- September 4
- Three are arrested in a village in central Germany, charged with plotting a bomb attack on Frankfurt airport. [78.54]
- Northeast Nicaragua takes a direct hit from Hurricane Felix. The hurricane is a strong Category 5 storm when it reaches the coast. [38]
- September 6
- A bomb explodes in Batna, Algeria as a crowd gathered to see Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Nineteen people die, while 107 are wounded by the attack. [38]
- September 7
- Spot price of gold on New York Mercantile Exchange hits $700 per ounce. [435.38] [762.10] [768.82]
- September 8
- Over 50 people die when a car bomb explodes in the Algerian port city of Dellys. [38]
- September 9
- In Mexico, a truck hauling 25 tons of ammunium nitrate from an explosives plant to a mine crashes, exploding in a huge fireball, killing over 30 people. [81.40]
- The general election in Guatemala elects the president, vice president, congressmen, municipal mayors, and representatives to Parlacen. [38]
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- Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega finishes 15 years in Miami, Florida Prison for drug trafficking. [81.48]
- September 10
- In Veracruz state of Mexico, six explosions on gas pipelines disrupt oil and natural-gas supplies to factories and thousands of homes. [81.47]
- Death of Ralph Kent, Walt Disney Company artist, 1963-2004. [256.B15]
- In Pakistan, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrives in Wawalpindi from seven-year exile. Four hours later, he is charged with corruption, arrested, and General Pervez Musharraf expels him to Saudi Arabia. [81.14,31]
- September 11
- Russia tests the "Father of all bombs," the largest conventional weapon ever. [5] [38]
- The Government of India issues a notification to exempt foods containing genetically-modified organisms from mandatory approval. [719.ix]
- September 12
- Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and his entire cabinet resign. President Vladimir Putin announces his replacement will be Viktor Zubkov. [38] [81.64]
- In Manila, Philippines, the Sandiganbayan court finds former President Joseph Estrada guilty beyond reasonable doubt on the charges of plunder but acquitted on the charges of perjury. He is sentenced to life imprisonment. [38] [81.52]
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces his resignation, to be effective September 19. [38] [81.14]
- US dollar falls to new low versus euro: $1.39. [81.10]
- September 13
- The Burj Dubai became the world's tallest free standing structure after surpassing the CN Tower in Toronto. [38]
- September 14
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches their first space probe to the Moon, the KAGUYA (SELENE) spacecraft. Its mission is to study surface composition [38] [524.50]
- Viktor Zubkov is approved as the new Prime Minister of Russia after a vote in the Duma. [38]
- The British government makes a public statement that the Bank of England will provide emergency funding to Scotland's Northern Rock. This begins a bank run by depositors. [190.93]
- September 15
- Over 3000 Taiwanese Americans and their supporters rally in front of United Nations in New York City to demonstrate the dedication that UN should accept Taiwan. At the same time, over 300,000 Taiwanese people rally in Taiwan to make the same plea. [38]
- A stony meteorite estimated with 1m diameter travelling at 24,000 km/h plows into a dry riverbed near Lake Titicaca in Carancas in the Puno region of Peru. [57] [521]
- September 16
- One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 crashes in Phuket, Thailand, killing 89 of the passengers and crew. [38]
- September 17
- The European Court of First Instance rules that Microsoft must obey a 2004 order to share networking protocols and offer a version of Windows without a built-in copy of audio/video Windows Media Player, and pay a US$613 million fine. [4]
- The bank run on Scotland's Northern Rock ends when chancellor of the exchequer announces all Northern Rock deposits will be 100 percent guaranteed by the British government. [190.93]
- September 18
- The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates in the U.S. by half a point (0.5 percent) for the first time since 2006 to ease the ongoing panic in the financial markets due to the subprime mortgage crisis. [38]
- Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan after an eight-year self-imposed exile. [190.55]
- September 19
- Typhoon Wipha hits Fuding, China. Authorities had evacuated over two million people prior to the storm's landfall. [38]
- September 20
- Opening of the 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. [38]
- September 21
- The Supreme Court of Chile rules that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori must be extradited to Peru so Fujimori can face charges of corruption and human rights abuse. [38]
