismail Haniya or Ismail Haniyah) (born January 1963 is a At least three people are injured by the air strikes. An airstrike is a Military strike by Air forces on either a suspected or a confirmed enemy ground position (Reuters)
    • Israel seizes Palestinian Cabinet Minister of State Wasfi Kabha in a raid conducted by the IDF in his village near Jenin. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. A cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of Government, typically representing the executive branch. Wasfi Kabha ( وصفي كبهة) was the former Minister of Prisoners' Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority and is a Hamas member The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit Jenin ( Arabic:; ג'נין a city in the West Bank 's Jenin Governorate, is a major Palestinian agricultural center (Reuters via ABC News Online)
    • The IAF bombs Hamas Executive Force housing in Gaza City. The Israeli Air Force ( IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האויר והחלל Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, "Air and Space Arm" commonly known as חיל Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. At least five Executive Force members are killed and 30 other people are wounded. (Reuters)
Current events of May 27, 2007 (2007-05-27) (Sunday)edithistorywatch
  • Gay rights in Russia: Russian gay rights leaders and foreign dignitaries are beaten and arrested in Moscow. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. As of 2008 Russia has no criminal law directed at LGBT people and has refused to enact legislation to address discrimination or harassment on the basis of Sexual orientation Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender social movements share related goals of social acceptance of Homosexuality, Bisexuality and Transgenderism Lesbian Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov had denied permission for a gay pride parade. Yury Mikhaylovich Luzhkov (Ю́рий Миха́йлович Лужко́в (born September 21 1936 in Moscow, Russia, USSR) is a Russian (The Guardian)
  • Nepalese police clash with Bhutanese asylum seekers at a United Nations resulting in one 16-year-old boy being killed and a dozen people being injured. Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. The Kingdom of Bhutan (buːˈtɑːn is a Landlocked nation in South Asia. According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security (Reuters Alertnet)
  • Auto racing: Scotland's Dario Franchitti wins the rain-shortened 91st Indianapolis 500. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a Motorsport involving Racing Cars It Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Dario J Franchitti (born 19 May, 1973 in Bathgate, West Lothian) is a Scottish racing driver of Italian descent Rain is Liquid precipitation. On Earth it is the condensation of atmospheric Water vapor into drops heavy enough to fall often making it to The 91st Indianapolis 500 ran on Sunday May 27, 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Bloomberg)
  • Iraq War: United States forces rescue 42 Iraqis from an al-Qaeda hideout northeast of Baghdad with some captives showing signs of torture. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI is a group playing an active role in the Iraqi insurgency. Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally (AP via Nine MSN)
  • China claims all gold and silver medals in the Table Tennis World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Chinese Table Tennis Association ( Simplified Chinese:中国乒乓球协会 is a national non-governmental nonprofit sports organization in the People's Republic of China Zagreb (ˈzɑːgrɛb is the Capital and the largest city of Croatia. Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between (Xinhua)
  • 2007 Israel-Gaza conflict:
    • Two Qassam rockets land in Israel with at least two casualties in Sderot. The Qassam rocket ( صاروخ القسام; also Kassam) is a simple steel Rocket filled with explosives produced by Hamas. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Sderot (שְׂדֵרוֹת a western Negev City, in the Southern District of Israel.
