On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 29, 2007, covering September 4, 2007.
Soundtrack
Miley Cyrus
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
Various Artists
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UGK
Fergie
Jonas Brothers
Plies
Common
2007John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire (born 1923)[†]
Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch and 11th Duke of Queensberry, was a Scottish peer, politician and landowner. He served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in the Second World War, and represented Edinburgh North in the House of Commons for 13 years.
2007Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.[†]
Al-Qaeda, also known as The Base, is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate. Its membership is mostly composed of Arabs but also includes people from other ethnic groups. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian, economic and military targets of the U.S. and its allies; such as the 1998 US embassy bombings, the USS Cole bombing, and the September 11 attacks.
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Italy’s Culture Ministry has implemented guidelines that it hopes will mitigate the threat that earthquakes pose to the country’s artistic heritage.
The number of families staying in homeless shelters because they do not qualify for city housing subsidies has erupted over the summer.
As the 2008 presidential campaign picks up speed, Indian outsourcing companies have returned to Washington as veritable insiders, slicker and better connected than ever.
President Bush pre-empted pressure for a withdrawal by hailing what he called successes and contending that only a stable Iraq would allow a U.S. pullback.
Administrators say public universities are charging fees because legislatures shy away from tuition increases.
A previously undisclosed exchange of letters shows that President Bush was told in advance of a plan to dismantle the Iraqi Army.
The Yankee star’s half brother is 15 years older and is a decorated officer in the Air Force.
You can no more survive without your skin than you can without your lungs, yet we continue to mistreat it.
Lawsuits brought by victims’ families against airlines, security companies and other parties are moving forward.
The Elizabeth, N.J., school district has spent more than $2 million since January 2006 to buy clothing as part of a new policy to put all its students in uniforms.
Junot Díaz’s wondrous first novel is so original it can only be described as Mario Vargas Llosa meets “Star Trek” meets David Foster Wallace meets Kanye West.
More than a decade after the drive began to convert electricity from a regulated industry into a competitive one, many states are rolling back their initiatives.