2007
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2007 (
MMVII) was a
common year starting on Monday of the
Gregorian calendar in the
21st century. 2007 was designated as:
UNESCO has recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.
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January
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- January 1 - Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.
- January 1 - Slovenia adopts the Euro as its official currency, replacing the tolar.
- January 1 - South Korea's Ban Ki-moon becomes the new United Nations Secretary-General, replacing Kofi Annan.
- January 1 - Smoking is banned in all public places in Hong Kong.
- January 1 - Adam Air Flight 574, a routine domestic flight in Indonesia, disappears; debris is found 10 days later, but the aircraft remains missing.
- January 1 - Angola joins OPEC.
- January 1 - War in Somalia: Fighters of the Islamic Courts Union abandon their last stronghold in Kismayo and flee for the Kenyan border.
- January 2 - The new constitution of Gibraltar comes into force.(7)
- January 3 - China conducts an anti-terror raid in Xinjiang.
- January 4 - Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
- January 5 - War in Somalia: The first shots are fired in the Battle of Ras Kamboni.
- January 8 - Daniel Ortega becomes President of Nicaragua for the second time.
- January 8 - Russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany, and Ukraine are cut as the Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates; they are restored 3 days later.
- January 9 - War in Somalia: U.S. planes conduct air strikes in Somalia against suspected terrorists.
- January 9 - An AerianTur-M Antonov An-26 crashes in Balad, Iraq; the Islamic Army in Iraq claims to have shot it down.
- January 9 - Apple Inc. announces and introduces the highly speculated iPhone at the 2007 Macworld Conference & Expo.(8)
- January 10 - President of the United States George W. Bush announces a plan to station 21,500 additional troops in Iraq.
- January 11 - In Bangladesh, a state of emergency is declared by caretaker President Iajuddin Ahmed, following weeks of violent protests preceding upcoming parliamentary elections.
- January 11 - Vietnam joins the World Trade Organization as its 150th member.
- January 11 - China successfully tests a ground-based ballistic missile capable of destroying satellites in orbit, drawing criticisms from other countries.
- January 12 - An Argentine judge issues a warrant for the arrest of former President Isabel Martínez de Perón, in connection with the disappearance of a human rights worker in 1976.
- January 12 - The U.S. Embassy in Athens is attacked with a rocket propelled grenade, which causes minimal damage and no injuries.
- January 12 - Comet McNaught, the brightest comet in over 40 years, makes perihelion.
- January 13 - The Greek ship Server breaks in half off the Norwegian coast, releasing over 200 tons of crude oil.
- January 14 - The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement adopts the Red Crystal as a non-religious emblem for use in its overseas operations.
- January 17 - Hurricane force winds from storm Kyrill claim at least 40 lives in western Europe.
- January 17 - Protests occur in India and the United Kingdom against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother, after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara were allegedly racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.
- January 17 - The Doomsday Clock is advanced from 7 to 5 minutes to midnight.
- January 18 - Comet McNaught, the brightest comet to appear in over 40 years, becomes visible over the Southern Hemisphere.
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Hurricane Kyrill creates havoc as it passes across northern Europe.
- January 18 - The strongest storm in the UK in 17 years kills 14 people, and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.
- January 19 - Israel releases $100 million in frozen assets to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority, in order to bolster the president's position.(9)
- January 22 - A bombing in a market in Baghdad, Iraq kills 88 people.
- January 24 - The Israeli Ministry of Justice announces that the President of Israel, Moshe Katsav, will be charged with rape and abuse of power.
- January 25 - The President of Israel, Moshe Katsav, takes a temporary leave of absence due to a sex scandal.
- January 28 - A battle between insurgents and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops kills 300 suspected resistance members in Najaf, Iraq.
- January 28 - February 4 - The 2007 Asian Winter Games are held in Changchun, China.
- January 30 - Microsoft releases Windows Vista and Office 2007.
- January 31 - The Venezuelan National Assembly gives President Hugo Chávez the power to rule by decree for 18 months.
- January 31 - Delta Air Lines creditors reject US Airways' hostile takeover bid.
- January 31 - The Mooninite scare occurs in Boston, when devices used in a guerrilla marketing campaign for the animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force are mistaken for improvised explosive devices.
February
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- February 1 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair is questioned for a second time in the 'cash for peerages (Cash for Honours)' probe as a witness.
- February 2 - An unseasonal tornado in central Florida kills at least 20 people.
- February 2 - Palestinian factional violence: Hamas and its rival Fatah renew their truce after violence broke out following the initial ceasefire.
