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| Born : | 09/14/1907 | A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico |
| Born : | 08/20/1907 | Alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams & Eve/voice (Fred Flintstone) |
| Born : | 04/19/1907 | Alan Wheatley, England, actor (Adventure of Robin Hood) |
| Born : | 11/28/1907 | Alberto Moravia, [Pincherle], Italian author (Indifferent Ones) |
| Born : | 02/17/1907 | Alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award) |
| Born : | 01/16/1907 | Alexander Knox, Canada, actor (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind) |
| Born : | 01/24/1907 | Alfonse Vranckx, Belgian lawyer/politician |
| Born : | 08/13/1907 | Alfred Alwin Felix Krupp, Essen Germany, arms manufacturer |
| Born : | 10/14/1907 | Allan Jones, US, actor/singer (A Day at the Races, Showboat) |
| Born : | 09/03/1907 | Andrew Brewin, Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party |
| Born : | 02/16/1907 | Anghlos Terzakis, Greece, writer (Without God) |
| Born : | 01/03/1907 | Anna May Wong, LA Calif, actress (Impact, Study in Scarlet) |
| Born : | 06/22/1907 | Anne Morrow Lindbergh, aviator/author (Gift from the Sea) |
| Born : | 09/26/1907 | Anthony F Blunt, British historian/spy for USSR |
| Born : | 03/03/1907 | Ar van de Werfhorst, [Pieter G Jansen], writer |
| Born : | 11/14/1907 | Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author (Pipi Longstocking) |
| Born : | 02/09/1907 | Aubrey "Dit" Clapper, NHL hall of famer (Boston Bruins) |
| Born : | 08/31/1907 | August F Hawkins, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- ) |
| Born : | 05/09/1907 | Baldur von Schirach, German writer/nazi politician (Frame) |
| Born : | 07/16/1907 | Barbara Stanwyck, Bkln, actress (Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds) |
| Born : | 10/14/1907 | Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter |
| Born : | 04/23/1907 | Baroness Dudley |
| Born : | 04/21/1907 | Beatrice Kay, NYC, singer/actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & Col) |
| Born : | 08/08/1907 | Benny Carter, NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter) |
| Born : | 06/18/1907 | Benny Payne, Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show) |
| Born : | 09/26/1907 | Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, European Boxing Champ (Olympic) |
| Born : | 02/02/1907 | Bernardas Brazdzionis, Lithuania, poet/editor/critic |
| Born : | 06/06/1907 | Bill Dickey, NY Yankee hall-of-fame catcher (1928-43), manager (1946) |
| Born : | 07/01/1907 | Bill Stern, Rochester NY, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights) |
| Born : | 02/18/1907 | Billy Dewolfe, Wollaston Mass, actor (Good Morning World) |
| Born : | 03/14/1907 | Bjrn-Erik Her, Swedish writer (Now dansar Sara) |
| Born : | 11/09/1907 | Burrill Phillips, Omaha Nebraska, composer (Play Ball) |
| Born : | 12/25/1907 | Cab Calloway, bandleader/actor (Blues Brothers, Jazzball) |
| Born : | 02/01/1907 | Camargo Guarnieri, Brazil, composer/conductor |
| Born : | 09/14/1907 | Cecil Brown, news correspondant (CBS) |
| Born : | 02/15/1907 | Cesar Romero, NYC, actor (Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, Thin Man) |
| Born : | 02/17/1907 | Charles B Timmer, interpreter/writer (Russia Black on White) |
| Born : | 05/17/1907 | Charles Cawley, chief scientist/minister of power |
| Born : | 11/19/1907 | Christian J H English, [Luc Tournier], Neth/Curaaos painter/composer |
| Born : | 12/18/1907 | Christopher Fry, England, playwright (Ring Around the Moon) |
| Born : | 05/18/1907 | Clifford Curzon, London England, pianist (MacFarren Gold Medal) |
| Born : | 12/03/1907 | Connee Boswell, New Orleans La, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue) |
