1907
1907 (
MCMVII) was a
common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the
Gregorian calendar (or a
common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower
Julian calendar).
January
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January 6 -
Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for
working class children in
Rome (
Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo).
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January 14 - An earthquake in
Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
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January 23 -
Charles Curtis from
Kansas, becomes the first
Native American US Senator.
February
March
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March 5 - The new
Duma is opened in
St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators had to be dispersed by
Russian troops.
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March 15 -
16 - First parliamentary elections in Finland, the first elections in the world with woman candidates as well as the first elections in Europe where universal suffrage was applied.
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March 18 - Train robbery in
Sweden (first and only as of 2004)*
March 22 - The first
cabs with
taxi meters began operating in London.
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1907 Romanian Peasants' RevoltMay
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May 9 - Famed evangelist,
Kathryn Kuhlman was born near Concordia, MO.
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May 27 - A
Bubonic plague outbreak begins in
San Francisco, California.
June
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June 1 -
Colin Blythe takes 17 wickets for 48 runs against Northamptonshire at Northampton in one day. It is the best analysis ever recorded for a county cricket match (or for a single day's bowling), and not bettered in
first-class cricket until
1956.
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June 5 -
BAPS Swaminarayan religion established.
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June 11 -
George Dennett, aided by
Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in
first-class cricket.
July
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July 6 - Guardians of
Irish Crown Jewels notice that they have been stolen
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July 25 -
Korea becomes a
protectorate of
Japan.
August
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August 1-
9 -
Baden-Powell leads the first
Scout camp on
Brownsea Island,
England.
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August 4 - Nothing happens.
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August 17 -
Pike Place Market in
Seattle, Washington officially opened for business.
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August 28 -
UPS was founded by
James E. (Jim) Casey in
Seattle, Washington.
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August 31 - Formation of the
Anglo-Russian Entente.
September
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September 26 -
New Zealand and
Newfoundland become a
dominion.
October
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October 24 - A major American financial crisis was averted when
J. P. Morgan,
E. H. Harriman,
James Stillman,
Henry Clay Frick, and other
Wall Street financiers created a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plunging
New York Stock Exchange leading to the bank
panic of 1907.
*The first non-profit school in California is created,
Polytechnic School.
November
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November 16 -
Indian Territory and
Oklahoma Territory become
Oklahoma and are admitted as the 46th
U.S. state.
December
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December 19 - Explosion in coal mine in
Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania - 239 dead
Undated
* The
Diamond Sutra of
868, a Buddhist scripture later dated as earliest example of block
printing, is discovered in the
Mogao Caves.
* The
triode thermionic amplifier invented by
Lee DeForest, starting the development of
electronics as a practical technology.
* The
Autochrome Lumière is the first color photography process marketed.
*
Herero Wars end
* French warship
Jena explodes - 117 dead
* First
parliamentary elections in the
Philippines*
Adlon Hotel finished in Berlin
* The
Moine Thrust Belt in
Scotland becomes the first thrust belt to be discovered in the world.
* The
Lockport Powerhouse is built.
* James Murray Spangler invents the first
Hoover vacuum cleaner* The
Finnish epic,
Kalevala published for the second time in the
English Language. This time by
William Forsell Kirby.
January
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January 12 -
Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d.
1966)
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January 20 -
Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (d.
2000)
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January 23 -
Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1981)
February
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February 1 -
Günter Eich, German writer (d.
1972)
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February 15 -
Jean Langlais, French composer and organist (d.
1991)
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February 15 -
Cesar Romero, American actor (d.
1994)
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February 17 -
Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d.
1983)
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February 21 -
W. H. Auden, English poet (d.
1973)
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February 22 -
Sheldon Leonard, American actor, writer, director, and producer (d.
1997)
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February 22 -
Robert Young, American actor (d.
1998)
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February 27 -
Mildred Bailey, American singer (d.
1951)
March
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March 8 -
Constantine Caramanlis, Greek politician (d.
1998)
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March 9 -
Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian of religions and writer (d.
1986)
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March 12 -
Arthur Hewlett, actor (d.
1997)
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March 13 -
Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Braganca, claimant to the Portuguese throne (d.
1995)
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March 15 -
Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d.
1981)
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March 18 -
John Zachary Young, English biologist (d.
1997)
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March 22 -
Lucia dos Santos, Potuguese nun and visionary (d.
2005)
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March 23 -
Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1992)
April
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April 12 -
Felix de Weldon, Austrian-born sculptor (d.
2003)
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April 13 -
Harold Stassen, American politician (d.
2001)
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April 15 -
Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch ornithologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1988)
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April 23 -
Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (d.
1975)
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April 24 -
William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d.
1988)
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April 29 -
Tino Rossi, French singer (d.
1983)
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April 29 -
Fred Zinnemann, Austrian director (d.
