WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1907
Find out what all happened May to December 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)

The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire. (11. December 1907)

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

Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City. (7. September 1907)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in New York, New York. (31. December 1907)

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

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

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

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

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