![]() A ban on the movement of all livestock begins in the United Kingdom on the following day.Īthletics star Marion Jones forfeits the five gold medals she won at the 2000 Olympic Games, after admitting to taking performance-enhancing drugs.įormer Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returns to he homeland following an eight year period in exile. The Queen visits the world’s largest Commonwealth war grave in Ypres, Belgium, to pay her respects to fallen soldiers of the Battle of Passchendaele.įoot and Mouth disease is found on a farm at Wanborough, near to Guildford in Surrey. ‘Live Earth’ concerts are held throughout nine major cities around the world. ‘The Concert For Diana’ is held at Wembley Stadium to commemorate Diana, Princess of Wales.Īfter being held captive for 114 days, BBC journalist Alan Johnston is freed by his Palestinian kidnappers. Flooding is worsened when the River Don breaches its banks.Ī Jeep Cherokee drives into the entrance of the main terminal of Glasgow International Airport in an attempted terrorist attack, resulting in a petrol-driven fire. Sheffield and South Yorkshire are affected by flooding, following the wettest June on record in the United Kingdom. Brown becomes Prime Minister three days later. Gordon Brown is elected leader of the Labour Party in the 2007 leadership election, succeeding incumbent Tony Blair. The 33rd G8 summit takes place amid strong protests in Heiligendamm, Germany. The 19th century ship ‘Cutty Sark’ is badly damaged by fire in London.įour people are charged in a terror plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York. The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is found at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm in Suffolk.īBC journalist Alan Johnston disappears in Gaza City on the Gaza Strip.īoris Yeltsin, first President of the Russian Federation (b.1931) dies. Prime Minister Tony Blair is questioned as a witness for a second time in the ‘Cash for Peerages (Cash for Honours)’ probe. Hurricane Kyrill causes at least forty-four deaths across twenty countries in Western Europe. Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with thirteen deaths. The strongest storm to hit the United Kingdom in seventeen years kills fourteen people. Just get in contact with our team of expert researchers who specialize in this field at January 2007 ![]() If you are looking for a specific date and newspaper article, we can help you find it. With many other important 2007 newspaper articles, including those reporting the abduction and later the release of Alan Johnston in Gaza City, a 2007 newspaper would provide invaluable information and views from the time of publishing.Īn overview of some key events from the year 2007 is listed below. Memories of Princess Diana are evoked in July while ‘The Concert For Diana’ is held at Wembley Stadium the concert is held on the day that would have been Diana’s 46th Birthday prior to the 10th anniversary of her death. Gordon Brown is elected as leader of the Labour Party, succeeding Tony Blair, and becomes Prime Minister three days later. I even created this page that only displays the NEWS articles from the NYT front page so that I can more easily ignore the other stuff.Which 2007 events are still remembered and spoken about today because of their public interest and importance? The year 2007 saw the outbreak of a deadly strain of Bird Flu in Suffolk and Foot and Mouth disease on a farm in Surrey. ![]() So recently I’ve been trying to read just news. It’s too easy for me to slip from “I’m opening the NYT to stay updated on breaking news” to “I’ve been reading about holiday hams for half an hour.”Īnd this is probably by design! The NYT would prefer that you not shut your laptop when you’ve finished scanning today’s 10-15 news headlines -so they supplement it with white-collar clickbait like Shopping for Daybeds. If you like reading the non-news stuff, that’s fine! But I often feel like there’s a bait-and-switch happening when I read the NYT. Stuff about scrambled eggs, trendy wool coats, Peloton, etc. ![]() The above analysis shows that less than half of what you read when scrolling through the NYT is news. In this view, scrolling through the NYT is good, while scrolling through Instagram is bad. I think some people view “reading the news” as an educational activity-reading the news means being informed, it means being a good citizen, it means being educated. We won’t solve the “are editorials news?” debate here, but it raises a more interesting question: What are we doing when we read the news? ![]()
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