April 2007

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This will be connected to science as the site is developed. Personal studies including the human body, psychology, and biography may be useful.

Anthropology including social foundations, demography, physical anthropology, human ecology, human geography, and particular groups will be significant. Culture including material culture, conceptual culture, and behavioral cutlure will also be connected.

Connections to institutions are all important. Families and education are important. Economics including activities, industries, and economic systems will be useful. Government including law, government activity, government structure, and particular governments will be highly important. Religion including religious belief, practice, organization, and particular religions is less visible.

Sociology including social structure and change, communities, and peoples of the world including nations [ Russia, Nigeria]

African peoples, and American Indian peoples which include peoples found in the United States and Brazil will also be useful.

21 Apr. Presidential elections were held in Nigeria.

Asiatic peoples including Bangladesh, can be examined.

4 Apr. NATO and Afghan forces retook a key town from the Taliban in Sangin in southern Helmand Province.

4 Apr. Iran announced it would release the British sailors and marines that they captured on March 23. The captives arrived back in the UK the next day.

11 Apr. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for two bomb blasts in the Algerian capital of Algiers. At least 33 people were killed and 222 others injured.

25 Apr. The Burj Dubai reached the height of the Sears Tower on its way to becoming the tallest building in the world. Its construction is led by Samsung E&C and was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the same company that designed the Sears Tower.

27 Apr. Turkish Presidential Election first round, which was later declared invalid by a Turkish court

South Asian peoples including those of Pakistan can be examined.

6 Apr. Severe clashes between two rival factions erupted in Parachinar, a tribal area of Pakistan bordering the famous Tora Bora Heights.

India

No events are yet noted.

Events of Central Asia including some peoples of China may possibly be identified.

Oriental peoples including most peoples of China can be examined.

13 Apr. AP broke a story about the massacre of civilians during the Korean War by the United States Armed Forces. It was written by a Korean AP writer.

17 Apr. The 2014 Asian Games was awarded to be held in Incheon, South Korea, winning over India’s New Delhi.

18 Apr. 32 Chinese steel workers were burnt to death in the Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster.

Southeast Asian peoples including Indonesia can be examined.

2 Apr. The Solomon Islands was shaken by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, and hit by a subsequent tsunami.

Western civilization including nations such as Brazil will be essential.

3 Apr. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko dissolved the Ukrainian Parliament following defections that increased the majority of his opponents. It had been nicknamed the "Second Orange Revolution".

5 Apr. The Greek cruise ship M/S Sea Diamond struck a reef off the harbor of Santorini; the ship sank the next day.

14 Apr. Retired chess champion Garry Kasparov was detained in Moscow for participating in a banned march.

22 Apr. The first round of the French presidential election of 2007 took place.

23 Apr. Bogotá, Colombia, began its term as World Book Capital.

24 Apr. Gliese 581 c, a potentially habitable Earth-like extrasolar planet, was discovered in the constellation Libra.

24 Apr. Abortion was legalized in Mexico City.

26 Apr. Russians rioted in Tallinn, Estonia, about moving the Bronze Soldier. Two nights of rioting left one dead.

Anglic peoples including those of the United States will be important.

2 Apr. The Florida Gators defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game, to win their second consecutive National Championship.

3 Apr. Pat Summit and the Tennessee Lady Volunteers defeated Rutgers to win their 7th NCAA Women's National Title.

7 Apr. The Michigan State Spartans defeated the Boston College Eagles in the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship in St. Louis, Missouri.

8 Apr. Zach Johnson wins the 2007 Masters Tournament. April 10 - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspends Tennessee Titans star cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones for the entire 2007 season.

12 Apr. U.S. negotiator to the DPRK nuclear issue, Christopher Hill, stated that North Korea is expected to meet the April 14 deadline for shutting down its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon as previously agreed.

12 Apr. - Radio personality Don Imus was fired by CBS for making controversial comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team.

16 Apr. The Virginia Tech massacre took place in the premises of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. 32 people were shot dead by Seung-Hui Cho in the deadliest single shooting incident in the history of the United States. Two days later a video diatribe was presented by NBC News.

17 Apr. The Pound Sterling hits a 15-year high against the US dollar, breaking through the US$2 level for the first time since 1992.

19 Apr. US and allied air forces conducted massive exercises over South Korea with over 500 planes.

20 Apr. Two were dead after a shooting at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

21 Apr. A Blue Angels plane #6 crashed during an air show in Beaufort, South Carolina, killing pilot Kevin Davis.

25 Apr. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 135.95 points to close at 13089.89; its first close above 13000 in its history

25 Apr. A U.S. Congressman introduced articles to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.

28 Apr. An earthquake registering 4.3 on the Richter scale struck Kent, England, United Kingdom.