- February 2 - Chinese President Hu Jintao signs a series of economic deals with Sudan.
- February 2 - War in Somalia: Eight people are killed in a mortar attack in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.
- February 2 - Martti Ahtisaari unveils a United Nations plan for the final status of Kosovo; Serbian leaders denounce the proposal.
- February 2 - The IPCC publishes its fourth assessment report, having concluded that global climate change is "very likely" to have a predominantly human cause.
- February 3 - The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is found at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm in Suffolk, England.
- February 3 - A state of emergency is declared in Indonesia after 'El Nino'-like flooding.
- February 3 - A truck bombing in a crowded Baghdad market kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339 others.
- February 11 - Portuguese voters agree to legalise abortion in a national referendum.
- February 12 - An armed gunman shoots and kills 5 people at the Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City, Utah, before being killed by the police, bringing the evening's rampage death toll to 6.
- February 13 - North Korea agrees to shut down its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon by April 14 as a first step towards complete denuclearization, receiving in return energy aid equivalent to 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil.(10)
- February 13 - Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as Kuomintang party chairman after being indicted on charges of embezzlement; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
- February 22 - A large fire causes 26 fatalities in the "Reģi" care center in Alsunga, Latvia.
- February 25 - The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, is held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The Departed wins Best Picture.
- February 26 - The International Court of Justice finds Serbia guilty of failing to prevent genocide in the Srebrenica massacre, but clears it of direct responsibility and complicity in the case.
- February 27 - The Chinese Correction: World stock markets plummet after China and Europe release less-than-expected growth reports.
- February 27 - 2007 Bagram Air Base bombing: A Taliban suicide attack at Bagram Air Base while Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney is visiting kills 23, but he is not injured.
- February 28 - The New Horizons space probe makes a gravitational slingshot against Jupiter, which changes its trajectory towards Pluto.
March
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April
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May
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- May 4 - A tornado kills 12 in Greensburg, Kansas, destroying about 90% of the town.
- May 5 - Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 crashes in Cameroon.
- May 6 - French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy wins the French presidential election, succeeding incumbent President Jacques Chirac 10 days later.
- May 7 - The 2007 Chinese slave scandal is exposed.
- May 9 - Subtropical Storm Andrea forms off the coast of Florida, the earliest since Subtropical Storm Ana in 2003.
- May 15 - The coalition government of Fatah and Hamas in the Palestinian National Authority breaks down, as massive fighting breaks out in Gaza Strip.
- May 16 - The United Nations General Assembly, recognizing that genuine multilingualism promotes unity in diversity and international understanding, proclaims 2008 the International Year of Languages weblink.
- May 17 - The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Moscow Patriarchate re-unite after 80 years of schism.
- May 20 - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum of Dubai makes the largest single charitable donation in modern history, committing €7.41 billion to an educational foundation in the Middle East.
- May 20 - Clashes in Tripoli, Lebanon, spark the 2007 Lebanon conflict.
- May 21 - The 19th century ship Cutty Sark is badly damaged by fire in London, UK.
- May 26 - Russia is once again recognized as a full-fledged superpower by the United States.(13)
- May 27 - Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) is taken off the air after the government of Venezuela refuses to renew its license. This action results in protests. On July 16, 2007, RCTV resumes broadcasting via cable and satellite.
- May 31 - A calendar blue moon occurs in the Western Hemisphere and parts of the Eastern Hemisphere.
June
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- June 18 - Nine Charleston, South Carolina firefighters are killed by a roof collapse while battling a furniture store fire.
- June 22 - An F5 tornado tears through Elie, Manitoba; no injuries are reported.
- June 24 - The refurbished Millennium Dome, now called The O2, reopens in London.
- June 24 - Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007: Gordon Brown is elected Leader of the Labour Party UK, succeeding incumbent Tony Blair, and becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 3 days later.
- June 25 - Following the wettest June on record in the United Kingdom, Sheffield and South Yorkshire are affected by flooding. Much of Sheffield, Doncaster and Rotherham is flooded when the River Don breaches its banks.
- June 27 - The military police of the state of Rio de Janeiro invades the favela of Complexo do Alemão, causing a massacre.
- June 28 - In the aftermath of Greece's worst heatwave in a century, at least 11 people are reported dead from heatstroke, approximately 200 wildfires break out nationwide, and the country's electricity grid nearly collapses due to record breaking demand.
