| January 1, 2007 |
Falcons Head Coach Jim Mora is fired |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| January 2, 2007 |
Gaspar, a beluga whale, is euthanized at the Georgia Aquarium. He was suffering from a bone disease contracted before coming to the aquarium |
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Georgia Aquarium |
| January 8, 2007 |
Falcons name Bobby Petrino of the University of Louisville as their new head coach |
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Atlanta Falcons |
| January 11, 2007 |
Ralph the whale shark dies unexpectedly at the Georgia Aquarium |
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Georgia Aquarium |
| January 11, 2007 |
14 board members from the Carter Center resign, telling former President Carter We can no longer endorse your strident and uncompromising position. This is not the Carter Center or the Jimmy Carter we came to respect and support. |
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Jimmy Carter |
| January 17, 2007 |
A TSA agent retrieves a water bottle thrown out by Atlanta Falcons QB Micheal Vick and sends it to be tested. Vick waffled over whether to put it in his checked luggage or throw it away. |
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Michael Vick |
| January 22, 2007 |
The Florida Attorney-General's office decides not to press charges for possession of marijuana against Falcons QB Michael Vick. |
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Michael Vick |
| January 23, 2007 |
Willie O. "Pete" Williams, 44, became a free man after spending nearly nearly half his life in prison for rape. DNA evidence, not available at the time of his conviction, freed him. |
| February 2, 2007 |
Former Coca-Cola secretary Joya Williams is convicted of trying to sell Coke secrets to Pepsi |
| February 27, 2007 |
In a daring daylight robbery, two women hold up a Bank of America branch in Smyrna, Georgia. The media dubs them "The Barbie Bandits" and the case garners worldwide attention. |
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Barbie Bandits |
| February 28, 2007 |
Police receive hundreds of tips after releasing closed circuit photos of the Barbie Bandits. One man identifies the girls as strippers "Charli" (Heather Lyn Johnston) and "Adrianne" (Ashley Nicole Miller). |
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Barbie Bandits |
| March 1, 2007 |
Sumter County Regional Hospital in Americus is struck by a tornado, killing 2. |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| March 1, 2007 |
Police arrest the Barbie Bandits and a third man, Michael Darrell Chastang, who is identified as one of the bandit's boyfriends |
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Barbie Bandits |
| March 1, 2007 |
6 people die when an EF-2 tornado destroys a trailer park near Newton. |
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Baker County, Georgia |
| March 24, 2007 |
Lynn Turner is convicted of the murder of Randy Thompson |
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Lynn Turner |
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Whitfield County, Georgia |
| April 2, 2007 |
With Atlanta hosting the Final Four in the NCAA Basketball Tournament, the Florida Gators defeat Ohio State, 84-75 |
| April 4, 2007 |
The Census Bureau reports that the 28-county Atlanta Metropolitan region grew by 890,000 in a ten-year period |
| April 5, 2007 |
An opening day promotion at Six Flags over Georgia snarls traffic on I-20 west of Atlanta |
| April 15, 2007 |
A tree felled by lightning strikes power lines near Waycross, starting the largest wildfire in the history of the state |
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Fires scorch Okefenokee and Southeast Georgia |
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Camden County, Georgia |
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Charlton County, Georgia |
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Ware County, Georgia |
| April 25, 2007 |
Evidence of dogfighting is found on the Virginia estate of Michael Vick. Officers had raided the home to arrest Vick's cousin and his cook on narcotics charges |
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Michael Vick |
| May 5, 2007 |
Fire caused by lightning south of the Okefenokee Swamp |
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Fires scorch Okefenokee and Southeast Georgia |
| May 15, 2007 |
Yolanda "Yoki" King, daughter of Martin Luther King dies in Santa Monica, California from heart problems |
| May 24, 2007 |
Tuberculosis patient Andrew Speaker crosses the U. S. - Canadian border in Champlain, NY. |
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Georgia TB patient |
| May 25, 2007 |
Lawyer Andrew Speaker is quarantined by federal officials |
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Georgia TB patient |
| June 1, 2007 |
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Folkston Post Office celebrated the release of a new "Okefenokee Swamp" Postage Stamp. The stamp is part of the Scenic American Landscape series. |
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Charlton County, Georgia |
| June 2, 2007 |
Tropical storm Barry strikes Pinellas County, Florida and moves northeast, bringing rain needed to douse fires in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp and nearby Waycross |
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Fires scorch Okefenokee and Southeast Georgia |
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Charlton County, Georgia |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| June 7, 2007 |
Virginia State Police announce an investigation with federal authorities into dogfighting at Michael Vick's Virginia estate |
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Michael Vick |
| June 11, 2007 |
Genarlow Wilson conviction for having sex with a 15-year-old is overturned in a Superior Court. |
