1907 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1907?
- January 14, 1907 – An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
- February 7, 1907 – The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
- February 13, 1907 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.
- April 24, 1907 – Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.
- April 30, 1907 – Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.
- July 29, 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.
- August 1, 1907 – The start of first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
- August 9, 1907 – The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
- August 15, 1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, first African-American Orthodox priest, “Priest-Apostolic” to America and the West Indies.
- August 17, 1907 – Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
- August 29, 1907 – The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
- August 31, 1907 – Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance.
- September 29, 1907 – The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
- November 7, 1907 – Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University.
- November 9, 1907 – The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
- November 16, 1907 – Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, that is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
- November 28, 1907 – In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.
- December 6, 1907 – A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia kills 362 workers.
- December 10, 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 who have been vivisected.
- December 11, 1907 – The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
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