August 1907 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1907 Signal Corps of US army starts aircraft division
• 02 Aug 1907 Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit
• 07 Aug 1907 Walter Johnson wins 1st of his 416 wins, 7-2 over Cleveland
• 09 Aug 1907 The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
• 10 Aug 1907 Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Peking to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally.
• 13 Aug 1907 1st taxicab (NYC)
• 14 Aug 1907 Ha-Tikva adopted as official Zionist hymn
• 15 Aug 1907 Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, first African-American Orthodox priest, ''Priest-Apostolic'' to America and the West Indies.
• 16 Aug 1907 Abd al-Hafid proclaims himself Sultan of Morocco
• 17 Aug 1907 Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union
• 22 Aug 1907 Colin Buchanan, town planner
• 26 Aug 1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 seconds
• 28 Aug 1907 United Parcel Service (UPS) is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington.
• 29 Aug 1907 The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
• 31 Aug 1907 Britain and Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia and Tibet

Famous Birthday

• Eugene Guillevic

  French writer, a poet and essayist.

• Roger Peyrefitte

  French author, diplomat and a defender of gay rights.

• Ramon Magsaysay

  Philippines politician who became the third president of the Philippines on 12/30/1953, serving through his lifetime.

• Marcel Trompier

  Villi?-Morgan EXecutives.

• Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
• Miguel Torga

  Portuguese poet, diarist, and physician, this otolaryngologist produced several short stories,novels, poems, a few plays and a 16-volume...

• Exeter (United Kingdom)
• Ludwig Hoelscher

  German concert cellist who was nominated to the post of Professor at age 29.

• Jeron King Criswell
• Benny Carter

  NYC, New York -- Musician / composer (Easy Money, King Carter).

• Pierre d'Arquennes
• Edouard Bonnefous
• Marion Burns
• Valentin Abeille
• Zygmunt Mycielsky

  Composer.

• Otto Mortensen

  Composer.

• Paul Vincze

  Medallist.

• Howard Swanson

  Composer.

• Enoch Light

  Canton, Ohio -- Orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith).

• Stanley Adams

  Songwriter.

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Famous Deaths

• August Saint-Gaudens

  Irish / US Sculptor (Mrs Henry Adams), dies at 59.

• Gentil T Antheunis

  Flemish Poet / music / composer, dies at 66.

• Pieter Louis Tak

  Writer (Chronicle), dies at 58.

• Richard Mansfield

  American actor and manager (Born 1857).

• James Hector

  Scottish geologist and surgeon (d. 1907).

• Joseph Joachim

  Austrian violinist composer and conductor (d. 1907).

• John Kerr

  Australian politician 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Haydn Quartet - My Wild Irish Rose
2. Billy Murray - Because I'm Married Now
3. Enrico Caruso - I Pagliacci - Vesti La Giubba (On with the Play)
4. Haydn Quartet - In the Wildwood Where the Blue Bells Grew
5. Haydn Quartet - Stein Song