Historical Events In 1907
Mar 07 Charles Collier wins first Isle of Man TT Race (38.22 mph)
Mar 15 Finland is first European country to give women the right to vote
Mar 19 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch NV (state record)
Mar 31 Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt
Mar 02 General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal
Mar 12 At Toulon, France, the battleship Iena explodes, killing at least 118 men
Mar 16 First first-class cricket game between New South Wales &Western Australia
Mar 21 US invades Honduras
Mar 09 Hamilton news vendor fined $30 for selling US papers on a Sunday.
Mar 09 First involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana
Aug 01 Bank of Italy opens first branch in San Francisco
Aug 10 Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Peking to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally
Aug 26 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec
Aug 13 First taxicab (NYC)
Aug 15 Members of Australia's federal parliament vote themselves their first pay rise, of 50 per cent.
Aug 31 England, Russia & France form the Triple Entente
Aug 03 Royal decree in Portugal makes Sunday a day of rest
Sep 26 New Zealand becomes a dominion
Sep 29 Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral
Sep 25 New Zealand becomes a dominion within the British Empire
Sep 10 The birth of Fay Wray, US actress
Sep 07 Sutro's ornate Cliff House in SF destroyed by fire
Feb 13 English suffragettes storm British Parliament &60 women are arrested
Feb 25 US proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic
Feb 26 US Congress raised their own salaries to $7500
Feb 21 The birth of W.H Auden, English poet
Feb 11 De Master's Dutch government resigns
Feb 13 Portage la Prairie Manitoba is incorporated as a city
Feb 03 The birth of James Michener, American author
Feb 21 SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead)
Feb 22 Cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London
Feb 26 Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP)
Feb 11 Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die
Apr 14 The birth of Francois Duvalier, Dictator of Haiti
Apr 09 P Lowell discovers asteroid #793 Arizona
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