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October 22, 2007

On October 22, 2007, a raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and ten damaged. 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 October 22, 2007

  1. 2007 A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and ten damaged.

    2007 battle of the Sri Lankan Civil War

    The Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base, code-named Operation Ellaalan, was a commando raid conducted on SLAF Anuradhapura an Air Force Base in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The attack happened on 22 October 2007.

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Died on October 22, 2007

Ève Curie French–American journalist and pianist (1904–2007)

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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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