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Events from the year 2007 in the United States.

Incumbents

Events

January

January 4: Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker of the House.

• January 4
  • William J. Fallon succeeds Gen. John Abizaid as the head of Central Command in Iraq.
  • Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
• January 9
  • War in Somalia: U.S. warplanes conduct air strikes in Somalia against suspected terrorists.
  • Steve Jobs publicly announces the release of the first iPhone.^[2]
• January 10 – The Iraq War troop surge begins.^[3]
• January 12 – The U.S. Embassy in Athens is attacked with a rocket propelled grenade, which causes minimal damage and no injuries.
• January 23 – George W. Bush delivers his sixth State of the Union Address.
• January 28 – A battle between insurgents and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops kills 300 suspected resistance members in Najaf, Iraq.
• January 30
  • Microsoft releases Windows Vista and Office 2007.^[4]
  • A convenience store in Ghent, West Virginia, explodes due to a propane leak, killing four people and injuring several others.^[5][6]
• January 31
  • Delta Air Lines creditors officially reject US Airways' hostile takeover bid.
  • The Mooninite scare occurs in Boston when devices used in a guerrilla marketing campaign for the animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force are mistaken for improvised explosive devices.

April

April 16: United States President George W. Bush with Virginia Tech Student Government Association President James Tyger after his speech at the school's convocation.

• April 1 – World Wrestling Entertainment holds WrestleMania 23 in Detroit, Michigan.
• April 16 – Thirty-two people are killed in the Virginia Tech massacre at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Gunman Seung-Hui Cho is able to buy his firearms legally, despite having a record of mental illness, causing a large national debate on guns.
• April 19 – U.S. and allied air forces conduct massive exercises over South Korea with over 500 planes.^[9]
• April 25
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 135.95 points to close at 13089.89; its first close above 13000 in its history.
  • The Burj Khalifa in Dubai reaches the height of the Sears Tower on its way to becoming the tallest building in the world.
  • Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduces articles to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.^[10]
  • President George W. Bush announces the U.S. will increase efforts to combat malaria in Africa.

July

July 15: Opening ceremony of the second Tacoma Narrows Bridge

• July 3
  • Transformers, directed by Michael Bay, is released as the first film in the Transformers film series.
• July 7
  • Venus Williams wins the Women's Singles at Wimbledon for a fourth time.
  • Live Earth Concerts are held throughout 9 major cities around the world.
• July 8 – Boeing launches the new Boeing 787.
• July 10 – A Cessna 310R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes in Sanford, Florida, killing three adults and two children.
• July 15 – In Tacoma, Washington, the second span of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens to traffic, making it the longest twin suspension bridge in the world.
• July 18 – At the height of rush hour in New York City, a major steam pipe bursts, releasing millions of gallons of boiling water and super heated steam. Only one fatality occurred; a pedestrian who went into cardiac arrest.
• July 19 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 14,000 for the first time in history.
• July 21 – Vice President Dick Cheney serves as acting president for a few hours while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure under sedation.
• July 23 – The Cheshire Murders - On July 23, 2007, Linda Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky invaded the residence of the Petit family in Cheshire, Connecticut. Though initially planning only to rob the house, she and Komisarjevsky murdered Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters, 17-year-old Hayley Petit and 11-year-old Michaela Petit.
• July 27
  • The Simpsons Movie, is released.
  • Two news helicopters both covering a police chase collide in mid-air over Phoenix, resulting in 4 fatalities (2 people in each helicopter respectively).^[17]
• July 31 – For the United States Army, the role of AIT Platoon Sergeant is initiated.^[18]

August

August 1:
I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse.

• August 1
  • The I-35W Mississippi River bridge on Interstate 35W over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota between University Avenue and Washington Avenue collapses at 6:05 p.m. CST during the later part of rush hour, killing 13 people.
  • Scouting celebrates its 100th birthday with worldwide celebrations.
• August 4 – The Phoenix spacecraft launches toward the Martian north pole.
• August 6 – The Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County, Utah collapses, trapping six miners.
• August 7 – Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's home run record by hitting his 756th home run.
• August 8 – The Space Shuttle Endeavour is successfully launched on mission STS–118.
• August 9 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since February 27.
• August 12 – Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, his 13th career major.
• August 15 – NBA referee Tim Donaghy surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the FBI investigation that he placed bets on games that he refereed.^[19]
• August 16 – The Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County, Utah, collapses a second time, killing three rescue workers and injuring six more.
• August 17 – Phineas and Ferb debuts on Disney Channel.
• August 18 – The remnants of Tropical Storm Erin re-strengthen into a tropical storm over Oklahoma, causing widespread flooding and wind damage.
• August 21 – STS–118 lands at the Kennedy Space Center, completing Space Shuttle Endeavour's 19th flight.
• August 22 – The Texas Rangers score thirty runs in one game, setting the modern (post–1900) MLB record for most runs by one team in a single game, in a 30–3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
• August 27 – United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announces his resignation, to be effective September 17.
• August 30 – 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident in which a B–52 flew from Minot AFB, North Dakota to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana carrying 6 nuclear warheads.

