Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis. Date: December 27, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident. Date: December 27, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Siberian tiger named Tatania escapes her exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo and attacks three people, killing one and injuring two more. Date: December 25, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 25 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state. Date: December 23, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 23 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art in Brazil. Both will be recovered a few weeks later. Date: December 20, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on…
Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years and 243 days. Date: December 20, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by the EU member states to amend both the Treaty of Rome and the Maastricht Treaty which together form the constitutional basis of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon is effective from 1 December 2009. Date: December 13, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December…
Insurgency in the Maghreb: Two car bombs explode in Algiers, Algeria, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations. Date: December 11, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
Westroads Mall shooting: Nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins kills nine people, including himself, with a WASR-10 at a Von Maur department store in Omaha, Nebraska. Date: December 5, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 5 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a 32-kilometre (20 mi) portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods. Date: December 3, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December…