What Happened In October 1907 In History

Historical Events for October, 1907

• 9th » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
• 22nd » Panic of 1907: A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will lead to a depression (economics) known as depression.
• 27th » Černová massacre: Fifteen people are killed in the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen known as 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 minor

Famous Birthdays on October in 1907

• 1st » Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author, and critic (d. 1998)
• 1st » Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (d. 1977)
• 2nd » Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (d. 2001)
• 2nd » Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
• 4th » Alain Daniélou, French-Swiss historian and academic (d. 1994)
• 5th » Mrs. Elva Miller, American singer (d. 1997)
• 5th » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist (d. 1959)
• 7th » Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American author (d. 1985)
• 8th » Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator (d. 1975)
• 9th » Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 2001)
• 9th » Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 9th » Horst Wessel, German SS officer and composer (d. 1930)
• 14th » Allan Jones (actor) or Allan Jones, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
• 15th » Varian Fry, American journalist (d. 1967)
• 19th » Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and composer (d. 1962)
• 20th » Arlene Francis, American actress and talk show host (d. 2001)
• 21st » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (d. 1985)
• 22nd » Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1967)
• 28th » John Hewitt (poet) e.g John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1987)
• 29th » Edwige Feuillère, French actress (d. 1998)
• 30th » Sol Tax, American anthropologist (d. 1995)

Famous Deaths for October 1907

• 3rd » Jacob Nash Victor, American railroad builder, namesake of Victorville, California (b. 1835)
• 20th » Said Pasha Kurd, Ottoman politician (b. 1834)
• 21st » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)

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