January 29, 2007 (Monday)
- With the first launch events in Auckland, New Zealand, at 1101 UTC (12:01am NZDT, January 30), the global launch of Microsoft Windows Vista commences. (Fox News) (New Zealand Herald)
- Azim Isabekov becomes Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, replacing Felix Kulov. (Kyiv Post)
- War in Somalia (ICU insurgency): At least two people have been killed, including a Somali police officer, during an hour-long gunbattle in the capital, Mogadishu. (BBC)
- Three civilians are killed in a suicide bombing in the southern Israeli city of Eilat. (BBC)