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May 5, 2007

On May 5, 2007, kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing all 114 aboard, making it the deadliest aircraft disaster in Cameroon. 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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On May 5, 2007

  1. 2007 Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing all 114 aboard, making it the deadliest aircraft disaster in Cameroon.

    2007 aviation accident in Cameroon

    Kenya Airways Flight 507 was a scheduled international passenger service between Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and Nairobi, Kenya with a stopover in Douala, Cameroon, operated by Kenya Airways. On 5 May 2007, the Boeing 737-800 aircraft serving the flight crashed immediately after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Cameroon, killing all 114 occupants onboard.

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Died on May 5, 2007

Theodore Harold Maiman American physicist (1927–2007)

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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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