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Index — The Year 2007

A master index of all content in this knowledge base, organized by category.

History & Politics

• Virginia Tech Shooting — April 16, 2007; deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history to that point.
• Assassination of Benazir Bhutto — December 27, 2007; Pakistan’s former PM killed in Rawalpindi suicide attack.
• Al Gore and IPCC Nobel Peace Prize — October 12, 2007; shared Nobel Prize for climate change advocacy and science.

See also: History & Politics index

Science & Technology

• iPhone Launch — June 29, 2007; Apple’s original iPhone transforms the smartphone industry.
• Amazon Kindle Launch — November 19, 2007; Amazon’s first Kindle e-reader launches the mass-market digital reading era.

See also: Science & Technology index

Arts & Culture

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — July 21, 2007; fastest-selling fiction book in history concludes the series.
• Writers Guild of America Strike — November 5, 2007–February 12, 2008; 100-day WGA strike reshapes digital residual-pay rules.

See also: Arts & Culture index

Society & Economics

• Subprime Mortgage Crisis and Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Collapse — July 2007; Bear Stearns fund collapse catalyzes the 2008 global financial crisis.

See also: Society & Economics index

People

No dedicated topic files yet.

See also: People index

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• Timeline of 2007 — All notable events in chronological order.
• README / Knowledge Table — Overview and event summaries.