Timeline November 2007

Events in November 2007 11

• 2007 AMD Barcelona — delayed and disappointing AMD introduces the Barcelona (Phenom) quad-core processor in November 2007 — its answer to Intel's quad-core offerings. Barcelona is delayed by six months and launches with a critical bug (TLB errata) that requires a BIOS workaround reducing performance. The processor is slower than Intel's Core 2 Quad in most benchmarks. AMD is forced into further price cuts. Jerry Sanders had retired in 2002; his successor Hector Ruiz is battling a company that is losing on technology, losing on price and drowning in ATI acquisition debt.
• 2007 Album "X" released First album following her cancer recovery X, released in November 2007, was Minogue's first album following her recovery from breast cancer and included the single "2 Hearts." Its release was seen as both a musical and personal milestone marking her full return to her career.
• 2007 Hosts Saturday Night Live Showcases comedic persona to a national audience Manning hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live, appearing in sketches including the widely replayed "United Way" commercial parody in which he played an increasingly aggressive youth football coach. The appearance highlighted a self-deprecating comedic side that expanded his popularity beyond football fans and helped make him one of the most sought-after athlete pitchmen in advertising. It became one of the most frequently cited athlete-hosted episodes in the show's history.
• 2007 F-15C breaks apart in flight Fleet grounded A Missouri Air National Guard F-15C breaks apart during a training flight. The pilot survives and the entire F-15 fleet is grounded while cracked longerons are found.
• 2007 Android launched Google's mobile operating system debuts Google announced the Android mobile operating system on November 5, 2007. It grew to power over 70% of the world's smartphones, fundamentally changing computing and communications.
• 2007 Norman Mailer (1923-2007) Died 10 November 2007, aged 84 American novelist and journalist Norman Mailer, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a pioneer of New Journalism, died in New York City. His works included The Naked and the Dead and The Executioner's Song.
• 2007 Amazon Kindle launched First e-reader from Amazon sells out in hours Amazon released the first Kindle e-reader, which sold out within five and a half hours of going on sale. It helped popularize e-books and digital reading devices.
• 2007 Kevin Rudd elected Australian Prime Minister Labor ends over a decade of Liberal government Kevin Rudd led the Australian Labor Party to victory over incumbent John Howard, ending nearly twelve years of Liberal-National coalition rule. Rudd was sworn in as Prime Minister in December 2007.
• 2007 Annapolis Conference on Middle East peace Israeli and Palestinian leaders resume negotiations The United States hosted Israeli and Palestinian leaders along with representatives from dozens of countries in Annapolis, Maryland, to relaunch peace negotiations. The conference produced a joint statement committing both sides to reach a peace agreement by the end of 2008.
• 2007 Sean Taylor (1983-2007) Died 27 November 2007, aged 24 American football safety Sean Taylor of the Washington Redskins died after being shot during a home invasion in Miami. His death led to a wave of tributes across the National Football League.
• 2007 Evel Knievel (1938-2007) Died 30 November 2007, aged 69 American stunt performer Evel Knievel, famous for his motorcycle jumps over canyons, buses, and fountains, died in Florida after years of declining health. He remains one of the most recognized figures in American daredevil entertainment.