| Born : | 11/15/1907 | Count Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, German anti fascist officer |
| Born : | 01/23/1907 | Dan Duryea, White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees) |
| Born : | 03/23/1907 | Daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957) |
| Born : | 03/13/1907 | Daphne Du Maurier, British writer (Homes & Haunts, Glass Blowers) |
| Born : | 05/13/1907 | Daphne du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Parasites) |
| Born : | 07/27/1907 | Denis Rickett, private secretary to Clement Attlee |
| Born : | 01/14/1907 | Derek Richter, British neuro chemist (Aspects of learning & memory) |
| Born : | 09/17/1907 | Desmond Heap, authority on British planning law |
| Born : | 12/23/1907 | Don McNeill, Galena Ill, host (Don McNeill TV Club) |
| Born : | 08/21/1907 | Dr Roy K Marshall, Glen Carbon Ill, TV scientist (Nature of Things) |
| Born : | 07/28/1907 | Earl S Tupper, invented Tupperware |
| Born : | 05/03/1907 | Earl Wilson, Rockford Ohio, columnist (Midnight Earl) |
| Born : | 01/26/1907 | Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader (Don McNeill TV Club) |
| Born : | 03/31/1907 | Eddie Quillan, Phila, actor (Julia, Hell Town) |
| Born : | 10/28/1907 | Edith Head, fashion designer (MGM) |
| Born : | 09/18/1907 | Edwin M McMillan, US, physicist/discoverer plutonium (Nobel prize) |
| Born : | 03/18/1907 | Eleanor L "Betty" Compton, US actress (Here Comes Trouble) |
| Born : | 07/23/1907 | Elspeth Huxley, author |
| Born : | 08/18/1907 | Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith) |
| Born : | 07/02/1907 | Eppo Doeve, cartoonist/painter |
| Born : | 09/10/1907 | Fay Wray, Alberta Canada, actress-King Kong's main squeeze [or 9/15] |
| Born : | 05/27/1907 | Felix de Nobel, orchestra leader |
| Born : | 11/20/1907 | Fran Allison, LaPorte City Iowa, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) |
| Born : | 11/26/1907 | Frances Dee, US actress (Of Human Bondage) |
| Born : | 12/08/1907 | Frank Faylen, St Louis Mo, actor (Dobie Gillis) |
| Born : | 06/01/1907 | Frank Whittle, England inventor (jet engine) |
| Born : | 03/13/1907 | Frank Wilcox, DeSoto Mo, actor (John-Beverly Hillbillies) |
| Born : | 04/14/1907 | Franois "Doc" Duvalier, physician/dictator Hati |
| Born : | 08/30/1907 | Fred MacMurray, Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons) |
| Born : | 04/29/1907 | Fred Zinneman, Austria, director (From Here to Eternity, Julia) |
| Born : | 06/18/1907 | Froelich Rainey, Wisc, quiz moderator (What in the World) |
| Born : | 09/08/1907 | Gavin Muir, Chic Ill, actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show) |
| Born : | 09/29/1907 | Gene Autry, Tioga Tx, cowpoke/singer/actor/Calif Angels owner |
| Born : | 07/08/1907 | George W Romney, (Gov-R-Mich)/US Secretary of HUD (1969-73) |
| Born : | 04/15/1907 | Gerald Abrahams, Liverpool, author (Teach Yourself Chess) |
| Born : | 09/28/1907 | Glen (Turk) Edwards, NFL tackle (Boston/Washington Redskins) |
| Born : | 10/30/1907 | Gyrgy R nki, Budapest Hungary, composer (H¢emberek) |
| Born : | 02/01/1907 | Gnter Eich, German literary (Unnderground Highway) |
| Born : | 12/19/1907 | H Allen Smith, Ill, TV host (Armchair Detective) |
| Born : | 11/18/1907 | Halldis Vesaas-Moren, Norwegian author/poetess |
| Born : | 04/13/1907 | Harold Stassen, (Gov-R-Minn) perennial pres candidate |
| Born : | 01/23/1907 | Hediki Joekawa, Japan, physicist (Nobel 1949) |
| Born : | 09/28/1907 | Heikki Savolainen, Finland, pommel horse gymnist (Olympic-gold-1948) |
| Born : | 09/17/1907 | Helen Vinson, actress (Transatlantic Tunnel, In Name Only) |