    • The IAF strikes two Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip, with no casualties reported. The Israeli Air Force ( IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האויר והחלל Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, "Air and Space Arm" commonly known as חיל Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west (Reuters) (Ynet)
  • President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine agree to a compromise, with early parliamentary elections to be held on September 30. The President of Ukraine (Президент України is the head of the state of Ukraine and acts in its name Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( Ukrainian: Viktor Andrijovyč Juščenko) (born February 23 1954) is the third and current President of The Prime Minister of Ukraine (Прем'єр-міністр України Prem'ier-ministr Ukrayiny) presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( Ukrainian: Viktor Fedorovyč Janukovyč; Виктор Фёдорович Янукович (born on July 9, 1950 Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the (AFP via The Australian)
  • Spanish voters go to the polls in local and regional elections. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. A number of elections were held in Spain on 27 May 2007: municipal elections local elections of various types (BBC)
  • Venezuelan TV station Radio Caracas Television is shut down by the Hugo Chávez administration. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and Video to Television receivers in a particular area Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional ( RCTV Internacional) is a Venezuelan cable Television network headquartered in the Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela. (BBC)
  • Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu gets the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. The cinema of Romania is the art of motion-picture making within the nation of Romania or by Romanian filmmakers abroad 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile is a 2007 Romanian film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. Cristian Mungiu (b 1968 Iaşi) is a Romanian Filmmaker, winner of the Palme d'Or in 2007 The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The 2007 Cannes Film Festival, also known as the 60th Annual Cannes Film Festival ran from May 16 to 27 2007 (Forbes)
  • Japanese band Zard vocalist Izumi Sakai dies of cerebral contusion in Keio University hospital, Shinjuku, Tokyo. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. was a Japanese pop group Originally a group of five members with lead vocalist Izumi Sakai as group leader (born was a J-pop singer song writer and member of the group Zard. Cerebral contusion, Latin contusio cerebri, a form of traumatic Brain injury, is a Bruise of the Brain tissue is a university located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan as well as the oldest university in Japan established is one of the 23 Special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center housing the busiest train station in the world ( Shinjuku Station officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. (Breitbart)
Current events of May 28, 2007 (2007-05-28) (Monday)edithistorywatch
  • Al-Azhar University suspends the lecturer who issued the Breastfeeding fatwa. Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Al-Azhar University (pronounced "az-HAR" الأزهر الشريف, "the Noble Azhar" in Egypt, founded in 975 is the chief centre of Radā or ridā'a is a technical term from Islamic jurisprudence meaning "the suckling which produces the legal impediment to marriage of foster-kinship" (BBC)
  • The Foreign Office of the British Government submits a formal request to the Russian Government for the extradition of ex-KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi to face charges over the murder of his former colleague Alexander Litvinenko in London. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the British government department responsible for promoting Her Majesty's Government, or when the monarch is male His Majesty's Government, is the title used by the Government of the United Kingdom, based at The Government of the Russian Federation (Прави́тельство Росси́йской Федера́ции is an executive governmental body that brings together the principal Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests and obtains from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal KGB ( Transliteration of "КГБ" is the Russian abbreviation of Committee for State Security ( Komityet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosty Andrei Lugovoi (Lugovoy (Андрей Луговой b September 19 1966, Azerbaijan SSR) is a Russian politician and businessman and deputy of the Alexander Litvinenko was a former officer of Russian Federal Security Service, who escaped prosecution in Russia and received a Political asylum in Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (Алекса́ндр Ва́льтерович Литвине́нко ( 30 August 1962 – 23 November 2006 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. (BBC)
  • Aid workers claim that at least 17 people have been killed and others abducted by Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to (BBC)
  • Iraqi insurgency: At least 19 people die after a car bomb detonates in Baghdad. The Iraqi insurgency is composed of diverse mix of militias foreign fighters all Iraqi units or mixtures using violent measures against the US-led Coalition in Iraq Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous (BBC)
  • Officials from Iran and the United States hold their first talks since 1980 with the topic being the future of Iraq. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (ITV)
  • Japan:
