Year by year · 21st century

2007

2007 in world history: 6 events and 10 deaths. 188 recorded states existed that year.

Events

1 January
Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union
The two Balkan states became the European Union's 26th and 27th members. Their accession completed the EU's great eastward enlargement into the former communist bloc that began in 2004.
European Union Bulgaria Romania
2 February
IPCC finds global warming is 'very likely' caused by humans
Released in Paris, the summary of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fourth assessment called warming 'unequivocal' and very likely due to human emissions. The panel shared that year's Nobel Peace Prize.
Paris
16 April
Gunman kills 32 people at Virginia Tech
A student shot dead 32 people on the campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, before killing himself. It was then the deadliest shooting by a lone gunman in US history and led to reforms of background checks.
Virginia
27 June
Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair as Prime Minister
After ten years as Chancellor, Gordon Brown became Prime Minister. His premiership was dominated by the global financial crisis of 2008.
Revolt
Saffron Revolution
The Saffron Revolution was a wave of protests in Myanmar in August–October 2007, named after the robes of the Buddhist monks who led them.

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