In the Amazon Rainforest, a new tribe of indigenous people is discovered. The tribe is called "Metyktire" and is a subgroup of the Kayapo tribe.
Tuesday
Jun 2, 2007
Scotland Yard detectives who went to Jamaica to probe Bob Woolmer's death come to the verdict of the murder investigation saying Bob Woolmer died of heart failure and was not murdered.
Jun 4, 2007
The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games unveil the official logo for the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Paralympics to be held in London, England.
Jun 5, 2007
The British Antarctic Survey announces that the flow-rate of 300 previously unmeasured glaciers increased by 12% between 1993 and 2003, adding to concerns over glacier retreat and the rise in sea levels caused by global warming.
Jun 6, 2007
HIV drug Viracept is being recalled in the UK after it was discovered that it has been contaminated with a substance that could cause cancer.
Jun 7, 2007
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand raises interest rates in New Zealand to 8%, the highest level of any industrialised nation.
Jun 8, 2007
The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with a crew of seven on an assembly mission to the International Space Station on mission STS-117.
Jun 9, 2007
Racehorse Rags to Riches becomes the first filly to win the Belmont Stakes in 102 years by defeating Preakness winner Curlin.
Jun 11, 2007
Majeedah Bolkiah, the daughter of Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei, marries Khairul Khalil, an official in the office of the Prime Minister, in a lavish Islamic wedding ceremony.
Jun 12, 2007
Nigerian author Chinua Achebe wins the Man Booker International Prize in honour of his career.
Jun 13, 2007
A South African public sector strike closes down most of the schools and hospitals in the country.
Jun 13, 2007
Shimon Peres is elected as the President of Israel after opponents bow out in the first round of the Israeli presidential elections.
Jun 13, 2007
Gigantoraptor erlianensis, a gigantic, birdlike dinosaur, is discovered in Inner Mongolia by paleontologist Xu Xing.
Jun 14, 2007
Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins wins the Hart Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League's most valuable player during the 2006-07 season in the annual NHL awards.
Jun 15, 2007
Switzerland opens the world's longest rail tunnel on land, the 34-kilometre Lötschberg tunnel under the Alps.
Jun 17, 2007
Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, is closed for three hours at dawn to allow wildlife experts to trap 80 hares which have bred in recent months and are confusing ground radar.
Jun 17, 2007
Ángel Cabrera wins the 2007 U.S. Open Golf Championship at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.
Jun 18, 2007
The Comcast Center officially becomes the tallest building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after a topping off ceremony.
Jun 19, 2007
A preliminary study by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency indicates that China's greenhouse gas emissions have overtaken those of the United States for the first time, exceeding those of any other country.
Jun 20, 2007
The government of Dubai announces that it has purchased the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 from Cunard Line for US$100 million. It intends to turn her into a floating hotel at the Palm Jumeirah when she leaves service in late 2008.
Jun 21, 2007
Japan changes the name of Iwo Jima to its original name Iwo To to reflect the wishes of its original inhabitants.
Jun 22, 2007
Inflation in Zimbabwe rises to 11,000%. U.S. ambassador Christopher Dell predicts it will reach 1.5 million percent by December.
Jun 23, 2007
The 27 members of the EU agree on guidelines for a new treaty after negotiations to replace EU's current constitution.
Jun 24, 2007
Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as "Chemical Ali" is sentenced to death for his role in killing 180,000 Kurds under Saddam Hussein.
Jun 24, 2007
Mauricio Macri, a member of the National Congress of Argentina and President of Boca Juniors, is elected as the Chief of Government of Buenos Aires.
Jun 26, 2007
On the eve of Gordon Brown assuming office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Conservative Member of Parliament Quentin Davies defects to the Labour Party.
Jun 26, 2007
The Central Intelligence Agency releases the "family jewels", secret documents detailing illegal activities, including a plot to hire members of the Mafia to assassinate Fidel Castro and domestic spying.
Jun 27, 2007
Jamaican-born Floridian Barrington Irving becomes the youngest person, and the first black person, to fly solo around the world.
Jun 28, 2007
UNESCO designates 22 new World Heritage Sites, including Sydney Opera House, Canada's Rideau Canal, Japan's Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine, Turkmenistan's Parthian Fortresses of Nisa, India's Red Fort complexes, the Lope-Okanda Landscape of Gabon, the Richtersveld desert of South Africa, the rock carvings of Twyfelfontein in Namibia, the fortified tower houses of Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China, Teide National Park in the Canary Islands, Spain, ancient beech forests of Central Europe, Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bordeaux and the Port de la Lune in France, the Old Town of Corfu in Greece, the Palace of Galerius in Gamzigrad-Romuliana in Serbia.
Jun 28, 2007
The commercial space station prototype Genesis II from Bigelow Aerospace is launched at 15:02 UTC from Russia by a Dnepr.
Jun 29, 2007
After 16 years of existence, the (US) National Football League announced that it would shut down its European operation known as NFL Europa with immediate effect.
Jun 29, 2007
The EPR nuclear power plant, under construction in Finland and 18 months behind schedule, is reported as having a number of safety-related design and manufacturing 'deficiencies'.
Jun 30, 2007
Hong Kong celebrates the tenth anniversary of the handover from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.
Jun 30, 2007
Archbishop Pius Ncube, the head of the Catholic church in Zimbabwe, calls on the British government to invade Zimbabwe and overthrow President Robert Mugabe.
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