What Happened In May 1907 In History

Historical Events for May, 1907

• 11th » Thirty-two Shriners are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California.
• 23rd » The Unicameralism named unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
• 27th » Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California.
• 28th » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1907

• 1st » Hayes Alvis, American bassist (Mills Blue Rhythm Band) (d. 1972)
• 1st » Oliver Hill, American lawyer (d. 2007)
• 1st » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (d. 1969)
• 1st » Kate Smith, American singer (d. 1986)
• 2nd » Pinky Lee, American comedian and television host (d. 1993)
• 3rd » Dorothy Young, American actress and dancer (d. 2011)
• 4th » Lincoln Kirstein, American playwright (d. 1996)
• 4th » Walter Walsh, American target shooter and FBI agent (d. 2014)
• 5th » Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian author (d. 1982)
• 6th » Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach (d. 1998)
• 9th » Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist (d. 1976)
• 9th » Baldur von Schirach, German Nazi leader (d. 1974)
• 9th » Fred Warngård, Swedish hammer thrower (d. 1950)
• 10th » Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (d. 1971)
• 10th » Harilaos Perpessas, Greek composer (d. 1995)
• 11th » Rose Ausländer, German-English poet (d. 1988)
• 11th » Rip Sewell, American baseball player (d. 1989)
• 12th » Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (d. 1993)
• 12th » Katharine Hepburn, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
• 13th » Daphne du Maurier, English author and playwright (d. 1989)
• 14th » Ayub Khan (field marshal) called Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
• 14th » Johnny Moss, American poker player (d. 1995)
• 14th » Hans von der Groeben, German diplomat (d. 2005)
• 15th » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (d. 1931)
• 16th » Bob Tisdall, Sri Lankan-Irish hurdler (d. 2004)
• 16th » Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (d. 1997)
• 18th » Irene Hunt, American author (d. 2001)
• 18th » Lincoln Stedman, American actor (d. 1948)
• 20th » Carl Mydans, American photographer (d. 2004)
• 21st » John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (d. 1979)
• 22nd » Hergé, Belgian illustrator (d. 1983)
• 22nd » Martha Angelici, French soprano (d. 1973)
• 22nd » Eugène Claudius-Petit, French politician (d. 1989)
• 22nd » Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (d. 1989)
• 25th » U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (d. 1995)
• 26th » Jean Bernard (physician) named Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (d. 2006)
• 26th » John Wayne, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1979)
• 27th » Nicolas Calas, Swiss-American poet and critic (d. 1988)
• 27th » Rachel Carson, American biologist and author (d. 1964)
• 29th » Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician (d. 2002)
• 30th » Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (d. 2007)
• 30th » Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist (d. 2008)

Famous Deaths for May 1907

• 8th » Edmund G. Ross, American politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 12th » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b. 1848)
• 19th » Benjamin Baker (engineer) e.g Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (b. 1840)
• 26th » Ida Saxton McKinley, American wife of William McKinley, 25th First Lady of the United States (b. 1847)

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