WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO OCTOBER 1907
Find out what all happened April to October 1907

The 1907 Tiflis bank robbery took place in Yerevan Square, now Freedom Square, Tbilisi. (26. June 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. (3. August 1907)

Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, Washington, opened. (17. August 1907)

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City. (7. July 1907)

The first Isle of Man TT race was held. (28. May 1907)

Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened. (24. April 1907)

McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio. (30. September 1907)

New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire. (26. September 1907)

The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens. (22. June 1907)

Panic of 1907: A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will lead to a depression. (22. October 1907)

The passenger steamer SS Columbia collides with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, causing the Columbia to sink killing 88 people. (21. July 1907)

George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket. (11. June 1907)

The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement. (1. August 1907)

Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance. (31. August 1907)

Norway grants women the right to vote. (14. June 1907)

The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers. (29. August 1907)

Černová massacre: Fifteen people are killed in the Hungarian half of Austria-Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration. This would led to protests over the treatment of minorities in Austria-Hungary. (27. October 1907)

Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated. (9. October 1907)

The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital. (29. September 1907)

The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session. (23. May 1907)

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