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1907 (MCMVII ) was acommon year starting on Tuesday of theGregorian calendar and acommon year starting on Monday of theJulian calendar , the 1907th year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 2nd millennium , the 7th year of the20th century , and the 8th year of the1900s decade. As of the start of 1907, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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January 14 : Earthquake inJamaica October – A committee of theDelegation for the Adoption of an International Auxiliary Language , made up of academics includingOtto Jespersen ,Wilhelm Ostwald andRoland Eötvös , meet in Paris to select alanguage for international use . The committee ultimately decides to reformEsperanto .October 6 – TheDeutscher Werkbund is founded inGermany . This organization aims to bring togetherartists ,architects andindustrialists to promote the integration of art andindustry for the betterment ofsociety and plays a significant role in the development of modern industrial design in Germany.[ 9] October 8 –Edvard Grieg 'sOlaf Trygvason Norway .October 17 –Guglielmo Marconi initiates commercial transatlanticradio communications between his high powerlongwave wireless telegraphy stations inClifden , Ireland, andGlace Bay, Nova Scotia .October 18 – TheHague Convention is revised by the (second)Hague Peace Conference (effective26 January 1910 ), focussing on naval warfare.October 24 – A majorUnited States financial crisis is averted whenJ. P. Morgan ,E. H. Harriman ,James Stillman ,Henry Clay Frick and otherWall Street financiers create a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plungingNew York Stock Exchange , ending the bankpanic of 1907 .[ 10] October 27 –Černová massacre : Fifteen people are shot during the consecration of a Catholic church in Hungary (modern-daySlovakia ).October 31 – TheParliament of Finland approves theProhibition Act , but the law is not implemented because it is not ratified by Grand DukeNicholas II .[ 11] [ 12] Indiana , in the United States, becomes the world's first legislature to place laws permittingcompulsory sterilization foreugenic purposes on the statute book.Thetriode thermionic amplifier invented byLee de Forest , starting the development ofelectronics as a practical technology. TheAutochrome Lumière color photography process. James Murray Spangler invents the firstHoover vacuum cleaner . TheMoine Thrust Belt in Scotland is identified, one of the first to be discovered anywhere.[ 14] TheLandsforbundet for Kvinders Valgret women's suffrage , is founded. Anino ng Kahapon Tagalog-language novel is published.[ 15] Henri Matisse begins to teach at theAcadémie Matisse in Paris, a private and non-commercialart school .A statue ofJ. E. B. Stuart , Confederate general, is dedicated onRichmond, Virginia 'sMonument Avenue . Staviteľský robotník [ 16] Ray Milland Pierre Mendès France January 1 –Aftab Ali , Bengali politician, social reformer (d.1972 )January 3 –Ray Milland , Welsh actor, film director (d.1986 )January 5 –Volmari Iso-Hollo , Finnish athlete (d.1969 )January 8 –Keizō Hayashi , Japanese civil servant, military official (d.1991 )January 11 –Pierre Mendès France , French politician, 142ndPrime Minister of France (d.1982 )January 12 –Sergei Korolev , Russian rocket scientist (d.1966 )January 16 –Alexander Knox , Canadian actor, novelist (d.1995 )January 17 –Henk Badings , Dutch composer (d.1987 )January 18 –Lina Haag , German World War II resistance fighter (d.2012 )January 20 January 22 –Dixie Dean , English football player (d.1980 )January 23 –Hideki Yukawa , Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1981 )January 24 January 27 –Joyce Compton , American actress (d.1997 )January 29 –Bil Dwyer , American cartoonist and humorist (d.1987 )Cesar Romero Robert Young Milton Caniff Konstantinos Karamanlis March 4 –Maria Branyas Morera , Spanish supercentenarian (d.2024 )March 5 –Thomas McKimson , American animator (d.1998 )March 8 –Konstantinos Karamanlis , Greek politician (d.1998 )March 9 –Mircea Eliade , Romanian religious historian, writer (d.1986 )March 12 March 15 –Zarah Leander , Swedish actress, singer (d.1981 )March 16 March 17 March 18 –John Zachary Young , English biologist (d.1997 )March 23 –Daniel Bovet , Swiss-born scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1992 )March 27 –Mary Treen , American actress (d.1989 )March 28 –Lúcia Santos , Portuguese nun, visionary (d.2005 )March 29 –Braguinha , Brazilian songwriter (d.2006 )March 30 –Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte , German Luftwaffe officer (d.1994 )Germán Suárez Flamerich Fred Zinnemann April 1 –Shivakumara Swami , Hindu religious figure and humanitarian (d.2019 )April 5 –Sanya Dharmasakti , Thai Politician, Prime Minister (1973–1975) (d.2002 )April 10 April 11 April 12 –Felix de Weldon , Austrian-born sculptor (d.2003 )April 13 –Harold Stassen , American politician (d.2001 )April 14 –François Duvalier , 32ndPresident of Haiti (d.1971 )April 15 –Nikolaas Tinbergen , Dutch ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1988 )April 16 –Joseph-Armand Bombardier , Canadian inventor, founder ofBombardier Inc. (d.1964 )April 17 –Martii Miettunen , 2x Prime Minister of Finland (d.2002 )April 21 –Wade Mainer , American singer, banjoist (d.2011 )April 23 April 24 –William Sargant , British psychiatrist (d.1988 )April 26 –Ilias Tsirimokos ,Prime Minister of Greece (d.1968 )April 29 Katharine Hepburn Ayub Khan Laurence Olivier John Wayne May 1 –Oliver Hill , American lawyer (d.2007 )May 2 –Pinky Lee , American comedian (d.1993 )May 3 –Dorothy Young , American entertainer (d.2011 )May 4 –Walter Walsh , American FBI agent, Olympic shooter, and USMC instructor (d.2014 )May 5 –Iryna Vilde , Ukrainian writer (d.1982 )May 9 –Baldur von Schirach , Nazi official (d.1974 )May 11 –Kent Taylor , American actor (d.1987 )May 12 –Katharine Hepburn , American actress (d.2003 )May 13 – DameDaphne du Maurier , English author (d.1989 )[ 20] May 14 May 22 May 25 –U Nu , Burmese politician (d.1995 )May 26 –John Wayne , American actor, film director (d.1979 )May 27 May 30 Rosalind Russell J. Hans D. Jensen June 1 –Frank Whittle , British jet engine developer (d.1996 )June 4 June 5 –Rudolf Peierls , German-British physicist (d.1995 )June 7 –Arthur Marshall Davis , American judge (d.1963 )June 14 –René Char , French poet (d.1988 )June 16 –Jack Albertson , American actor, comedian (d.1981 )June 19 June 22 –Wesley E. Brown , American district court judge (d.2012 )June 23 –James Meade , English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1995 )June 24 –Jean Schlumberger , French jewelry designer (d.1987 )June 25 June 26 –Joan Harrison , English screenwriter, producer (d.1994 )June 27 –John McIntire , American actor (d.1991 )June 28 June 29 –Junji Nishikawa , Japanese football player (d. ?)Frida Kahlo Robert A. Heinlein Barbara Stanwyck Ernesto Geisel Yang Shangkun Lurene Tuttle Fay Wray Warren E. Burger Gene Autry Víctor Paz Estenssoro October 1 –Ödön Pártos , Hungarian-Israeli violist, composer (d.1977 )October 2 October 5 –Elva Ruby Miller , American singer (d.1997 )October 6 –Francisco Gabilondo Soler , Mexican singer, composer (d.1990 )October 9 –Lord Hailsham , British politician (d.2001 )October 15 –Varian Fry , American journalist, rescuer (d.1967 )October 17 –John Marley , American actor (d.1984 )October 19 –Roger Wolfe Kahn , American bandleader (d.1962 )October 20 –Arlene Francis , Amcerican actress (d.2001 )October 24 –Rafael Godoy , Colombian composer (d.1973 )October 28 October 30 –Sol Tax , American anthropologist (d.1995 )Astrid Lindgren November 1 –Homero Manzi , Argentine tango lyricist, author (d.1951 )November 6 –Charles W. Yost , American ambassador (d.1981 )November 7 –Dumitru Coliu , Romanian communist activist and politician (d.1979 )November 9 –Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (d.1994 )November 10 November 11 November 14 November 15 –Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg , German aristocrat, military officer (d.1944 )November 16 –Burgess Meredith , American actor, director (d.1997 )November 18 November 19 November 21 –Ben C. Duniway , American judge whom served on theCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1961 until 1986 (d.1986 )November 23 –Run Run Shaw , Hong Kong media mogul (d.2014 )November 26 –Ruth Patrick , American botanist (d.2013 )November 27 –L. Sprague de Camp , American writer (d.2000 )November 28 –Alberto Moravia , Italian novelist (d.1990 )[ 29] November 28 –Katharine Bartlett , American physical anthropologist, museum curator (d.2001 )November 30 –Jacques Barzun , French-born American historian (d.2012 )Oscar Niemeyer James Roosevelt Cab Calloway December 1 –Joey Aiuppa , American mobster (d.1997 )December 5 –Lin Biao , Chinese