What Happened on April 14, 2007

Historical Events

160th Grand National: 33–1 shot Silver Birch, ridden by Robbie Power, edges out McKelvey to win by three-quarters of a length

Event of Interest

At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Events in 2007

Famous Weddings

Carl Weathers

American "Rocky" film series actor Carl Weathers (59) weds third wife, American award-winning producer Jennifer Peterson in seaside wedding in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; divorce 2009

Supermodel Esther Canadas (30) weds MotoGP rider Sete Gibernau (34) in Spain
Two and a Half Men actress Melanie Lynskey (29) weds actor Jimmi Simpson (31) in a chapel overlooking a vineyard on Lake Hayes, near Queenstown, New Zealand

Famous Deaths

Don Ho, Hawaiian-American pop and Hawaiian music singer ("Tiny Bubbles"; "Ain't No Big Thing!"), dies of heart failure at 76
June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author and social activist, dies at 82

Died in 2007 2007 Highlights