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History & Politics

Events, political developments, and historical milestones from the year 2007.

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Virginia Tech Shooting On April 16, Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 students and faculty at Virginia Tech; the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history to that point, prompting landmark federal gun legislation.
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto On December 27, Pakistan’s twice-former Prime Minister was killed in Rawalpindi by a gunman and suicide bomber, deepening the country’s political crisis ahead of January 2008 elections.
Al Gore and IPCC Nobel Peace Prize On October 12, the Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize jointly to Al Gore and the IPCC for their efforts to raise awareness of man-made climate change and build international consensus for action.