- The Canadian dollar reaches parity with the American dollar for the first time since 1976. [375.41]
- September 23
- The Dalai Lama visits Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany. [103.74]
- September 24
- Gordon Brown addresses delegates for the first time as Prime Minister of the UK at Labour Party Conferences in Bournemouth. [38]
- The One Laptop Per Child organization launches the Give 1 Get 1 marketing plan. For US$399, a buyer will purchase two XO computers, receiving one in early 2008, with the other being sent to a child in Cambodia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, or Haiti. [4]
- September 25
- Microsoft releases the Halo 3 video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA. (First day sales: US$170 million, a record. Worldwide sales in the first week: US$300 million, 3.3 million units.) [9] [38]
- September 26
- In southern Vietnam the Can Tho Bridge, which is under construction, collapses, killing scores of workers. [38]
- Emperor Akihito formally swears in Yasuo Fukuda as the 91st Prime Minister of Japan. [38]
- First confirmed deaths resulting from the Myanmar military's crackdown on weeks long anti-government protests. Buddhist monks are arrested and Internet access is cut from the public. [38]
- September 30
- Parliamentary re-elections occur in Ukraine after Ukrainian President Victor Yuschenko dismisses Parliament. Viktor Yanukovich's party wins most votes, with Yulia Tymoshenko's party then winning 31 percent. [38] [188.58]
- General elections in Ecuador: Acuerdo País party wins a majority, with leader Rafael Correa. [188.40]
- July-September
- American automaker General Motors reports a US$39 billion loss for the quarter. [95.8]
- October 1
- Russian President Vladimir Putin announces he will head the United Russia party's list in the December general election, and he is likely to become Prime Minister in March. [188.14]
- Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Gem cruise ship (93,502 gross tons, 2384 passengers) enters service in New York. [73.14] [151.41]
- The minimum age for purchasing tobacco products is raised from 16 to 18 across England and Wales. [38]
- Citigroup and UBS announce writedowns of US$9.3 billion of debt due to the credit crisis. [188.85]
- October 2
- (to October 4) For only the second time, South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun meets with North Korea's president King Jong Il, in Pyongyang. Several agreements are made. [38] [188.50]
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng stock market index hits a new high above 28,000. [188.86]
- Los Ríos Region of Chile officially begins its functions as a new region. [38]
- October 3
- Hundreds of witnesses report seeing a flaming ball cross the skies of Minnesota, accompanied by a sonic boom, and a rain of debris. [521]
- October 4
- Spanish authorities arrest 22 people associated with the banned Batasuna party which campaigns for Basque independence, but also has ties to the terrorist group ETA. [38]
- David Feldman sells at auction Brazil 1843 30-reis, 60-reis, and 90-reis stamp on cover for US$1,162,000, a record for a Brazilian philatelic item. [798.3]
- October 5
- Merrill Lynch announces it would write off about US$5 billion in investments for the quarter, its largest trading loss ever. [132.90]
- October 6
- Presidential election occurs in Pakistan. General Pervez Musharraf is re-elected president. [38] [189.17]
- October 7
- Death of Jim Michaels at age 86, editor of Forbes magazine (1961-99). [189.101]
- October 8
- A consortium of banks (Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander of Spain, and the Dutch-Belgian Fortis bank) announce that shareholders of Dutch bank ABN AMRO have accepted its 72 billion euro (US$101 billion) takeover offer, the world's biggest banking transaction. [189.17]
- October 9
- SAB Miller and Molson Coors announce a joint venture, MillerCoors, to better compete with Anheuser-Busch in the US market. [189.72]
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at a high of 14,164.53. [227]
- October 10
- The SuccessTech Academy school shooting occurs in Cleveland, Ohio. [38]
- The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives passes a resolution calling the Ottoman empire's slaughter of Armenians in 1915-23 genocide. [190.16]
- Shares in Criteria Caixa Corp savings bank of Catalan, Spain, are first traded, raising 3.5 billion euros (US$4.9 billion), Spain's largest ever initial public offering. [189.88]
- October 11
- A small private plane crashes into a house in the Fontibon neighborhood near the El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, killing five on board and two in the house. [38]
- October 12
- Oracle announces a hostile bid of US$6.7 billion for BEA company. [190.85]