    • Minister of Agriculture Toshikatsu Matsuoka commits suicide, apparently over a financial scandal. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The, or, is the Cabinet of Japan member in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries. ( February 25, 1945 – May 28, 2007) was a Japanese politician (AP via CNN) (BBC)
    • Dance instructor Riyo Mori becomes Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City, the second Japanese to do so after Akiko Kojima. born December 24, 1986 in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Japan is a Japanese dance instructor who won the Miss Universe 2007 title in May 2007 Miss Universe 2007, the 56th Miss Universe pageant was won by Riyo Mori of Japan. Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico ( October 29 1936 in Tokyo) is a Japanese model The first Miss Universe to originate from Asia Akiko was a 22-year-old model from Tokyo Japan when (Forbes)
  • Canada:
    • Voters in Prince Edward Island go to the polls for provincial elections. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Prince Edward Island (ˌprɪns ˌɛdwɚd ˈaɪlɨnd ( PEI or P (CTV)
    • Two 17-year-old boys are charged with first degree murder in last week's school shooting in Toronto. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario (CBC)
  • Venezuela:
    • Government-owned TV Station TVes begins broadcasting in place of Radio Caracas Television. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the A government-owned corporation, state-owned enterprise or government business enterprise is a legal entity created by a Government to undertake commercial Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic TVes is a Venezuelan public Television channel. Its name is short for Televisora Venezolana Social ( Venezuelan Social Television) and Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional ( RCTV Internacional) is a Venezuelan cable Television network headquartered in the (Bloomberg)
    • Thousands protest in Caracas in the hours following the closure of Radio Caracas Television. The May – June 2007 RCTV protests were a series of protests in Venezuela that began in the middle of May 2007 Caracas (kaˈɾakas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional ( RCTV Internacional) is a Venezuelan cable Television network headquartered in the Four people are injured, including one police officer. Police and the National Guard use tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. (The Guardian)
Current events of May 29, 2007 (2007-05-29) (Tuesday)edithistorywatch
  • US President George W. Bush nominates former deputy secretary of state Robert Zoellick as President of the World Bank. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The Deputy Secretary of State of the United States is the chief assistant to the Secretary of State who is responsible for foreign affairs. Robert Bruce Zoellick (zʌlɪk (born July 25, 1953) is the eleventh President of the World Bank, a position he has held since July 1 The World Bank Group (WBG is a family of five International organizations responsible for providing Finance and advice to countries for the purposes of economic (BBC)
  • U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes the rare step of reading aloud her dissent in Ledbetter v. Goodyear. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Associate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice. Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (born March 15 1933 Brooklyn New York) is an Associate Justice on the U A dissenting opinion is an Opinion of one or more Judges expressing disagreement with the Majority opinion. Ledbetter v Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, 550 US ___ (2007, is an Employment discrimination decision of the Supreme Court of the United States (Washington Post)
  • Heavy fighting resumes between the Lebanese army and al Qaeda linked militants at the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The Nahr al-Bared ( literally Cold River is a Palestinian Refugee camp in northern Lebanon, 16 km from the city According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race (AP via CNN)
  • United States health officials quarantine a man who may have exposed passengers on two trans-Atlantic flights to extensively drug resistant tuberculosis. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For other uses see Quarantine (disambiguation Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation typically to contain the spread of something The term transatlantic refers to something occurring all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. Extensively drug-resistant Tuberculosis ( XDR-TB) is a form of TB caused by bacteria that is resistant to the most effective anti-TB drugs (BBC)
  • Russia successfully tests its new RS-24 ICBM, purportedly designed to defeat present and future anti-missile systems. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The RS-24 is a Russian MIRV -equipped Thermonuclear Intercontinental ballistic missile first tested on May 29, 2007 after An anti-ballistic missile (ABM is a Missile designed to counter Ballistic missiles (a missile for Missile defense) (RIA Novosti) (Interfax-AVN) (The Guardian)
  • Iraqi insurgency:
    • At least 22 people die in a car bombing in central Baghdad. The Iraqi insurgency is composed of diverse mix of militias foreign fighters all Iraqi units or mixtures using violent measures against the US-led Coalition in Iraq A car bomb is an explosive device placed in a car or other Vehicle and then detonated. Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous (CNN)
    • Five British nationals are kidnapped from a Finance Ministry building in central Baghdad. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located (BBC) (Reuters)
