The almanac
The 2007 Edition
Limited to about 140 million copies: the babies born worldwide in 2007. About 131 million are still in circulation.
Estimates from the UN World Population Prospects 2024. How we count
What happened in 2007
- Apple introduced the iPhoneSteve Jobs showed a phone, music player and internet device in one.January 9 · Source: Apple Newsroom
- Umbrella hit No. 1Rihanna's song with Jay-Z jumped to the top of the Billboard Hot 100.June 9 · Source: Billboard
- Ratatouille opened in theatersPixar's rat chef Remy cooked his way through a Paris restaurant.June 29 · Source: The Numbers
- Phoenix launched to MarsNASA sent a lander to dig for ice near the Red Planet's north pole.August 4 · Source: NASA
- Dawn launched to the asteroid beltNASA's probe set out to visit Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres.September 27 · Source: NASA
- Germany won the Women's World Cup againGermany beat Brazil 2 to 0 in Shanghai to keep its title.September 30 · Source: RSSSF
Famous people born in 2007
- Lamine YamalSpanish association football player · born July 13
- Pau CubarsíSpanish footballer · born January 22
From Wikidata, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages write about them. Spotted a mistake?
No. 1 songs of 2007
- IrreplaceableBeyonce · first week at No. 1: January 6, 2007
- Say It RightNelly Furtado · first week at No. 1: February 24, 2007
- What Goes Around...Comes AroundJustin Timberlake · first week at No. 1: March 3, 2007
- This Is Why I'm HotMims · first week at No. 1: March 10, 2007
- GlamorousFergie Featuring Ludacris · first week at No. 1: March 24, 2007
- Don't MatterAkon · first week at No. 1: April 7, 2007
- Give It To MeTimbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake · first week at No. 1: April 21, 2007
- GirlfriendAvril Lavigne · first week at No. 1: May 5, 2007
- Makes Me WonderMaroon 5 · first week at No. 1: May 12, 2007
- Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')T-Pain Featuring Yung Joc · first week at No. 1: May 26, 2007
- UmbrellaRihanna Featuring Jay-Z · first week at No. 1: June 9, 2007
- Hey There DelilahPlain White T's · first week at No. 1: July 28, 2007
- Beautiful GirlsSean Kingston · first week at No. 1: August 11, 2007
- Big Girls Don't CryFergie · first week at No. 1: September 8, 2007
- Crank That (Soulja Boy)Soulja Boy Tell'em · first week at No. 1: September 15, 2007
- StrongerKanye West · first week at No. 1: September 29, 2007
- Kiss KissChris Brown Featuring T-Pain · first week at No. 1: November 10, 2007
- No OneAlicia Keys · first week at No. 1: December 1, 2007
Billboard Hot 100, chart weeks of 2007. Spotted a mistake?
If you were born in 2007
- Older than Usain Bolt's 9.58 recordUsain Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds, the world record on August 16, 2009.
- Older than the iPadThe first iPad went on sale in the US on April 3, 2010.
- Older than SiriThe iPhone 4S, the first iPhone with the Siri assistant, went on sale on October 14, 2011.
- Older than the Higgs bosonCERN scientists announced the discovery of the Higgs boson on July 4, 2012.
- Younger than GmailGoogle announced Gmail and opened a preview of the service on April 1, 2004.
- Younger than the iTunes StoreApple opened the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003.
- Younger than the human genome mapThe Human Genome Project was completed (month only; the day is not given by the source) on April 1, 2003.