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This includes events of September 2007 |
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Physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, and biology will be useful.
6 Sept. A study published by United States and Czech researchers claimed that there is a 90% chance that the object that caused the Chicxulub crater in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and probably led to the extinction of the dinosaurs came from the Baptistina family of asteroids.
11 Sept. A partial solar eclipse occurred.
The human body, psychology, and biography are somewhat useful.
9 Sept. The Lancet published a placebo controlled double blind study linking food additives to hyperactivity.
Social foundations, demography, physical anthropology, human ecology, human geography and particular groups may be useful.
2 Sept. An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 struck in the Pacific Ocean south of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands in the Solomon Islands with a tsunami warning being issued.
6 Sept. A 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit off shore of Taiwan near the capital city Taipei.
9 Sept. An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude hit near the north coast of Colombia.
1 Sept 2007 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Felix formed over the Windward Islands of the Caribbean and became Hurricane Felix. Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao had storm warnings in place and Jamaica had a tropical storm watch.
2 Sept. Hurricane Felix became a Category 2 hurricane early this day as Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao had a hurricane watch in place. It later strengthened to Category 4 with predictions that it would hit Central America or the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Tropical storm warnings were put in place for Jamaica and the Grand Cayman Islands.
3 Sept Hurricane Felix reached Category 5 strength as it headed towards Central America. Honduras issued a hurricane warning for an area from El Limón on the north coast to the border with Nicaragua. The Bay Islands were placed on red alert, and the departments of Gracias a Dios, Colón, Atlántida, Olancho, Cortés and Yoro were placed on yellow alert. Guatemala wass on hurricane watch, while Colombia issued a warning for Isla de Providencia. Nicaragua was on alert with President Daniel Ortega returning early from a trip to Panama; meanwhile, a state of emergency was declared in Belize.
4 Sept. Hurricane Felix: Hurricane Felix maked landfall on the Miskito Coast of Nicaragua as a Category 5 hurricane. Four people were killed as Hurricane Felix made landfall but it wass downgraded to Category 1 later in the day. Hurricane Felix was downgraded to a tropical storm but still threatened mudslides and floods in Honduras and Guatemala.
5 Sept. Reynaldo Francis, the Governor of Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region, estimated that the death toll from Hurricane Felix had risen to at least 21. Since his statement, the death toll had risen to 38, with 80 people missing.
6 Sept. Hurricane Felix: The death toll from Hurricane Felix in Nicaragua and Honduras rose to at least 98, with a high casualty level amongst Miskito Indians who failed to evacuate. Thousands of houses have also been destroyed.
7 Sept. Hurricane Felix (2007): The death toll from Hurricane Felix rose to at least 130 in Nicaragua and Honduras.
7 Sept. Subtropical Storm Gabrielle formed southeast of the Carolina coast in the Atlantic Ocean.
8 Sept. Subtropical Storm Gabrielle was upgraded to a tropical storm as it approaches the eastern United States coastline.
9 Sept. Tropical Storm Gabrielle made landfall near the Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina, United States, and hooked over Cape Hatteras before returning to the Atlantic as a tropical depression, bringing much-needed rain to coastal North Carolina as well as some beach erosion.
1 Sept 2007 Pacific hurricane season: Tropical Storm Henriette was expected to become a hurricane on Sunday, with heavy rain falling on Acapulco. Six people have died as a result of the storm and associated landslides
2 Sept. 2007 Pacific hurricane season: Baja California was placed on a Hurricane Watch as Tropical Storm Henriette was expected to strengthen to hurricane strength.
4 Sept. 2007 Pacific Hurricane season: Tropical Storm Henriette became Hurricane Henriette on its way to Baja California.
5 Sept. 2007 Pacific hurricane season: Hurricane Henriette made landfall near the port of Guaymas in the Mexican state of Sonora.
7 Sept. 2007 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Fitow passed over Tokyo with one casualty occurring in Nagano Prefecture last night.
Material culture, conceptual culture, and behavioral culture will be significant.
1 Sept. World Championships in Athletics: American athlete Tyson Gay won his third medal of the championship as part of the 100 metres relay team after earlier winning gold medals in the 100 metres and 200 metres.
1 Sept. Eleven World Wrestling Entertainment performers were suspended for suspected illegal steroid abuse.
2 Sept. The United States men's national basketball team defeated Argentina 118-81 to win the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, with both teams qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
4 Sept. The Klaxons win the Mercury Prize for their album Myths of the Near Future beating favourites Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys.
4 Sept. A Eurostar train set a new record of 2 hours, 3 minutes and 39 seconds for rail travel between Paris and London, on the inaugural journey from Gare du Nord to St Pancras International on the new High Speed 1 line.
5 Sept. Apple released a new selection of iPods, creating an "iPod touch," updating the "nano," and re-branding the "classic" iPods.
6 Sept. Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti died at 71, after suffering from pancreatic cancer for more than one year.
6 Sept. Eleven members of the cast and crew of the ABC's The Chaser's War on Everything were arrested and charged with breaching security regulations including Chas Licciardello who was dressed as Osama bin Laden.
6 Sept. Del.icio.us announces a name change to "delicious."
6 Sept. Madeleine L'Engle, author of the well-revered book A Wrinkle in Time, died in Connecticut at age 88.
7 Sept. The pilot of a civilian World War II stunt plane died while practicing at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
13 Sept. Google sponsored a US$30 million spaceflight contest to land a robotic lander on the moon and beam back a gigabyte of images and videos to earth.
13 Sept. 2007 Formula One Season: The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) fined the McLaren Formula One team $US100 million and removes all its points in the Constructors' Championship.
11 Sept-24 Sept. The Inaugural Twenty20 World Championship was held
27 Sept. The Corruption Perceptions Index, a survey by Transparency International, was conducted into the most and least corrupt countries in the world, ranking 180 countries.
27 Sept. Donor countries promised $9.7 billion to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families will eventually be significant.
Education including research, teaching, cultural institutions, educational organization, and particular schools will be useful.
Economics including economic activities, industries, and economic systems can be examined.
3 Sept. Mittal Steel completed the first part of its takeover of Arcelor with ArcelorMittal being listed on European stock exchanges with the combined company becoming the world's largest steel producer.
7 Sept. Global Stock Markets fell sharply amid recession fears after the release of a report that showed a surprise decline of the US workforce in August, for the first time in four years.
11 Sept. OPEC met to discuss proposals for a minor increase in oil output proposed by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. The meeting decided to increase output by 500,000 barrels a day.
12 Sept. Bombardier ordered the grounding of at least 40 percent of its Q-400 turboprop following recent incidents in Scandinavian Airlines aircraft in Denmark and Lithuania.
14 Sept. Chrysler recalled 300,000 sport utility vehicles to investigate braking problems while Honda recalled 180,000 Honda Civics from the 2006–07 season due to problems with a wheel-bearing seal.
Government including law, government activities, and government structure is useful. Particular governments including local governments, national governments, and international governments will be useful in investigating this period.
1 Sept. The United Nations launched a food assistance program to assist Iraqi refugees in Syria.
1 Sept. Envoys from the United States and North Korea met in Geneva to discuss normalising relations.
2 Sept. Christopher R. Hill, the United States negotiator in talks with North Korea, stated that they had agreed to declare and disable all of its nuclear facilities by the end of the year.
2 Sept. - 9 Sept. The Asia-Pacific Economic Council Cooperation held its 19th annual city meeting in Sydney.
3 Sept. APEC: The Prime Minister of Australia John Howard put an appeal on YouTube for people not to participate in violent protests this week. Four people were arrested at the Loy Yang Power Station near Traralgon in Gippsland after chaining themselves to the conveyor belts in a climate-change protest aimed at APEC leaders. The draft leaders statement calls for progress in the Doha round of trade talks.
3 Sept. The Financial Times reported that China's military successfully hacked into The Pentagon's computer network.
3 Sept. Japan and Chile signed a free trade agreement.
3 Sept. The British Army completed its withdrawal from Basra Palace to an airbase at Basra Airport.
4 Sept. The United States Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Indian Navy, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Singapore Navy conducted exercises in the Bay of Bengal.
4 Sept. APEC summit meeting: The New South Wales Police Force arrested 11 climate-change activists who attached themselves to coal-loading equipment at Carrington in Newcastle, New South Wales. President George W. Bush arrived in Sydney to attend the APEC summit. Singapore and Peru concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement. The New South Wales Police Force took legal action to deter demonstrations near the Sydney Opera House where the APEC summit was taking place.