| Born : | 10/27/1907 | Helmut Walcha, German organist (church music) |
| Born : | 03/11/1907 | Helmuth J von Moltke, German politician (July 20th plot) |
| Born : | 01/17/1907 | Henk H Badings, Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer (Orestes) |
| Born : | 01/26/1907 | Henry Cotton, English golfer (British Open 1934, 1937, 1948) |
| Born : | 05/22/1907 | Herg, [Georges Rmi], Belgian cartoonist (Kuifje) |
| Born : | 10/01/1907 | Hiram Fong, (Sen-Cal) |
| Born : | 05/17/1907 | Horace McMahon, South Norwalk Ct, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye) |
| Born : | 12/24/1907 | I[sidore] F[einstein] Stone, US journalist (IF Stone's Weekly) |
| Born : | 05/17/1907 | Ilona Schacherer Elek, Budapest Hung, fencer (Olympic-gold-1936, 48) |
| Born : | 08/03/1907 | Irene Tedrow, Denver Colo, actress (Lucy-Dennis the Menace, Mr Novak) |
| Born : | 07/26/1907 | Istvan Pelle, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1932) |
| Born : | 06/25/1907 | J Hans D Jensen, Germany, physicist (atomic nuclei-Nobel 1963) |
| Born : | 04/05/1907 | J Zeldenrust, pathologist/anatomist |
| Born : | 06/16/1907 | Jack Albertson, Malden Mass, actor (Thin Man, Chico & the Man) |
| Born : | 09/15/1907 | Jack Bailey, Hampton Iowa, TV host (Queen for a Day) |
| Born : | 07/25/1907 | Jack Gilford, NYC, actor (Save the Tiger, Cocoon, Arthur 2) |
| Born : | 11/30/1907 | Jacques Barzun, France, author (The House of Interlect) |
| Born : | 02/03/1907 | James A Mitchner, NYC, writer (South Pacific, Hawaii, Space) |
| Born : | 03/22/1907 | James Gavin, US, 82nd Airborne Div General (Sicily/Normandy) |
| Born : | 02/05/1907 | Jan Klaasesz, governor Suriname (1949-56) |
| Born : | 03/17/1907 | Jan M J van Houtte, premier Belgium (1952-54) |
| Born : | 05/01/1907 | Jan Pauw, CEO (Universal Netherlands Workers Aruba) |
| Born : | 11/10/1907 | Jane Froman, St Louis Mo, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen) |
| Born : | 01/18/1907 | Janos Ferencsik, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera) |
| Born : | 09/23/1907 | Jarmila Novotna, president of Czechoslovakia (1957-68) |
| Born : | 11/21/1907 | Jim Bishop, author (The Day Lincoln was Shot) |
| Born : | 10/22/1907 | Jimmy Foxx, baseball HR hitter (534, Detroit Tigers) |
| Born : | 12/04/1907 | Jo Farmer, author (Catharina & the Magnolia's) |
| Born : | 06/29/1907 | Joan Davis, St Paul Minn, actress (I Married Joan) |
| Born : | 09/01/1907 | Joaquin Balaguer, president Dominican Republic |
| Born : | 09/12/1907 | Joe Lederer, Austrian actress/writer (Drei Tage Liebe) |
| Born : | 11/03/1907 | Joe Turner, US jazz pianist |
| Born : | 10/15/1907 | John "Cardinal" Dearden, US cardinal of Detroit (1969-88) |
| Born : | 02/01/1907 | John Canaday, art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios) |
| Born : | 06/16/1907 | John Hadfield, author/publisher |
| Born : | 06/27/1907 | John McIntire, Spokane Ws, actor (Naked City, Wagon Train, Virginian) |
| Born : | 05/01/1907 | John Peacock, founder (Stage group Gen Dutch Covenant Aruba) |
| Born : | 05/26/1907 | John Wayne, "Duke", [Marion Michael Morrison], actor (True Grit) |
| Born : | 02/14/1907 | Johnny Longden, jockey/trainer (1958 Racing Hall of Fame) |
| Born : | 08/29/1907 | Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/US writer (Looking For a Bluebird) |
| Born : | 03/03/1907 | Joy Finzi, [Joyce A Black], British painter) |
| Born : | 08/19/1907 | June Collyer, NYC, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show) |
| Born : | 05/23/1907 | Kenneth Allen, engineer |
| Born : | 03/19/1907 | Kent Smith, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders) |
| Born : | 10/09/1907 | Klaes Karppinen, Findland, 4 X 10K relay (Olympic-gold-1936) |