October

October 20 – November 9: Flames burn Santa Clarita, California during the California wildfires of October 2007.

• October 7 – Off-duty police officer Tyler Peterson kills six people at a house party in Crandon, Wisconsin before committing suicide.
• October 9 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average hits an all-time high of 14,164 before beginning to decline ahead of the start of the late–2000s recession.
• October 10 – The 2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting occurs in Cleveland, Ohio.
• October 15 – Drew Carey debuts as host of The Price Is Right, replacing the retired Bob Barker.
• October 18 – In New York City, one of the world's leading art galleries, the Salander/O'Reilly Galleries, is forced into closure amidst scandal and lawsuits.
• October 20 – Georgia's governor Sonny Perdue declares a state of emergency due to drought conditions.
• October 20-November 9 – Wildfires in Southern California result in the evacuation of more than 1,000,000 people and destroys over 1,600 homes and businesses.
• October 22 – In Missouri, Lisa Montgomery is convicted of murdering pregnant woman Bobbie Jo Stinnett and cutting her baby from her womb.^[21]
• October 26 – Apple Inc. launches the sixth major release of their Mac OS X operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.^[22]
• October 28 – The Boston Red Sox win the 2007 World Series in a four-game sweep against the Colorado Rockies.
• October 31 – The World Economic Forum releases the Global Competitiveness Report 2007–2008.

Births

Amariyanna Copeny

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons

• January 18 – Tyler Crumley, actor
• January 25 – Olivia Edward, actress
• January 26 – Anna Leigh Waters, pickleball player
• February 7
  • Jason Liang, chess master
  • Thomas Heilman, swimmer
• February 9 – Zaila Avant-garde, first African-American winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
• February 27 – Demi Singleton, actress
• March 1 – Claire Weinstein, swimmer
• March 4 – Miya Cech, actress
• March 8 – Caden Glover, soccer player
• March 25 – Cailey Fleming, actress
• May 23 – Chloe Ricketts, soccer player
• April 10
  • YNW BSlime, rapper
  • Christina Dragan, Romanian-American rhythmic gymnast
• April 22 – Jake Bollman, racing driver
• June 6 – Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, actress
• June 9 – Ethan Nascimento, stock car racing driver
• June 14 – Bryce James, basketball player
• June 23
  • Desmond Napoles, drag performer
  • Elliana Walmsley, dancer
• June 24 – Stiven Jimenez, soccer player
• July 3 – Keedron Bryant, singer
• July 6 – Amariyanna Copeny, activist
• July 14 – Darby Camp, actress
• July 16 – Madray Johnson, artistic gymnast
• July 17 – Charlie Shotwell, actor
• July 18 – JD McCrary, singer, dancer, actor
• July 22 – Annie Sanders, rock climber
• July 27 – Alyvia Alyn Lind, actress
• July 29 – Lil Tay, rapper
• July 31 – Angelica Hale, singer
• August 16 – Seth Carr, actor
• August 27 – Ariana Greenblatt, actress
• September 2 – Jack Messina, actor
• September 12 – Zackary Arthur, actor
• October 22 – Izaac Wang, actor
• November 3 – Ever Anderson, actress
• November 23 – Lonnie Chavis, actor
• December 4 – Scarlett Estevez, actress
• December 27 – Faithe Herman, actress

