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2007Apr, 23

Peter Randall (GM)

Peter Randall, English sergeant (b. 1930)
Peter John Randall, (20 August 1930 – 23 April 2007) was a British Army soldier and a recipient of the George Medal, and the RSPCA's Margaret Wheatley Cross, for his actions on 8 October 1954 where he saved the life of a fellow soldier and a military dog from a burning truck.

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    IPhone

    Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.
  • 29Jun

    IPhone

    Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
  • 12Jul

    July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike

    U.S. Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
  • 4Aug

    Phoenix (spacecraft)

    NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is launched.
  • 18Sep

    Saffron Revolution

    Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.