5 Sept. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown launched the International Health Partnership consisting of the World Health Organisation, the World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as well as the governments of the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal.
5 Sept. The World Bank launched its Lighting Africa initiative, aiming to provide modern lighting by renewable or mechanical means to 250 million people in sub-Saharan Africa who lack access to electricity.
5 Sept. Japanese and North Korean envoys began in Ulan Bator, Mongolia to resolve long-standing differences.
5 Sept. APEC The Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and the President of the United States George W. Bush agreed to discuss upgrading the defense relationship with Australia to enjoy the same access to US military technology as the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Howard assured President Bush that "Our commitment to Iraq remains". The New South Wales Supreme Court upheld an application by the New South Wales Police Force to change the route of a protest march on Sydney on Saturday.
6 Sept. The President of the United States George W. Bush met with the President of China Hu Jintao with Bush accepting an invitation to attend the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
6 Sept. British RAF Tornados intercepted eight Russian Tupolev Tu-95 bombers as they approached UK airspace.
6 Sept. APEC The President of China Hu Jintao and Prime Minister of Australia John Howard agreed to six deals including an agreement whereby China will purchase A$35 billion worth of liquefied natural gas from Woodside Petroleum.
6 Sept. China and Australia agreed to hold yearly security meetings.
7 Sept. United States District Court judge Royce Lamberth ordered Iran to pay $2.6 billion to victims and families in the 1983 Hezbollah bombing of a United States Marine Corps barracks in Lebanon that claimed 241 American lives.
7 Sept. APEC: The President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed a uranium deal with the Prime Minister of Australia John Howard before meeting with the President of the United States George W. Bush. President Bush offered North Korea the prospect of a peace treaty if it gives up its nuclear weapons program in talks with the President of South Korea Roh Moo-hyun. Christopher R. Hill, United States Assistant Secretary of State said that North Korea had invited experts from the US, China and Russia to inspect nuclear sites to be disabled.
8 Sept. APEC Leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Sydney considered an aspirational climate change target of a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Thousands of people marched through central Sydney with the New South Wales Police Force making five arrests with two police officers injured.
9 Sept. APEC Australia 2007: The APEC summit drew to a close with most leaders preparing to leave and the President of the United States George W. Bush having left. The Prime Minister of Australia John Howard met with the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe to discuss security and climate change.
10 Sept. War in Iraq: General David Petraeus gave evidence to the United States Congress about the effectiveness of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. General Petraeus warned against a rapid pullback of troops.
11 Sept. Chinese and US safety officials signed an agreement banning the export of toys with lead paint to the United States.
11 Sept. The European Union decided the United Kingdom can continue to use imperial measurements for the forseeable future.
13 Sept. After deliberating for 22 years, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the non-binding Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; 143 countries voted in favour, while 11 abstained and Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States voted against.
24 Sept. The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon called for a new commitment by world leaders on climate change at a special United Nations session to discuss climate change.
25 Sept. The United Nations Security Council approves the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad.
Religion including beliefs, practices, and organization is also useful. Particular religions including pagan religions, Asiatic religions, Abrahamic religions, and secularism can be examined.
1 Sept. The Church of Uganda, the Anglican province of Uganda, appointed a bishop in the United States, John Guernsey, deepening a split with the Episcopal Church over the ordination of gay priests and bishops
5 Sept. Special prayers were said at the tomb of Mother Teresa at her tomb in Calcutta in honour of the tenth anniversary of her death.
7 Sept. The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego agreed to pay $198.1 million to settle 144 claims of sexual abuse by clergy.
14 Sept. Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio Summorum Pontificum took effect; the traditional Latin Mass was thus officially restored in the Roman Catholic Church.
Social structure and change including social structure and social types, and social change will be useful. Social change including factors of change, processes, and particular changes can be considered.Communities such as Los Angeles, Shanghai are being considered along with the nations and peoples they belong to.
Peoples of the world including nations [such as Spain, Argentina, Poland, Tanzania] are being examined.
7 Sept. Stephenson King became the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia after John Compton died.
29 Sept. A bomb exploded in Malé, the capital of the Maldives, injuring 12 tourists.
Asiatic peoples are significant. [Nations including Burma, cities including Delhi].
Middle Eastern peoples including those of Iran, are highly useful.
1 Sept. Thousands of former military officers protested in Yemen with Yemeni riot police firing bullets and tear gas to disperse them.
1 Sept. Iraq was exptected to free up to 6,000 Sunni insurgents in an attempt at reconciliation by the government.
1 Sept. Kurds in northern Iraq fled from Iranian shelling aimed at Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PEJAK) positions.
2 Sept. Israeli police recommended that former Finance Minister Avraham Hirchson be indicted for allegedly stealing millions from a trade union he led in 2003.
2 Sept. War in Afghanistan: Scores of Taliban were killed in heavy fighting in the Kandahar and Arghandab regions of Afghanistan.
2 Sept. 2007 Lebanon conflict: Fatah al-Islam fighters attempted an escape from the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp north of Tripoli, Lebanon with at least 41 people being killed in fighting and many being injured and captured by the Lebanese army. The Prime Minister of Lebanon Fouad Siniora announces that the Government had captured the camp. The leader of Fatah al-Islam was believed to be among the casualties with the Lebanese government conducting DNA tests to confirm his identity.
2 Sept. 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan: The 19 freed hostages returned to South Korea.
3 Sept. The Israeli Defense Forces announced plans for a force upgrade following problems in the 2006 Lebanon War and a perceived threat from Iran.
3 Sept. War in Iraq: U.S. President George W. Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq and addressed military leaders and the troops, saying that with success, a U.S. Iraq troop cut was possible.
4 Sept. The Iraqi Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence passed on Ali Hassan al-Majid, Sultan Hashim al-Tai and Hussein Rashid al-Tikriti.
4 Sept. 2007 Lebanon conflict: Lebanon's Defense Minister Elias al-Murr claims that at least 222 Fatah al-Islam militants were killed during the struggle.
4 Sept. Israel threatened to cut off electricity, water and fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip for hours if Hamas launches rocket attacks.
5 Sept. War in Afghanistan: Afghan and U.S led coalition forces killed 20 insurgents while two Afghan policeman died in a bomb attack.
5 Sept. Israeli tanks and bulldozers entered the Gaza Strip in a limited operation against rocket launchers.
6 Sept. War in Iraq: Four US Marines were killed in Anbar and three US Army soldiers were killed in Nineveh province.
6 Sept. Syria accused Israel of invading its airspace on Wednesday and dropping ammunition. The operation, known as Operation Orchard, was later speculated to be a raid on a nuclear site being run in collaboration with North Korean technicians, or a raid on a Hizbollah convoy, a missile facility or a terrorist camp.
6 Sept. An Islamist website claimed it would soon carry a new video of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to mark the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on U.S. cities.
6 Sept. A bomb exploded in Batna, Algeria as a crowd gathered to see Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Nineteen people died, while 107 were wounded by the attack.
7 Sept. 2007 Lebanon conflict: The Lebanese Army declared victory after ending a three-month conflict with Fatah al-Islam militants in Nahr el-Bared.
7 Sept. Voters in Morocco went to the polls for the Moroccan parliamentary election, 2007.
8 Sept. Morocco's conservative Istiqlal Party, a member of the kingdom's ruling coalition, won most seats in parliamentary elections, according to provisional results released by the government.
8 Sept. Islamic insurgency in Algeria (2002-present): At least 16 people were killed and 30 injured in a car bomb attack on an Algerian naval barracks in the town of Dellys, 100km east of Algiers. Al Qaeda's North African wing al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the bombing and a bombing in Batna less than 48 hours earlier.
8 Sept. A car bomb exploded in the port city of Dellys, Algeria, killing over 50 people.
9 Sept. Israeli police arrest eight men originally from the former Soviet Union accused of forming a neo-Nazi cell.
9 Sept. Five thousand Algerians protested in Algiers after two recent suicide bomb attacks.
9 Sept. The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai was forced to cut short a speech in Kabul after gunfire was heard outside.
11 Sept. At least 66 Israeli troops were wounded when a Qassam rocket from Gaza Strip hit an Israeli Defence Forces training base in Southern Israel.
