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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.
– The 1907 Tiflis bank robbery took place in Yerevan Square, now Freedom Square, Tbilisi.
– Sir Robert Baden Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
– The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
– The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
– Cunard Line’s RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
– King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
– 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 who have been vivisected.
– The Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world
– The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in in Iquique, Chile.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ray Milland, British actor (d. 1986)
– Alexander Knox, Canadian actor (d. 1995)
– Kathryn Kuhlman, famed evangelist (d. 1976)
– Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (d. 2008)
– Bill Stern, American sportscaster (d. 1971)
– Blind Boy Fuller, American blues guitarist (d. 1941)
– Isabel Jewell, American actress (d. 1972)
– Orestis Laskos, Greek film director, screenwriter and poet (d. 1992)
– Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader (d. 1995)
– Lucien Laurent, French footballer (d. 2005)