WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1907
Find out what all happened August to December 1907

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

Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City. (16. November 1907)

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

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

Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state. (16. November 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. (14. December 1907)

239 coal miners die in a mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania. (19. December 1907)

The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected. (10. December 1907)

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

Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan (17. December 1907)

The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile. (21. December 1907)

Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University. (7. November 1907)

Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland. (17. October 1907)

The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world. (16. December 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)

A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers. (6. December 1907)

King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne. (8. December 1907)

The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England. (9. August 1907)

The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday. (9. November 1907)

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