Deaths

January

Yvonne De Carlo

Art Buchwald

Bam Bam Bigelow

• January 1
  • Ernie Koy, baseball player (b. 1909)
  • Darrent Williams, American football player and murder victim (b. 1982)
  • Julius Hegyi, conductor (b. 1923)
  • Tad Jones, music historian (b. 1952) (injuries from a fall)
  • Del Reeves, country singer (b. 1932)
• January 2 – Robert C. Solomon, philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1942)
• January 4
  • Steve Krantz, film producer (b. 1923)
  • Bob Milliken, baseball player (b. 1926)
• January 6 – Mario Danelo, college football player (b. 1985)
• January 7 – Bobby Hamilton, race car driver (b. 1957)
• January 8
  • Yvonne de Carlo, Canadian-born American actress (b. 1922)
  • Iwao Takamoto, animator, television producer, and film director (b. 1925)
• January 11 – Robert Anton Wilson, writer, philosopher, psychologist, editor, and poet (b. 1932)^[32]
• January 12 – Alice Coltrane, musician and composer (b. 1937)^[33]
• January 13 – Michael Brecker, musician and composer (b. 1949)
• January 14 – Darlene Conley, actress (b. 1934)
• January 16
  • Ron Carey, actor (b. 1935)
  • Benny Parsons, race car driver and television announcer and analyst (b. 1941)
• January 17 – Art Buchwald, humorist (b. 1925)
• January 19
  • Bam Bam Bigelow, wrestler (b. 1961)
  • Dennis Doherty, member of The Mamas and The Papas b. 1940
• January 20 – Dan Christensen, painter (b. 1942)
• January 22 – Liz Renay, actress (b. 1926)
• January 23
  • E. Howard Hunt, intelligence officer (b. 1918)
  • Disco D, producer and DJ (b. 1980)
• January 25 – Charlotte Reid, singer and politician (b. 1913)
• January 27
  • Tige Andrews, actor (b. 1920)
  • Marcheline Bertrand, actress and humanitarian (b. 1950)
• January 28 – Emma Tillman, supercentenarian (b. 1892)
• January 30 – Sidney Sheldon, writer and screenwriter (b. 1917)^[34]
• January 31
  • Lee Bergere, actor (b. 1918)
  • Molly Ivins, columnist, political commentator, humorist, and writer (b. 1944)

February

Frankie Laine

Anna Nicole Smith

Dennis Johnson

Bruce Bennett

• February 1
  • Ray Berres, baseball player (b. 1907)
  • Emery Bopp, artist and art teacher (b. 1924)
• February 2 – Eric Von Schmidt, folk musician (b. 1931)
• February 4
  • Steve Barber, baseball player (b. 1937)
  • Barbara McNair, actress (b. 1934)
• February 6
  • Frankie Laine, singer, songwriter, and actor (b. 1913)^[35]
  • Willye White, Olympic track and field athlete (b. 1939)
• February 7
  • Tommy James, football player (b. 1923)
  • Ken Kennedy, computer scientist (b. 1945)
  • Josephine Lenard, baseball player (b. 1921)
• February 8
  • Joe Edwards, comic book artist (b. 1921)
  • Anna Nicole Smith, model, actress, television personality and notable United States Supreme Court litigant (b. 1967)^[36]
  • Harriett Woods, politician (b. 1927)
• February 9 – Hank Bauer, baseball player and manager (b. 1922)
• February 10 – Cardis Cardell Willis, comic (b. 1937)
• February 11 – Charles Langford, politician (b. 1922)
• February 12 – Peggy Gilbert, bandleader (b. 1905)
• February 13
  • Bruce M. Metzger, biblical scholar (b. 1914)
  • Charlie Norwood politician (b. 1941)
• February 15 – Walker Edmiston, actor (b. 1925)
• February 16 – Gene Snyder, politician (b. 1928)
• February 17 – Mike Awesome, wrestler (b. 1965)
• February 18
  • Barbara Gittings, LGBT activist (b. 1932)
  • Bob Oksner, comic book artist (b. 1916)
• February 19 – Janet Blair, big-band singer (b. 1921)
• February 22
  • Avrohom Blumenkrantz, Orthodox rabbi (b. 1944)
  • Dennis Johnson, basketball player (b. 1954)
• February 23 – Donnie Brooks, pop singer (b. 1935)
• February 24
  • Bruce Bennett, actor and athlete (b. 1906)
  • Leroy Jenkins, composer (b. 1932)^[37]
• February 25 – William Anderson, American naval officer and politician (b. 1921)
• February 27 – Elbie Nickel, American Football player (b. 1922)
• February 28
  • Robert Kingston, army general (b. 1928)
  • Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., historian and political commentator (b. 1917)^[38]

