On this day
Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]
2007Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi lawyer and judge (born 1945)[†]
Awad Hamad al-Bandar (Arabic: عواد حمد البندر السعدون, romanized: ʿAwād Ḥamad al-Bandar al-Saʿdūn; was an Iraqi chief judge under Saddam Hussein's presidency. He was a member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and was the head of the Revolutionary Court which issued death sentences against 143 Dujail residents, in the aftermath of the failed assassination attempt on the president on 8 July 1982.
2007Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi intelligence officer (born 1951)[†]
Barzan Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti, also known as Barzan Hassan, was an Iraqi politician, diplomat and intelligence officer. He was one of three half-brothers of Saddam Hussein and served as the leader of the Mukhabarat, the Iraqi intelligence service.
2007James Hillier, Canadian-American computer scientist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (born 1915)[†]
James Hillier, was a Canadian-American scientist and inventor who designed and built, with Albert Prebus, the first successful high-resolution electron microscope in North America in 1938.
2007Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino educator and diplomat (born 1905)[†]
Pura Santillan-Castrence was a Filipino writer and diplomat. Of Filipino women writers, she was among the first to gain prominence writing in the English language. She was named a Chevalier de Légion d'honneur by the French government.
2007Bo Yibo, Chinese commander and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1908)[†]
Bo Yibo (Chinese: 薄一波; pinyin: Bó Yībō; Wade–Giles: Po2 I1-po1; 17 February 1908 – 15 January 2007) was a Chinese politician. He was one of the most senior political figures in China during the 1980s and 1990s.
Andy Roddick found himself down a set against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France on Monday, but fought back to take the first-round match. Roger Federer and Amélie Mauresmo were also victorious.
Having a blog makes me approachable, reader-friendly and engaged. Perhaps too engaged.
As I approached the corner, the fire truck made a left turn, and all the firemen called out “HELLO SUSAN” while waving and teasing me.
The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week includes today’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow.
You might think it would be difficult to fashion an entertaining account of the life of a polyester manufacturer. But director Mani Ratnam has done so with “Guru.”
In the Senior Pairs at the Edgar Kaplan Winter Regional in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 27, Augie Boehm and Seymour Reich of New York finished first.
Speaking of Warren Beatty’s bold career choices from the podium during rehearsals for the Golden Globes, Tom Hanks said the actor/director has “balls the size of Golden Globes.”
Review the play-by-play commentary of the Patriots-Chargers divisional playoff game as it happened (Naila Jean-Meyers tracked the first half and Ray Krueger the second):