| Born : | 11/27/1907 | L[yon] Sprague de Camp, US, sci-fi author (Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei) |
| Born : | 05/13/1907 | Laurence Kirwan, archaeologist |
| Born : | 05/22/1907 | Laurence Olivier, actor (Rebecca, Hamlet, Jazz Singer) |
| Born : | 03/24/1907 | Lauris Norstad, US general NATO commander/CEO Owens-Corning Fiberglass |
| Born : | 09/04/1907 | Leo Castelli, Trieste, American art dealer |
| Born : | 09/08/1907 | Leon Askin, Vienna Austria, actor (Pierre-Charlie Farrell Show) |
| Born : | 05/12/1907 | Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint) |
| Born : | 10/28/1907 | Lew Parker, actor (Lou Marie-That Girl) |
| Born : | 09/19/1907 | Lewis F Powell Jr, Va, Supreme Court justice (1972-87) |
| Born : | 01/19/1907 | Lilian Harvey, British actress |
| Born : | 06/20/1907 | Lillian Hellman, playwright (Toys in the Attic, Little Foxes) |
| Born : | 12/05/1907 | Lin Piau, Chinese politician |
| Born : | 09/21/1907 | Lloyd Gough, actor (Mike Axford-Green Hornet) |
| Born : | 03/01/1907 | Lois Moran, Pitts, actress (Mom-Waterfront) |
| Born : | 10/02/1907 | Lord Todd, chemist |
| Born : | 09/03/1907 | Loren Eiseley, professor of Anthropology (Animal Secrets) |
| Born : | 03/24/1907 | Lucia Chase, US ballerina/co-founder (American Ballet Theater) |
| Born : | 07/06/1907 | M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera |
| Born : | 11/21/1907 | M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor |
| Born : | 02/20/1907 | Malcolm Atterbury, Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way) |
| Born : | 03/11/1907 | Margaret Herbison, British minister (Lab) |
| Born : | 01/22/1907 | Marie Dressler, actress (Anna Christie, Dinner at 8) |
| Born : | 03/24/1907 | Martin Kosleck, Germany, actor (Pursuit to Algiers) |
| Born : | 03/27/1907 | Mary Treen, St Louis Mo, actress (Emily-Willy) |
| Born : | 05/23/1907 | Matthew Campbell, British senior civil servant |
| Born : | 01/24/1907 | Maurice Couve de Murville, France minister of foreign affairs |
| Born : | 04/08/1907 | Maurice Stacey, chemist |
| Born : | 11/07/1907 | Maurits Mok, author/poet (Cheese & broodspel) |
| Born : | 07/29/1907 | Melvin Belli, Sonora Calif, lawyer, SF's "King of Torts" |
| Born : | 11/29/1907 | Merle Travis, country singer (16 Tons) |
| Born : | 12/10/1907 | Michael Blankfort, US, writer/producer/director |
| Born : | 09/29/1907 | Michael Shepley, Plymouth England, actor (Dick & the Duchess) |
| Born : | 04/18/1907 | Miklos Rozsa, movie composer |
| Born : | 02/28/1907 | Milton Caniff, Hillsboro Ohio, cartoonist (Terry & Pirates) |
| Born : | 05/14/1907 | Mohammed Ayub Khan, general/premier/president (Pakistan) |
| Born : | 10/27/1907 | Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles |
| Born : | 04/04/1907 | Nathan M Pusey, educator (1963 Natl Assoc for Social Sciences Medal) |
| Born : | 01/07/1907 | Nicanor Zabaleta, San Sebastian, Spain, harpist |
| Born : | 04/15/1907 | Nikolaas Tinbergen, zoologist/ethologist (Nobel 1973) |
| Born : | 02/05/1907 | Norton Simon, business executive (Simon & Schuster) |
| Born : | 07/16/1907 | Orville Redenbacher, popcorn King (Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet) |
| Born : | 12/15/1907 | Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilians architect (Brasilia) |
| Born : | 11/08/1907 | Otto Brenner, German worker's union leader |
| Born : | 04/14/1907 | Otto F A H van Nispen, mayor of Pannerden/(KVP) 1st Chamber |
| Born : | 07/15/1907 | Paterson Fraser, British air marshal |
| Born : | 05/28/1907 | Patrick Browne, British Lord justice of appeal |
| Born : | 04/11/1907 | Paul Douglas, Phila Pa, actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night) |
