* 1907 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor ( d. 2003 )

* 1907 – Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator ( d. 1979 )

* 1907 – Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.

* 1907 – László Heller, Hungarian engineer ( d. 1980 )

* 1907 – The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England, United Kingdom.

* 1907 – Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed the Coventry Cathedral ( d. 1976 )

Monty Noble led Australia to victory in both 1907 – 08 and 1909.

* 1907 – Mary Hamman, American writer ( d. 1984 )

* 1907 – The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.

* 1907 – Eric Shipton, English mountaineer ( d. 1977 )

* 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.

* 1907 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer ( d. 1988 )

* 1907 – Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian military leader and politician, 29th President of Brazil ( d. 1996 )

* 1979 – Angelos Terzakis, Greek writer ( b. 1907 )

* 1907 – Albert Kotin, American painter ( d. 1980 )

* 1907 – Benny Carter, American musician, composer, and bandleader ( d. 2003 )

* 1907 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, invented the snowmobile ( d. 1964 )

* 1907 – August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal ( d. 1947 )

* 1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr.

* 1907 – Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, Washington, opened.

* 1860 – Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler ( d. 1907 )

* 1866 – Henrik Sillem, Dutch sports shooter ( d. 1907 )

* 1907 – Joe Besser, American actor and comedian ( d. 1988 )

* 1907 – Benjamin Henry Sheares, Singaporean politician, 2nd President of Singapore ( d. 1981 )

* 1907 – Archie League, American air traffic controller ( d. 1986 )

Blind Boy Fuller ( b. Fulton Allen, Wadesboro, NC, July, 1907 ) was a popular Piedmont blues guitarist, who played for tips outside tobacco warehouses in Durham during the 1930s.

* Former Jubilee Institute for the Blind, 1907 Edward Bartley architect, Parnell Road, now Parnell Public Library.

Karl Blind ( 4 September 1826, Mannheim-31 May 1907, London ) was a German revolutionist and writer on politics, history, mythology and German literature.

After decades of growing interest in and development of experiential education and scouting ( not Scouting ) in the United States, and the emergence of the Scout Movement in 1907, in 1910 Boy Scouts of America was founded in the merger of three older Scouting organizations: Boy Scouts of the United States, the National Scouts of America and the Peace Scouts of California.

* The Brushwood Boy ( 1907 )

In 1907 Baden-Powell wrote a draft called Boy Patrols.

Jaroslav Foglar ( 6 July 1907 in Prague-23 January 1999 ) was a famous Czech author who wrote many novels about youths ( partly also about Boy Scouts movement ) and their adventures in nature and dark city streets.

Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts as an organization in 1908, a few months after the first scout encampment at Brownsea Island Scout camp in 1907.

* The Boy, the Bust and the Bath ( 1907 )

The island is most notable as the home of the first camp of the Boy Scout movement in 1907.

In the early part of the 20th century, the Adelphi was home to a number of musical comedies, the most successful of which included The Earl and the Girl ( 1904 ), The Dairymaids ( 1907 ), The Quaker Girl ( 1910 ), The Boy ( 1917 ), Clowns in Clover ( 1927 ), and Mr. Cinders ( 1929 ).

The Brittany was first recognized as a breed in 1907 when an orange and white male named " Boy " was registered in France.

The Mafeking Cadets are not regarded as the first Boy Scouts, as Scouting was only born later, in 1907 at Brownsea Island in Britain.

The American Boy Scouts ( ABS ), officially American Boy Scout then United States Boy Scouts, officially United States Boy Scout, was an early American Scouting organization formed by William Randolph Hearst in 1910, following on from the formation of the Scouting movement by Robert Baden-Powell between 1903 and 1907.

* William D. Campbell ( 1907 – 1995 ), world leader of the Boy Scouts

These included a series of enormous successes, including San Toy ( 1899 ), The Messenger Boy ( 1900 ), Kitty Grey ( 1901 ), The Toreador ( 1901 ), A Country Girl ( 1902 ), The Girl from Kays ( 1903 ), The Orchid ( 1903 ), The Cingalee ( 1904 ), The Spring Chicken ( 1905 ) and The Girls of Gottenberg ( 1907 ).