12 Sept. Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates reached 555.3 metres, surpassing the 553.3 metre CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario Canada as the world's tallest free-standing structure on land, which it had been since 1976. The building is due for completion 2008 with a final projected height of 818 metres.
12 Sept. Airstrikes and Afghan army gunfire killed more than 45 Taliban insurgents on the first day of Ramadan.
12 Sept. A cholera epidemic occured in northern Iraq with 7,000 infected and 10 deaths so far.
13 Sept. Iraq War: A key US ally, Sheikh Sittar, was killed by a bomb.
14 Sept. Sunni Arab Iraqis and United States forces vowed to keep fighting Al Qaeda in Anbar Province following the assassination of Sheikh Sittar.
15 Sept. The Washington Post reported that the NATO-led Coalition Force in Afghanistan intercepted a shipment of Iranian arms intended for the Taliban.
15 Sept. At least 10 people were killed and 15 wounded in a suicide bombing outside a Baghdad bakery as residents prepared to break their Ramadan fast.
16 Sept. An Iraqi police colonel was gunned down in Afak, the third government official killed in that Iraqi town.
16 Sept. The Iraqi parliamentary bloc controlled by militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr announced that it would abandon the party led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
17 Sept. Iraq and the United States have pledged a "fair and transparent" investigation into a gunfight involving private security firm Blackwater Security that left eight people dead in Baghdad.
19 Sept. Abbas El Fassi, leader of the Istiqlal Party, was appointed Prime Minister of Morocco by King Mohammed VI following the resignation of Driss Jettou and his cabinet.
19 Sept. Due to increasing rocket attacks aimed at Israeli civilians, The Government of Israel declared the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip an "enemy entity", and announced plans to cut utilities to the territory.
19 Sept. A car bomb in Beirut killed Lebanese legislator Antoine Ghanem of the Christian Phalange party and at least seven others.
19 Sept. War in Afghanistan: Coalition forces led by the British Army launched a major offensive in Helmand province.
20 Sept. Al Qaeda's Deputy Leader Ayman al-Zawahri claimed that the United States was being defeated in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and North Africa.
21 Sept. War in Afghanistan: NATO's alliance forces say that its warplanes killed an unspecified number of civilians during a battle with Taliban forces.
21 Sept. A suicide bomber attacked a convoy of soldiers killing a French soldier and several Afghans.
24 Sept. Menachem Mazuz, the Attorney General of Israel, ordered a criminal investigation into the purchase of a house by the Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert.
25 Sept. The Parliament of Lebanon adjourned a session to elect a new President of Lebanon until 23 October 2007.
26 Sept. A lack of chlorine for water sanitation in Iraq has led to an outbreak of cholera which has now reached Baghdad.
27 Sept. Israeli forces pulled back from the Northern Gaza Strip after a two day raid that was prompted by the firing of Qassam rockets and mortar shells into Israel. The raid left 11 Palestinians, including civilians and members of Hamas and the Army of Islam, dead and 20 wounded.
27 Sept. Four employees of the International Red Cross, including two foreigners, are abducted in Afghanistan's Wardak province.
30 Sept. A dormant volcano erupted on Jabal al-Tair, a Yemeni island in the Red Sea.
11 Sept. Turkish police foiled a bomb attack in Ankara.
19 Sept. Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a change to the country's Constitution to end the ban on the wearing of headscarves in universities.
22 Sept. Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan condemned US support of the PKK terrorist group, which was behind attacks on Turkish forces.
Iran
1 Sept Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Mohammed Ali Jafari to replace General Yahya Rahim Safavi as the leader of the Revolutionary Guard.
2 Sept. Nuclear program of Iran: The President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed that Iran now has 3,000 centrifuges. The International Atomic Energy Agency estimated the number at 2,000.
4 Sept. Former President of Iran, Hashemi Rafsanjani was elected the chairman of the Assembly of Experts.
4 Sept. The Iranian military bombed villages in northern Iraq, targeting PEJAK militants.
19 Sept. The Deputy Commander of the Iranian Air Force claimed that Iran has plans to retaliate if attacked by Israel.
20 Sept. CNN reported that Iran had released Iranian-American social scientist Kian Tajbakhsh.
24 Sept. The President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University stating that Americans should look into "who was truly involved" in the September 11, 2001 attacks, defending his right to denial of the Holocaust, and denying the existence of gay Iranians.
25 Sept. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated his assertion that his county's nuclear program has been "peaceful and transparent" and criticizes the "illegal" UN sanctions imposed by "arrogant" members of the Security Council.
29 Sept. Iran declared the US Army and CIA, "terrorist organisations", countering claims by America about their own armed forces.
South Asian peoples including those of Bangladesh are important and cities such as Bombay are useful.
1 Sept. The Sri Lankan Army captured territory near Mannar from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after a week of heavy fighting.
2 Sept. At least two people are killed and a dozen injured in three simultaneous explosions in Kathmandu in Nepal.
3 Sept. Two groups from the Terai region of Nepal – the Terai Army and the Nepal People's Army – claimed responsibility for bombs that killed two people and injured 30 in Kathmandu yesterday.
6 Sept. Paras, Crown Prince of Nepal, underwent angioplasty operation after a heart attack.
11 Sept. Sri Lanka's military claimed a major victory against Tamil Tiger rebels, saying it has sunk three vessels carrying war equipment.
15 Sept. Nineteen people were killed in Sri Lanka as a result of a roadside bomb and fighting between the Sri Lankan Army and the Tamil Tigers.
19 Sept. Coalition parties and Maoists met at Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's official residence to resolve the political deadlock.
1 Sept A bomb in the Indian state of Assam killed one person and injured 12, with police suspecting the United Liberation Front of Asom.
2 Sept. India successfully launched Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-F04, two hours after its scheduled launch.
2 Sept. Peerzada Mohammed Sayeed, the Education Minister of Jammu and Kashmir survived an assassination attempt by Islamist militants near Patan.
8 Sept. At least 85 Hindu pilgrims died after a lorry accident in India.
9 Sept. At least 15 dead and many injured when a flyover under construction at Panjagutta junction, Hyderabad, India collapsed.
9 Sept. A landslide in West Bengal, India killed seven people; over 500 houses buried or damaged.
24 Sept. The India national cricket team won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 beating arch rival Pakistan by 5 runs.
26 Sept. The India national cricket team started a victory parade in Mumbai after winning the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20.
1 Sept. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto promised to return to Pakistan very soon.
4 Sept. Pakistan bombings: A bomb exploded on a bus carrying employees of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission destroying the bus in Rawalpindi, Pakistan while a second bomb on a motorbike exploded in a bazaar. The death toll from the two bombings reached at least 24 with 66 injured. Security was raised in many areas of Pakistan.
5 Sept. Pakistani police arrested approximately 50 supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League in Punjab prior to his return to Pakistan next week.
7 Sept. At least 80 people died and scores were injured as a truck and trailers carrying pilgrims plunged into a gorge near the village of Desuri Ki Naal in Rajasthan, India.
8 Sept. At least 18 people were injured in a car bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan.
9 Sept. Pakistan Pakistan's airports were placed on the highest alert due to concerns over an imminent terrorist threat.
9 Sept. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif boarded a Pakistan International Airlines flight from London to Islamabad with his return likely to provoke a confrontation with the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf.
9 Sept. Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (N) claimed that 2,000 of its members had been arrested prior to his return.
10 Sept. Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan : CNN reported that former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif had arrived in Pakistan after seven years in exile. Commandos entered the aircraft and surround Sharif who refused to surrender his passport. The standoff ended with Sharif leaving the plane after a two hour standoff and him being taken into custody. Sharif was put on a special plane and deported to Jeddah. He was brought back to the airport via helicopter, while heading towards the Mianwali Jail in Punjab province.
11 Sept. Lawyers for former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against his deportation to Saudi Arabia.
11 Sept. Suicide bomber killed 18 in Dera Ismail Khan of Pakistan.
13 Sept. At least fifteen Pakistani Army soldiers died in a bombing at their mess at the Terbella Ghazi base north of Islamabad.
13 Sept. Pakistan Cabinet unanimously decided to re-elect President Pervez Musharraf in uniform from the present assemblies.
