In 2007, "Irreplaceable" topped the charts, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End packed theaters, a stamp cost 41¢, the average home went for about $247,900.
🎵 Top songs of 2007
"Irreplaceable" — Beyoncé
"Umbrella" — Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
"The Sweet Escape" — Gwen Stefani featuring Akon
🎬 In theaters
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Spider-Man 3
What things cost in 2007
$2.80
Gallon of gas
41¢
Postage stamp
$6.88
Movie ticket
$3.87
Gallon of milk
$247,900
Average home
$23,900
New car
$50,200
Household income
Gas at $2.80 in 2007 works out to about $4.40 in today's dollars, and the brand-new 41-cent stamp to about 64 cents. The $6.88 movie ticket translates to roughly $10.80 now.
The biggest moments of 2007
Apple unveiled the first iPhone in January.
J.K. Rowling published Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Amazon released the original Kindle e-reader.
The Sopranos ended in June with an abrupt cut to black that had millions of viewers convinced their cable had died.
Planet Earth aired on the Discovery Channel, and its jaw-dropping high-definition footage made nature documentaries appointment television.
Soccer superstar David Beckham shocked the sports world by leaving Real Madrid for the LA Galaxy, bringing global glamour to American soccer.
Toys, TV & trends of 2007
Apple's very first iPhone went on sale in June 2007, with people camping outside stores to buy one.
The Webkinz craze hit its peak as kids traded codes and collected the plush pets by the dozen.
Guitar Hero III and Halo 3 were the video games everyone wanted that holiday season.
Disney paid $350 million for Club Penguin in August, officially making waddling cartoon penguins big business.
Super Mario Galaxy sent Mario spinning around tiny planets in November and was instantly hailed as one of the greatest games ever made.
Misspelled LOLcat memes like "I Can Has Cheezburger?" swept the early internet, teaching a generation to talk to their pets in captions.
The music scene
Soulja Boy's "Crank That" became the first big hit to explode from YouTube, complete with a homemade instructional dance video that every school talent show copied. Radiohead stunned the industry by releasing In Rainbows online and letting fans pay whatever they wanted. And T-Pain's melodic robot warble made Auto-Tune the defining sound of pop radio, for better or worse.
At the movies
Hollywood called it the year of the threequel, as third chapters of Pirates, Spider-Man, Shrek, and Bourne all stormed theaters in a single summer. Awards season belonged to the little guys: the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men won Best Picture while tiny indie Juno charmed its way to $230 million. That November, a writers' strike shut down Hollywood scripts for 100 days and scrambled TV schedules into the next year.
Cartoons kids loved
SpongeBob SquarePants
Phineas and Ferb
The Simpsons
Phineas and Ferb premiered on Disney Channel in August, a show creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh had been pitching for some 16 years before anyone said yes. Its inventive daily-summer-project formula and running gags made it that rare cartoon parents genuinely watched along with their kids.
The world in 2007
World population: about 6.7 billion
U.S. President: George W. Bush
The global financial crisis began to unfold
Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union on New Year's Day, bringing the bloc to 27 member nations.
Al Gore and the UN's climate panel shared the Nobel Peace Prize for their work sounding the alarm on global warming.
Estonia became the first country in the world to let citizens vote over the internet in a national parliamentary election.
2007 birthday questions
How old is someone born in 2007?
Someone born in 2007 turns 19 in 2026 (18 if their birthday has not come round yet).
What was the number one song in 2007?
"Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé was among the biggest hits of 2007.
What movie came out in 2007?
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was one of the films packing theaters in 2007.
How much did gas cost in 2007?
A gallon of gas ran about $2.80 in 2007, and a postage stamp cost 41¢.
How much did a house cost in 2007?
The average home went for roughly $247,900 in 2007, against a typical household income of about $50,200.