What is 2007?
{{Year nav|2007}} {{Year in various calendars|2007}} '''2007''' ([[Roman numerals|MMVII]]) was a [[common year starting on Monday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 2007th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|2007}}. The year 2007 was called: * In the [[Chinese calendar]], dates up to [[February 17]] are in the ''Year of the [[Dog]]'', while dates from [[February 18]] onwards are in the ''Year of the [[Pig]]''. * European Year of Equal Opportunities for All * Year of the [[Dolphin]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yod2007.org/en/Start_page/index.html |title=Year of the Dolphin web-site |access-date=2007-04-05 |archive-date=2015-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104203200/http://www.yod2007.org/en/Start_page/index.html |url-status=dead }} {{Cite web |url=http://www.yod2007.org/en/Start_page/index.html |title=オプショナルツアー ドルフィン Year of the Dolphin &nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp; Home |access-date=2007-04-05 |archive-date=2015-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104203200/http://www.yod2007.org/en/Start_page/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[UNESCO]] has formally recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.<ref>[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001457/145755M.pdf Celebration of anniversaries with which UNESCO will be associated in 2006-2007]</ref> == Events == === January === * [[January 1]] – [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]] [[2007 enlargement of the European Union|join]] the [[European Union]]. * [[January 1]] – [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], and [[Irish language|Irish]] become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages. * [[January 1]] – [[Slovenia]] adopted the [[Euro]] as its official currency, replacing the [[Slovenian tolar|tolar]]. * [[January 1]] – [[South Korea]]'s [[Ban Ki-moon]] became the new [[UN Secretary-General]], replacing [[Kofi Annan]]. * [[January 4]] – [[Nancy Pelosi]] becomes the first woman [[Speaker of the House]] in the Uni