2007 Timeline

Microsoft Windows Vista and other January 2007 events

Windows Vista, an operating system created by Microsoft was released worldwide to the general public on January 30, 2007. The work on Windows Vista began in 2001, prior to the release of Windows XP and was originally expected some time in the late months of 2003 as a minor step between Windows XP and Windows 7. However, Windows Vista assimilated many of the important new features and technologies slated for Windows 7 and that pushed back the release date of Windows Visat for several times until it was finally announced on November 8, 2006.

Timeline of January 2007 events

January 1
- Germany took over the presidency of the European Union.
- Bulgaria and Romania became the members of the European Union.
- Slovenia adopted euro as its the official currency.
- South Korean diplomat Ban Ki-moon became the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- American football player of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League was shot dead during a drive-bay shooting.
- Kenyan 5000 metres runner Eliud Kipchoge ran a new World Record over 10 kilometres road race in the San Silvestre Vallence race in Madrid.

January 2
- State funeral and memorial services was held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. for the former President of the United States of America, Gerald Ford.
- The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls near Johannesburg in South Africa was opened.
- The War in Somalia: the Somalian government took over the control over southern and central part of Somalia which were held by the Islamic Courts Union.

January 3
- Republican and former Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney as well as Democrat and former Senator, John Edwards announced their candidacies for the President of the United States of America.

January 4
- Democrat Nancy Pelosi was elected the 60th and the first female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

January 7
- The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) and the biggest automobile show on the World opened.

January 8
- The AC-130 gunship of the United States force attacked suspected Al-Qaeda operatives in southern Somalia.

January 9
- Apple Inc. presented iPhone.
- American country-rock musician and co-founder of the Byrds, Sneaky Pete Kleinow died aged 72.

January 11
- The US forces stormed the Iranian consulate in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil and seized six Iranian diplomats.
- David Beckham accepted to join the MLS team Los Angeles Galaxy.

January 12
- A rocket propelled grenade was fired into the US Embassy in Athens. The responsibility had taken by the Greek left-wing terror group Revolutionary Struggle.
- Loise Brown, the first "test tube baby" gave birth to a baby boy.

January 13
- Sao Paulo metro station collapsed.

January 14
- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani visited Syria as the first Iraqi president to pay an official visit to the country after a break since 1980.
- The candidate of the Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, UMP) Nicolas Sarcozy announced candidacy for the President of France.
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez at the Miraflores palace in Caracas, Venezuela.

January 15
- Presentation of the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards was held in Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, USA.

January 16
- German billionaire and founder of food company Oetker-Gruppe, Rudolf August Oetker died aged 90.
- Democrat Senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the President of the United States of America.
- German conservative politician (CDU) Hans-Gert Pöttering was elected the President of the European Parliament.
- Turkish-Armenian writer Hrant Dink was shot dead.

January 17
- European windstorm Kyrill that hit Ireland and Great Britain and one day later German and Dutch coasts caused over 40 fatalities.

January 20
- Democrat Senator Hillary Clinton announced candidacy for the President of the United States of America.

January 21
- The Radical Party won the Serbian Parliamentary Elections but the democratic parties (DS, DSS-New Serbia and G17 plus) won enough seats to form the new Serbian Government.
- Stephane Peterhansel won the Dakar Rally (cars), while Frenchman Cyril Despres won the motorbike rally.

January 22
- A bombing in a market in Baghdad, Iraq killed 88 people and wounding 160.

January 25
- The President of Israel, Moshe Katsav took a temporary leave of absence due to a sex scandal.

January 26
- French duo Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder won the European Figure Skating Championships in Warsaw, Poland.

January 27
- The United Nations condemned any Holocaust denial.
- Carolina Kostner won the European Figure Skating Championships in Warsaw, Poland.
- Serena Williams won the 2007 Australian Open (the Women's Singles).

January 28
- Roger Federer won the 2007 Australian Open (the Men's Singles).

January 30
- Microsoft released Windows Vista and Office 2007.
- The President of Cuba Fidel Castro appeared on Cuban Television with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for the first time in three months.

January 31
- Democrat Senator Joe Biden announced candidacy for the President of the United States of America.