  • Bashar al-Assad is re-elected as President of Syria in an election in which he was the only candidate. Dr Bashar al-Assad (بشار الأسد) (born 11 September, 1965) is the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Regional Secretary This page lists presidents and other Heads of State of Syria. A referendum to confirm the presidential candidate Bashar al-Assad was held in Syria on 27 May 2007, after the People's Council of Syria (BBC)
  • Zheng Xiaoyu, former head of the China's State Food and Drug Administration, is sentenced to death for taking bribes to approve untested medicines as Chinese authorities introduce a recall system for unsafe food products. Zheng Xiaoyu ( Chinese: 郑筱萸 Pinyin: Zhèng Xiǎoyú December 21, 1944 - July 10, 2007) was director of the The State Food and Drug Administration ( SFDA) ( is founded on the basis of the State Drug Administration Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Bribery, a form of pecuniary corruption is an act usually implying money or gift given that alters the behaviour of the recipient in ways not consistent with the duties of that person A product recall is a request to return to the maker a batch or an entire production run of a product usually due to the discovery of safety issues (AP via Houston Chronicle) (BBC)
  • Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister of Israel, wins the first round of the Israeli Labor Party leadership election and faces a runoff against former secret service chief Ami Ayalon. Ehud Barak (אֵהוּד בָּרָק born Ehud Brog on 12 February 1942) is an Israeli politician former Prime Minister, and The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Amihai "Ami" Ayalon (עמיחי איילון born 27 June 1945) is an Israeli politician and Knesset member representing the Labor Party (Reuters Alertnet)
  • Adam Air announces a deal which will ensure the recovery of the black boxes from Adam Air Flight 574. Adam Air, (incorporated as PT Adam SkyConnection Airlines) was a privately owned Airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Black box is a technical term for a device or system or object when it is viewed primarily in terms of its input and output characteristics Adam Air Flight 574 (KI-574 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Adam Air between the Indonesian cities of Surabaya ( SUB (Aero-News)
  • Umaru Yar'Adua assumes office as the President of Nigeria. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (born 16 August 1951) is the 2nd President of Nigeria 's Fourth Republic. History When Nigeria became a Federal republic within the Commonwealth in 1963 it retained the Parliamentary system of government inherited from (AP via International Herald Tribune)
Current events of May 30, 2007 (2007-05-30) (Wednesday)edithistorywatch
  • A CH-47 Chinook helicopter on a NATO mission in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, is shot down killing all seven service personnel (5 American, 1 Canadian and 1 British) aboard. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The North Atlantic Treaty International Security Assistance Force (10 ( ISAF) is a NATO -led security and development mission in Afghanistan established by the United Nations Helmand ( هلمند) is one of the 34 Provinces of Afghanistan. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Taliban fighters claim responsibility for the attack. The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately (CNN) (BBC)
  • The United Nations Security Council establishes an international tribunal to try suspects in the killings of Lebanese political figures including the former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is an international criminal court that was established by an Agreement between the United Nations and the Lebanese Republic pursuant to Security Council Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية This page lists Prime ministers of Lebanon. By an unwritten agreement following independence the holder of this post must be a Sunni Muslim. (The Washington Times)
  • Thailand's Constitutional Court clears the Democrat Party of electoral fraud, but finds former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai party guilty of bribery and rules it must be disbanded. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj The Constitutional Court of Thailand (ศาลรัฐธรรมนูญ is an independent Thai Court established under the 1997 Constitution with The Democrat Party ( Thai: พรรคประชาธิปัตย์ Phak Prachathipat) is Thailand's oldest existing political party and currently The first Prime Minister of Thailand was Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, who took office after the 1932 Siamese coup d'état ended the absolute monarchy (ทักษิณ ชินวัตร IPA tɕʰinnawát Chinese: 丘[[wikt 達|達]] 新, Qiū Dáxīn nicknamed by the media as แม้ว Thai Rak Thai (ไทยรักไทย lit Thais Love Themselves; TRT) is a banned Political party in Thailand (BBC) (Reuters)
  • The army is deployed in the Indian state of Rajasthan after 14 people are killed in violent clashes over the government's affirmative action plans. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country India is a union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. Rājasthān ( Devanāgarī: राजस्थान raːdʒəst̪ʰaːn is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area (BBC)
  • A fire at the Oldbury nuclear power station in South Gloucestershire,
Current events of May 31, 2007 (2007-05-31) (Thursday)edithistorywatch
  • The National Assembly of Niger passes a motion of no-confidence in the Government of Prime Minister of Niger Hama Amadou. Oldbury nuclear power station is a nuclear power station located on the south bank of the River Severn close to the village of Oldbury-on-Severn in Geography The River Severn forms the north-western edge of the area with a wide coastal plain terminated by the Severn Escarpment. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Unicameral National Assembly of Niger is the country's legislative body List of Heads of Government of Niger Affiliations See also Niger Heads of State of Niger Hama Amadou (born 1950 is a Nigerien politician and the President of the National Movement for the Development of Society-Nassara (MNSD-Nassara (BBC)