April

Roscoe Lee Browne

Jack Valenti

• April 3 – Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)
• April 4 – Bob Clark, film director (b. 1939)
• April 5
  • Mark St. John, guitarist (b. 1956)
  • Thomas Stoltz Harvey pathologist who conducted Albert Einstein's autopsy (b. 1912)
  • Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
• April 7
  • Johnny Hart, cartoonist (b. 1931)
  • Barry Nelson, actor (b. 1917)^[40]
• April 11
  • Roscoe Lee Browne, actor (b. 1922)
  • Ronald Speirs, United States Army officer (b. 1920)
  • Kurt Vonnegut, novelist and playwright (b. 1922)^[41]
• April 14 – Don Ho, musician (b. 1930)
• April 16 – Seung-Hui Cho, mass murderer (b. 1984)
• April 17 – Kitty Carlisle, singer, actress & talk show panelist (b. 1910)^[42]
• April 22 – Juanita Millender-McDonald, politician (b. 1938)
• April 23 – David Halberstam, journalist and historian (b. 1934)^[43]
• April 25 – Bobby Pickett, singer-songwriter and comedian (b. 1938)
• April 26 – Jack Valenti, American film executive, creator of MPAA film rating system (b. 1921)
• April 28
  • Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917)
  • Tommy Newsom, American musician (b. 1929)
• April 30
  • Tom Poston, actor (b. 1921)
  • Gordon Scott, actor (b. 1926)^[44]

May

Wally Schirra

Yolanda King

• May 3 – Wally Schirra, astronaut (b. 1923)^[45]
• May 5 – Theodore Maiman, physicist (b. 1927)^[46]
• May 9 – Edith Rodriguez, medical patient (b. 1964)
• May 12 – Teddy Infuhr, actor (b. 1936)
• May 15
  • Jerry Falwell, evangelist (b. 1933)
  • Yolanda King, actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. (b. 1955)
• May 17 – Lloyd Alexander, author (b. 1924)^[47]
• May 20 – Stanley Miller, chemist and biologist (b. 1930)
• May 25 – Charles Nelson Reilly, actor, comedian, and director (b. 1931)
• May 28
  • Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982)
  • David Lane, white nationalist (b. 1938)

June

Chris Benoit

• June 1
  • Arn Shein, journalist (b. 1928)
  • Tony Thompson, singer (b. 1975)
• June 4 – Craig L. Thomas, American politician (b. 1933)
• June 11 – Mala Powers, American film actress (b. 1931)
• June 12 – Don Herbert, American television personality, Mr. Wizard (b. 1917)
• June 14 – Ruth Bell Graham, Wife of Billy Graham (b. 1920)
• June 15 – Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
• June 22 – Nancy Benoit, wrestling valet and manager, and wife and murder victim of Chris Benoit (b. 1964)
• June 23 – Rod Beck, baseball player (b. 1968)
• June 24 – Chris Benoit, Canadian WWE wrestler, and husband and murderer of Nancy Benoit (b. 1967)
• June 26 – Liz Claiborne, American fashion designer (b. 1929)
• June 29 – Joel Siegel, American film critic (b. 1943)

August

Merv Griffin

• August 3 – James Callahan, actor (b. 1930)
• August 4 – Lee Hazlewood, singer-songwriter and record producer (b. 1929)
• August 5 – Oliver Hill, lawyer (b. 1907)
• August 12 – Merv Griffin, singer, television producer and land developer (b. 1925)
• August 13
  • Brooke Astor, socialite and philanthropist (b. 1902)
  • Brian Adams, professorial wrestler (b. 1964)
  • Phil Rizzuto, baseball player and announcer (b. 1917)
• August 15 – John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (b. 1918)
• August 16 – Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924)^[50]
• August 17 – Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
• August 18 – Michael Deaver, American political adviser (b. 1938)
• August 20 – Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (b. 1920)
• August 28 – Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American singer and actress (b. 1929)
• August 29 – Richard Jewell, American falsely accused of bombing the Centennial Olympic Park (b. 1962)

September

Jane Wyman

• September 2 – Marcia Mae Jones, actress (b. 1924)
• September 3 – Steve Fossett, businessman, aviator, and sailer, missing person declared-dead in absentia (b. 1944)
• September 10 – Jane Wyman, American actress, first wife of Ronald Reagan (b. 1917)
• September 15 – Brett Somers, American actress (b. 1924)
• September 20 – Mahlon Clark, American musician (b. 1923)
• September 21
  • Neveah Gallegos, murder victim (b. 2004)
  • Alice Ghostley, American actress (b. 1926)^[51]
  • Rex Humbard, evangelist (b. 1919)

