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  • France
    May, 2007
    Carlos the Jackal

    82-83 attacks trail

    France
    May, 2007

    In May 2007, anti-terrorism judge Jean-Louis Bruguière ordered a new trial for Ramírez Sánchez on charges relating to "killings and destruction of property using explosive substances" in France in 1982 and 1983. The bombings killed eleven and injured more than 100 people.




  • Bangladesh
    Thursday May 3, 2007
    Muhammad Yunus

    Yunus declared That He Had decided To abandon His Political Plans

    Bangladesh
    Thursday May 3, 2007

    There was speculation that the army supported a move by Yunus into politics. On 3 May, however, Yunus declared that he had decided to abandon his political plans following a meeting with the head of the interim government, Fakhruddin Ahmed.




  • Argentina
    Tuesday May 8, 2007
    Diego Maradona

    Quit drinking and had not used drugs

    Argentina
    Tuesday May 8, 2007

    On 8 May 2007, Maradona appeared on Argentine television and stated that he had quit drinking and had not used drugs in two and a half years.




  • U.S.
    Tuesday May 8, 2007
    Java (programming language)

    JVM Finished

    U.S.
    Tuesday May 8, 2007

    On 8 May 2007, Sun finished the process of Java virtual machine, making all of its core code available under free software/open-source distribution terms, aside from a small portion of code to which Sun did not hold the copyright.




  • Worldwide
    May, 2007
    Java (programming language)

    Alternative Implementations

    Worldwide
    May, 2007

    As of May 2007, in compliance with the specifications of the Java Community Process, Sun had relicensed most of its Java technologies under the GNU General Public License. Meanwhile, others have developed alternative implementations of these Sun technologies, such as the GNU Compiler for Java (bytecode compiler), GNU Classpath (standard libraries), and IcedTea-Web (browser plugin for applets).




  • England
    Wednesday May 16, 2007
    Prince Harry

    Dannatt's announcement

    England
    Wednesday May 16, 2007

    Harry was scheduled for deployment in May or June 2007, to patrol the Maysan Governorate. By 16 May, however, Dannatt announced that Harry would not serve in Iraq; concerns included Harry being a high-value target (as several threats by various groups had already been made against him) and the dangers the soldiers around him would face should any attempt be made on his life or if he was captured. Clarence House made public Harry's disappointment with the decision, though he said he would abide by it.




  • Caracas, Venzuela
    Thursday May 17, 2007
    Hugo Chávez

    The Government Rejection

    Caracas, Venzuela
    Thursday May 17, 2007

    On 17 May 2007, the government rejected a plea made by RCTV to stop the TV station's forced shutdown.


  • Milan, Italy
    Thursday May 17, 2007
    Francesco Totti

    Won the Coppa Italia

    Milan, Italy
    Thursday May 17, 2007

    Roma won the Coppa Italia final against league champions Inter with a 6–2 victory at home (Totti scored the opening goal after 50 seconds) and a 2–1 defeat at the San Siro in Milan.


  • France
    Friday May 18, 2007
    Christine Lagarde

    The Ministry of Agriculture

    France
    Friday May 18, 2007

    On 18 May 2007, she was moved to the Ministry of Agriculture as part of the government of François Fillon.


  • Athens, Greece
    Wednesday May 23, 2007
    Kaká

    Won the Champions League

    Athens, Greece
    Wednesday May 23, 2007

    Kaká won the Champions League title when Milan defeated Liverpool 2–1 on 23 May 2007, avenging the previous loss on penalties two years before.


  • U.S.
    Thursday May 24, 2007
    Mark Zuckerberg

    Social Applications within Facebook

    U.S.
    Thursday May 24, 2007

    On May 24, 2007, Zuckerberg announced Facebook Platform, a development platform for programmers to create social applications within Facebook.


  • United States Capitol, Washington D.C., U.S.
    May, 2007
    September 11 (9/11) Attacks

    Legislation to Make the Review Public

    United States Capitol, Washington D.C., U.S.
    May, 2007

    In May 2007, senators from both major U.S. political parties drafted legislation to make the review public. One of the backers, Senator Ron Wyden said, "The American people have a right to know what the Central Intelligence Agency was doing in those critical months before 9/11".


  • FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
    Thursday May 31, 2007
    Sepp Blatter

    2007 Election

    FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
    Thursday May 31, 2007

    Blatter was re-elected unopposed for another four years on 31 May 2007, even though only 66 of 207 FIFA members nominated him.


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