Timeline January 2007

Events in January 2007 17

• 1922 – 2007 Yvonne De Carlo (1922-2007) Canadian-American actress, star of exotic 1940s adventures and Lily Munster in The Munsters.
• 1931 – 2007 Ursula K. Le Guin American novelist Le Guin wrote science fiction and fantasy exploring society, gender, and anthropology.
• 2007 Australian Open 2007 Men: Roger Federer · Women: Serena Williams Federer won without dropping a set.
• 2007 Michael Dell returns as CEO Michael Dell returns as CEO in January 2007, replacing Kevin Rollins as Dell faces declining market share and quality problems. He immediately restructures: cutting costs, improving quality control, and beginning the shift from a consumer PC company to an enterprise IT solutions provider. Dell begins selling through retailers — abandoning its sacred direct-only model — and acquires companies in services, networking and storage.
• 2007 – 2008 1986 EP and Daft Punk Tour Released the 1986 EP, recorded entirely on a vintage Yamaha DX7 synthesiser. Opened for Daft Punk on their Alive 2006/07 tour, introducing his music to stadium-sized audiences.
• 2007 2007: Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Finnish driver Räikkönen, the Iceman, won the title in his first season at Ferrari by a single point, after McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso imploded in a bitter intra-team feud.
• 2007 – 2008 America's Got Talent Hosted the television talent show America's Got Talent for two seasons.
• 2007 Breakthrough with Coffee Prince and White Tower Achieved mainstream popularity with two hit television dramas: the medical drama Behind the White Tower and the romantic comedy Coffee Prince.
• 2007 Netflix streaming launches Video-on-demand revolution begins Netflix launched its video streaming service in 2007, initially alongside DVD rentals. Within a decade it had transformed how the world watches television and film.
• 2007 – 2023 Return as Optimus Prime in Live-Action Films Returned to voice Optimus Prime in Michael Bay's live-action Transformers film, describing the experience as 'slipping into a very old, very comfortable pair of shoes.' He went on to voice the character in all subsequent films through Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), introducing Optimus to an entirely new generation.
• 2007 Romania and Bulgaria join EU EU expands to 27 nations Romania and Bulgaria became the 26th and 27th members of the European Union on January 1, 2007.
• 2007 – 2008 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Published What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, a memoir reflecting on the parallels between long-distance running and writing. By this point he had completed more than 25 marathons and a 62-mile ultramarathon.
• 2007 Yvonne De Carlo dies in Woodland Hills Yvonne De Carlo dies aged 84.
• 2007 Apple launches iPhone — Nokia misses the shift Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone on 9 January 2007. Nokia's internal response is dismissive: the iPhone has no keyboard, poor battery life and an unproven touchscreen. Nokia executives note that the iPhone costs $499 — far too expensive to threaten Nokia's mass-market dominance. They are correct about the price and wrong about everything else. Nokia has no credible touchscreen smartphone in development. Its Symbian operating system cannot compete with iOS. The beginning of the end.
• 2007 iPhone launched Apple reinvents the mobile phone Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone on January 9, 2007, combining a phone, iPod and internet device in one touchscreen device. It transformed the smartphone industry and modern life.
• 2007 iPhone launches — Sony misses the smartphone revolution Apple launches the iPhone in January 2007. Sony, which had pioneered portable music with the Walkman and had years of experience combining music players with mobile phones through Sony Ericsson, is perfectly positioned to lead the smartphone era. It does not. Sony Ericsson's response to the iPhone is slow, its Android devices undifferentiated, its music and content ecosystem fragmented. The company that invented the Walkman watches Apple create the device that kills it.
• 2007 Iraq War troop surge US sends additional forces to stem sectarian violence President George W. Bush ordered an increase of more than 20,000 US troops into Iraq to curb sectarian violence in Baghdad and Anbar province. The surge was completed by mid-2007 and was followed by a marked drop in violence later that year.