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Events on the year of 1907 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1907 President Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day
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06 Jan 1907 Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome)
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06 Jan 1907 Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
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12 Jan 1907 Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal
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14 Jan 1907 An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
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15 Jan 1907 Gold dental inlays 1st described by William Taggart, who invented them
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15 Jan 1907 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee de Forest
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21 Jan 1907 Kenora Thistles sweep Montana Wanderers in 2 for the Stanley Cup
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23 Jan 1907 Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator
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25 Jan 1907 Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to National Institute of Arts & Letters
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26 Jan 1907 The Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the second oldest military rifle still in official use.
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26 Jan 1907 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed
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26 Jan 1907 J M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called
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29 Jan 1907 Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
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07 Feb 1907 The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
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11 Feb 1907 De Master's Dutch government resigns
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11 Feb 1907 Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die
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13 Feb 1907 English suffragettes storm British Parliament & 60 women are arrested
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14 Feb 1907 1st US fox hound association forms in New York NY
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21 Feb 1907 SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead)
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22 Feb 1907 1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London
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22 Feb 1907 Leonid N Andreyev's "Zhizn Cheloveka" premieres in St Petersburg
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25 Feb 1907 US proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic
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25 Feb 1907 George Bernard Shaw's "Philanderer" premieres in London
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26 Feb 1907 Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP)
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26 Feb 1907 US Congress raised their own salaries to $7500
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02 Mar 1907 General Louis Botha named Premier of Transvaal
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05 Mar 1907 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired
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09 Mar 1907 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana
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15 Mar 1907 Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote
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16 Mar 1907 1st first-class cricket game between New South Wales & Western Australia
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19 Mar 1907 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch NV (state record)
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21 Mar 1907 US invades Honduras
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24 Mar 1907 The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
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25 Mar 1907 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup
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31 Mar 1907 Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt
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11 Apr 1907 New York Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards
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12 Apr 1907 Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
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15 Apr 1907 Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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17 Apr 1907 Ellis Island, New York - 11,745 immigrants arrive
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17 Apr 1907 The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
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17 Apr 1907 11,745 immigrants arrive at Ellis Island NY
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18 Apr 1907 Fairmont Hotel opens
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18 Apr 1907 Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour", premieres in NYC
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19 Apr 1907 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24
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24 Apr 1907 Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.
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26 Apr 1907 Jamestown VA Tercentenary Exposition opens
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30 Apr 1907 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.
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01 May 1907 Belgium government of De Trooz forms
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01 May 1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands Indies)
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02 May 1907 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government
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06 May 1907 33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6
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07 May 1907 Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race: (38.22 mph)
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10 May 1907 Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue" premieres in Paris France
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11 May 1907 Bank of SF incorporated
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11 May 1907 Thirty-two Shriners are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California.
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11 May 1907 Bank of San Fransisco incorporated
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21 May 1907 32nd Preakness: G Mountain aboard Don Enrique wins in 1:45.4
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22 May 1907 Albert Trott takes two hat-tricks in an innings, Middlesex vs Somerset
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23 May 1907 The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
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26 May 1907 Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits New York Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game
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27 May 1907 Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco.
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28 May 1907 Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held
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28 May 1907 The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
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28 May 1907 1st Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy
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30 May 1907 41st Belmont Stakes: G Mountain aboard Peter Pan wins
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31 May 1907 Taxis 1st began running in New York City
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04 Jun 1907 Automatic washer and dryer introduced
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05 Jun 1907 Automatic washer and dryer are introduced
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11 Jun 1907 Northants all out for 12 vs. Gloucestershire
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11 Jun 1907 George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
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12 Jun 1907 Yanks commit 11 errors & lose 14-6 to the Tigers
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13 Jun 1907 Lowest temp ever in 48 US states for June, 2
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14 Jun 1907 Government of Transvaal sends home 50,000 Chinese day workers
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14 Jun 1907 Norway grants women the right to vote.
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15 Jun 1907 44 nations meet in 2nd Hague Peace Conference
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20 Jun 1907 1st Portland Rose festival
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21 Jun 1907 E W Scripps founded United Press
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22 Jun 1907 The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
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26 Jun 1907 Bolsheviks overthrows transport in Tiflis
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26 Jun 1907 The 1907 Tiflis bank robbery took place in Yerevan Square, now Freedom Square, Tbilisi.
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28 Jun 1907 Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey
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03 Jul 1907 Pope decree forbids modernization of theology
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04 Jul 1907 Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
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07 Jul 1907 Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
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18 Jul 1907 French troops occupy Casablanca
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19 Jul 1907 K Lohnert discovers asteroid #639 Latona
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21 Jul 1907 The passenger steamer SS Columbia collides with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, causing the Columbia to sink killing 88 people.
