2015 Event Australia's Liberal Party votes in Malcolm Turnbull to replace Tony Abbott as prime minister; Abbott had received majority backing from his party in a no-confidence vote just seven months ago 2014 Event A second round of heavy snow hits the northeastern U.S., with the Buffalo, New York region accumulating over five feet of snow; seven related deaths have been reported and at least 20 travelers have been stranded 2014 Event Four former guards of security company Blackwater have been convicted of manslaughter and murder charges in the shooting of 31 unarmed Iraqi civilians seven years ago in Baghdad; the incident resulted in 14 deaths and 17 injuries 2014 Event Mohammed Zakari, a leader of Islamist militant group Boko Haram, has been arrested by Nigerian police; Boko Haram is implicated in hundreds of deaths and kidnappings, and Zakari is wanted for the recent killings of seven people 2013 Event Iran experiences a 5.6-magnitude earthquake 35 miles from the Bushehr nuclear plant, raising concerns over the risk of radioactive leaks in the event of a major earthquake; seven people die and 30 are injured 2013 Event Seven years after Apple Inc. submitted its request to sell their iPhone under the name "iPhone" in Brazil, regulators denied their request, favoring IBG Electronica, who filed for the trademark in 2000, and was granted permission in 2008 2013 Event After stripping Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France Titles, the IOC takes away the cyclist's bronze medal from the 2000 Summer Olympics; he was found guilty of doping 2013 Event After more than seven weeks of treatment for bronchitis, former U.S. President George H. W. Bush is released from The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas 2012 Event Former award-winning cyclist, American Lance Armstrong, is banned for life from participating in International Cycling Union-sanctioned events and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles based on the findings of a systematic doping investigation 2012 Event Seven new saints are canonized by Pope Benedict XVI, including Anna Schaffer, Kateri Tekakwitha, Marianne Cope and Pedro Calungsod 2012 Event After his decision not to context charges of doping by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Lance Armstrong learns the organization has banned him for life and recommended he be stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles 2012 Event Pope Benedict XVI announces seven new saints - including American saint Kateri Tekakwitha - and appoints 22 new cardinals 2012 Event Queen Elizabeth II marks her 60th anniversary of becoming monarch of the U.K and seven sovereign states in the Commonwealth of Nations 2011 Event According to the U.N. Population Division, the world population has reached seven billion people 2011 Event An extremist explodes a car bomb in Oslo, Norway, killing at least seven people; he then opens fire at a Labour Party youth camp in Utoya, Norway, killing 84 2011 Event Chinese prosecutors claim over 600 people were killed in Yunnan over a seven year period from official misconduct 2010 Event Qantas, British Airways, Japan Airlines, Air France and seven other carriers were fined millions of euros for fixing the price of air cargo between 1999 and 2006 2010 Event Mexican marines arrest seven gunmen they believe were involved in the massacre of 72 migrants at Tamaulipas 2009 Event A Pakistan court charges seven suspects involved in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai 2003 Death Horst Buchholz, actor, The Magnificent Seven, dies at 69 1997 Death Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb', dies at 39 1996 Event "Seven Guitars," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City 1994 Event Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript 1981 Event Seven Brothers Square in Bronx named honoring 7 Santini Bro Moving Co 1971 Birthday Janet Evans, born in Placentia, California, competitive swimmer, 1988 Olympics gold-medal winner, freestyle, seven World records, five Olympic medals 1969 Birthday Graham Coxon, born in Rintein, West Germany, musician, instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, painter, lead guitarist and singer for Blur, art and music is featured on the band's seven albums, including Leisure, 1991, album titled 13, in 1999, and Think Tank, 2003, single-handedly recorded seven solo albums, including The Spinning Top on Transgressive records 1968 Event Sharon Miller wins LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational 1968 Birthday Mika Hakkinen, born in Vantaa, Finland, racing driver, Formula One World Champion, seven times world champion 1967 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational 1964 Birthday Clinton Gregory, born in Martinsville, Virginia, singer, songwriter, recording artist, fiddler, country and bluegrass genres, recorded seven studio albums, chartered 11 Billboard Hot country Singles and Tracks, including Play, Ruby, Play, which reached no. 25 on the charts 1963 Birthday Luiz Mattar, born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, professional tennis player, won seven top-level singles titles and five doubles titles from 1986 to 1995 1963 Birthday Joel Osteen, born in Houston, Texas, pastor, Lakewood Church, ministry reaches over seven million viewers per week in the U.S., author of 'Your Best Life Now' 1958 Birthday Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb' 1955 Birthday Rosanne Cash, born in Memphis, Tennessee, country singer, Seven Year Ache, I Wonder 1952 Birthday John Francome, born in Swindon, England, jockey, National Hunt Champion Jockey seven times, apprenticed with Fred Winter, presenter for horseracing broadcasts on Channel 4 1930 Birthday Johnny Seven, New York City, actor, Ironside, Amy Prentiss 1928 Birthday James Coburn, Laurel Nebr, actor, Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven 1927 Birthday Billy Pierce, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, seven time all star 1925 Event Louis Armstrong records 1st of Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings 1921 Birthday Charles Bronson, actor, Magnificent Seven, Dirty Dozen, Deathwish 1919 Death Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist and writer (Seven Hangs), dies at 48 1918 Birthday Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orchestra leader, Club Seven 1898 Birthday Tom Lowry, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in seven Tests and their 1st Test captain 1862 Event Day 7 of 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill (Poindexter's Farm) Day 7 of Seven Days US15,249 CS17,583 1862 Event Battle of Seven Pines Virginia (Fair Oaks)