| Born : | 03/22/1907 | Paul J Steenbergen, actor/director/founder Hague's Comedy |
| Born : | 03/15/1907 | Paul Maxey, Wheaton Ill, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice) |
| Born : | 06/11/1907 | Paul Mellon, US, oil magnate/pres (Washington National Gallery of Art) |
| Born : | 06/29/1907 | Paul O'Dwyer, pres of City Council (D-NYC) |
| Born : | 04/25/1907 | Paula Trueman, NYC, actress (Gran-Billy) |
| Born : | 11/14/1907 | Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit |
| Born : | 12/22/1907 | Peggy Ashcroft, stage actress (Dear Brutus, Happy Days) |
| Born : | 10/14/1907 | Pert Kelton, Great Falls Mont, actress (Cavalcade of Stars) |
| Born : | 04/10/1907 | Pete Desjardins, US, platform/springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1928) |
| Born : | 08/28/1907 | Philip A Edwards, Brit Guiana, runner (Olympic-bronze-1928, 32, 36) |
| Born : | 02/05/1907 | Pierre E J Pflimlin, premier France |
| Born : | 09/09/1907 | Pinky Tomlin, Eureka Springs Ark, singer/actor (Tip-Waterfront) |
| Born : | 05/27/1907 | Rachel Louise Carson, biologist/ecologist/writer (Silent Spring) |
| Born : | 09/26/1907 | Ralph Michael, London England, actor (Quest, Doctor in the House) |
| Born : | 08/31/1907 | Ram¢n Magsaysay, Phillipines, statesman (US Legion of Merit-1952) |
| Born : | 12/16/1907 | Ray C Bliss, (R) Ohio State Republican Chairman |
| Born : | 10/30/1907 | Renzo Cesana, Rome Italy, TV host (First Date, Continental) |
| Born : | 06/14/1907 | Ren Char, French poet/painter |
| Born : | 09/29/1907 | Richard Harkness, Artesian SD, newscaster (Story of the Week) |
| Born : | 07/07/1907 | Robert A[nson] Heinlein, US, sci-fi author (4 Hugos, Red Planet) |
| Born : | 09/25/1907 | Robert Bresson, France, director (Pickpocket, Mouchette) |
| Born : | 05/16/1907 | Robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1932) |
| Born : | 02/22/1907 | Robert Young, Chic Ill, actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD) |
| Born : | 01/20/1907 | Roy Welensky, Premier (Rhodesia/Nyasaland 1956-63) |
| Born : | 06/05/1907 | Rudolf Peieris, physicist |
| Born : | 12/10/1907 | Rumer Godden, England, author (Thursday's Children) |
| Born : | 02/22/1907 | Sheldon Leonard, NYC, actor/director (Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie) |
| Born : | 08/20/1907 | Shirley Booth, NYC, actress (Hazel-Hazel, A Touch of Grace) |
| Born : | 01/14/1907 | Sophie Redmond, Suriname's 1st female physician |
| Born : | 04/18/1907 | Stephen Longstreet, American writer (All or Nothing) |
| Born : | 02/01/1907 | S ndor Veress, Hungarian pianist/composer |
| Born : | 04/26/1907 | Theun de Vries, writer (February; PC Hooft prize 1981) |
| Born : | 08/19/1907 | Thurston Morton, (Sen-Ky, 1957-1969) |
| Born : | 04/29/1907 | Tino Rossi, French singer |
| Born : | 05/25/1907 | U Nu, premier Burma (1948-58, 1960-62) |
| Born : | 06/27/1907 | Valerie Cossart, London, actress (Hartmans) |
| Born : | 07/28/1907 | Vivian Vance, Cherryvale Ks, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy) |
| Born : | 09/01/1907 | Walter Reuther, labor leader/president (UAW & CIO) |
| Born : | 09/17/1907 | Warren E Burger, Minn, Supreme Court chief justice (1969-86) |
| Born : | 05/06/1907 | Weeb Ewbank, NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, NY Jets) |
| Born : | 12/27/1907 | Willem Van Otterloo, Winterwk Holland, conductor (Melbourne 1967-71) |
| Born : | 04/20/1907 | William Dollar, St Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer |
| Born : | 02/21/1907 | Wystan Hugh Auden, US, poet (Age of Anxiety-Pulitzer 1948) |
| Died : | 06/14/1907 | A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/politician (CVP), dies |
| Died : | 10/11/1907 | Adolf Furtwngler, German archaeologist (Die antiken Gemmen), dies |
