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Events in September 2007 11
1917 – 2007Jane Wyman (1917-2007)American actress who won an Oscar for Johnny Belinda, starred in Falcon Crest and was Ronald Reagan's first wife.
1928 – 2007Karlheinz StockhausenElectronic music pioneerGerman avant-garde composer who pioneered electronic and serial music. His work Gesang der Jünglinge is a landmark of electronic composition.
1935 – 2007Luciano PavarottiKing of the High CsOperatic tenor who became one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time.
2007Prince plays 21 nights at the O2 ArenaLondonA record run of shows in London.
2007"The Age of Turbulence" — memoir publishedGreenspan publishes his autobiography 'The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World' in September 2007 — days before the first signs of the subprime mortgage crisis become publicly visible. The book is a bestseller and a valedictory account of his tenure. It contains surprisingly candid political commentary, including his assertion that the Iraq War was 'largely about oil.' Published at precisely the wrong historical moment, the book's optimistic assessment of global capitalism is overtaken by events within weeks of publication.
2007Israeli airstrike destroys Syrian reactorOperation Orchard targets suspected nuclear siteIsraeli aircraft bombed a facility in eastern Syria that was later confirmed to be a nuclear reactor under construction with North Korean assistance. Neither government officially acknowledged the strike at the time.
2007Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007)Died 6 September 2007, aged 88American author Madeleine L'Engle, best known for the children's novel A Wrinkle in Time, died in Connecticut. Her work blended science fiction with themes of faith and family.
2007Jane Wyman dies in Palm SpringsJane Wyman dies aged 90.
2007Northern Rock bank runFirst UK bank run in over a centuryDepositors queued to withdraw savings from Northern Rock after news broke that the bank had sought emergency funding from the Bank of England. It was an early visible sign of the global credit crunch that led to the 2008 financial crisis.
2007Robert Jordan (1948-2007)Died 16 September 2007, aged 58American fantasy author Robert Jordan, best known for The Wheel of Time series, died in South Carolina from a rare blood disease. The series was later completed by fellow author Brandon Sanderson using Jordan's notes.
2007Marcel Marceau (1923-2007)Died 22 September 2007, aged 84French performer Marcel Marceau, who created the character Bip the Clown and became the world's best-known mime artist, died near Paris. He was a French Resistance member during the Second World War before his stage career.