At A Glance

30 April 2007 at a glance

Day of the week
30 April 2007 was a Monday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Give It to Me” by Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake.
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 30 April is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 30 April 2007 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 30 April 2007 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 30 April

  • 1993 CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
  • 2000 Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
  • 2004 U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers committing war crimes against Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
  • 2009 Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  • 2013 Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.

Famous people born on April 30

  • Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model (born 1985)
  • Kirsten Dunst, American actress (born 1982)
  • Ana de Armas, Cuban actress (born 1988)
  • Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American journalist, singer, and prostitute (born 1985)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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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