WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1907
Find out what all happened February to November 1907

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

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

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

32 Shriners are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California. (11. May 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)

The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day. (17. April 1907)

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

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

The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). (7. February 1907)

Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city. (30. April 1907)

Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies. (15. August 1907)

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

Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California. (27. May 1907)

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

Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England, United Kingdom. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement. (29. July 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)

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

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

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

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