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memorial for the Unknown Child of the RMS Titanic, Fairview Cemetary, Halifax, NS, Canada

Russian MIR bathyscaphes perform the first manned descent to the seabed below the North Pole in a bid to strengthen the claim for an extension of Russia's continental shelf.

A series of floods leaves millions homeless in India and Bangladesh.

A highway bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, collapses, sending more than fifty vehicles into the Mississippi River.

The UN Security Council approves Resolution 1769, which calls for a joint UN-AU peacekeeping mission to help bring stability to the war-torn Darfur region in Sudan.

A second South Korean aid worker taken hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan is confirmed dead.

"The Unknown Child" (memorial pictured), whose remains were recovered after the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, is identified as Sidney Leslie Goodwin.

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-{{*mp|August 2}} [[Russia]] performs the first manned '''[[2007 Russian North Pole expedition|descent to the seabed below the North Pole]]''' in a bid to strengthen its [[Continental_shelf_of_Russia#2001_extension_claim|claim for an extension of its continental shelf]].
+{{*mp|August 2}} [[Russia]]n [[MIR (submersible)|MIR]] [[bathyscaphe]]s perform the first manned '''[[2007 Russian North Pole expedition|descent to the seabed below the North Pole]]''' in a bid to strengthen the [[Continental_shelf_of_Russia#2001_extension_claim|claim for an extension of Russia's continental shelf]].
-{{*mp|August 1}} A '''[[I-35W Mississippi River bridge|highway bridge]]''' in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], [[United States|USA]], collapses, sending more than fifty vehicles into the [[Mississippi River]].
 {{*mp|August 1}} A '''[[2007 South Asian floods|series of floods]]''' leaves millions homeless in [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]].
+{{*mp|August 1}} A '''[[I-35W Mississippi River bridge|highway bridge]]''' in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], [[United States|USA]], collapses, sending more than fifty vehicles into the [[Mississippi River]].
 {{*mp|July 31}} The [[United Nations|UN]] [[United Nations Security Council|Security Council]] approves [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769|Resolution 1769]], which calls for a joint UN-[[African Union|AU]] '''[[United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur|peacekeeping mission]]''' to help bring stability to the [[Darfur conflict|war-torn]] [[Darfur]] region in [[Sudan]].
 {{*mp|July 31}} A second [[South Korea]]n [[Humanitarian aid|aid]] worker '''[[2007 Taliban-seized South Korean hostage crisis|taken hostage]]''' by the [[Taliban]] in [[Afghanistan]] is confirmed dead.