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Genarlow Wilson |
| June 11, 2007 |
A Monroe County Superior Court judge reduces Genarlow Wilson's conviction to a misdemeanor and orders him freed. Attorney General Thurbert Baker appeals the decision to the Georgia Supreme Court. |
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Genarlow Wilson |
| June 25, 2007 |
Professional wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy and 7-year old son Daniel are found dead in their Fayetteville home. |
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Fayette County, Georgia |
| July 17, 2007 |
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and others are indicted for dogfighting activities at Vick's Virginia estate. Federal authorities believed dogfighting had been ongoing for 6 years. |
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Michael Vick |
| July 18, 2007 |
Castleberry Food voluntarily recalls chili and other products from its Augusta plant following an outbreak of botulism tracked back to the plant |
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Food recall at Castleberry in Augusta |
| July 20, 2007 |
Georgia's Supreme Court hears two appeals, one from the state attorney general, Thurbert Baker, to overturn the Genarlow Wilson plea agreement validated by a Monroe County judge, the second an appeal by a Wilson attorney to release her client on bond. |
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Genarlow Wilson |
| August 3, 2007 |
Former U. S. Senator Sam Nunn met with a group of moderates in New York City to discuss the possibility of forming a third party with a moderate candidate. |
| August 4, 2007 |
Federal authorities bust an illegal still operating in the Chattahoochee National Forest near Clayton, Georgia. It is the largest operation found in the National Forest in over 20 years. |
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William Rabun |
| August 4, 2007 |
San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hits his 755th round-tripper, tying Hank Aaron's Major League record for lifetime home runs with an opposite field smash off Padres pitcher Clay Hensley at Petco Park in San Diego. |
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Bonds Breaks Hank Aaron's career home run record |
| August 7, 2007 |
In the fifth inning of a game against the Washington Nationals, San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds hit his 756th career homer against journeyman hurler Mike Bacsik |
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Bonds Breaks Hank Aaron's career home run record |
| August 20, 2007 |
According to his attorney, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick reached a plea agreement on dogfighting charges that had all but destroyed his football career. |
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Michael Vick |
| August 22, 2007 |
"Barbie Bandit" Heather Lyn Johnston pleads guilty to theft by taking and marijuana possession. |
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Barbie Bandits |
| August 24, 2007 |
Michael Vick's plea agreement to dogfighting-related charges is filed in federal court in Richmond, Virginia. 15 minutes later, the NFL suspends Vick indefinitely. |
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Michael Vick |
| August 26, 2007 |
Warner Robbins team wins Little League World Series, defeating Japan by a score of 3-2. It marked the second consecutive year the championship had been won by a team from Georgia. |
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Warner Robbins wins Little League Championship |
| August 27, 2007 |
Michael Vick pleads guilty in federal court to charges from dogfighting-related charges |
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Michael Vick |
| September 16, 2007 |
Tiger Woods wins the PGA Tournament at East Lake Country Club in Atlanta |
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Tiger Woods wins 2007 PGA Tournament |
| September 20, 2007 |
Friends Kyle DeLapp, Hooman Nourparvar, and Steven M. Gartner receive the Carnegie Medals awarded for extraordinary civilian heroism |
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Carnegie Awards 2007 |
| September 28, 2007 |
Alpharetta-based Net Bank is closed by the Office of Thrift Supervision and its assets turned over to the FDIC. This is the first bank closing in Georgia since 1992. |
| October 20, 2007 |
Sonny Perdue declares North Georgia a disaster area siting falling water reserves and a long-term lack of rain. He asks President George Bush to do the same |
| October 21, 2007 |
Following a sold-out show in The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Kid Rock and his 6-man posse engaged in a fight with Harlen DeJon Akins at a Waffle House. Rock (Robert Ritchie) and 5 other men were arrested after leaving the scene in an RV. They were released Sunday afternoon after posting bond. |
| October 26, 2007 |
Georgia Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision rules Genarlow Wilson's sentence for having consensual teen sex is cruel and unusual punishment |
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Genarlow Wilson |
| November 19, 2007 |
Michael Vick voluntarily begins serving his sentence three weeks before schedule. |
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Michael Vick |
| December 1, 2007 |
Marina, the Georgia Aquarium's ailing beluga whale, died about 2 AM |
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Georgia Aquarium |
| December 10, 2007 |
U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson orders Michael Vick, convicted on charge of conspiracy in connection with a dogfighting enterprise known as "Bad Newz Kennels" from 2001 through April 2007, to 23 months in jail. |
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Michael Vick |