- June 29 - British police defuse a bomb in Haymarket, Central London.(22)
- June 30 - A Jeep Cherokee drives into the entrance of the main terminal of Glasgow International Airport in an apparent terrorist incident, resulting in a petrol-driven fire.(23)
- June 30 - A calendar blue moon occurs in most of the Eastern Hemisphere.
- June 30 - The Hawaii Superferry arrives in Honolulu after a 7,600 mile journey from Mobile, Alabama.
July
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- July 1 - Portugal takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Germany.
- July 1 - The Concert For Diana is held at Wembley Stadium to commemorate Diana, Princess of Wales.
- July 2 - Venus and Saturn are in conjunction, separation 46 arcsecs.
- July 3 - Torrential rains cause the onset of the 2007 Sudan floods, the worst in the Sudan's history.
- July 4 - After being held captive for 114 days, BBC journalist Alan Johnston is freed by his Palestinian kidnappers.
- July 7 - Live Earth Concerts are held throughout 9 major cities around the world.
- July 8 - Boeing launches the new Boeing 787.
- July 10 - Zheng Xiaoyu, head of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China, is executed.
- July 12 - Queen Elizabeth II visits the world's largest Commonwealth war grave in Ypres, Belgium to pay respects to fallen soldiers of the Battle of Passchendaele.
- July 14 - Following a presidential decree, Russia withdraws from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
- July 15 - In Tacoma, Washington, the second span of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens to traffic, making it the longest twin suspension bridge in the world.
- July 16 - An earthquake in Japan kills 7 and causes a pipe at a nuclear power plant to break, releasing about 300 gallons of radioactive water.{{fact|date=August 2008}}
- July 17 - TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 overruns the runway of Congonhas-São Paulo International Airport and crashes, killing all 186 and others on the ground.
- July 18 - Nelson Mandela convenes a group of world leaders to contribute their ideas to tackle some of the world's toughest problems.{{fact|date=August 2008}}
- July 19 - Russia expels 4 British embassy staff in a tit-for-tat response over Britain's expulsion of 4 of Russia's diplomats. Russia also refuses to cooperate with Britain over the war on terror.{{fact|date=August 2008}}
- July 19 - Prathiba Patil is elected as the first female President of India.
- July 21 - The final book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is released and sells over 11 million copies in the first 24 hours, becoming the fastest selling book in history.(24)
- July 22 - Floods cause chaos through wide areas of Great Britain, especially the counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Oxfordshire, leaving hundreds homeless and thousands of vehicles stranded on major roads.
- July 22 - A bus carrying 50 Polish pilgrims crashes near Grenoble, France, killing 26 people and injuring 24.{{fact|date=August 2008}}
August
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- August 1 - The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge on I-35W over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota collapses at 6:05 pm CST during the later part of rush hour, killing 13 people.
- August 1 - Scouting celebrates its 100th birthday with worldwide celebrations.
- August 1 - In a decision in the Supreme Court of South Australia by Justice Thomas Gray, Bruce Trevorrow, a member of the Stolen Generation, is awarded $775,000 compensation.
- August 3 - Foot and mouth disease is found on a farm at Wanborough, near to Guildford, Surrey. A UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is put in place the following day.
- August 4 - The Phoenix spacecraft launches toward the Martian north pole.
- August 6 - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrives in the historic Palestinian town of Jericho, becoming the first Prime Minister of Israel to visit the West Bank or Gaza Strip in over 7 years. Olmert meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
- August 6 - The Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County, Utah collapses, trapping 6 miners.
- August 14 - Multiple suicide bombings kill 572 people in Qahtaniya, northern Iraq.
- August 14 - At least 22 people are killed, and at least 39 missing, as a bridge collapses in the southeastern province of Hunan, China.{{fact|date=August 2008}}
- August 15 - An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean.
- August 16 - The Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County, Utah, collapses a second time, killing 3 rescue workers and injuring 6 more.
- August 17 Vladimir Putin issues a statement, revealing that Russia is to resume the flight exercises of its strategic bombers in remote areas. The flights were suspended in 1991 after the Collapse of the Soviet Union.
September
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October
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- October 14 - Robert Dziekanski, a Polish immigrant to Canada, dies after being tasered twice by the Vancouver RCMP.
- October 14 - Al-habileen/lahij: Four citizens are killed on the 44th anniversary of the revolution against British colonial rule in South Yemen.
- October 17 - Whitehaven becomes the first place in the United Kingdom to have one of its analogue terrestrial television signals switched off as part of the digital switchover.
