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After another poor outing from Kyle Farnsworth in Sunday’s victory, the Yankees have switched top minor league pitching prospect Joba Chamberlain to a relief role.
Two concerts at this venerable summer festival in the Berkshires made music, but were also opportunities to see how Kurt Masur and James Levine were getting along.
Alberto Contador, a 24-year-old from Madrid who rides for the Discovery Channel team, won the overall title, the youngest rider in a decade to win cycling’s biggest event.
The opposition party seized control of the upper house, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would not step down.
In the Illinois State Senate, Barack Obama brought an eye for opportunity and a willingness to compromise.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 25, 2007, covering July 30, 2007.
T.I.
The Smashing Pumpkins
Miley Cyrus
Interpol
Kelly Clarkson
2007Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1912)[†]
Michelangelo Antonioni was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents", L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), and L'Eclisse (1962); the English-language film Blowup (1966); and the multilingual The Passenger (1975). His films have been described as "enigmatic and intricate mood pieces" that feature elusive plots, striking visual composition, and a preoccupation with modern landscapes. His work substantially influenced subsequent world art cinema.
2007Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (born 1915)[†]
Teoctist was the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1986 to 2007.
2007Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1918)[†]
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul". Among his most acclaimed works are The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957), Persona (1966) and Fanny and Alexander (1982), which were included in the 2012 edition of Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time. He was also ranked No. 8 on the magazine's 2002 "Greatest Directors of All Time" list. Other notable works include Sawdust and Tinsel (1953), A Lesson in Love (1954), Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), The Virgin Spring (1960), Through a Glass Darkly (1961), Winter Light and The Silence, Shame (1968), Cries and Whispers (1972), Scenes from a Marriage (1973) and Autumn Sonata (1978).
2007Bill Walsh, American football player and coach (born 1931)[†]
William Ernest Walsh was an American professional and college football coach. He served as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Stanford Cardinal, during which time he popularized the West Coast offense. After retiring from the 49ers, Walsh worked as a sports broadcaster for several years and then returned as head coach at Stanford for three seasons.
In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]