communist military leader (d.1971 )December 6 –Helli Stehle , Swiss actress, radio presenter (d.2017 )December 10 –Lucien Laurent , French footballer (d.2005 )December 12 –Roy Douglas , British composer (d.2015 )December 14 –Beatriz Costa , Portuguese actress (d.1996 )December 15 –Oscar Niemeyer , Brazilian architect (d.2012 )December 16 –Barbara Kent , Canadian silent film actress (d.2011 )December 19 –Jimmy McLarnin , Irish-born boxer (d.2004 )December 22 –Peggy Ashcroft , British actress (d.1991 )December 23 –James Roosevelt , American businessman, politician (d.1991 )December 25 December 27 –Johann Wilhelm Trollmann , German boxer (d.1943 )Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar Ida Saxton McKinley Dmitri Mendeleev Henri Moissan February 2 –Dmitri Mendeleev , Russian chemist (b.1834 )February 7 –Preston Leslie , 26thGovernor of Kentucky and 9th territorial Governor of Montana (b.1819 )February 12 –Muriel Robb , English tennis player (b.1878 )February 13 –Marcel Alexandre Bertrand , French geologist (b.1847 )February 16 February 17 –Henry Steel Olcott , American officer, theosophist (b.1832 )February 20 –Henri Moissan , French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b.1852 )February 21 –Erik Gustaf Boström , 7thPrime Minister of Sweden (b.1842 )February 26 –C. W. Alcock , English footballer, journalist, and football promoter (b.1842 )March 3 –Oronhyatekha , Canadian Mohawk physician, CEO of an international benefit society, native statesman, scholar, rights campaigner and international shooter (b.1841 )March 7 –Charlotta Raa-Winterhjelm , Swedish actress (b.1838 )March 9 –Frederic George Stephens , English art critic (b.1828 )March 10 –George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn , Welsh industrialist (b.1836 )March 11 March 18 –Marcellin Berthelot , French chemist (b.1827 )March 19 March 23 –Konstantin Pobedonostsev , Russian statesman (b.1827 )March 25 –Ernst von Bergmann , Baltic German surgeon (b.1836 )April 6 –William Henry Drummond , Irish-Canadian poet (b.1854 )April 14 –Frank Manly Thorn , American lawyer, politician, government official, essayist, journalist, humorist, inventor, and 6th Superintendent of theUnited States Coast and Geodetic Survey (b.1836 )April 23 –Alferd Packer , American cannibal (b.1842 )May 1 –Melissa Elizabeth Riddle Banta , American poet (b.1834 )May 4 –John Watts de Peyster , American author, philanthropist, and soldier (b.1821 )May 6 –Emanuele Luigi Galizia , Maltese architect, civil engineer (b.1830 )May 12 –Joris-Karl Huysmans , French author (b.1848 )May 19 – SirBenjamin Baker , English civil engineer (b.1840 )May 26 –Ida Saxton McKinley ,First Lady of the United States (b.1847 )May 27 –Kevork Chavush , Armenian national hero (b.1870 )Sully Prudhomme SaintIlia Chavchavadze SaintRaphael Kalinowski KingOscar II of Sweden William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin September 4 –Edvard Grieg , Norwegian composer (b.1843 )September 6 –Sully Prudhomme , French writer,Nobel Prize laureate (b.1839 )September 9 –Ernest Roland Wilberforce , English bishop (b.1840 )September 12 –Ilia Chavchavadze , Georgian writer,Orthodox priest and saint (b.1837 )September 15 –William Wales (optician) , English-American inventor (b.c. 1838 )September 19 –Jacob Morenga , Namibian rebel leader (b.1875 )September 22 –Wilbur Olin Atwater , American chemist (b.1844 )September 30 –Sir John Ardagh , British army general (b.1840 )November 1 –Alfred Jarry , French writer (b.1873 )November 6 –Sir James Hector , Scottish geologist (b.1834 )[ 33] November 14 –Andrew Inglis Clark , Australian jurist and politician (b.1848 )November 15 –Raphael Kalinowski , PolishDiscalced Carmelite friar and saint (b.1835 )November 16 –Robert I, Duke of Parma , last ruling Duke of Parma (b.1848 )November 17 –Sir Francis McClintock , Irish explorer and admiral in British Royal Navy (b.1819 )November 20 –Paula Modersohn-Becker , German painter (b.1876 )November 22 –Asaph Hall , American astronomer (b.1829 )November 23 –Naimuddin , Bengali writer and Islamic scholar (b.1832 )November 25 –Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen , Danish explorer (b.1872 )November 28 –Stanisław Wyspiański , Polish writer, painter and architect (b.1869 )November 30 –Ludwig Levy , German architect (b.1854 )^ "SKF" .www.skf.com .Archived from the original on January 30, 2022. 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