History & Politics
The wars, elections, and assassinations that reshaped world politics in 2007, from the Iraq troop surge to the killing of Benazir Bhutto.
Every History & Politics article in the 2007 knowledge base. Use the topic filters to narrow by sub-topic.
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
On December 27, 2007, Benazir Bhutto — twice-former Prime Minister of Pakistan and leader of the ...
Treaty of Lisbon signed by EU leaders
On December 13, EU leaders signed the Treaty of Lisbon, a foundational constitutional reform stre...
Australian federal election ends 11-year Howard government
On November 24, 2007, Kevin Rudd's Labor Party defeated Prime Minister John Howard's Liberal-Nati...
Al Gore and IPCC Nobel Peace Prize
On October 12, 2007, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 ...
Myanmar's Saffron Uprising—Largest Pro-Democracy Protests...
In September 2007, Myanmar's military junta brutally suppressed the largest pro-democracy demonst...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Columbia University speech
On September 24, 2007, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a controversial speech and...
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Resigns Amid Controversies
On August 27, 2007, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation, effective S...
I-35W Bridge Collapse
At 6:05 p.m. on August 1, 2007, the Interstate 35W highway bridge spanning the Mississippi River ...
Scooter Libby's Sentence Commuted by President Bush
On July 2, 2007, President George W. Bush commuted the 30-month prison sentence of Scooter Libby,...
Gordon Brown becomes UK Prime Minister
On June 27, 2007, Gordon Brown was inaugurated as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeedin...
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
On May 29, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5–4 that the statute of limitations for pay discrim...
Tony Blair announces his resignation as British Prime Min...
On May 10, 2007, Tony Blair announced he would resign as British Prime Minister, ending a decade ...
Nicolas Sarkozy wins the French presidential election
On May 6, 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy defeated Socialist Ségolène Royal with 53.1% of the runoff vote, ...
Virginia Tech Shooting
On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, a 23-year-old senior English major and South Korean national wi...
2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign Begins
Hillary Clinton announced on January 20, 2007, and Barack Obama on February 10, 2007, opening a 2...
Iraq War Troop Surge
On January 10, 2007, President George W. Bush announced a major escalation of U.S. military invol...
Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker of the House
On January 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi was elected Speaker of the United States House of Representative...
Russia-Georgia conflict escalates
Throughout 2007, tensions between Russia and Georgia escalated significantly, foreshadowing the f...
Darfur Conflict in 2007
The conflict in Darfur, a region of western Sudan, emerged in February 2003 and had become, by 20...