- October 18 - After 8 years in exile, Benazir Bhutto returns to her homeland Pakistan. The same night, suicide attackers blow themselves up near Bhutto's convoy, killing 136, including 20 police officers. Bhutto escapes uninjured.
- October 18 - In New York City, one of the worlds leading art galleries, the Salander/O'Reilly Galleries, is forced into closure amidst scandal and lawsuits.
- October 19 - A gas explosion rocks Glorietta, a shopping mall in Makati, Philippines, killing 11 and injuring more than 100.
- October 20 – November 9 - Wildfires in Southern California result in the evacuation of more than a million people, and destroy over 1,600 homes and businesses.
November
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- November 3 - President Pervez Musharraf declares a state of emergency in Pakistan.
- November 4 - The DARPA Grand Challenge, a prized competition for driverless cars to navigate safely in traffic is scheduled.{{fact|date=August 2008}}
- November 4 - Reformation Sunday is observed by Lutherans and other Protestants around the world, to commemorate the 490th anniversary (October 31) of the Ninety-Five Theses, which began the Protestant Reformation.
- November 5 - The Writers Guild of America goes on a strike that lasts until February 12, 2008.
- November 6 - A suicide bomber kills at least 50 people in Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan, including 6 members of the National Assembly.
- November 7 - Jokela school shooting: Finnish youth Pekka-Eric Auvinen kills 8 people and wounds 1 at the Jokela School Centre.
- November 7 - A 48-hour-long state of emergency for Tbilisi is declared by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, due to the intense anti-government protests that have gripped the capital city.
- November 13 - An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, north of Manila, killing 4 people, including Basilan Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding 6 others.
- November 14 - High Speed 1 from London to the Channel Tunnel is opened to passengers.
- November 14 - A 7.7 magnitude earthquake occurs in northern Chile.
- November 16 - Over 3,000 people are believed to have died after Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, with the death toll expected to rise.
- November 18 - The Zasyadko mine disaster in eastern Ukraine claims the lives of 101 miners.
December
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- December 2 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's proposed changes to the Venezuelan constitution are narrowly defeated in a nationwide referendum.
- December 3 - 14 - The United Nations Climate Change Conference is held at Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia.
- December 5 - Robert A. Hawkins shoots 8 people dead and injures 5 at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, then commits suicide.
- December 7 - Uranus' orbit is positioned such that the sun shines directly above its equator (i.e. an equinox).
- December 8 - The 2007 Africa-EU Summit takes place as European Union and African Union leaders gather in Lisbon, Portugal, for their first joint summit in 7 years. The British and Czech prime ministers boycott the event due to the presence of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
- December 10 - The United Nations deadline for a negotiated settlement on the future of Kosovo passes without an international agreement.
- December 11 - In Algiers, Algeria, 2 bombs explode within 10 minutes of each other, the first near a UN office and the other detonated close to the Algerian Supreme Court. The official death count for both blasts stands at 31.
- December 13 - European leaders sign the Treaty of Lisbon in Lisbon.
- December 13 - The revised version of the European Patent Convention (EPC), known as the EPC 2000, enters into force.
- December 13 - Former U.S. Senator George J. Mitchell publicly releases a report, accusing 89 retired and active Major League Baseball players of anabolic steroid use.
- December 15 - President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf lifts the state of emergency in Pakistan.
- December 19 - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, is announced as Time magazine's 2007 Person of the Year.
- December 19 - An explosion and fire at the T2 Laboratories facility in Jacksonville, Florida kills 4 and injures 14.
- December 19 - The Flying Phantom sinks in the River Clyde, killing 3 crew personnel.
- December 20 - A group of activist Lakota Indians send a letter to the United States State Department, declaring their secession from the Union as the Republic of Lakotah.
- December 20 - An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 ML hits the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, causing 1 death and significant damage in the town of Gisborne.
- December 20 - The Pablo Picasso painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, together with Candido Portinari's O Lavrador de Café, is stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art.
- December 21 - The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the Schengen border-free zone.
- December 23 - Conjunction (astronomy and astrology): A grand celestial alignment takes place.
- December 24 - The Nepalese government announces that the country's 240-year-old monarchy will be abolished in 2008 and a new republic will be declared.
- December 25 - An overcrowded suspension bridge collapses near Nepalgunj, Nepal. At least 15 people are dead, with 100 to 200 missing.
- December 27 - Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated, and at least 20 others are killed by a bomb blast at an election rally in Rawalpindi.
- December 31 - Over 200 people are killed in Kenya, due to riots over the results of the December 27 presidential election.