October

Sri Chinmoy

• October 1 – Al Oerter, athlete (b. 1936)
• October 2 – George Grizzard, actor (b. 1928)
• October 6 – Jo Ann Davis, politician (b. 1950)
• October 11 – Sri Chinmoy, Indian philosopher (b. 1931)
• October 12 – Lonny Chapman, actor (b. 1920)
• October 14
  • Big Moe, rapper (b. 1974)
  • Sigrid Valis, actress (b. 1935)
• October 17
  • Joey Bishop, entertainer (b. 1918)^[52]
  • Teresa Brewer, singer (b. 1931)
  • Suzy Covey, scholar (b. 1939)
• October 18 – William J. Crowe, military commander and ambassador (b. 1925)
• October 26
  • Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American television chef (b. 1943)
  • Arthur Kornberg, biochemist (b. 1918)^[53]
• October 28 – Porter Wagoner, country singer (b. 1927)
• October 30
  • Karen Fraction, actress (b. 1958)
  • Robert Goulet, entertainer (b. 1933)
  • John Woodruff, athlete (b. 1915)^[54]

November

Paul Tibbets

Norman Mailer

• November 1 – Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay (b. 1915)^[55]
• November 2 – The Fabulous Moolah, professional wrestler (b. 1923)
• November 3 – Ryan Shay, runner (b. 1979)
• November 6 – Hank Thompson, country singer (b. 1925)
• November 10
  • Laraine Day, actress (b. 1920)^[56]
  • Augustus F. Hawkins, politician and civil rights lawmaker (b. 1907)
  • Norman Mailer, writer (b. 1923)^[57]
  • Donda West, educator, activist and mother of Kanye West (b. 1949)
• November 11 – Delbert Mann, film and television director (b. 1920)^[58]
• November 12 – Ira Levin, novelist (b. 1929)^[59]
• November 15 – Joe Nuxhall, baseball player and announcer (b. 1928)
• November 16 – Harold Alfond, businessman (b. 1914)
• November 18
  • Sidney Coleman, theoretical physicist (b. 1937)
  • Dick Wilson, actor (b. 1916)
• November 19 – Kevin DuBrow, musician (Quiet Riot) (b. 1955)
• November 24 – Casey Calvert, musician (Hawthorne Heights) (b. 1981)
• November 25 – Kevin DuBrow, musician (Quiet Riot) (b. 1955)
• November 27
  • Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983)
  • Robert Cade, American physician and inventor of the beverage Gatorade (b. 1927)
  • Bill Willis, American football player (b. 1921)
• November 28 – Jeanne Bates, actress (b. 1918)
• November 29
  • Henry Hyde, politician (b. 1924)
  • Roger Bonham Smith, businessman (b. 1925)
• November 30 – Evel Knievel, motorcycle daredevil (b. 1938)

December

Ike Turner

Julia Carson

• December 2
  • Robert O. Anderson, businessman (b. 1917)
  • Elizabeth Hardwick, literary critic and novelist (b. 1916)
• December 4
  • Pimp C, rapper (b. 1973)
  • Chip Reese, professional gambler (b. 1951)
• December 10 – Ashleigh Aston Moore (b. 1981)
• December 12
  • Shawn Eckardt, bodyguard and businessman (b. 1967)
  • Ike Turner, musician (b. 1931)^[60]
• December 13 – Floyd Westerman, actor and activist (b. 1936)^[61]
• December 15 – Julia Carson, politician (b. 1938)
• December 16 – Dan Fogelberg, singer and songwriter (b. 1951)
• December 18 – Bill Strauss, satirist, author and historian (b. 1947)
• December 21
  • Carol Bly, Teacher, award-winning author of short stories, essays, and nonfiction (b. 1930)
  • Ken Hendricks, businessman, founded ABC Supply (b. 1941)
• December 23 – Michael Kidd, choreographer (b. 1915)^[62]
• December 31 – Michael Goldberg, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1924)

See also

• 2007 in American soccer
• 2007 in American television
• List of American films of 2007
• Timeline of United States history (1990–2009)

References

External links

• Media related to 2007 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons