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'''2007''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMVII]]''') will be a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It will be celebrated as the [[International Polar Year]] and the [[International Heliophysical Year]].
==Expected events==
===January===
* [[January 1]] -
** [[Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union|Bulgaria]] and [[Accession of Romania to the European Union|Romania]] [[Enlargement of the European Union|will join]] the [[European Union]].
** [[Irish language|Irish]] will become an [[Languages of the European Union|official working language of the European Union]].
** [[Slovenia]] will adopt the [[euro]] as its official currency, replacing the [[Slovenian tolar|tolar]].
** The [[International Standard Book Number]] (ISBN) code will increase in length from 10 to 13 digits.
** [[Russia]] will be composed of 86 federal subjects instead of 88, as [[Evenkia]] and [[Taymyria]] are merged into [[Krasnoyarsk]] per a [[2005]] referendum.
** [[South Korea|South Korea's]] [[Ban Ki-moon]] will become the new [[UN Secretary-General]], replacing [[Kofi Annan]].
* [[January 3]] - The [[110th United States Congress]] will be sworn in.
* [[January 30]] - [[Microsoft]] is scheduled to release the latest consumer edition of their new [[operating system]], [[Windows Vista]].
===February===
* [[February 3]]-[[February 18]] - The [[Alpine World Ski Championships 2007]] will be held in [[Åre]], [[Sweden]].
* [[February 4]] - [[Super Bowl XLI]] will be held in [[Miami, Florida]].
* [[February 25]] - The [[79th Academy Awards]] will take place at the [[Kodak Theatre]] in [[Hollywood]].
* [[February 28]] - The [[New Horizons]] [[space probe]] will make a [[gravitational slingshot]] against [[Jupiter]] to change its trajectory towards [[Pluto]].
===March===
*[[March 2]]-[[March 4]] - The [[2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships]] will take place at the [[National Indoor Arena]], [[Birmingham]], [[England]] ([[UK]]).
* [[March 3]]-[[March 4]] - Total [[lunar eclipse]].
* [[March 11]] - [[Daylight saving time]] in the [[United States]] and most of [[Canada]] will begin, four to five weeks ahead of the previous schedule, in accordance with the [[Energy Policy Act of 2005]].
* [[March 11]]-[[April 28]] - The [[2007 Cricket World Cup]] will be held in the [[West Indies]].
* [[March 18]]-[[April 1]] - The [[2007 World Aquatics Championships]] will be held in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]].
* [[March 19]] - Partial [[solar eclipse]].
* [[March 24]] - A [[New South Wales legislative election, 2007|legislative election]] will take place in the Australian state of [[New South Wales]].
* [[March 31]]-[[April 2]] - The [[2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]]'s Final Four will playoff at the [[Georgia Dome]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]].
===April===
* [[April 22]] - The first round of the [[French presidential election, 2007|French presidential election of 2007]] will take place.
* [[April 23]] - [[Bogotá]], Colombia, begins its term as [[World Book Capital]].
* [[April 26]] - [[Jamestown 2007]], the 400th anniversary of the establishment of the first settlement of the modern-day United States at [[Jamestown, Virginia]] will be celebrated.
===May===
* [[May 3]] - There will be a [[Scottish parliamentary election, 2007|parliamentary election in Scotland]] and an [[Welsh Assembly Election 2007|assembly election in Wales.]]
* [[May 6]] - The second round (also called runoff) of the [[French presidential election, 2007|presidential election in France]] will be held.
* [[May 12]] - The final of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007|52nd Eurovision Song Contest]] will take place in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]].
* [[May 16]]-[[May 20]] - The [[European Festival of Youth Choirs]] will be held in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]].
* [[May 19]] - The 23rd annual United States National [[Science Olympiad]] tournament will be held in [[Wichita State University]] in [[Wichita, Kansas]].
* [[May 23]] - The [[UEFA Champions League 2006-07]] season final will be held in the [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]].
*[[May 28]]-[[June 2]] - The Urdd National [[Eisteddfod]] will be held in [[Carmarthenshire]], [[South Wales]]
===June===
* [[June 5]] - [[NASA]]'s [[MESSENGER]] spacecraft will make its second flyby of [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] en route to [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].
* [[June 6]]-[[June 8]] - The [[33rd G8 summit]] will take place in [[Heiligendamm]], [[Germany]].
* [[June 10]] - The first round of the [[French legislative election, 2007|legislative election in France]] will be held.
