2007 Timeline

Luciano Pavarotti died and other September 2007 events

Italian tenor and one of the most beloved vocal performers, Luciano Pavarotti died at age 71 on September 6, 2007. Pavarotti was one of The Three Tenors (next to Plácido Domingo and José Carreras) and was well known for his televised concerts and media appearances. He was also noted for his charity concerts "Pavarotti and Friends" annually hosted in his home town of Modena in Italy, joining with singers from all parts of the music industry to raise money for several UN causes.

Timeline of September 2007 events

September 2
- British troops withdrew from the southern Iraqi city of Basra and handed it over to Iraqi control.
- Danish police clashed with hundreds of rioting youths in Copenhagen.
- The United States of America won the FIBA Americas Championship 2007.

September 3
- Panama started the works to widen the Panama Canal.

September 4
- At least 25 people were killed and 70 more were wounded killed in two bomb blasts near the town of Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
- Hurricane Felix hit Northeast Nicaragua, killing over 130 people.

September 6
- Italian opera legend Luciano Pavarotti died at age 71.
- 19 people were killed and 107 more were wounded in a suicide bombing against a crowd of people waiting for a visit of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Batna, Algeria.

September 8
- At least 28 were killed and 60 more were wounded in a car bomb attack in Dellys, Algeria.
- The al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden appeared on a video for the first time since October 2004.
- Belgian tennis player Justin Henin won the US Open (the Women's Singles).

September 9
- Swiss tennis player Roger Federer won the US Open (the Men's Singles).

September 10
- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan but was promptly sent back into exile in Saudi Arabia.

September 12
- Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and nominated Viktor Zubkov his successor.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned.

September 13
- FIA stripped McLaren of their points in the 2007 Formula One constructors' championship after the outcome of the "spygate" row.

September 14
- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto announced her return to Pakistan on October 18.

September 16
- At least 88 people were killed in a plane crash in the tourist resort of Phuket in southern Thailand.

September 17
- US President George W. Bush named retired federal judge Michael Mukasey as successor of former US Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales.
- The governing conservative party of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis won Greece's general election.

September 19
- 7 people, including anti-Syrian Parliament member Antoine Ghanim, were killed in a car bomb attack in Beirut, Lebanon.
- Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov resigned.

September 20
- US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns resigned.

September 22
- Chile extradited former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori to Peru to face charges of human rights abuse and corruption.

September 24
- Between 30,000 and 100,000 people demonstrated against the military junta's government in Rangoon, Burma.
- India won the ICC Twenty20 WorldCup.

September 25
- Japan's parliament elected Yasuo Fukuda the new prime minister.

September 28
- Burmese soldiers broke up the anti-government protests.
- About 15,000 people protested against Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi.

September 30
- The President of the Bosnian Serb republic Milan Jelic died at age 51.
- The Party of Regions of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych won the Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections but the two Orange bloc parties won the majority.