  • Japan fails to win in its bid to lift a commercial moratorium on whaling at the International Whaling Commission. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Whaling is the hunting of Whales and dates back to at least 6000 BC The International Whaling Commission ( IWC) is an international body set up by the terms of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW, which (News Limited)
  • South Thailand insurgency: At least 10 soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack by suspected militants in southern Thailand, officials say. The South Thailand insurgency is a Separatist campaign by Islamist terrorists which is taking place in the predominantly Malay Pattani region, made up of the (BBC)
  • Alleged Internet spammer Robert Soloway is arrested after being indicted on charges of identity theft, money laundering, and mail, wire, and e-mail fraud. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks Spamming is the abuse of electronic messaging systems to indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk messages Robert Alan Soloway is the founder of the so-called "Strategic Partnership Against Microsoft Illegal Spam" or SPAMIS but is said to be one of the Internet's biggest In the Common law legal system an indictment (ɪnˈdaɪtmənt (in-DITE-mint is a formal accusation of having committed a criminal offense Identity theft is a term used to refer to Fraud that involves stealing money or getting other benefits by pretending to be someone else Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial Transactions in order to conceal the Identity, source and/or destination of Money, Mail fraud refers to any scheme which attempts to unlawfully obtain money or valuables in which the Postal system is used at any point in the commission of a criminal offense Wire fraud is a legal concept in the United States Code which provides for enhanced penalty of any criminally fraudulent activity if it is determined that the activity involved Electronic mail, often abbreviated to e-mail, email, or originally eMail, is a Store-and-forward method of writing sending receiving In the broadest sense a fraud is a Deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual (BBC) (Times of India)
  • Qatar Airways orders 80 Airbus A350 planes. Qatar Airways Company QCSC (القطرية is the Flag carrier airline of Qatar, based in Doha. Airbus SAS (ˈɛərbʌs in English, Airbus2ogg|/ɛʁbys/]] in French, and /ˈɛːɐbʊs/ in German) is an aircraft manufacturing WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout (icLiverpool)
  • The Parliament of Latvia selects Valdis Zatlers as the new President of Latvia. Saeima is the Parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It is a Unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by Proportional representation Valdis Zatlers (born March 22, 1955) is the 7th and current president of Latvia. President of Latvia is Head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of Republic of Latvia. (Reuters via CNN)
  • A suicide bomber explodes in a police recruitment centre in Falluja, Iraq killing at least 20 people. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force For other meanings see Fallujah (disambiguation. Fallujah (الفلوجة sometimes transliterated For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (BBC)
  • Nepal's ruling coalition government announces that elections to a special assembly to write a new constitution will be held in November. Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. A coalition is an alliance among individuals during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own Self-interest. A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity (BBC)
  • Approximately 100 pro-Taliban insurgents attack the home of a government official in northwest Pakistan, killing 13 people. The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and (AP via Houston Chronicle)
  • The Malaysian Federal Court rejects the appeal of Christian convert Lina Joy to have the word "Islam" removed from her identity card. Malaysia is a Federation of thirteen states but judicial power in the federation is almost exclusively vested in a federal court system. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Lina Joy is a Malay convert from Islam to Christianity. Born Azlina Jailani in 1964 in Malaysia to Muslim parents of For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. MyKad, or Government Multipurpose Card, (GMPC is the official compulsory Identity card of Malaysia. (Bernama)
  • In an unannounced vote, the Philadelphia City Council voted to evict the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts from the building they have occupied since 1928. The Philadelphia City Council, the legislative body of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, consists of ten members elected by district and seven members elected at-large The Cradle of Liberty Council (525 is a Boy Scouts of America council created in 1996 with the merger of the former Philadelphia Area Council covering the city and county of Philadelphia (Philadelphia Inquirer)
  • Maiden flight of the Antonov AN-32 Aircraft
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February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 1999: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - December 1999: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
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