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29 unusual facts about 2007


Adoption in Australia

The bill was due to be introduced in the spring 2007 session of parliament, but has been taken off the agenda following the 2007 federal election.

Andrew Bridgen

Bridgen is separated from Jackie, who was a Conservative councillor for the Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe ward of North West Leicestershire District Council from 2007 until losing her seat in 2011.

Ann Mallek

Mallek was elected supervisor in the 2007 Virginia elections alongside state representatives.

Australia Card

However, the Howard Government was unable to implement the scheme before their electoral defeat in 2007.

Brian Hancock

More recently, Hancock stood as Plaid's candidate for the Newport West constituency in the 2007 National Assembly Elections, coming fourth with 10.4% of the vote.

CIGL-FM

During the 2007 provincial election morning show host Sean Kelly was absent from the air pending the results of the vote on election day.

Dagenham by-election, 1994

His by-election vote share was the BNP's highest score in a Parliamentary by-election which stood until the Sedgefield by-election of July 2007.

Enhanced geothermal system

On 30 May 2007, then Australian opposition environmental spokesperson and former Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter Garrett announced that if elected at the 2007 Australian Federal Election, the Australian Labor Party would use taxpayer money to subsidise putting the necessary drilling rigs in place.

Fishergate

In the 2003 local elections, the Green Party made its breakthrough in York, winning both Fishergate council seats by a significant majority and these seats were held in the 2007 local election.

Gardanne

Voting is usually towards the left-wing, although rather uncharacteristically Nicolas Sarkozy gained 53.1% of the vote in the second round of the French presidential election, 2007.

Gerry McGeough

In 2007, McGeough declared he would be standing for election in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections against Sinn Féin in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency.

Granny Smith Festival

The Granny Smith Festival in 2007 was of particular significance, in that it became a major campaign venue for the Australian federal election, 2007.

History of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Elections in the Turks and Caicos Islands were held on 24 April 2003 and again on 9 February 2007 with the PNP, led by Michael Misick, winning both.

History of Togo

Parliamentary elections took place on October 14, 2007.

Itaktak Mo

The instrumental version of this song was used by defeated 2007 elections TEAM Unity member, Tito Sotto as his election jingle.

Kung av sand – en liten samling 1983–2007

Kung av sand - en liten samling 1983–2007 was released on August 30, 2007 through Aftonbladet and is a compilation album from Swedish pop artist Per Gessle.

Lydia Simmons

At the Slough Council election, 2007, Simmons was the Labour candidate in Central Ward.

Margaret Vanderhye

She was the Democratic nominee in the 2007 Virginia general election to fill the seat held by retiring incumbent Republican Vince Callahan, defeating Republican businessman Dave Hunt in the general election on November 6, 2007.

Markku Uusipaavalniemi

On September 20, 2006 he announced to be a candidate for Finnish parliament in the 2007 election for the Centre Party.

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2003–2007

Robert Brown was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 3 May.

Nola Fraser

Fraser was again endorsed by the Liberals for the March 2007 election.

Paul McKeever

During the 2007 provincial election McKeever ran in London West where he received 234 votes, 0.47% of all ballots cast.

People Before Profit Alliance

People Before Profit unsuccessfully ran one candidate, Sean Mitchell, in the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, polling 774 first preferences in the Belfast West constituency.

Philip Ozouf

Philip Ozouf Sr, Constable of the Parish of St Saviour Jersey, Channel Islands, see Jersey constable election, 2007

Revesby, New South Wales

He has held it since the 1990 elections and was last re-elected in the 2007 elections.

Sylvia Jones

She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election, representing the riding of Dufferin—Caledon.

Taj El-Din Hilaly

Following his comments on social and legal issues and in the lead-up to the 2007 Federal election, Hilaly proposed to form a political party to represent Islamic interests in the national Parliament.

Togetherness Supreme

After a contested presidential election (Kenyan presidential election of December 2007), the slums erupt in violence and Kamau's world collapses around him.

Valdis Dombrovskis

Dombrovskis was also one of six Members of the European Parliament participating in the European Union's observer mission in Togo for the October 2007 Togolese parliamentary election.


2007–08 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team

PF Ron Anderson (Upper Marlboro, Maryland), a long time AAU teammate of Beasley's, rounded out the class when he was offered a scholarship after a strong AAU showing in the Summer of 2007.