* [[June 17]] - The second round of the [[French legislative election, 2007|legislative election in France]] will take place.
* [[June 20]] - [[NASA]]'s [[Dawn Mission|Dawn]] spacecraft is scheduled to be launched.
* [[June 26]]-[[July 15]] - The [[Copa América 2007]] association football tournament will take place in [[Venezuela]].
* [[June 28]] - Start of the [[Manchester International Festival]]
===July===
* [[July 1]] - [[Russia]] will be composed of 85 federal subjects instead of 86 as [[Koryakia]] will be merged into [[Kamchatka]] per a [[2005]] referendum.
* [[July 7]] - The host city of the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] will be announced at the General Meeting of the [[International Olympic Committee]] in [[Guatemala City, Guatemala]]. The three candidates cities are [[Sochi]], [[Salzburg]] and [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]].
* [[July 7]]-[[July 29]] - The [[Asian Cup 2007]] association football tournament will take place in [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]].
* [[July 7]]-[[July 29]] - The [[2007 Tour de France]] will take place; the ''grand départ'' will be from [[London]].
* [[July 13]]-[[July 29]] - The [[2007 Pan American Games]] will be held in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]].
* [[July 27]]- [[Tony Blair]], [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] expected to resign in favour of [[Gordon Brown]]
* [[July 27]] to [[August 8]] - The [[21st World Scout Jamboree]] will take place in [[Chelmsford]], [[Essex]], [[England]].
* Unknown date - An election will determine 121 of the 242 seats in the [[House of Councillors|Japanese House of Councillors]].
===August===
* [[August 4]]-[[August 11]] - The [[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] will be held at [[Mold]], [[Flintshire]], [[Wales]].
* [[August 24]]-[[September 2]] - The [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]] will be held at [[Nagai Stadium]] in [[Osaka, Osaka|Osaka]], [[Japan]].
* [[August 28]] - Total [[lunar eclipse]]
* [[August 30]]-[[September 3]] - The [[65th World Science Fiction Convention]] will take place in [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]].
===September===
* [[September 2]] - A [[Guatemalan election, 2007|general election in Guatemala]] will elect the [[President of Guatemala|president]], vice-president, [[Congress of Guatemala|congressmen]], municipal mayors and representatives to [[Parlacen]].
* [[September 7]]-[[October 20]] - The [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] will be held, primarily in [[France]] but with three matches in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]] and two in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].
* [[September 8]]-[[September 9]] - The [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] will host its annual meeting in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]].
* [[September 10]]-[[September 30]] - The [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup]] association football tournament will take place in the [[People's Republic of China]].
* [[September 11]] - Partial [[solar eclipse]].
===October===
* [[October 21]] - An [[Ontario general election, 2007|election in the Canadian province of Ontario]] will take place.
* [[October 27]] - An [[Elections in Argentina, 2007|election in Argentina]] will elect the [[President of Argentina|President]] and members of the [[Argentine National Congress|National Congress]].
* Unknown date - An [[elections in Pakistan|election in Pakistan]] is due.
===November===
*[[4 November]] - [[Elections in Turkey|General Elections]] will be held in [[Turkey]].
* Unknown date - The [[Large Hadron Collider]], a [[particle accelerator]] and collider at [[CERN]] in [[France]] and [[Switzerland]], is scheduled to be switched on.
===Unknown dates===
*The [[Republic of Ireland]] is expected to hold a [[30th Irish general election|general election]].
* [[India]]'s [[Five-Year Plans of India|10th Five Year Plan]] comes to an end.
* [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]' [[orbit]] will be positioned such that the [[Sun]] shines directly above its [[equator]].
* The [[Channel Tunnel Rail Link]] from London to the [[Channel Tunnel]] is expected to be completed.
* [[Palm Islands#The Palm, Jebel Ali|The Palm, Jebel Ali]], part of the [[Palm Islands]] development in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]] is expected to be completed.
* The [[Andean Community]] and [[Mercosur]] will fully integrate into the [[South American Community of Nations]].
* A [[Elections in Kenya|presidential election]] will take place in [[Kenya]].
* A [[Elections_in_South_Korea|presidential election]] will take place in [[South Korea]].
* A [[Australian legislative election, 2007|legislative election]] will almost certainly take place in [[Australia]].