1997)
May
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May 2 -
Pinky Lee, American comedian (d.
1993)
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May 9 -
Baldur von Schirach, Nazi official (d.
1974)
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May 11 -
Rose Ausländer, German poet (d.
1988)
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May 12 -
Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d.
2003)
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May 13 - Dame
Daphne du Maurier, English author (d.
1989)
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May 14 -
Ayub Khan,
President of Pakistan (d.
1974)
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May 22 -
Hergé, Belgian comics author (d.
1983)
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May 22 - Sir
Laurence Olivier, English actor and director (d.
1989)
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May 25 -
U Nu, Burmese politician (d.
1995)
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May 26 -
John Wayne, American actor (d.
1979)
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May 26 -
Rachel Carson, American environmental writer (d.
1964)
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May 30 -
Elly Beinhorn, German pilot
June
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June 14 -
Nicolas Bentley, British writer and illustrator (d.
1978)
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June 14 -
René Char, French poet (d.
1988)
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June 19 -
Clarence Wiseman, Salvation Army general (d.
1985)
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June 23 -
James Meade, English economist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1995)
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June 25 -
J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist,
Nobel Prize laurete (d.
1973)
July
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July 6 -
Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d.
1954)
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July 7 -
Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction author (d.
1988)
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July 16 -
Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (d.
1990)
August
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August 2 -
Mary Hamman, American writer and editor, modern living editor
LIFE and eidtor in chief
Bride & Home (d.
1984)
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August 8 -
Benny Carter, American musician (d.
2003)
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August 12 -
Joe Besser, American comedian (d.
1988)
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August 13 -
Viscount William Waldorf Astor, British politician (d.
1966)
September
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September 12 -
Spud Chandler, baseball player (d.
1990)
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September 12 -
Louis MacNeice, Northern Irish poet (d.
1963)
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September 15 -
Fay Wray, Canadian-born actress (d.
2004)
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September 18 -
Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d.
2005)
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September 18 -
Edwin McMillan, American chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1991)
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September 26 -
Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d.
1992)
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September 27 -
Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and writer (d.
2003)
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September 29 -
Gene Autry, American actor (d.
1998)
October
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October 2 -
Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist,
Nobel Prize luarete (d.
1997)
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October 5 -
Mrs. Miller, American singer (d.
1997)
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October 9 -
Lord Hailsham, British politician (d.
2001)
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October 15 -
Varian Fry, American journalist and rescuer (d.
1967)
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October 19 -
Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (d.
1962)
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October 22 -
Jimmie Foxx, baseball player (d.
1967)
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October 28 -
John Hewitt, Irish poet (d.
1987)
November
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November 14 -
Howard W. Hunter, president of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d.
1995)
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November 14 -
Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children's writer (d.
2002)
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November 14 -
William Steig, American cartoonist (d.
2003)
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November 16 -
Burgess Meredith, American actor (d.
1997)
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November 18 -
Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (
Buena Vista Social Club) (d.
2003)
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November 28 -
Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist (d.
1990)
December
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December 10 -
Lucien Laurent, French footballer (d.
2005)
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December 19 -
Jimmy McLarnin, Irish-born boxer (d.
2004)
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December 22 -
Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (d.
1991)
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December 23 -
James Roosevelt, American businessman and politician (d.
1991)
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December 27 -
Johann Wilhelm Trollmann, German boxer (d.
1943)
Undated
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Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (d.
1973)
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Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III, King of Malaysia (d.
1979)
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Zhang Chongren, Chinese artist (d.
1998)
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January 31 -
Timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b.
1834)
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February 2 -
Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b.
1834)
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February 16 -
Giosue Carducci, Italian writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1835)
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February 16 -
Clémentine of Orléans, daughter of King
Louis-Philippe of France (b.
1817)
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February 20 -
Henri Moissan, French chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1852)
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February 26 -
C. W. Alcock, English footballer, journalist, and football promoter (b.
1842)
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March 19 -
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist (b.
1836)
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May 12 -
Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b.
1848)
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August 15 -
Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (b.
1831)
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August 16 -
James Hector, Scottish geologist (b.
1834)
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August 25 -
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, British poet and novelist (b.
1861)
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September 4 -
Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (b.
1843)
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September 6 -
Sully Prudhomme, French writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1829)
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November 16 -
Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma (b.
1848)
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November 28 -
Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish writer, painter, and architect (b.
1869)
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December 8 - King
Oscar II of Sweden (b.
1829)
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December 17 -
Lord Kelvin, Irish-born physicist and engineer (b.
1824)
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Physics -
Albert Abraham Michelson*
Chemistry -
Eduard Buchner*
Medicine -
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran*
Literature -
Rudyard Kipling*
Peace -
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta,
Louis Renault