2007–08 Serie D

The nine division winners were automatically promoted to Serie C2 for the 2008-09 season, while the two last-placed teams were automatically relegated to Eccellenza.

Anthony Blair

Tony Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, British Prime Minister 1997–2007

Ben Zabo

Beyond his talents as a guitar player and singer, he specialized in the field of sound techniques, allowing him to be an assistant sound engineer at the studio Bogolan in Bamako (Tamikrest, Ali Farka Touré, Salif Keïta, Vieux Farka Touré) since 2007.

Börde

The district formed with the merger the former districts of Ohrekreis and Bördekreis as part of the local-government reform of 2007.

BrightQube

BrightQube was started in 2007 by Lee Corkran, a decorated combat photographer for the United States Air Force.

Domenico Lombardi

Dr. Lombardi is a former executive board member of the World Bank Group (2005–2007) and of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (2001–2005).

Edwin H. Whitehead

Edwin H. "Ed" Whitehead (February 26, 1925 - May 20, 2007) was a lawyer in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a former Democratic member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, and an early supporter of John F. Kennedy for the American presidency in a state which three times supported Richard M. Nixon.

Flyer Enterprises

::::::::::*Flyer Spirit - A joint venture with the UD Bookstore opened in 2007 to sell Dayton Flyers apparel and memorabilia

Hill Top, Cumbria

In 2007 a replica of Hill Top was built in a children's zoo near the grounds of Daito Bunka University in Tokyo, Japan.

Honey Mitchell

The Mitchells are happy until December 2007, when their landlady, Manju Patel (Leena Dhingra), threatens to evict them.

Imusicapella

He was the winner of the Conductor's Prize for Outstanding Artistic Performance at the 6th Harmonie Festival 2011 in Lindenholzhausen, Germany, and the "Pro Musica Viva Maria Strecker Daelen Preis" Conductor's Prize for the Best Interpretation of a Contemporary Choral Work at the 10th International Chamber Choir Competition 2007 in Marktoberdorf, Germany.

India at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Negi's involvement and the Gold inspired the successful 2007 Shahrukh Khan film about women's field hockey, Chak De India.

Investor Network on Climate Risk

In 2007, more than 20 leading companies, including Alcoa, BP America, Caterpillar, Dow Chemical, DuPont, Ford Motor Co., Johnson & Johnson, and others, issued a formal call for national legislation calling for significant reductions in GHG emissions.

J.B. Mauney

He joined the PBR full-time in 2007 and finished in 3rd place behind Justin McBride and Guilherme Marchi that year.

Jack Blumenau

As the Bell Rings (2007 episodes O Romeo and A Touch of Class, Disney Channel UK) - Tinker

Jammes Luckett

In early 2007, their song "MoreSumthin (Fais Do Do)" was featured in the third episode of the FX (TV Network) show Dirt (TV Series), starring Courteney Cox.

Janil Puthucheary

Since 2007, he has also been an Assistant Professor and Medical Director for Faculty Development at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.

Jeanie Descombes

In recognition of her contribution, in 2007 the Aussie Hearts sponsored her to go to Australia where she conducted many clinics and showed her AAGPBL PowerPoint presentation to hundreds of Aussie women ball players.

Jibou Botanical Garden

The works for the organization of the Botanical Garden from Jibou started between the years 1959-1968, when Vasile Fati (1932-2007), a biology teacher, with the students and with the other teachers manages to prove that the parks around Wesselényi Castle, where the high school was functioning is appropriate for a botanical garden.

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

As of 2007, the editors-in-chief are David D. Ho (Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center), Paul Volberding (San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center) and William Blattner (University of Maryland, Baltimore).

Karen Dunbar

Over Christmas 2007, Dunbar made her first appearance in pantomime, at the King's Theatre in Glasgow, playing Nanny Begood in Sleeping Beauty.

Lee Cormie

Cormie dialed down the intensity a few dozen notches (and connected with material more commonly associated with his age bracket) as the lead actor alongside Daniel Radcliffe in the evocative Aussie coming-of-age picture December Boys (2007).

Left Alone

Dead American Radio, Hellcat Records, 2006 (vinyl release by Durty Mick Records, 2007)

Main Intequam Loonga

Footage from this film was used in the 2007 film Apne also starring Dharmendra as a retired boxer.