==Fiction==
===Books===
* ''[[The Forever War]]'' (1975): some events take place in 2007
* ''[[The Puppet Masters]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] (1951): Events take place in 2007, beginning on [[July 12]].
===Computer and video games===
* ''[[Act of War: Direct Action]] (2005): Events take place in 2007
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]'' (2005): events take place in 2007
* ''[[Half-Life 2: Episode Two]]'' (2006): Events take place in 2007
* ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'': [[Doctor Light (Mega Man)|Dr. Thomas Light]] is awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] for the creation of the [[Robot Master]].
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' (2001): [[Solid Snake]] boards a vessel in [[New York City]] on [[August 8]] to photograph one [[Metal Gear (weapon)|Metal Gear]].
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2]]'' (2004): The second [[Korean War]] begins.
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield]]'' (2003): Events take place in 2007
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]'' (2005): Events take place in summer 2007
===Films===
* ''[[Click (film)|Click]]'' (2006): Michael Newman (played by [[Adam Sandler]]) unwillingly "[[fast forward]]s" himself to 2007, when his next promotion occurs.
* ''[[Death of a President]]'' (2006): [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[George W. Bush]] is assassinated on [[October 19]].
* ''[[The Jacket]]'' (2005): Events take place in 2007.
* ''[[Paycheck (film)|Paycheck]]'' (2003): Events take place in 2007
===Television and video series===
* ''[[Dead Ernest]]'' (1980): Ernest (played by [[Andrew Sachs]]), is scheduled to die by [[God]] in 2007, in bed in [[Lyme Regis]], [[Dorset]], [[England]].
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The episodes ''[[School Reunion (Doctor Who)|School Reunion]]'', ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Age of Steel]]'' (aired 2006) take place between [[January 30]] and [[February 2]], the latter two in an alternate reality. ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'' and ''[[Doomsday (Doctor Who)|Doomsday]]'' likely take place later this year.
* ''[[Macross Zero]]'' (2002): The [[VF-0]] [[variable fighter]] is tested and events take place in 2007.
* ''[[Odyssey 5]]'' (2002): Earth is destroyed on [[August 7]]. The consciousness of the surviving crew of the Space Shuttle ''Odyssey'' are sent back in time by a being known as The Seeker to prevent the destruction.
* ''[[Wild Palms]]'' (1993): Events take place in 2007
==Expected events==
===January===
* [[January 1]] -
** [[Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union|Bulgaria]] and [[Accession of Romania to the European Union|Romania]] [[Enlargement of the European Union|will join]] the [[European Union]].
** [[Irish language|Irish]] will become an [[Languages of the European Union|official working language of the European Union]].
** [[Slovenia]] will adopt the [[euro]] as its official currency, replacing the [[Slovenian tolar|tolar]].
** The [[International Standard Book Number]] (ISBN) code will increase in length from 10 to 13 digits.
** [[Russia]] will be composed of 86 federal subjects instead of 88, as [[Evenkia]] and [[Taymyria]] are merged into [[Krasnoyarsk]] per a [[2005]] referendum.
** [[South Korea|South Korea's]] [[Ban Ki-moon]] will become the new [[UN Secretary-General]], replacing [[Kofi Annan]].
* [[January 3]] - The [[110th United States Congress]] will be sworn in.
* [[January 30]] - [[Microsoft]] is scheduled to release the latest consumer edition of their new [[operating system]], [[Windows Vista]].
===February===
* [[February 3]]-[[February 18]] - The [[Alpine World Ski Championships 2007]] will be held in [[Åre]], [[Sweden]].
* [[February 4]] - [[Super Bowl XLI]] will be held in [[Miami, Florida]].
* [[February 25]] - The [[79th Academy Awards]] will take place at the [[Kodak Theatre]] in [[Hollywood]].
* [[February 28]] - The [[New Horizons]] [[space probe]] will make a [[gravitational slingshot]] against [[Jupiter]] to change its trajectory towards [[Pluto]].
===March===
*[[March 2]]-[[March 4]] - The [[2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships]] will take place at the [[National Indoor Arena]], [[Birmingham]], [[England]] ([[UK]]).
* [[March 3]]-[[March 4]] - Total [[lunar eclipse]].
* [[March 11]] - [[Daylight saving time]] in the [[United States]] and most of [[Canada]] will begin, four to five weeks ahead of the previous schedule, in accordance with the [[Energy Policy Act of 2005]].