| Died : | 04/05/1907 | Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman philosphy in Neth), dies at 65 |
| Died : | 03/23/1907 | Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies |
| Died : | 02/02/1907 | Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72 |
| Died : | 09/04/1907 | Edvard H Grieg, Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite), dies |
| Died : | 09/28/1907 | Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907), dies at 81 |
| Died : | 02/16/1907 | Giosu Carducci, Italian poet (Nobel 1906), dies |
| Died : | 02/20/1907 | Henry Moissan, French chemist (Nobel 1906), dies |
| Died : | 02/17/1907 | Henry Steel Olcott, US co-founder (Theosophist United), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 08/15/1907 | Joseph Joachim, German violinist, dies |
| Died : | 12/31/1907 | Jules the Trooz, premier Belgium, dies |
| Died : | 12/17/1907 | Kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Brit physicist (Kelvin), dies |
| Died : | 06/09/1907 | Manuel Estrada Vabrera, president Guatemala, murdered |
| Died : | 02/13/1907 | Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, dies |
| Died : | 03/11/1907 | Nikola Petkow, premier Bulgaria, murdered |
| Died : | 12/08/1907 | Oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies |
| Died : | 12/21/1907 | Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (Bath House), dies |
| Died : | 08/24/1907 | Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58 |
| Died : | 09/07/1907 | R F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French poet (Poesies, Nobel 1901), dies |
| Died : | 06/15/1907 | William Le Baron Jenney, US architect, dies |
| Special : | 08/14/1907 | "Ha-Tikva" adopted as official Zionist hymn |
| Special : | 06/01/1907 | -27ø F (-33ø C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record) |
| Special : | 03/19/1907 | 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record) |
| Special : | 12/09/1907 | 1st Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington Del post office) |
| Special : | 06/20/1907 | 1st Portland Rose festival |
| Special : | 02/14/1907 | 1st US fox hound association forms in NYC |
| Special : | 12/23/1907 | 1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa |
| Special : | 01/26/1907 | 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed |
| Special : | 07/29/1907 | 1st helicopter ascent in Douai, France |
| Special : | 03/09/1907 | 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana |
| Special : | 10/19/1907 | 1st printing of Dutch Tribune (Wnkoop/Van Ravesteyn/Ceton) |
| Special : | 08/13/1907 | 1st taxicab (NYC) |
| Special : | 12/19/1907 | 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Penn |
| Special : | 01/15/1907 | 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee de Forest |
| Special : | 06/15/1907 | 44 nations meet in 2nd Hague Peace Conference |
| Special : | 08/08/1907 | A Kopff discovers asteroid #3105 |
| Special : | 02/10/1907 | A Kopff discovers asteroid #624 Hektor |
| Special : | 03/04/1907 | A Kopff discovers asteroid #627 Charis |
| Special : | 03/21/1907 | A Kopff discovers asteroid #631 Philippina |
| Special : | 04/05/1907 | A Kopff discovers asteroid #632 Pyrrha |
| Special : | 08/29/1907 | A Kopff discovers asteroid #640 Brambilla |
| Special : | 09/08/1907 | A Kopff discovers asteroid #643 Scheherezade |
| Special : | 09/07/1907 | A Kopff discovers asteroid #644 Cosima |
| Special : | 02/11/1907 | A Kopff discovers asteroids #625 Xenia & #626 Notburga |
| Special : | 05/12/1907 | A Kopff discovers asteroids #633 Zelima & #634 Ute |
| Special : | 08/16/1907 | Abd al-Hafid ousted as sultan of Morocco |
