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April 16, 2007

On April 16, 2007, virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho murders 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide. The year's #1 song was "Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé. Brenda Fruhvirtová, Princess Isabella of Denmark, Mirra Andreeva would arrive in the same year.

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2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2007th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 7th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2000s decade.

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What happened

On April 16, 2007

  1. 2007 Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho murders 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.

    2007 mass shooting in Blacksburg, Virginia, US

    The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting and mass shooting that occurred on Monday, April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. Seung-Hui Cho, an undergraduate student at the university, killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols before committing suicide. Six others were injured jumping out of windows to escape Cho.

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Died on April 16, 2007

Frank Bateson New Zealand astronomer
Gaétan Duchesne Canadian ice hockey player (1962–2007)
Maria Lenk Brazilian swimmer (1915–2007)
Chandrabose Suthaharan Sri Lankan Tamil journalist

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Brenda Fruhvirtová 2007– Czech tennis player
Princess Isabella of Denmark 2007– daughter of King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark
Mirra Andreeva 2007– Russian tennis player
Infanta Sofía of Spain 2007– Spanish princess
Ariana Greenblatt 2007– American actress
Leeseo 2007– South Korean singer

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