14 Sept. The Pakistan Peoples Party unanimously decided that Benazir Bhutto will return to Pakistan on October 18, 2007.
16 Sept. The Election Commission of Pakistan amended Presidential Election Rules 1988 ahead of the elections so that Article 63 of the Constitution no longer applies to the President.
17 Sept. The Supreme Court of Pakistan heard petitions as to whether Pervez Musharraf should remain as head of the Pakistani Army while serving as the President of Pakistan.
20 Sept. The Election Commission of Pakistan set October 6, 2007 as the date for the Presidential Election.
20 Sept. Osama bin Laden called on the people of Pakistan to rise up in a "holy war" and overthrow President Pervez Musharraf.
21 Sept. At least 27 people have died in the Karachi area of Pakistan after drinking poisonous alcohol.
22 Sept. 35 leaders of Pakistan's All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) were arrested on charges of disrupting public order to prevent agitation against Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad, Pakistan
24 Sept. Former Pakistan Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, arrived in Washington beginning her last visit to USA before ending her self-exile.
27 Sept. President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf filed nomination for the upcoming Pakistan Presidential Election to be held on October 6, 2007 election without his army rank.
29 Sept. President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) says former Pakistan President Nawaz Sharif would make a comeback to Pakistan after Ramadan.
Bangladesh
2 Sept. The military-backed interim government of Bangladesh filed corruption charges against former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia and her younger son.
3 Sept. The interim Government of Bangladesh arrested former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia and her son on corruption charges.
4 Sept. Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia expelled party Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan and Joint Secretary General Ashraf Hossain, accusing them of breaching party discipline.
7 Sept. Six detained Professors of the Rajshahi University were suspended for their involvement in last month protests for restoring democracy in Bangladesh.
18 Sept. Bangladeshi cartoonist Arifur Rahman was detained on suspicion of disrespecting Muhammad. The Interim Government confiscated copies of the Prothom Alo newspaper issue in which Muhammad was caricatured.
Central Asian peoples including people in China and Russia have few events associated with them.
Oriental peoples including South Korea are important. Cities include Seoul.
17 Sept. 2007 Pacific typhoon season: The death toll from Typhoon Nari in South Korea rose to nine.
18 Sept. North Korea denied allegations that it was helping Syria to develop a nuclear weapons facility.
20 Sept. A fire broke out at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Niigata, Japan, which had been closed since a fire in July.
23 Sept. Yasuo Fukuda, a political moderate, was elected by Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party to become the country’s next prime minister.
25 Sept. The House of Representatives of Japan elected Yasuo Fukuda as the new Prime Minister of Japan.
26 Sept. The new Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda was sworn into office with his Cabinet.
27 Sept. A new round of talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program started in Beijing.
30 Sept. Lewis Hamilton won the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix to take a 12 point lead in the 2007 Formula One season World Championship with 2 races remaining.
1 Sept. New laws came into effect giving China more control over the selection of the Dalai Lama.
2 Sept. The spokewoman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry announces that China will report military expenditures to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.
3 Sept. China charged human rights activist Yang Chunlin, who gathered 10,000 signatures to an open letter opposing the Beijing Olympics on human rights grounds, with attempting to subvert state power.
3 Sept. Four cargo ships carrying methanol sank on the Hanjiang River, the source of the water supply for Wuhan, China, with environmental authorities monitoring water quality.
3 Sept. Sun Zhengcai, the Chinese Minister for Agriculture, stated that China would clamp down on foods tainted with illegal and excessive chemicals.
6 Sept. Wikipedia's English site was again blocked in the People's Republic of China, possibly due to upcoming Communist Party Congress.
10 Sept. - 30 Sept. The 20007 FIFA Women's World's Cup was held in China.
12 Sept. Thousands of ex-soldiers were rioting in the People's Republic of China in the cities of Baotou, Wuhan, and Baoji, breaking into cars, destroying classrooms, and setting fires. The riot was the largest protest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest.
15 Sept. Zhao Yan, a Chinese journalist working for the New York Times, was released from jail in China after serving a three year sentence for "leaking state secrets".
16 Sept. Chinese authorities recalled tainted leukemia drugs blamed for leg pains and other problems.
18 Sept. China confirmed a bird flu outbreak in Guangzhou.
18 Sept. 2007 Pacific typhoon season: Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from Shanghai, China as Typhoon Wipha approached.
19 Sept. 2007 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Wipha (Goring) made landfall in eastern China before weakening to a Category 2 typhoon as it heads inland. At least five people are killed and three are missing according to the Xinhua newsagency.
19 Sept. Typhoon Wipha hit Fuding, China. Authorities had evacuated over 2 million people by the time the storm made landfall.
1 Sept Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takehiko Endo refused to resign over allegations that a group that he chaired received state subsidies illegally.
3 Sept. According to reports in Japanese media, Takehiko Endo resigned as the Japanese Agriculture Minister due to involvements in illegal dealings in 1999.
12 Sept. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, announced his resignation after failing to win popular support in the aftermath of ruling Liberal Democratic Party's defeat in Upper House elections in July. The resignation comes into effect with the election of his successor in a LDP party conference on 19 September 2007.
13 Sept. Shinzo Abe was hospitalised the day after his resignation.
14 Sept. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched SELENE, the largest lunar mission since the Apollo program, on a mission to explore the moon.
26 Sept. Emperor Akihito formally swore in Yasuo Fukuda as the 91st prime minister of Japan.
Southeast Asian peoples include those of Thailand.
1 Sept. There has been a spike in dengue fever cases in 2007 in Malaysia with seventy-five people dying in the first eight months.
3 Sept. Burma's National Convention finally completed 14 years of talks on a new constitution in a military base north of Yangon.
3 Sept. Six expatriate judges resigned from the Fijian legal system following disagreements with the military-appointed acting Chief Justice Anthony Gates.
5 Sept. Singapore jailed the leader of the Singapore Democratic Party Chee Soon Juan for failing to pay a fine of S$4,000 for trying to leave the city-state without permission.
5 Sept. The Solomon Islands government rejected an extradition request by Australia for Attorney-General Julian Moti to face child-sex charges.
5 Sept. A group of 50 asylum-seekers held in an Australian facility on Nauru have started a hunger strike.
6 Sept. Fiji reintroduced martial law.
26 Sept. First confirmed deaths resulting from the Burma military's crackdown on weeks long anti-government protests. Buddhist monks were arrested and Internet access by the public was cut.
14 Sept. Oscar Temaru was elected as the President of French Polynesia by the Parliament for the third time in three years.
16 Sept. Flight OG 269 crashed while trying to land in heavy rain at Phuket International Airport in Thailand with reports of 88 deaths and at least 20 people seriously injured.
17 Sept. Flight OG 269 crash: Fifty-five foreigners were among the 88 people who died in the crash of Flight OG 269 in Phuket. The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were found for the flight while an official from One-Two-Go Airlines thought that wind shear may have been responsible.
18 Sept. More than 1,000 Buddhist monks marched peacefully in Burma as part of a wave of anti-government protests. The marches were dispersed using teargas.
19 Sept. Officials from a UN-backed genocide tribunal detain Nuon Chea, the most senior surviving member of the Khmer Rouge regime.
21 Sept. Buddhist monks staged a brief demonstration in Burma making it the fourth successive day of protests.
22 Sept. Several hundred Buddhist monks marched through Burma's second largest city Mandalay as activists urged people to join the protests against the ruling military junta.
23 Sept. Some 15,000 Buddhist monks and laymen marched through the streets of Rangoon in the sixth day of escalating peaceful protests against the Burmese military regime.
24 Sept. Eyewitnesses say the number of people demonstrating in Rangoon was as high as 100,000 as the biggest Burmese anti-government protest in twenty years continued.
25 Sept. 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: Approximately 20,000 people led by 2000 Buddhist monks began another protest in Yangon despite threats by the Burmese junta. Hundreds of soldiers and riot police enter Yangon in an attempt to end the demonstrations. Burma's junta placed dusk-till-dawn curfews on the country's two largest cities, Yangon and Mandalay.
26 Sept. 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: Up to five Buddhist monks were killed Burmese police baton-charged a crowd of 700 anti-junta protestors including Buddhist monks and students. Win Nang, a pro-democracy activist, was arrested.