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23 Jul 1907 7th Davis Cup: Australasia beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)
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29 Jul 1907 1st helicopter ascent in Douai, France
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29 Jul 1907 Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms Boy Scouts in England
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29 Jul 1907 Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
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01 Aug 1907 Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, San Francisco
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01 Aug 1907 Signal Corps of US army starts aircraft division
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01 Aug 1907 The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
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02 Aug 1907 Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit
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03 Aug 1907 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
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07 Aug 1907 Walter Johnson wins 1st of his 416 wins, 7-2 over Cleveland
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09 Aug 1907 The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
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10 Aug 1907 Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Peking to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally
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11 Aug 1907 St Louis Card Ed Karger pitches perfect game vs Braves, 4-0 in 7 inn
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13 Aug 1907 1st taxicab (NYC)
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14 Aug 1907 "Ha-Tikva" adopted as official Zionist hymn
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15 Aug 1907 Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
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16 Aug 1907 Abd al-Hafid proclaims himself Sultan of Morocco
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17 Aug 1907 Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union
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22 Aug 1907 Colin Buchanan, town planner
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22 Aug 1907 Cyril Astley Clarke, British geneticist
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23 Aug 1907 Pitts Howie Camnitz no-hits New York Giants, 1-0 in 5 inning game
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26 Aug 1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 seconds
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28 Aug 1907 United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
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29 Aug 1907 The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
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31 Aug 1907 Britain and Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia and Tibet
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31 Aug 1907 Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance.
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31 Aug 1907 England, Russia & France form the Triple Entente
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07 Sep 1907 Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
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08 Sep 1907 Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis (anti-modernism)
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12 Sep 1907 Lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record)
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13 Sep 1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Foot Ball
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20 Sep 1907 Pitts Nick Maddox no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-1
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23 Sep 1907 Proclamation sets fineness and weight of silver and bronze coins of Canada
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26 Sep 1907 New Zealand declares independence from the UK
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26 Sep 1907 New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
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26 Sep 1907 New Zealand becomes a dominion
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29 Sep 1907 The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
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29 Sep 1907 Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral
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30 Sep 1907 Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice and Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs. Boston)
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30 Sep 1907 McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
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01 Oct 1907 Plaza Hotel (5th Av & 59th Str, NY) opens
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02 Oct 1907 Phillies Eddie Grant goes 7 for 7 in a doubleheader vs. Giants
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05 Oct 1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays 1st game (Mtl 17 Tor 8)
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05 Oct 1907 Philadelphia Athletics Rube Vickers no-hits Washingston Senators, 4-0 in 5 inning game
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09 Oct 1907 Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
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12 Oct 1907 Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series
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16 Oct 1907 Belasco Theater opens at 111 W 44th St, New York City
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17 Oct 1907 Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland.
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19 Oct 1907 1st printing of Dutch Tribune (Wijnkoop / Van Ravesteyn / Ceton)
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22 Oct 1907 Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum and Bailey circus
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22 Oct 1907 Panic of 1907: A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.
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25 Oct 1907 Frederik of Oaths disbands mental home colony Walden
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27 Oct 1907 Černová massacre: Fifteen people are killed in the Hungarian half of Austria-Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration. This would led to protests over the treatment of minorities in Austria-Hungary.
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02 Nov 1907 Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published
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07 Nov 1907 Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico
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07 Nov 1907 Test tokens are struck in 1st production of Canadian coins
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09 Nov 1907 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds
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13 Nov 1907 French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor)
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13 Nov 1907 French cyclist Paul Cornu flies a twin rotor helicopter
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16 Nov 1907 Oklahoma becomes 46th state
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28 Nov 1907 In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.
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30 Nov 1907 Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle
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02 Dec 1907 Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
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03 Dec 1907 George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town, " premieres in New York City
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06 Dec 1907 Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361
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06 Dec 1907 A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
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07 Dec 1907 Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring
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08 Dec 1907 King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
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09 Dec 1907 1st Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington Del post office)
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09 Dec 1907 Gustav Mahler departs Vienna
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10 Dec 1907 The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
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10 Dec 1907 Ruyard Kipling receives Nobel prize for literature
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11 Dec 1907 The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
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13 Dec 1907 George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut vs Australia SCG
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13 Dec 1907 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam
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14 Dec 1907 The schooner Thomas W. Lawson runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
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16 Dec 1907 The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
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16 Dec 1907 Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World Cruise
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16 Dec 1907 Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard NY)
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17 Dec 1907 Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan
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17 Dec 1907 Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan
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19 Dec 1907 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Penn
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19 Dec 1907 Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in a mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
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19 Dec 1907 Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek PA coal mine kills 239
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20 Dec 1907 Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91
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21 Dec 1907 The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
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21 Dec 1907 Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget
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22 Dec 1907 Saint-Sa
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23 Dec 1907 1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pennsylvania
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30 Dec 1907 Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball
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31 Dec 1907 For the 1st time a ball drops at Times Square to signal the new year
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31 Dec 1907 G Mahler conducts the Metropolitan Opera
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