| Special : | 12/30/1907 | Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball |
| Special : | 06/21/1907 | Alex Ross wins US Open golf tournament |
| Special : | 05/28/1907 | Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy was 1st held |
| Special : | 08/01/1907 | Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, SF |
| Special : | 05/11/1907 | Bank of SF incorporated |
| Special : | 08/17/1907 | Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union |
| Special : | 06/26/1907 | Bolscheviks overthrows transport in Tiflis |
| Special : | 05/08/1907 | Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0 |
| Special : | 01/12/1907 | Britain grants responsible govt to former colony of Transvaal |
| Special : | 05/27/1907 | Bubonic Plague breaks out in SF |
| Special : | 01/23/1907 | Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator |
| Special : | 05/26/1907 | Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game |
| Special : | 12/06/1907 | Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361 |
| Special : | 08/22/1907 | Colin Buchanan, town planner |
| Special : | 09/29/1907 | Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral |
| Special : | 10/12/1907 | Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series |
| Special : | 08/22/1907 | Cyril Astley Clarke, British geneticist |
| Special : | 11/07/1907 | Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico |
| Special : | 04/17/1907 | Ellis Island, NY-11,745 immigrants arrive |
| Special : | 08/31/1907 | England, Russia & France form Triple Entente |
| Special : | 12/20/1907 | Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91 |
| Special : | 04/18/1907 | Fairmont Hotel opens |
| Special : | 07/08/1907 | Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st `Follies' on NY Theater roof |
| Special : | 12/31/1907 | For 1st time a ball drops at Times Square to signal new year |
| Special : | 10/25/1907 | Frederik of Oaths disbands mental home colony Walden |
| Special : | 11/13/1907 | French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor) |
| Special : | 07/18/1907 | French troops attack Casablanca |
| Special : | 12/19/1907 | Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239 |
| Special : | 03/02/1907 | General Botha named premier of Transvaal |
| Special : | 12/13/1907 | German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam |
| Special : | 01/15/1907 | Gold dental inlays 1st described by Wm Taggart, who invented them |
| Special : | 06/14/1907 | Govt of Transvaal gets 50,000 Chinese day workers |
| Special : | 12/16/1907 | Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise |
| Special : | 07/04/1907 | Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in Calif |
| Special : | 05/08/1907 | Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Jack O'Brien in LA |
| Special : | 02/21/1907 | Hoek van Holland & passenger ship SS Berlin collide (142 dead) |
| Special : | 08/26/1907 | Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec |
| Special : | 05/01/1907 | Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies) |
| Special : | 10/05/1907 | Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays 1st game (Mtl 17 Tor 8) |
| Special : | 08/11/1907 | Italian auto racer Prince Borghese wins "Peking to Paris" |
| Special : | 02/08/1907 | J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #636 Erika |
| Special : | 03/11/1907 | J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #637 Chrysothemis |
| Special : | 05/05/1907 | J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #638 Moira |
| Special : | 09/13/1907 | J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #645 Agrippina |
| Special : | 11/27/1907 | J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #653 Berenike |