27 Sept. 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: According to sources close to the military, Senior General Than Shwe was now directly commanding soldiers after several commanders refused to use force to crackdown on protesters. There were unconfirmed reports that Than Shwe's family was fleeing to a foreign country. A chartered Air Bagan flight carrying eight special passengers landed in Vientiane, Laos, at 6pm. China, one of Burma's few allies, called for restraint for the first time. Nine people were killed and 11 injured when junta security forces opened fire on an anti-government demonstration in Yangon. Among the dead was a Japanese journalist. Burmese security forces raided several Buddhist monasteries arresting hundreds of the Buddhist monks who had led the protests.
28 Sept. 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: There were reports that Burmese troops from middle Burma had started to march towards Yangon. The reported troops are from the Central Command based in Taungoo and the South East Command. South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu urged China to intervene in the ongoing protests in Burma, or he would "join a campaign to boycott the Beijing Olympics" next year. Public Burmese Internet access was cut, silencing what had become an international source of information and images about the events.
29 Sept. 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: Shortly after his scheduled arrival at Yangon, it was reported that Ibrahim Gambari, the UN Secretary-General's special adviser on Burma, had arrived in Naypyidaw to talk with the junta leaders. There were reports that Htoo trading company, owned by junta loyalist business tycoon Tay Za, has shut-down its operations after giving two months salaries to its staff.
30 Sept. General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who helped depose Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the 2006 Thai coup d'état, resigned as head of the Council for National Security.
30 Sept. 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: A central member of the military junta in Burma was reportedly interested in seeking political asylum in Norway. The colonel was said to have defected recently, and he is now hiding in the jungle among the Karen people.
1 Sept. Protesters in Southeast Aceh tried to stop the swearing in of the regent and deputy regent. Riot police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowd resulting in 26 people being injured.
7 Sept. The Indonesian Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Bali bomber Amrozi bin Nurhasyim.
10 Sept. The Supreme Court of Indonesia ordered TIME magazine to pay US$106 million in damages to former President of Indonesia Suharto. The magazine had reported in 1999 that the former President and his family had accumulated $73 billion dollars fraudulently during his time in office. The case had previously been rejected by two lower courts.
12 Sept. A major earthquake with a magnitude of 8.4 occurred off the west-coast of the island Sumatra, Indonesia. Sea level readings indicated a tsunami might follow and a tsunami watch was put in place for the whole of the Indian Ocean.
13 Sept. September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes A second major earthquake off the coast of Sumatra prompted tsunami warnings for Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands. Rescue teams headed for the Sumatra coast to look for survivors. An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit the northern tip of Sulawesi some 2,700 kilometres east of Sumatra.
14 Sept. 2007 Sumatra earthquakes At least 13 people were confirmed dead and hundreds of homes damaged as a result of the earthquakes.
14 Sept. Another earthquake of 6.9 magnitude occurred off the coast of Sumatra.
15 Sept. September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes: The death toll rose to 21 with 88 people injured.
25 Sept. The Supreme Court of Indonesia rejected the final appeals of Imam Samudra and Mukhlas, two men sentenced to death for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings.
The Philippines
11 Sept. Police in the Philippines arrested seven militants suspected of plotting to bomb tourist and shopping locations in the southern Philippines.
12 Sept. The Sandiganbayan found former Philippines President Joseph Estrada guilty beyond reasonable doubt on charges of plunder, but not guilty on charges of perjury.
12 Sept. Former President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada was found guilty of corruption in his 6-year trial and sentenced to Life Imprisonment.
17 Sept. A new species of bat, the Mindoro Stripe-Faced Fruit bat, was discovered on Mindoro Island in the Philippines.
18 Sept. The son of Philippine House Speaker Jose De Venecia, Jr., Jose "Joey" De Venecia III, disclosed in a Senate inquiry that First Gentleman Mike Arroyo was the "mystery man" behind the controversial $ 329-million broadband contract with ZTE Corp. in China.
26 Sept. The Can Tho Bridge, a bridge over the Bassac River in Can Tho, Vietnam, collapsed during construction, leading to the death of at least 60 workers with about 100 more missing.
Thailand
16 Sept. One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 crashed in Phuket, Thailand, killing 89 of the passengers and crew.
Western Civilization [such as Colombia, cities such as Sao Paulo]
1 Sept. Finland switched off all its analogue terrestrial television signals in the terrestrial network as part of the digital switchover.
1 Sept. 2007 Greek forest fires: The Prime Minister of Greece Costas Karamanlis said that the fires were under control after killing 64 people and causing £800 million worth of damage.
2 Sept. Riot police clashed with protesters commemorating the Ungdomshuset in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen with 26 people injured.
3 Sept. Peace talks in Finland aimed at ending sectarian violence in Iraq end successfully, resulting in the "Helsinki Agreement".
4 Sept. Denmark's intelligence service arrested several people on suspicion of plotting a bomb attack.
5 Sept. The Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade Sten Tolgfors became Defense Minister, succeeding Mikael Odenberg who resigned after being overruled by the Finance Minister Anders Borg in budget talks.
10 Sept. Local elections were held throughout Norway for municipality and county councils.
12 Sept. 2007 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Depression Eight and Tropical Depression Nine formed near the Lesser Antilles and Gulf of Mexico respectively. Tropical Depression Nine became Tropical Storm Humberto and was moving north towards Texas and Louisiana.
13 Sept. 2007 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Ingrid formed in the Atlantic Ocean 800 miles from the outer Caribbean islands.
14 Sept. Finland scrambled a jet fighter to intercept a Russian aircraft.
15 Sept. Melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean opened up the Northwest Passage between Europe, Asia and North America.
15 Sept. 2007 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Ingrid weakened to a tropical depression.
16 Sept. Greek voters went to the polls for the Greek legislative election, 2007. The ruling New Democracy Party won the election, with 98% of the votes counted, gaining 41.9% of the vote and 152 seats over 38.1% and 102 seats for the socialist PASOK party. The Communist Party won 8.1% and 22 seats, over 5% and 14 seats for Radical Left Coalition and 3.7% and 10 seats for Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS), a Far-Right party.
17 Sept. Greek conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis early Monday declared victory in Sunday's general elections after early results gave his ruling New Democracy party a lead of over four percent over the opposition Pasok socialists.
19 Sept. 2007 Pacific hurricane season: Hurricane Ivo formed off the coast of Baja California.
23 Sept. 2007 Atlantic hurricane season: Subtropical Depression 11 was upgraded to Subtropical Storm Jerry, 1070 miles (1725 km) west of the Azores.
i Anglic peoples including the United Kingdom and cities such as New York City are important.
1 Sept. Two people went missing and six people were injured following a boat accident at the mouth of the Brisbane River in Australia.
1 Sept. A concrete and steel fence was built in Sydney to protect leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting next week.
2 Sept. The Prime Minister of Australia John Howard announced that Justice Ian Callinan would conduct an inquiry into the 2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak.
2 Sept. Twelve Greenpeace activists were arrested in protests at Newcastle, New South Wales on the eve of the APEC meeting in Sydney.
3 Sept. Justice Susan Kiefel became the third woman to serve on the High Court of Australia.
3 Sept. Jamaican voters went to the polls for the Jamaican general election, 2007.
4 Sept. Australian company Zinifex and Belgian company Umicore merge their zinc smelting operations to form Nyrstar, the largest zinc smelting company.
4 Sept. Jamaica election: With all the votes counted, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was headed to victory with 31 seats compared to the incumbent People's National Party (PNP) with 29 seats. The current Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller, was calling for a recount in marginal seats.
5 Sept. The Australian Government filed appeal against court decision to set aside Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef visa cancellation.
10 Sept. Peter Beattie resigned as the Premier of Queensland effective from Thursday with Anna Bligh tipped to replace him.
11 Sept. The Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper ruled out sending further troops to Afghanistan.
12 Sept. Anna Bligh was endorsed as the next Premier of Queensland by the Queensland Labor Party caucus with Paul Lucas as her deputy.
11 Sept. Bruce Golding was sworn in as Prime Minister of Jamaica following the victory of his Jamaica Labour Party in the parliamentary elections.
15 Sept. A helicopter registered in the name of former World Rally Championship champion Colin McRae crashed killing four people near McRae's home in Scotland.
15 Sept. The Australian Labor Party held the seats of Williamstown and Albert Park in the Victorian Legislative Assembly as two by-elections were held.
16 Sept. A third case of foot and mouth disease was identified but not confirmed by United Kingdom government vets on a farm near Chertsey, Surrey.
