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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in February 2007.
The US president was George W. Bush (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour), Pope Benedict XVI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on February 2007: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of February 2007?


Events

  • 01 Feb 2007 J. K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter, announces the publication date for her book, ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''. It will be released 21 July 2007.
  • 02 Feb 2007 Three tornadoes swept across Florida, USA for 70 miles, killing 21 people, injuring 100 and destroying 1500 homes.
  • 03 Feb 2007 Baghdad Market Bombing: At least 135 killed and 339 more injured.
  • 04 Feb 2007 In NFL's Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida, the Indianapolis Colts defeated the Chicago Bears by 29-17
  • 05 Feb 2007 U.S. Presidential Election 2008: Rudy Giuliani (R), former mayor of New York City, officially files for candidacy as President of the United States of America.
  • 06 Feb 2007 Denial-of-service attacks are currently underway on at least three domain name server root nameservers. (The Register). See "DNS Backbone DDoS Attacks"
  • 07 Feb 2007 HSBC announced that it will set aside US$10 Billion to cover bad loans in its US Mortgage Division.
  • 08 Feb 2007 American model and TV personality Anna Nicole Smith, 39, dies from combined drug intoxication in Hollywood.
  • 09 Feb 2007 Iraq War: The U.S. Defense Department's inspector General has reported that the Pentagon "purposely manipulated" pre-war intelligence. As chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), has called the report "very damning" and described its findings as "highly troubling."
  • 10 Feb 2007 U.S. U.S. Senator Barack Obama announces a presidential run in Springfield, Illinois.
  • 11 Feb 2007 Vodafone of the UK buys 67% stake at India's fourth-largest mobile operator Hutch Essar for $11.1 billion
  • 12 Feb 2007 A gunman with an armed weapon shoots and kills five people at Trolley Square Mall, Salt Lake City, Utah. Then, the police intervene to end the rampage, which brings the total number of victims to six.
  • 13 Feb 2007 After being indicted by Taiwan High Prosecutors Office for embezzlement charges during his tenure as Taipei's mayor, Ma Ying-jeou resigns from his position as chairman of Kuomintang. Ma also announces that he will be running for the 2008 presidential elections.
  • 14 Feb 2007 To prepare for a Taliban spring offensive, the United States sends the 173rd Airborne Brigade back to Afghanistan.
  • 15 Feb 2007 A meteor streaks across Ohio, USA, and creates a sonic boom.
  • 16 Feb 2007 The G8 countries and South Africa are in agreement with the "Washington Declaration", which proposes a global carbon emissions trading system that will replace the Kyoto Protocol by 2009.
  • 17 Feb 2007 Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State of the United States, visits Iraq to hold talks.
  • 18 Feb 2007 Terrorist bombs explode at the Samjhauta Express, Panipat, Haryana India, killing 68 persons
  • 19 Feb 2007 Three Salvadoran deputies to Central American Parliament from the ruling ARENA Party are executed in Guatemala City. Roberto D'Aubuisson, the former president and founder of the party, is one of the victims.
  • 20 Feb 2007 A force of the African Union to stabilize Somalia has been unanimously approved by the United Nations Security Council.
  • 21 Feb 2007 Police in Zimbabwe have banned rallies in Harare areas that are considered strongholds for the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change.
  • 22 Feb 2007 Iraq War:
  • 23 Feb 2007 One person is killed and 22 injured when a train crashes on an evening express in Cumbria. After a few other similar accidents, hundreds of points are checked across the UK.
  • 24 Feb 2007 Japan launches its fourth spy satellite to increase its monitoring of potential threats like North Korea.
  • 25 Feb 2007 Ellen DeGeneres hosts the 79th Academy Awards ceremony at Hollywood's Kodak Theater. The Departed is awarded Best Picture.
  • 26 Feb 2007 Delwa Kassire Koumakoye is the new Prime Minister for Chad. She replaces interim PM Adoum Younousmi, who was acting in place of Pascal Yoadimnadji after Yoadimnadji died on 23 February 2007.
  • 27 Feb 2007 23 people are killed in a Taliban attack at the Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Dick Cheney, the US Vice President visiting Afghanistan, is uninjured.
  • 28 Feb 2007 Evo Morales, President of Bolivia, declares the Bolivian Floods a National Disaster with 35 deaths and 72,000 homeless.

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Music charts

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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Irreplaceable
  2. - Say It Rightyoutube
  3. - What Goes Around…Comes Around
  4. - This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race
  5. - Runaway Love

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Grace Kelly
  2. - Shine
  3. - Starz In Their Eyes
  4. - Ruby
  5. - The Sweet Escape

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Parental Guidance

Parental Guidance

Release year: 2007

Directed by: Andy Fickman

Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz

Release year: 2007

Directed by: Edgar Wright

Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy

Country: United States of America

Zodiac

Zodiac

Release year: 2007

Directed by: David Fincher

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards

Country: United States of America

Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

Release year: 2007

Directed by: Frank Oz

Starring: Matthew Macfadyen, Peter Dinklage, Ewen Bremner, Keeley Hawes

Country: United States of America

Elvis and Anabelle

Elvis and Anabelle

Release year: 2007

Directed by: Will Geiger

Starring: Max Minghella, Blake Lively, Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen

Books

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Power, Faith, And Fantasy by Michael B. Oren

Power, Faith, And Fantasy

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"Will influence our thinking about America and Middle East for years ."--Christopher Dickey NewsweekPower Faith and Fantasytells the amazing story of America's 230 year relationship with the Middle East.

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Freakonomics

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What is more dangerous: a gun, or a swimming-pool? What does sumo wrestlers and schoolteachers have in common What does it really matter how much parents are important? These are not the typical questions an economist would ask.

I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron

I Feel Bad About My Neck

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Nora Ephron's disarming, intimate voice and dry humor make it easy for us to hear her struggles in I Feel Bad About My Neck. It is a hilarious, candid and funny book.

Next by Michael Crichton

Next

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Welcome to Michael Crichton's #1 New York Times bestseller Jurassic Park. Crichton offers an eye-opening, fascinating look at genetics as it is now. It is told with lightning fast pace and exciting chases.

Dust by Martha Grimes

Dust

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Coming in January--Richard Jury is back in London's back streets in The New York Times bestseller series. Richard Jury is pulled into the New York Times series by an old friend.