- A dedication ceremony is held for the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, Birmingham, Staffordshire, England. [1433.49]
- October 13
- 138 Muslim scholars create a statement appealing for a strategic dialog with Christian leaders. [189.65]
- Local Government Elections are held in New Zealand. [38]
- October 15
- The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China takes place. [38]
- Sir Menzies Campbell resigns as leader of the British Liberal Democrats. [38]
- October
- Stack's auctions a US 1894-S Barber dime in Proof 64 condition for $1,552,500. [548.79]
- October 16
- Stack's of New York conducts the 23rd and final auction of the John J. Ford Junior Collection. After 23 auctions of coins, tokens, currency, and numismatic books, the total price realized is $58 million, a record for a single collection. [768.66]
- October 17
- Whitehaven, England becomes the first place in the United Kingdom to have one of its analog terrestrial television signals switched off as part of digital switchover. [38]
- Turkish parliament votes to allow the government to attack guerillas of the Kurdistan Workers' Party in northern Iraq. [190.33]
- October 18
- Twin suicide blasts kill 140 people at a rally in Karachi, Pakistan, to welcome back Benazir Bhutto. Bhutto escapes uninjured. [38] [191.49]
- In France, transport, electricity, and gas unions hold a one-day strike in protest of a planned reform of allowing those members to retire at age 50 on full pension, rather than at age 60. [190.71]
- October 19
- A gas explosion rocks Glorietta, a shopping mall in Makati, Philippines which killed eleven and injured more than 100 people. [38]
- October 20
- Georgia's governor Sonny Perdue declares a state of emergency due to drought conditions. [38]
- Jungle (open) primary election are held for governor and the legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. [38]
- (to November 9) Wildfires in Southern California result in the evacuation of more than one million people and destruction of over 1,600 homes and businesses. Total damage estimate is US$1 billion. [38] [191.37]
- October 21
- Parliamentary elections are held in Switzerland. Of the 200 seats in the lower house, Swiss People's Party wins 62, Socialists wins 43, Free Democrats wins 31, Christian Democrats wins 31, Liveral Greens wins 23, and the Green Party wins 20. [38] [191.62]
- Parliamentary elections are held in Poland. Civic Platform party wins 41 percent, 209 seats of 460 member lower house, with leader Donald Tusk. Law and Justice party wins 166 seats, Democratic Left Alliance wins 53, and the People's Party wins 31. [38] [191.59]
- First round of the presidential elections in Slovenia. [38]
- October 22
- Mexico and the USA agree on a plan for the US to pay US$1.4 billion in aid over three years for Mexico to fight drug traffickers. [191.46]
- October 23
- The Space Shuttle Discovery is successfully launched on mission STS-120. [38]
- October 24
- In the space of a few hours, Comet Holmes develops a coma and flares up to half a million times its former brightness, becoming visible to the naked eye. Its coma later becomes larger in volume than the Sun, making it the second comet to do so in 2007 after Comet McNaught. [38]
- The Chinese National Space Administration launches its first space probe to the Moon, Chang'e-1, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. [191.49] [524.50]
- Merrill Lynch publishes its third quarter financial results, including a US$8.4 billion write-down resulting from bad mortgage loans. This is the company's first quarterly loss in six years. [132.91] [191.79]
- October 25
- The first Airbus A380 passenger flight, operating for Singapore Airlines, with flight number SQ380, flies scheduled service between Singapore and Sydney, Australia. [38] [189.79]
- October 26
- Apple releases the Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" operating system for Macintosh computers. Price is US$129 for a single user or $199 for up to five computers in a single household. (Sales in the first four days: 2 million copies.) [4] [38]
- October 28
- Elections in Argentina for the President and members of the National Congress. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wins presidential elections and becomes the first female elected president in Argentina. [38]
- The Vatican beatifies 498 Spanish victims of religious persecution from before and during the Spanish Civil War. [38]
- October 31
- World Economic Forum releases The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008, at 11:00 CET. [38]
- A bus bomb in the central Russian city of Tolyatti kills eight and injures over 50 people. [38]
- Spot price of gold on the New York Mercantile Exchange passes $800 per ounce, first time since January 1980. [762.10]
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