* [[March 11]]-[[April 28]] - The [[2007 Cricket World Cup]] will be held in the [[West Indies]].
* [[March 18]]-[[April 1]] - The [[2007 World Aquatics Championships]] will be held in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]].
* [[March 19]] - Partial [[solar eclipse]].
* [[March 24]] - A [[New South Wales legislative election, 2007|legislative election]] will take place in the Australian state of [[New South Wales]].
* [[March 31]]-[[April 2]] - The [[2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]]'s Final Four will playoff at the [[Georgia Dome]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]].
===April===
* [[April 22]] - The first round of the [[French presidential election, 2007|French presidential election of 2007]] will take place.
* [[April 23]] - [[Bogotá]], Colombia, begins its term as [[World Book Capital]].
* [[April 26]] - [[Jamestown 2007]], the 400th anniversary of the establishment of the first settlement of the modern-day United States at [[Jamestown, Virginia]] will be celebrated.
===May===
* [[May 3]] - There will be a [[Scottish parliamentary election, 2007|parliamentary election in Scotland]] and an [[Welsh Assembly Election 2007|assembly election in Wales.]]
* [[May 6]] - The second round (also called runoff) of the [[French presidential election, 2007|presidential election in France]] will be held.
* [[May 12]] - The final of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007|52nd Eurovision Song Contest]] will take place in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]].
* [[May 16]]-[[May 20]] - The [[European Festival of Youth Choirs]] will be held in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]].
* [[May 19]] - The 23rd annual United States National [[Science Olympiad]] tournament will be held in [[Wichita State University]] in [[Wichita, Kansas]].
* [[May 23]] - The [[UEFA Champions League 2006-07]] season final will be held in the [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]].
*[[May 28]]-[[June 2]] - The Urdd National [[Eisteddfod]] will be held in [[Carmarthenshire]], [[South Wales]]
===June===
* [[June 5]] - [[NASA]]'s [[MESSENGER]] spacecraft will make its second flyby of [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] en route to [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].
* [[June 6]]-[[June 8]] - The [[33rd G8 summit]] will take place in [[Heiligendamm]], [[Germany]].
* [[June 10]] - The first round of the [[French legislative election, 2007|legislative election in France]] will be held.
* [[June 17]] - The second round of the [[French legislative election, 2007|legislative election in France]] will take place.
* [[June 20]] - [[NASA]]'s [[Dawn Mission|Dawn]] spacecraft is scheduled to be launched.
* [[June 26]]-[[July 15]] - The [[Copa América 2007]] association football tournament will take place in [[Venezuela]].
* [[June 28]] - Start of the [[Manchester International Festival]]
===July===
* [[July 1]] - [[Russia]] will be composed of 85 federal subjects instead of 86 as [[Koryakia]] will be merged into [[Kamchatka]] per a [[2005]] referendum.
* [[July 7]] - The host city of the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] will be announced at the General Meeting of the [[International Olympic Committee]] in [[Guatemala City, Guatemala]]. The three candidates cities are [[Sochi]], [[Salzburg]] and [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]].
* [[July 7]]-[[July 29]] - The [[Asian Cup 2007]] association football tournament will take place in [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]].
* [[July 7]]-[[July 29]] - The [[2007 Tour de France]] will take place; the ''grand départ'' will be from [[London]].
* [[July 13]]-[[July 29]] - The [[2007 Pan American Games]] will be held in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]].
* [[July 27]]- [[Tony Blair]], [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] expected to resign in favour of [[Gordon Brown]]
* [[July 27]] to [[August 8]] - The [[21st World Scout Jamboree]] will take place in [[Chelmsford]], [[Essex]], [[England]].
* Unknown date - An election will determine 121 of the 242 seats in the [[House of Councillors|Japanese House of Councillors]].
===August===
* [[August 4]]-[[August 11]] - The [[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] will be held at [[Mold]], [[Flintshire]], [[Wales]].
* [[August 24]]-[[September 2]] - The [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]] will be held at [[Nagai Stadium]] in [[Osaka, Osaka|Osaka]], [[Japan]].
* [[August 28]] - Total [[lunar eclipse]]
* [[August 30]]-[[September 3]] - The [[65th World Science Fiction Convention]] will take place in [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]].
===September===
* [[September 2]] - A [[Guatemalan election, 2007|general election in Guatemala]] will elect the [[President of Guatemala|president]], vice-president, [[Congress of Guatemala|congressmen]], municipal mayors and representatives to [[Parlacen]].