Marek Krejčí

He died in a road accident near Maitenbeth in Bavaria in the early morning of 26 May 2007, around 5:40 CEST.

Meldrum

Their second album, Blowin' Up the Machine (produced by Toby Wright), was released through Frontiers in Europe on May 11, 2007, and in the U.S. on September 11, 2007.

Michael Walrath

WGI Group has invested in more than 13 companies since 2007, including Taboola, Optimal, Inc. and Yext.

Modular Recordings

An office in Los Angeles followed in 2007, along with the signing of new acts including Ghostwood, Plug-In City and The Whitest Boy Alive.

Moni Kumar Subba

In 2007, the Central Bureau of Investigation told the Supreme Court of India that Subba's nationality was in doubt, and that existing citizenship proofs were forged.

New York's 25th congressional district election, 2008

After it appeared he might run unopposed in the general election, on April 2 Republican Dale Sweetland, coming off a narrowly unsuccessful September 2007 bid for Onondaga County Executive, announced he'd oppose Maffei.

OTE

In 2007 Marfin Investment Group acquired 20% of the company, and in March 2008 sold it to Germany's Deutsche Telekom which later increased its stake to 25% plus one vote, matching that of the state.

Rauf Inileev

On November 28, 2007 AFC named Rauf Inileev as AFC Asian Coach of Year for impressive campaign of national team at 2007 AFC Asian Cup.

Richard Langmead

He retired as a player in 2007 and began coaching at Old Illtydians RFC.

Rod Rosenbladt

On the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday he was honored with a Festschrift, Theologia et Apologia: Essays in Reformation Theology and its Defense Presented to Rod Rosenbladt (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2007).

Ronato Alcano

In an attempt to defend his title at the 2007 World Nine-ball Championship, Alcano was bested in the last 64 by Daryl Peach of the United Kingdom who ultimately won the title.

Saint Regis University

On 31 January 2007, the New York City Department of Investigation reported that several members of the New York City Fire Department had used "phony degrees" from St. Regis University in order to qualify for promotions.

Sleepwell Deconstructor

Sleepwell Deconstructor is the first album by Trap Them, released on April 3, 2007 on Trash Art!.

The Bluetones

This was followed in June with their first full live album, Once Upon a Time in West Twelve, recorded at the Shepherds Bush Empire on 18 November 2005, and was followed on 29 October 2007, by a live DVD of the same concert under the title Beat about the Bush.

The Fire Eternal

The Fire Eternal is a 2007 novel by an English author, Chris d'Lacey.

The Mannish Boys

The song "Mannish Boy" (originally by Muddy Waters), as performed by The Mannish Boys, was featured during the credits at the end of the 2007 romantic comedy movie, What Love Is.

The Yale Globalist

In 2007, Globalist writers were in Venezuela during the controversial closing of the cable television station RCTV.

Thérèse Bermingham

In 2007, Bermingham attended the 21st World Scout Jamboree and joined 350 young people-a boy and a girl from almost every country-for a sunrise ceremony at Brownsea Island, off the coast of Dorset to mark the centenary of Scouting.

Tom Lyon

Along with Drummond Money-Coutts, he toured Kenya performing magic in 2007, and a DVD, Kenyan Conjurations, was produced about their exploits.

Tony DeSare

With a sexy, distinctive sound, Tony’s 2007 recording, Last First Kiss, spotlights a refreshingly contemporary combination of originals and standards, from Prince’s “Kiss” and Carole King’s “I Feel the Earth Move” to classics like “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To” and Sammy Cahn/Jimmy Van Heusen’s under-recorded gem “Come On Strong.”

Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel

On 1 December 2007 the municipalities Großkochberg and Heilingen, which were independent until this point too, become also part of the municipality Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel.

Vassily Sinaisky

Sinaisky was principal conductor of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra from January 2007 through the 2010-2011 season.

Vortigern

The film The Last Legion (2007), based in part on the novel of the same name (2002) by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, features a highly fictionalized portrayal of Vortigern under the pseudo-authentic name Vortgyn.

Yeon Woo-jin

Kim Bong-hee began his career as a fashion model at the 2007 Seoul Fashion Week and for jeans brand Evisu in 2008.