16 Sept. Michael B. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, was to be nominated to replace Alberto Gonzales as United States Attorney General and President Bush were to announce his selection on Monday.
16 Sept. Colin McRae and his son were confirmed dead in the helicopter crash in Scotland.
17 Sept. Incumbent parties lost two of three by-elections in Canadian federal parliamentary ridings in Quebec. Thomas Mulcair took the Liberal stronghold of Outremont, bringing the New Democratic Party its second-ever victory in Quebec. Conservative Denis Lebel took the Bloc-held riding of Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, while Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac holds Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot for the Bloc Québécois.
18 Sept. The Bank of England injected £4.4 billion of liquidity into the U.K. Financial System as a response to the Subprime Mortgage Financial Crisis, after £2 billion of deposits were removed from the Northern Rock bank in the three days after it applied for emergency funding from the Bank.
18 Sept. Australia, the second largest wheat exporter in the world, cut its forecast production by 30 per cent due to an ongoing drought.
19 Sept. José Mourinho, manager of Chelsea Football Club, left the club by mutual consent.
20 Sept. Qian Xun Xue case: Questions were asked in the New Zealand parliament as to why Nai Yin Xue was able to leave the country with his daughter despite a court order.
20 Sept. A total of 24 people were arrested after a riot in Aurukun, Queensland, Australia.
20 Sept. The Canadian dollar briefly reached parity with the American dollar for the first time since 1976.
24 Sept. Several tornadoes affected parts of Britain, causing severe damage.
25 Sept. Mount Ruapehu erupted in New Zealand leading to the evacuation of fifty people.
25 Sept. Sotheby's announced that it would auction an early version of the Magna Carta.
26 Sept. A photo possibly showing missing Madeleine McCann in Morocco was being examined by British experts.
1 Sept. In a stunning college football upset, Appalachian State defeated #5-ranked Michigan at Michigan Stadium by a score of 34-32. This was the first time a team from the second-tier NCAA Division I FCS has defeated an AP-ranked Division I FBS opponent.
1 Sept. Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig resigned from the United States Senate effective 30 September following a guilty plea to a disorderly conduct charge following his arrest in a restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
4 Sept. Mattel and the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the United States announced that it is recalling 700,000 Chinese made toys on the grounds of excessive lead paint making it the third recall in the past month.
4 Sept. A spokesman for Idaho Senator Larry Craig indicated that the Senator is rethinking his decision to resign following his plea of guilty to "disorderly conduct" charges in Minneapolis.
4 Sept. Adventurer Steve Fossett was reported missing over the Nevada desert.
4 Sept. A week long heatwave in Southern California results in the death of 13 people and 500,000 people losing power in outages.
5 Sept. Lawyers for U.S. Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) asked the Senate Select Committee on Ethics to reject a complaint following a guilty plea to disorderly conduct charges in Minneapolis. The Ethics Committee rejected his plea.
5 Sept. Fred Thompson, a former U.S. Senator and actor, announced that he was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2008 presidential election.
5 Sept. Norman Hsu, controversial fund-raiser for the U.S. Democratic Party, skipped a bail hearing, prompting a new warrant for his arrest.
5 Sept. Paul Gillmor, United States Representative from Ohio's 5th congressional district, was found dead in his Washington, D.C. apartment.
5 Sept. Judge William Hoeveler placed a stay on ex-Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega's extradition from the United States to France so that his defence can present a new appeal.
5 Sept. The Military Times reported that a United States Air Force B-52 bomber carried six nuclear warheads from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, in violation of rules concerning the handling of nuclear weapons. In addition, the bombs were not reported as missing from the Minot weapons inventory. The squadron commander was relieved of his position, but Representative Ike Skelton says that his committee would investigate the incident.
5 Sept. Steve Jobs announced new Ipods at "The Beat Goes On" event in San Francisco.
6 Sept. Democratic Party fundraiser Norman Hsu was arrested in Grand Junction, Colorado and charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
6 Sept. United States District Court judge Victor Marrero strick down a key part of the Patriot Act authorising national security letters.
6 Sept. 12 people, including 11 New Jersey public officials, were arrested by the FBI on corruption charges. Among those arrested were Mayor Samuel Rivera of Passaic and Mayor Mims Hackett of Orange.
6 Sept. Erie, Pennsylvania Broke its weather high of 90 degrees. It was recorded to be 93 degrees.
7 Sept. United States District Court judge William Hoeveler refused to block the extradition of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega to France to face charges.
7 Sept. The United States was investigating a video which it had obtained, to see if the claims that the man on it is Osama bin Laden are genuine. If they are found to be, it will have been the first time he has been seen since October 2004.
7 Sept. Two owners of a New Orleans nursing home were found not guilty of negligent homicide concerning the death of 35 residents after Hurricane Katrina.
7 Sept. The second annual International Ska Circus was held in Las Vegas, Nevada
8 Sept. Justine Henin of Belgium won the U.S. Open women's tennis singles championship defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-1 6-3 in the final.
9 Sept. Kevin Everett of the National Football League's Buffalo Bills suffered a life-threatening spinal cord injury in a game against the Denver Broncos. The surgeon who operated on him says Monday Everett is unlikely to walk again, assuming he survives.
9 Sept. 2007 U.S. Open: Roger Federer of Switzerland defeated Novak Ðokovic in the final of the men's singles in straight sets 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.
11 Sept. Burger King announced that it would limit advertising to children younger than 12 to foods that met strict nutritional guidelines.
11 Sept. Doctors said injured National Football League player Kevin Everett has moved his arms and legs and, contrary to earlier predictions, is likely to recover his ability to walk.
11 Sept. September 11, 2001 attacks commemoration The United States commemorated the anniversary of the attacks with ceremonies in New York City, Washington, DC and Shanksville, PA. Osama bin Laden released a video for the anniversary.
13 Sept. Miami police shot dead in an exchange of fire a man suspected of the murder of one police officer and the shooting of another three officers hours earlier.
13 Sept. Alexis Debat, a consultant for ABC News and writer at The National Interest, alleged expert on terrorism, wass forced to resign after Rue 89 revealed that he made two bogus interviews, one with Barack Obama and another with Alan Greenspan.
13 Sept. U.S. President George W. Bush ordered gradual troop reductions in Iraq but stood firm against dramatic troop reductions.
13 Sept. 2007 Atlantic hurricane season: Hurricane Humberto made landfall on the southeast Texas coast near the Louisiana border. 13 Sept. The Governor of Louisiana Kathleen Blanco declared a state of emergency. At least one person was killed in Texas before Humberto weakens into a tropical storm.
14 Sept. War in Iraq: U.S. General Peter Pace, outgoing chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged that mistakes were made during the war.
14 Sept. Michael Sulick was named the new Director of the United States' National Clandestine Service.
15 Sept. Negotiations between General Motors and the United Automobile Workers continued in Detroit, Michigan past the deadline with a strike to start if negotiations fail.
15 Sept. Wildfires forced the evacuation of thousands of residents of San Bernardino and San Diego Counties in the U.S. state of California.
15 Sept. Over 190 anti-Iraq War protesters were arrested outside the United States Capitol.
16 Sept. The Sopranos won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in the Primetime Emmy Awards.
16 Sept. O.J. Simpson was charged with six felonies in relation to an alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia from a Las Vegas hotel room.
17 Sept. Andrew Meyer, a 21-year-old fourth-year undergraduate, was apprehended by five police officers and tasered while allegedly having interrupted a speech by U.S. Senator John Kerry.
17 Sept. Hillary Clinton, a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination in the United States presidential election, 2008, announced a proposal for a universal healthcare plan.
17 Sept. President George W. Bush nominated Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales as the next Attorney-General of the United States.
17 Sept. Microsoft lost its appeal against a European Union antitrust ruling forcing it to pay a 497 million euro fine.
18 Sept. Nuclear program of Iran: The United States was drafting a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for sanctions against Iran prior to discussions amongst the five permanent members.
18 Sept. The United States Federal Reserve cut a key short-term interest rate by a half-percentage point, resulting in a stock market rally.
18 Sept. O.J. Simpson was charged with several felonies in Las Vegas, Nevada.
19 Sept. The United States Senate failed to pass a bill providing more home leave to United States troops in Iraq with the necessary 60 percent margin with 56 for and 44 against.
