Baby is sleeping, you have your pens and your glue and you have decided that today is the day you are going to tackle that baby book that has been sitting, still in its box, next to that unfolded pile of laundry. You had visions of your baby, as an adult, flipping through the pages of their baby book, and asking you questions about what life was like when they were born. The only problem is…you don’t remember. The past year whizzed by filled with baby showers, doctor visits and then, of course, the blessed event. You were too busy choosing between rubber-duck yellow and sunshine yellow for the nursery to pay attention to current events, much less go to a movie at a theatre.
Don’t fret, we are here to help again with all the important stuff from 2007. So get out that glitter pen and start writing…
World Leaders:
President George Bush – USA
Prime Minister Tony Blair resigned in June and was replaced by Gordon Brown -UK
President Hu Jintao – China
President Abdul Kalam’s term ended in July and was replaced by Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil- India
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi term ended and was replaced by Yasuo Fukuda- Japan
Dictator Kim Jong-il – North Korea
Prime Minister John Howard – Austrailia
Prime Minister Jacques Chirac replaced by Francois Fillon in May,- France
President Horst Kohler – Germany
President Vladimir Putin replaced by Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev- Russia
Top Stories of 2007
- Nancy Pelosi becomes first female Speaker of the House for the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final installment of the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, arrives in bookstores and into the hands of anxious fans.
- Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron’s record major league home run record.
- US Commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, tells a joint Congressional Hearing that the 30,000 additional troops deployed could return home by July 2008 but that any additional troop withdrawls would be “premature.”
- The Bush Administration issues tough sanctions against Iran and declared its Revolutionary Guard a proliferator of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
- Tensions with North Korea eased when Pyongyang began to disable its nuclear weapons facilities.
- For their work to bring attention to the issue of global warming Former US Vice President Al Gore and the UN Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change, received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Award.
- The US mortgage meltdown is predicted to take a heavy toll on housing prices in 2008 with an average 7 percent decline and a loss of $1.2 billion in property values. It is believed that the resetting of adjustable rate mortgages written in 2004 and 2005 is to blame.
- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination caps a year of turmoil in Pakistan.
Top Selling Music Albums of 2007
1. Daughtry – Daughtry
2. Akon – Konvicted
3. Fergie – The Dutchess
4. Hannah Montana Soundtrack
5. Carrie Underwood – Some Hearts
6. Nickleback – All the Right Reasons
7. Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LoveSounds
8. High School Musical 2 Soundtrack
9. Various Artists – Now 23
source: billboard.com
Top 10 Grossing Movies:
1. Spiderman III
2. Shrek the Third
3. Transformers
4. Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6. I Am Legend
7. The Bourne Ultimatum
8. National Treasure: Book of Secrets
9. Alvin and the Chipmunks
10. 300
source: imdb.com
Top 10 Bestselling Books of 2007
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre
2. The Secret – Rhonda Byrne
3. Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
4. A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini
5. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter – Kim Edwards
6. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
7. Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen
8. The Dangerous Book for Boys – Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
9. I Am America (And So Can You!) – Stephen Colbert
10. You: Staying Young – Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz
Source: USA Today
Top Actors / Actresses (Highest Paid)
1.Tom Cruise – $67 Million
2. Denzel Washington – $38 Million
3. Johnny Depp – $29 Million
4. Tom Hanks – $29 Million
5. Adam Sandler $29 Million
6. Jodie Foster $27 Million
7. Leonardo DiCaprio – $25 Million
8. Brad Pitt $25 Million
9. Will Smith – $25 Million
10. Kiefer Sutherland – $23 Million
11. Nicole Kidman – $22 Million
12. Renee Zellweger – $21 Million
13. Jim Carrey – $20 Million
14. Jennifer Aniston – $18 Million
15. Halle Berry – $16 Million
16. Scarlett Johansson – $16 Million
17. Cameron Diaz – $15 Million
18. Angelina Jolie – $14 Million
19. Jennifer Lopez – $10 Million
20. Reese Witherspoon – $9 Million
Source: Forbes
Popular Sports Figures (in no particular order)
- Tiger Woods (Golf)
- David Beckham (Soccer)
- Maria Sharapova (Tennis)
- Brett Favre (Football)
- Oscar De La Hoya (Boxing)
- Kobe Bryant (Basketball)
- Derek Jeter (Baseball)
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Racecar driving)
- Barry Bonds (Baseball)
As always, let us know if there is any more information you need in the comments. We are happy to oblige.
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