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1907 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2030. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1907 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1907

• February 13, 1907 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.
• June 26, 1907 – The 1907 Tiflis bank robbery takes place in Yerevan Square, now Freedom Square, Tbilisi.
• 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 3, 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.
• August 9, 1907 – The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
• August 29, 1907 – The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
• September 7, 1907 – Cunard Line’s RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• October 22, 1907 – Panic of 1907: A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.
• November 7, 1907 – Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
• December 14, 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.

Who Were Born On 1907?

• January 6, 1907 – David Fleay, Australian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1993)
• February 22, 1907 – Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1997)
• March 17, 1907 – Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1991)
• March 20, 1907 – Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator (d. 1990)
• March 26, 1907 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and activist (d. 1987)
• June 16, 1907 – Jack Albertson, American actor and singer (d. 1981)
• August 11, 1907 – Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and lawyer (d. 1989)
• August 12, 1907 – Joe Besser, American actor (d. 1988)
• October 15, 1907 – Varian Fry, American journalist and author (d. 1967)
• December 25, 1907 – Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader (The Cab Calloway Orchestra) (d. 1994)