Deaths on January 1

Leon Davidson, American chemist and engineer (b. 1922)

Leon Davidson (October 18, 1922 – January 1, 2007) was a chemical engineer and scientist, one of the team that developed the atomic bomb.

9 Jan

IPhone
Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.
29 Jun

IPhone
Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
12 Jul

July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike
U.S. Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
4 Aug

Phoenix (spacecraft)
NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is launched.
18 Sep

Saffron Revolution
Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.