ARGONAUTS.CA STAFF
TORONTO – With your Boatmen set to host their first playoff game since 2007 on Sunday, November 11, Argonauts.ca started to think: what else happened that year?
JANUARY 9, 2007 – Apple mogul Steve jobs announced the release of the first ever IPhone. There have been over five variations of the device since.
JANUARY 19, 2007 – A young mother from Stratford, Ontario posted a video of her then 12-year-old son singing in a competition. He has now solidified himself as the main act for the halftime show for the 100th Grey Cup game.
FEBRUARY 25, 2007 – The 79th Academy Awards were hosted at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, with The Departed taking home Best Picture.
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MARCH 12, 2007 – Mark Cohon named CFL commissioner.
JUNE 15, 2007 – Legendary host of The Price is Right, Bob Barker, airs his final episode.
JULY 21, 2007 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, the final book of the bestselling Harry Potter series is released.
JULY 26, 2007 – Argos slotback Derrell Mitchell surpassed Paul Masotti as the franchise’s leading receiver.
NOVEMBER 25, 2007 – The last time the city of Toronto hosted the Grey Cup, with the Saskatchewan Roughriders hoisting the cup on the Rogers Centre turf. The halftime show featured none other than Lenny Kravitz.
$370,000,000 – The amount in US funds handed out by Mega Millions Lottery in the United States, a world record that has currently not been surpassed.
$963,420,425 – The amount of money the highest grossing movie, Pirate’s of the Caribbean: at World’s End, made in the box offices Worldwide.
9 – The number of weeks that “Apologize” by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic stayed atop the charts as the # 1 single in Canada.
26 & 21 – Current free safety Jordan Younger and current Defensive Backs Coach Orlondo Steinauer were both named CFL All-Stars for your Toronto Argonauts. Steinauer was named an All-Star at Youngers current position.
95.9 – The lowest recorded price for gas during the year in Canada.