| Special : | 11/04/1907 | J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #655 Briseis |
| Special : | 03/20/1907 | J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #792 Metcalfia |
| Special : | 01/26/1907 | J M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called |
| Special : | 11/04/1907 | J Palisa discovers asteroid #652 Jubilatrix |
| Special : | 04/26/1907 | Jamestown, Va Tercentenary Exposition opens |
| Special : | 01/25/1907 | Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to Natl Inst of Arts & Letters |
| Special : | 01/22/1907 | K Lohnert discovers asteroid #623 Chimaera |
| Special : | 06/09/1907 | K Lohnert discovers asteroid #635 Vundtia |
| Special : | 07/19/1907 | K Lohnert discovers asteroid #639 Latona |
| Special : | 01/21/1907 | Kenora Thistles sweep Mont Wanderers in 2 for the Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 03/07/1907 | Kopff discovers asteroid 628 Christine, 629 Bernardina & 630 Euphemia |
| Special : | 10/04/1907 | Kopff discovers asteroid 650 Amalasuntha, 651 Antikleia & 3133 Sendai |
| Special : | 06/13/1907 | Lowest temp ever in 48 US states for June, 2øF in Tamarack Calif |
| Special : | 09/12/1907 | Lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) |
| Special : | 09/08/1907 | M Wolf discovers asteroids #641 Agnes & #642 Clara |
| Special : | 01/06/1907 | Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome) |
| Special : | 04/11/1907 | NY Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards |
| Special : | 09/26/1907 | New Zealand declares independence from UK |
| Special : | 06/14/1907 | Norway restricts woman's voting rights |
| Special : | 11/16/1907 | Oklahoma becomes 46th state |
| Special : | 04/09/1907 | P Lowell discovers asteroid #793 Arizona |
| Special : | 02/11/1907 | Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 |
| Special : | 10/05/1907 | Phila A's Rube Vickers no-hits Wash Senators, 4-0 in 5 inning game |
| Special : | 10/02/1907 | Phillies Eddie Grant goes 7 for 7 in a doubleheader |
| Special : | 11/30/1907 | Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle |
| Special : | 08/23/1907 | Pitts Howie Camnitz no-hits NY Giants, 1-0 in 5 inning game |
| Special : | 09/20/1907 | Pitts Nick Maddox no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-1 |
| Special : | 10/01/1907 | Plaza Hotel (5th Av & 59th Str, NY) opens |
| Special : | 07/03/1907 | Pope decree forbids modernization of theology |
| Special : | 09/08/1907 | Pope's encyclical against "modernism" (Pius X) |
| Special : | 01/01/1907 | Pres Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day |
| Special : | 08/10/1907 | Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Peking to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally |
| Special : | 03/31/1907 | Romanian Army puts down Moldavian revolt |
| Special : | 02/26/1907 | Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) |
| Special : | 08/01/1907 | Signal Corps of US army starts aircraft division |
| Special : | 08/11/1907 | St Louis Card Ed Karger pitches perfect game vs Braves, 4-0 in 7 inn |
| Special : | 09/07/1907 | Sutro's ornate Cliff House in SF destroyed by fire |
| Special : | 12/02/1907 | Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir to retain heavyweight boxing title |
| Special : | 03/21/1907 | US invades Honduras |
| Special : | 02/25/1907 | US proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic |
| Special : | 12/17/1907 | Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan |
| Special : | 08/28/1907 | United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle |
| Special : | 06/12/1907 | Yanks commit 11 errors & lose 14-6 to Tigers |
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