* [[September 7]]-[[October 20]] - The [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] will be held, primarily in [[France]] but with three matches in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]] and two in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].
* [[September 8]]-[[September 9]] - The [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] will host its annual meeting in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]].
* [[September 10]]-[[September 30]] - The [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup]] association football tournament will take place in the [[People's Republic of China]].
* [[September 11]] - Partial [[solar eclipse]].
===October===
* [[October 21]] - An [[Ontario general election, 2007|election in the Canadian province of Ontario]] will take place.
* [[October 27]] - An [[Elections in Argentina, 2007|election in Argentina]] will elect the [[President of Argentina|President]] and members of the [[Argentine National Congress|National Congress]].
* Unknown date - An [[elections in Pakistan|election in Pakistan]] is due.
===November===
*[[4 November]] - [[Elections in Turkey|General Elections]] will be held in [[Turkey]].
* Unknown date - The [[Large Hadron Collider]], a [[particle accelerator]] and collider at [[CERN]] in [[France]] and [[Switzerland]], is scheduled to be switched on.
===Unknown dates===
*The [[Republic of Ireland]] is expected to hold a [[30th Irish general election|general election]].
* [[India]]'s [[Five-Year Plans of India|10th Five Year Plan]] comes to an end.
* [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]' [[orbit]] will be positioned such that the [[Sun]] shines directly above its [[equator]].
* The [[Channel Tunnel Rail Link]] from London to the [[Channel Tunnel]] is expected to be completed.
* [[Palm Islands#The Palm, Jebel Ali|The Palm, Jebel Ali]], part of the [[Palm Islands]] development in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]] is expected to be completed.
* The [[Andean Community]] and [[Mercosur]] will fully integrate into the [[South American Community of Nations]].
* A [[Elections in Kenya|presidential election]] will take place in [[Kenya]].
* A [[Elections_in_South_Korea|presidential election]] will take place in [[South Korea]].
* A [[Australian legislative election, 2007|legislative election]] will almost certainly take place in [[Australia]].
==Fiction==
===Books===
* ''[[The Forever War]]'' (1975): some events take place in 2007
* ''[[The Puppet Masters]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] (1951): Events take place in 2007, beginning on [[July 12]].
===Computer and video games===
* ''[[Act of War: Direct Action]] (2005): Events take place in 2007
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]'' (2005): events take place in 2007
* ''[[Half-Life 2: Episode Two]]'' (2006): Events take place in 2007
* ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'': [[Doctor Light (Mega Man)|Dr. Thomas Light]] is awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] for the creation of the [[Robot Master]].
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' (2001): [[Solid Snake]] boards a vessel in [[New York City]] on [[August 8]] to photograph one [[Metal Gear (weapon)|Metal Gear]].
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2]]'' (2004): The second [[Korean War]] begins.
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield]]'' (2003): Events take place in 2007
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]'' (2005): Events take place in summer 2007
===Films===
* ''[[Click (film)|Click]]'' (2006): Michael Newman (played by [[Adam Sandler]]) unwillingly "[[fast forward]]s" himself to 2007, when his next promotion occurs.
* ''[[Death of a President]]'' (2006): [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[George W. Bush]] is assassinated on [[October 19]].
* ''[[The Jacket]]'' (2005): Events take place in 2007.
* ''[[Paycheck (film)|Paycheck]]'' (2003): Events take place in 2007
===Television and video series===
* ''[[Dead Ernest]]'' (1980): Ernest (played by [[Andrew Sachs]]), is scheduled to die by [[God]] in 2007, in bed in [[Lyme Regis]], [[Dorset]], [[England]].
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The episodes ''[[School Reunion (Doctor Who)|School Reunion]]'', ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Age of Steel]]'' (aired 2006) take place between [[January 30]] and [[February 2]], the latter two in an alternate reality. ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'' and ''[[Doomsday (Doctor Who)|Doomsday]]'' likely take place later this year.
* ''[[Macross Zero]]'' (2002): The [[VF-0]] [[variable fighter]] is tested and events take place in 2007.
* ''[[Odyssey 5]]'' (2002): Earth is destroyed on [[August 7]]. The consciousness of the surviving crew of the Space Shuttle ''Odyssey'' are sent back in time by a being known as The Seeker to prevent the destruction.
* ''[[Wild Palms]]'' (1993): Events take place in 2007
