December 1907 calendar

Events

• 02 Dec 1907 Tommy Burns knocks out Gunner Moir in 10 to retain the heavyweight boxing title.
• 03 Dec 1907 George Cohan's musical "Talk of the Town" premieres in New York City, New York.
• 06 Dec 1907 A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia kills 362 workers.
• 07 Dec 1907 In Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA, a falling meteorite starts a fire, destroying a house.
• 08 Dec 1907 King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
• 09 Dec 1907 Gustav Mahler departs Vienna.
• 10 Dec 1907 Ruyard Kipling receives Nobel Prize for literature.
• 11 Dec 1907 The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
• 13 Dec 1907 George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut versus Australia Sydney Cricket Ground.
• 14 Dec 1907 The schooner Thomas W. Lawson runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Scilly Isles in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
• 16 Dec 1907 The U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet is launched from Hampton Roads, Virginia, on an around-the-world voyage.
• 17 Dec 1907 Ugyen Wangchuck became first hereditary king of Bhutan.
• 19 Dec 1907 Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239
• 20 Dec 1907 Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91.
• 21 Dec 1907 Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget.
• 31 Dec 1907 G Mahler conducts the Metropolitan Opera

Famous Birthday

• Oscar Niemeyer

  Brazilian architect designed the United Nations Headquarters and the Cathedral of Brasília (d. 2012).

• Raoul Cléry
• Cab Calloway

  American bandleader (Born 1907).

• Amedeo Nazzari

  Italian actor, the robust lead in a variety of Italian films from the mid-'30s following an active stage career.

• Peggy Ashcroft

  Croydon, England -- Actress (Dear Brutus, Happy Days).

• Lucien Laurent

  French association football/soccer player, famous for having scored the first ever FIFA World Cup goal.

• Albino Galvano

  Italian abstract painter, art critic and philosopher.

• Walter Englert

  German pro astrologer, publishing manager and economist.

• Jacques de Bollardière
• James Roosevelt

  American politician and businessman from a notable political family, the eldest son of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

• Fernanda Gattinoni

  Italian fashion designer, noted primarily for her film designs and creation of clothes for the most famous actresses.

• PM Chancellor

  American astrologer who joined AFA on 7/20/1940 and was the director of foreign language review.

• Gordon Douglas (director)
• Christopher Fry

  British playwright who had a brief career as an actor before turning to writing and directing.

• Curt Knupfer

  German astrologer, a Hamburg member of AFA, joined 12/07/1948.

• Willem van Otterloo

  Dutch conductor and composer (Born 1907).

• Mike Mazurki

  Ukrainian-American wrestler and actor (d. 1990).

• Garmt Stuiveling

  Dutch literary (Poet in Love).

• Ray C

  Bliss (Republican) Ohio State Republican Chairman.

• Roman Palester

  Polish composer (The Weichsel).

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Famous Deaths

• Oscar II Frederick

  King of Sweden (-1907) / Norway (-1905).

• Kelvin of Largs [William Thomson] British physicist (Kelvin)

  dies at age 83.

• Oskar Lassar German dermatologist (public baths)

  dies at age 58.

• Jules de Trooz

  Belgium Prime Minister, dies at age 63.

• William Thomson

  British mathematical physicist and engineer who profoundly influenced the scientific thought of his generation.

• Oscar II

  Oscar II of Sweden (d. 1907).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Frank Stanley & Henry Burr - When Summer Tells Autumn Good-Bye
2. Emilio DeGogorza - Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
3. Billy Murray - Honey Boy
4. Len Spencer & Ada Jones - Herman and Minnie
5. Billy Murray - Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Good-Bye