Portal:Philadelphia/news archive/2007
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[edit] 2007
- December
- December 18: Unisys Corp. announces that it will move from Blue Bell, Pennsylvania into Two Liberty Place in Center City, Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- December 16: KYW-TV news anchor Alycia Lane is arrested in New York City for assaulting a police officer. (AP)
- December 13: Former Philadelphia Phillies players, Lenny Dykstra and David Bell are linked to performance enhancing drugs in the Mitchell Report during their time as Phillies players. Seven other former Phillies players were also named in the report. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- December 4: Ed Stefanski is introduced as the new president and general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- November
- November 20: Jimmy Rollins becomes the second Philadelphia Phillies player in a row to be named the National League's Most Valuable Player. (Bloomberg)
- November 17: Philadelphia disc jockey Hy Lit dies. (WPVI-TV)
- November 15: Mayor-elect Michael Nutter announces that Charles H. Ramsey will be the next Police Commissioner of Philadelphia. (KYW-TV)
- November 13: The Philadelphia City Council Rules Committee approves construction of the 43-story Trump Tower. (Daily News)
- November 8: Temple University announces that Mayor John F. Street will teach two courses in the spring semester of 2008. (Philly.com)
- November 6: 2007 Philadelphia mayoral election: Michael Nutter is elected the next mayor of Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- November 1: Head of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, Charles Bennison, is suspended as a result of charges that he concealed his brother's sexual abuse of a minor girl in the 1970s. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- October
- October 26: Prominent judge and Philadelphia native, Lisa Richette, dies in South Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- October 23: WYSP drops talk radio show Opie and Anthony. (Daily News)
- October 21: The new home of the Philadelphia Theatre Company, the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, opens along the Avenue of the Arts. (KYW-TV)
- October 18: Philadelphia city government announces that the Cradle of Liberty Council will have to pay a rent of $200,000, starting on May 31, 2008, or vacate their building. (AP)
- October 18: The owners of the boxing venue The Blue Horizon confirm that the building is up for sale. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- October 4: Mustafa Ali is charged with the murder of two armored-truck guards in Northeast Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- September
- September 27: Bono and the organization DATA accept the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center. (WPVI-TV)
- September 25: The U.S. Department of Transportation gave US Airways tentative approval for direct flights between Philadelphia and Beijing. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- September 15: The Philadelphia Museum of Art's Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building officially opens to the public. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- September 2: A trans fat ban goes into effect in Philadelphia restaurants. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- September 1: The body of Floyd Nelson, father of basketball player Jameer Nelson, is found in the Delaware River. (WTXF-TV)
- August
- August 21: Philadelphia Media Holdings L.L.C. announces that the The Inquirer Building is up for sale. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- August 17: Former basketball player and Philadelphia native, Eddie Griffin dies in a car crash. (AP)
- August 15: Construction begins on the expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (WTXF-TV)
- August 15: Christoph Eschenbach will continue to conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra through the 2009 - 2010 season. (AP)
- August 7: Pacifica Ventures announces its intent to open a film studio in the Philadelphia area in 2008. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- July
- July 29: Former Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bill Robinson dies in Las Vegas. (Newsday)
- July 29: Former KYW-TV news anchor and national talk show host Tom Snyder dies. (AP)
- July 15: The Philadelphia Phillies lose their 10,000th game, the first team in any U.S. sport to lose that many. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- June
- June 29: Mayor John F. Street is criticized for waiting in line to buy an iPhone at a Center City store. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- June 27: The U.S. Census Bureau reports that Phoenix officially surpasses Philadelphia in population rankings making Philadelphia the sixth largest city in the U.S. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- June 18: The Comcast Center officially becomes the tallest building in Philadelphia after a topping off ceremony. (Evening Bulletin)
- June 7: Because of the eviction of the Cradle of Liberty Council by the Philadelphia City Council, Philadelphia would become largest U.S. city without Boy Scout building. (Wikinews)
- June 4: Former president of the Independence Seaport Museum, John S. Carter, pleads guilty to fraud and tax evasion for misappropriating more than US$1 million in funds from the museum. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- May
- May 31: In an unannounced vote, the Philadelphia City Council voted to evict the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts from the building they have occupied since 1928. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- May 23: Mark J. Frisby becomes the publisher of the Philadelphia Daily News. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- May 21: Former president of Independence Seaport Museum, John S. Carter, is charged with fraud and tax evasion for misappropriating more than US$1 million in funds from the museum. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- May 15: Michael Nutter wins the Democratic primary nomination for the 2007 mayoral election. Republican Al Taubenberger ran unopposed. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- April
- April 26: The Philadelphia Zoo announces that three of its African elephants will be moved to Pittsburgh Zoo's International Conservation Center. (Pittsburgh Business Times)
- April 19: Activist Marie Hicks, who led efforts to desegregate Girard College in the 1960s, dies. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- April 17: The jazz club Zanzibar Blue announces that it will close its Bellevue location on April 29. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- April 13: A Commonwealth Court rules that mayoral candidate Bob Brady should not be kept off the primary ballot for not revealing all of his income on his financial-interests statement. (AP)
- April 11: Thomas Jefferson University announces it has sold Thomas Eakins painting, Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand, to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- March
- March 27: The strike at the Community College of Philadelphia ends. (Evening Bulletin)
- March 22: Ann Weaver Hart is officially installed as the first female president of Temple University. (Philadelphia Inquirer).
- March 20: The Maryland Zoo announces it will not be able to take the Philadelphia Zoo's three African elephants. (Philadelphia Inquirer).
- March 13: Faculty and staff at the Community College of Philadelphia go on strike. (AP)
- March 8: Former Philadelphia Phillies player and manager, John Vukovich, dies. (KYW-TV)
- March 6: Milton Street drops out of the mayoral race and is running for City Council At Large instead. (WPVI-TV)
- February
- February 22: The Philadelphia Orchestra announces that Charles Dutoit will be interim chief conductor starting in 2008 - 2009 season. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- February 16: Former WCAU news anchor Ralph Penza dies. (AP)
- February 15: Mayor Street's brother Milton Street announces that he plans to run for mayor on the Democratic ticket. (WCAU)
- February 13: Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid announces that he will take a leave of absence until the middle of March to deal with family issues. (ABC News)
- February 8: Philadelphia City Council passes a trans fat ban for city restaurants. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- February 6: Pennsylvania State Senator Vince Fumo is indicted for fraud. (ABC News)
- February 2: Joey Chestnut wins the Wing Bowl for a second consecutive time. (Philly Sportsline)
- January
- January 26: Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrive in Philadelphia. Their plans include visiting various Philadelphia landmarks. (AP)
- January 25: Representative Bob Brady announces that he will run for the Democratic mayoral nomination. (Daily News)
- January 18: Philadelphia is named the second-best American city to make a film in by MovieMaker Magazine. (Philadelphia Inquirer).
- January 10: Comcast announces it plans to sell its internet, voice and video services to small businesses. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- January 5: Thomas Eakins's painting, The Gross Clinic is moved to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Evening Bulletin)
- January 1: The Mummers Parade is postponed for January 6 because of rain. (Daily News)
