Tuesday
Jan 3, 2007
Fourteen-year-old Michael Perham becomes the youngest person to ever sail single-handedly across the Atlantic Ocean, when he completes a six-week voyage from Gibraltar by docking in Antigua.
Jan 5, 2007
Australia beats England by ten wickets in the final Ashes cricket test match. The 5-0 series whitewash is only the second in history, the previous being in the 1920-1921 series. It is the final test match for Australian team members Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer.
Jan 6, 2007
The British Army raises its maximum recruitment age from 26 years to 33, but denies that this is a reaction to a failure to recruit sufficient young people. The normal term of engagement remains 22 years, meaning that some soldiers could still be serving to age 55.
Jan 9, 2007
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone and changes the company name to Apple Inc. at the annual Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
Jan 10, 2007
India launches four satellites at a time with their PSLV-C7 rocket, including the SRE-1 test article, which will return to Earth in a test for a future Indian manned spaceflight program.
Jan 14, 2007
The Red Crystal is recognized as an official symbol of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Jan 15, 2007
64th Golden Globe Awards: Babel wins the Golden Globe Award as best film drama of 2006. Dreamgirls wins the Golden Globe as best musical or comedy.
Jan 16, 2007
The world's first genetically modified chickens have been bred by scientists in Edinburgh. The birds supposedly lay eggs that can help fight cancer.
Jan 19, 2007
The furore over the treatment towards contestant Shilpa Shetty in Celebrity Big Brother 2007, by contestants including Jade Goody, has resulted in Jade being evicted by popular vote from the show, due to heightened concerns over safety, after the issue reached a lowpoint in UK-Indian relations.
Alleged racist treatment of Indian actress Shilpa Shetty on Celebrity Big Brother 2007 draws widespread attention. It has attracted a record 33,000 complaints, death threats and has resulted in cancellation of multi-million pound Big Brother sponsorships and participants' modelling contracts. Prime Minister Tony Blair's likely successor, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown commented on the subject during his India visit and has been mentioned in the House of Commons.
Jan 19, 2007
The Storm Worm Trojan horse infects thousands of computers (mostly private) in Europe and the United States.
Jan 20, 2007
A three-man team, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093 mile trek to reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility for the first time since 1958 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.
Jan 21, 2007
US election 2008: Bill Richardson, currently the Democratic Governor of New Mexico, announces his candidacy for president.
Jan 22, 2007
Indian spacecraft SRE 1 successfully completes a twelve day orbital test flight, making India one of the few nations to return a craft from orbit.
Jan 27, 2007
Serena Williams defeats Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-2, at the Australian Open, claiming her 8th Grand Slam victory, her first in two years.
Jan 28, 2007
Roger Federer defeats Fernando Gonzalez 7-6 6-4 6-4 at the Australian Open, claiming his 10th Grand Slam victory.
Jan 28, 2007
YouTube’s founder says people who upload their own videos to the site will get a share of the ad revenue.
Jan 29, 2007
With the first launch events in Auckland, New Zeland, at 1101 UTC, the global launch of Microsoft Windows Vista commences.
Jan 31, 2007
India’s TATA Steel buys steel giant Corus Group for £6.7 billion, making it the world’s fifth largest steel manufacturer.
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