19 Sept. The United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned the International Atomic Energy Agency that it "is not in the business of diplomacy."
19 Sept. Nevada authorities called off the search for missing US adventurer Steve Fossett two weeks after went goes missing.
19 Sept. U.S. Congressman Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced that he would begin an investigation into the activities of Howard Krongard, Inspector General of the State Department. Krongard has been accused of interfering with investigations into corruption involving fraud in the building of the new United States Embassy in Iraq, the smuggling of illegal weapons into Iraq by Blackwater USA employees, and the activities of former chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, Kenneth Tomlinson, in the use of his office for personal gain.
19 Sept. Republican lawmakers blocked the United States Senate from taking up a bill to grant voting rights to Washington DC.
20 Sept. A police officer in Warren, Ohio, was caught on camera using a taser on a woman while she was handcuffed.
20 Sept. Iran: The New York Police Department denied a request by the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Ground Zero of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City.
20 Sept. American cyclist Floyd Landis was officially stripped of his win in the 2006 Tour de France and banned from competition for two years after an arbitration panel found him guilty of doping during the 2006 Tour. He has 30 days to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
20 Sept. Tens of thousands of people, including Howard University students and NAACP members, arrived in the U.S. city of Jena, Louisiana, to protest in support of six black teenagers involved in a schoolyard brawl.
21 Sept. Two students were shot at Delaware State University.
21 Sept. NASA released new plans for moon base in 2020.
21 Sept. Mattel admitted that most of the toys recalled in recent safety scares had "design flaws" and that Chinese manufacturers were not to blame.
23 Sept. The United Automobile Workers set a deadline of 11am Monday for General Motors to avoid a strike.
24 Sept. Members of the United Automobile Workers Union walked off their jobs at General Motors plants across the United States as union and company officials failed to reach agreement on a new contract.
25 Sept. 73,000 United Auto Workers union workers went on strike against General Motors, the first general strike against the company in 37 years. Talks between the parties continued.
25 Sept. Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was found guilty of two counts of rape in the U.S. state of Utah.
26 Sept. More than half a million Chinese-manufactured toys were recalled in the United States due to excess levels of lead paint including 269,000 of RC2 Corp's "Thomas & Friends" toy trains.
26 Sept. The bishops of the United States Episcopal Church agreed to "exercise restraint" by not consecrating more gay bishops or authorizing rites for the blessing of same-sex unions in order to prevent a schism in the Anglican Church worldwide.
26 Sept. United States District Court judge Ann Aiken ruled that two sections of the USA PATRIOT Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause.
26 Sept. The United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates asks for $190 billion to cover the cost of the war in Iraq and war in Afghanistan during 2008.
26 Sept. Superior Courts of California judge Larry Fidler declared the trial of record producer Phil Spector as a mistrial due to the inability of the jury to reach a verdict.
26 Sept. The United Auto Workers announced a tentative agreement with General Motors ending a two-day strike.
27 Sept. The spacecraft Dawn was launched by NASA on a mission to explore mainbelt asteroids Vesta and Ceres.
27 Sept. The Third Circuit Court of Appeal in the U.S. state of Louisiana ruled that Mychal Bell should not have been tried as an adult in the Jena Six case, and he was released on a $45,000 bail bond.
29 Sept. Robert Levy, mayor of the U.S. city of Atlantic City, New Jersey, disappeared on after being found to have embellished his Vietnam War record.
30 Sept. The Topps Meat Company recalled 21.7 million pounds (9,800 tonnes) of frozen beef patties because of potential contamination with E. coli. Twenty-five cases of illness due to E. coli had been reported in the Northeastern United States.
28 Sept. Richard Garriott, famed game designer and son of former NASA Skylab astronaut Owen Garriott, would become the sixth space tourist, visiting the International Space Station in 2008.
30 Sept. John Bolton, the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, says the government of China was the key to political change in Burma, not United Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari who has met the military junta.
30 Sept. U.S. college football: The new AP Poll results were released, with nine of the ten ranked teams that lost this past weekend either dropping further down the list or out of the poll completely. LSU rose to #1 for the first time since 1959, Kentucky and Boston College rose into the Top Ten for the first time since 1977 and 1992, respectively, and South Florida ascended into the Top Ten for the first time ever.
United Kingdom
1 Sept. New gambling legislation came into effect in the United Kingdom, relaxing advertising restrictions and extending opening hours
3 Sept. The Rail Maritime and Transport Union threatened a three day strike on the London Underground with last minute talks between the union and Transport for London failing to prevent this outcome.
4 Sept. The strike by Rail Maritime and Transport Union employees on the London Underground continued but the strike was called off later in the day after lengthy talks with Transport for London.
5 Sept. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in the United Kingdom allowed the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos for research purposes in principle.
7 Sept. The BBC reported that investigations into a recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease had identified five breaches of biosecurity at the Pirbright site of the Institute for Animal Health.
12 Sept. A new case of Foot-and-mouth disease in the UK was confirmed after it was assumed that the outbreak of 2007 had been under control.
14 Sept. There was a run on the Northern Rock bank in the United Kingdom following revelations that it sought a rescue injection of funds from the Bank of England.
14 Sept. A new case of foot and mouth disease was confirmed at a farm in Egham, Surrey, England.
24 Sept. Gordon Brown addressed delegates to the Labour party Conferences in Bournemouth as British Prime Minister.
Latin peoples such as those of Italy are also significant. Cities such as Mexico City can be connected.
1 Sept. The National Assembly of Panama selected Pedro Miguel González Pinzón as its President despite the fact that was is wanted in the United States for an alleged murder of a United States Army sergeant and the attempted murder of another. González had been cleared by a Panamanian court of these charges.
1 Sept French and Spanish police foiled an ETA car bomb plot and arrested the man who was alleged to be the organisation's top bombmaker and his accomplices.
4 Sept. Northeast Nicaragua was hit by Hurricane Felix, a category 5 storm when it reached the coast.
9 Sept. The president, vice president, congressmen, municipal mayors, and representatives to Parlacen were elected in a general election in Guatemela.
21 Sept. The Supreme Court of Chile ruled that Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori must be extradited to Peru to face charges of corruption and human rights abuse.
3 Sept. Tomás Medina Caracas (known by his nom de guerre "Negro Acacio"), one of FARC's most important leaders and the liaison between this Colombian guerrilla and Brazilian drug dealers, was killed in action by Colombian armed forces in Guaviare.
3 Sept. Panama began work on its £2.7 billion Panama Canal expansion project.
2 Sept. Ten Colombian soldiers were killed and five were missing during a shootout with FARC guerillas in the mountainous border areas between Quindío and Tolima departments.
5 Sept. Two candidates from Rigoberta Menchú's Encuentro por Guatemala Party were shot dead as part of a wave of campaign-related violence that has claimed 50 lives.
7 Sept. Disappearance of Madeline McCann: Portuguese police believed that Kate McCann and Gerry McCann may jave been involved in their daughters possible death with both parents being named as suspects.
8 Sept. Ang Lee's spy thriller Lust, Caution won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
8 Sept. The Red Cross recovered the bodies of 11 Colombian legislators who were shot while being held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
8 Sept. Former President of Argentina Carlos Menem was charged with involvement in the illegal sale of weapons to Ecuador and Croatia.
9 Sept. Voters in Guatemala went to the polls in the Guatemalan general election, 2007.
10 Sept. Diego León Montoya Sánchez, leader of the Norte del Valle cartel and one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, was captured by Colombian authorities.
11 Sept. Disappearance of Madeleine McCann: Portuguese police referred the case to the public prosecutor.
15 Sept. Impact of Meteorite at Carancas in Peru.
18 Sept. A supposed meteorite impact in Peru led to hundreds of nearby villagers falling ill from still unknown causes.
21 Sept. Chilean Supreme Court approved extradition of Peruvian ex-president Alberto Fujimori on numerous charges, including the massacres of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta.
22 Sept. Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori arrived in Lima a day after Chile's Supreme Court ruled his extradition back to his home country due to charges of human rights abuses and corruption.
28 Sept. Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe announced a referendum on the future of the Basque Country for 25 October 2008.
5 Sept. A Congressional committee voted to remove the President of the Senate of Brazil Renan Calheiros as a result of a corruption scandal.
24 Sept. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that he would defend Brazil's record on global climate change when he addressed the United Nations General Assembly this week.
