A storm causes the Mexican Kab 101 oil platform to collide with a wellhead, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the platform. Date: October 23, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On…
A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and ten damaged. Date: October 22, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 22 📅 Events on this day in…
Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is uninjured. Date: October 18, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 18 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids. Date: October 15, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 15 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11. Date: October 10, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 10 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2008 financial crisis. Date: October 9, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 9 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth. Date: October 6, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 6 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Date: October 2, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 2 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion. Date: September 29, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 29 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt. Date: September 27, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 27 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)