At A Glance

21 October 2007 at a glance

Day of the week
21 October 2007 was a Sunday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em.
Top Film of 2007
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2007 was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
Bestselling Novel of 2007
“A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2007.
Top-Rated TV Show
“American Idol” (FOX) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2007–08 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 21 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 21 October 2007 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 21 October 2007 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 21 October

  • 1994 North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
  • 2003 Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
  • 2007 Finnish race drivers Kimi Räikkönen of Scuderia Ferrari won the Brazilian Grand Prix in Formula One. With this result, Räikkönen became world champion, surpassing McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by one point in the drivers' standings.
  • 2011 Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.
  • 2019 In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government.

Famous people born on October 21

  • Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949)
  • Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite (born 1980)
  • Glen Powell, American actor (born 1988)
  • Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (1956–2016)

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Events of 2007 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2007 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 23 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 47th feature film, Meet the Robinsons, is released to the studio's strongest reception since 2002's Treasure Planet, but is a box office disappointment.
  • June 29 – Pixar Animation Studios' eighth feature film, Ratatouille, is released in theaters.
  • July 3 – Transformers, directed by Michael Bay, is released as the first film in the Transformers film series.

Life in the US in 2007

President

George W. Bush

Gas (per gallon)

$2.80

Loaf of Bread

$1.28

Average House

$313,600

Weekly Wage

$676

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