24 Sept. Brazil's stock market rose to a record 58,393.75 points and the country's currency, the real, gained 0.11 percent to 1.867 per U.S. dollar.
9 Sept. A lorry carrying dynamite crashed and exploded near Sacramento in the Mexican state of Coahuila; scores of people were injured and 37 are killed, including three local reporters covering the story.
10 Sept. The Ejército Popular Revolucionario planted a series of bombs that tore apart six Pemex natural gas pipelines in the Mexican states of Veracruz and Tlaxcala.
15 Sept. A bus crash in the western Mexican state of Nayarit killed at least 18 and injured 13. Many of the passengers were from a flight from Phoenix, Arizona, USA, to Guadalajara, Jalisco, that was forced to divert to Puerto Vallarta.
20 Sept. The 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures opened in Monterrey, Mexico.
27 Sept. 2007 Atlantic hurricane season: Lorenzo strengthens into a hurricane and makes landfall on Mexico's Gulf coast.
30 Sept. Indian player Viswanathan Anand won the World Chess Championship 2007 at Mexico City to become the new world champion.
3 Sept. European energy companies Gaz de France and SUEZ agreed to merge in what would be a privatisation of the French state-owned Gaz de France.
17 Sept. Bernard Kouchner, the French Foreign Minister, warned of the possibility of war over Iran's nuclear program.
19 Sept. France called for a joint force of United Nations and European Union peacekeepers in parts of Chad and the Central African Republic bordering the Darfur region of Sudan.
20 Sept. The President of France Nicolas Sarkozy stated that he would seek tougher United Nations sanctions against Iran for the nuclear program of Iran.
Italy
9 Sept. Jamaican Asafa Powell set a new men's world 100 meters record of 9.74 seconds at the IAAF Grand Prix at Rieti, Italy.
Northeast European peoples such as those of Russia and Ukraine are also significant.
1 Sept. Two small planes collided during an air show in Radom, Poland resulting in the deaths of both pilots (Marek Dubkiewicz and Sebastian Chrzaszcz).
7 Sept. The Polish Sejm voted to dissolve itself, causing early parliamentary elections in October 2007.
19 Sept. Four fossil skeletons of early human ancestors were discovered in Georgia.
28 Sept. Supporters of the opposition gathered in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, to protest against the government in the largest such rally in the country since 2003.
Russia
4 Sept. In a ceremony at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, priests chanted prayers in honor of the Russian Defense Ministry's 12th Main Directorate, which is responsible for the storage and maintenance of Russia's nuclear arsenal.
11 Sept. Russia claims to have tested the world's most powerful vacuum bomb, nicknamed Father of All Bombs after the MOAB, with yield equivalent to a small nuclear weapon. Bomb's military name, place and time of the test are not revealed.
12 Sept. Russian President Vladimir Putin fired the chief of the Russian Navy Vladimir Masorin, and appointed in his place the commander of the Russian Northern Fleet, Vladimir Vysotsky.
12 Sept. Vladimir Putin sacked Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet and nominated Viktor Zubkov as his replacement.
12 Sept. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and his entire cabinet resigned.
14 Sept. The Russian State Duma confirmed Viktor Zubkov as new Prime Minister of Russia.
16 Sept. Andrei Lugovoy, the former KGB agent accused by British authorities of murdering Alexander Litvinenko with a radioactive isotope in London last November, saids he would run for parliament on the party list of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.
18 Sept. Russia claimed to have killed top Dagestani militant Rappani Khalilov along with another militant in a day-long battle.
30 Sept. Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov is selected Presidential Candidate for Other Russia in the 2008 presidentials.
Ukraine
30 Sept. Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007: Ukrainians went to the polls for the third time in three years to vote in parliamentary election. According to data of National Exit Poll: Party of Regions 35.2%; Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc 31.5%; Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc 13.4%; Communist Party of Ukraine 5.1%; Lytvyn's People's Bloc 3.7%; Socialist Party of Ukraine 2.5%.
Germanic peoples such as those of Germany can all be connected.
4 Sept. German authorities arrested three people for planning attacks on Frankfurt and a United States military base in Ramstein.
5 Sept. Three suspects arrested on terrorism charges yesterday appeared before the Federal Court of Justice of Germany in Karlsruhe.
11 Sept. Belgian police arrested two leaders of the Vlaams Belang party, Frank Vanhecke and Filip Dewinter, as well as dozens of party supporters during a banned march in Brussels against the "Islamisation of Europe".
13 Sept. Rita Verdonk, a controversial and popular Dutch politician, was expelled from the VVD.
21 Sept. The Dutch Cabinet met to decide whether to hold a referendum on the European Union's Reform Treaty.
African peoples including those of Sudan can be connected.
1 Sept. The Second Tuareg Rebellion spread rapidly as a Malian army colonel deserted to join a Tuareg rebellion in the northern desert, taking with him nearly 60 fighters.
2 Sept. Sudan postponed a census that was crucial for the success of two national elections.
3 Sept. Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon arrived in Sudan to press for an end to violence in Darfur.
5 Sept. A battle between Somali police and insurgents in Mogadishu resulted in six casualties.
7 Sept. Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, accused Levy Mwanawasa, the President of Zambia and Chairman of the Southern African Development Community, of selling out his country to the Western world and plotting with foreign intelligence agencies during an SADC conference in August. President Mwanawasa later apologized to Mugabe, saying Mugabe had misunderstood an earlier comment
10 Sept. Former Republic of the Congo rebel leader Pastor Ntumi returned to Brazzaville to take up a post as a junior minister.
11 Sept. Roman Catholic archbishop and critic of Robert Mugabe Pius Ncube resigned as a result of a sex scandal set up by Zimbabwe's intelligence agency.
12 Sept. Somali Islamists and opposition leaders meeting in Eritrea joined forces in a new alliance to overthrow Somalia's transitional government.
14 Sept. An official for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warns that a million people in Africa require assistance after floods have killed more than 200 people in recent weeks.
15 Sept. Sierra Leone's ruling People's Party sought an injunction against the National Electoral Commission publishing further results of the 2007 general election with results published so far showing Opposition candidate for president Ernest Bai Koroma in the lead.
15 Sept. Floods in Ghana displaced 260,000 people with similar problems in Mali and neighbouring countries in West Africa.
17 Sept. Ernest Bai Koroma was sworn in as the President of Sierra Leone after winning a run-off election held 10 days ago.
19 Sept. Six hundred thousand people were made homeless by floods in Africa with at least 270 deaths with more rain expected.
21 Sept. The Nelson Mandela Foundation was assuring the public that the former South African president was still alive, after comments by U.S. President George Bush that "...Mandela is dead."
21 Sept. Angolan police arrested Jomo Gbomo, the head of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, a rebel organization in Nigeria.
26 Sept. The House of Assembly of Zimbabwe passed legislation transferring control of all foreign-owned businesses to Zimbabweans.
27 Sept. South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority issued an arrest warrant for Interpol chief Jackie Selebi.
1 Sept. 2007 Ogaden conflict: International aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières accused Ethiopia of denying it access to the country's eastern Ogaden region.
11 Sept. Ethiopia celebrated the start of a new millennium under a modified Julian calendar.
12 Sept. The Ethiopian calendar reached the year 2000, and millennium celebrations begin in Ethiopia.
13 Sept. Ethiopia will deploy 5,000 troops as part of a joint United Nations - African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan.
8 Sept. Democratic Republic of the Congo: The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila met in Tanzania to discuss the future of oil-rich Lake Albert. General Laurent Nkunda, the leader of a rebel movement, claimed that Government troops had broken a ceasefire in the east of the country.
11 Sept. The World Health Organisation confirmed that the Ebola virus had resurfaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
9 Sept. South African police arrested Helen Zille, the leader of the Democratic Party and Mayor of Cape Town, while she was taking part in an anti-drug protest at the Cape Flats slum area.
American Indian peoples such as can be found in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia can also be connected.
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This is only weakly connected to other areas of history through classical and medieval times. It is also weakly connected to modern history through the 19th century, and to the 20th century through the late 20th century. It is weakly connected to other parts of the early 21st century including the early 2000s. Connections with the late 2000s through 2006 are also somewhat weak. This is somewhat connected to the first quartern and 2nd quarter of 2007. It is part of the third quarter and is followed by the fourth quarter. It connects somewhat to the future. |
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