Births
- February 28 - HRH Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco, daughter of Mohammed VI of Morocco and his wife, Princess Lalla Salma.
- March 12 - Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden, son of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster and Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster.
- March 14 - Simeon Hassan Muñoz, son of Princess Kalina of Bulgaria and Kitín Muñoz.
- March 17 - HRH Prince Abdul Muntaqim, son of HRH Al-Muhtadee Billah and his wife, HRH Pengiran Anak Sarah, the Crown Prince and Princess of Brunei.
- March 19 - HRH Prince Abdullah bin Al Ali, son of Prince Ali bin Al Hussein and Rym Brahimi.
- April 7 - HRH Princess Haalah bint Al Hashim, daughter of Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein and Princess Fahdah Mohammed Abu Neyan.
- April 10 - HRH Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima.
- April 18 - HRH Princess Hayah bint Al Hamzah, daughter of Prince Hamzah and Princess Noor bint Asem bin Nayef.
- April 18 - HRH Prince Lerotholi Seeiso, son of King Letsie III of Lesotho and Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso.
- April 21 - HRH Princess Isabella of Denmark, daughter of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and his wife, Crown Princess Mary.
- April 29 - HRH Infanta Sofía of Spain, daughter of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and his wife, Letizia, Princess of Asturias.
- September 22 - Albert Windsor, son of Lord Nicholas Windsor and Paola Doimi de Frankopan.
- December 17 - James Windsor, Viscount Severn, son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie, The Countess of Wessex.
Deaths
January
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- January 2 - Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
- January 4 - Marais Viljoen, State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
- January 5 - Momofuku Ando, Japanese inventor (b. 1910)
- January 8 - Iwao Takamoto, Japanese animator (b. 1925)
- January 8 - Yvonne de Carlo, American actress (b. 1922)
- January 9 - Jean-Pierre Vernant, French historian and anthropologist (b. 1914)
- January 10 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
- January 10 - Gary Phillips, American keyboardist with The Greg Kihn Band (b. 1947)
- January 11 - Robert Anton Wilson, American author and conspiracy researcher (b. 1932)
- January 12 - Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
- January 13 - Michael Brecker, American jazz musician (b. 1949)
- January 14 - Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934)
- January 15 - Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi politician (b. 1951)
- January 15 - Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi judge (b. 1945)
- January 15 - Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908)
- January 15 - Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (b. 1905)
- January 16 - Benny Parsons, American race car driver and television personality (b. 1941)
- January 17 - Art Buchwald, American humorist (b. 1925)
- January 19 - Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist (b. 1954)
- January 19 - Denny Doherty, Canadian musician (The Mamas and the Papas) (b. 1940)
- January 19 - Bam Bam Bigelow, American wrestler (b. 1961)
- January 21 - Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977)
- January 22 - Abbé Pierre, French priest and founder of Emmaus (b. 1912)
- January 23 - Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish journalist and author (b. 1932)
- January 26 - Gump Worsley, Canadian hockey player (b. 1929)
- January 28 - Cyril Demarne, British wartime firefighter (b. 1905)
- January 28 - Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978)
- January 30 - Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
- January 31 - Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer (b. 1950)
- January 31 - Lee Bergere, American actor (b. 1924)
February
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- February 1 - Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer and librettist (b. 1911)
- February 3 - Ralph de Toledano, Moroccan-born American political columnist and author (b. 1916)
- February 3 - Pedro Knight, Cuban-born musician (b. 1921)
- February 3 - Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners) (b. 1939)
- February 4 - Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934)
- February 6 - Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
- February 7 - Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
- February 7 - Helen Duncan, New Zealand politician (b. 1941)
- February 8 - Anna Nicole Smith, American model and television personality (b. 1967)
- February 9 - Benedict Kiely, Irish author and broadcaster (b. 1919)
- February 9 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
- February 9 - Alejandro Finisterre, Spanish poet, editor, and inventor of table football (b. 1919)
- February 10 - Cardell Willis, American Comedian, and comedic mentor (b. 1937)
- February 10 - Jung Da Bin, Korean actress (b. 1980)
- February 11 - Reginald Hugh Hickling, British lawyer, colonial civil servant, law academic and author (b. 1920)
- February 12 - Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist (b. 1905)
- February 13 - Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (b. 1923)
- February 13 - Charles Norwood, American politician (b. 1941)
- February 13 - Eliana Ramos, Uruguayan model (b. 1988)
- February 13 - Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974)
- February 15 - Robert Adler, Austrian-born inventor (b. 1913)
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