* 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 )

Their fortunes began to improve with the arrival of nineteen-year-old pitcher, Walter Johnson, in 1907.

* 1907 – Walter Reuther, American labor union leader, founded United Auto Workers ( d. 1970 )

The reduction in distortion and noise provided by AC bias was rediscovered in 1940 by Walter Weber ( 1907 – 1944 ), while working for Hans Joachim von Braunmühl at the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft ( RRG ).

Famous illustrators for British editions include: Arthur Boyd Houghton, John Tenniel, John Everett Millais and George John Pinwell for Dalziel's Illustrated Arabian Nights Entertainments, published in 1865 ; Walter Crane for Aladdin's Picture Book ( 1876 ); Albert Letchford for the 1897 edition of Burton ’ s translation ; Edmund Dulac for Stories from the Arabian Nights ( 1907 ), Princess Badoura ( 1913 ) and Sindbad the Sailor & Other Tales from the Arabian Nights ( 1914 ).

* The Star in The West: a critical essay upon the works of Aleister Crowley ( Walter Scott Publishing Co., London, 1907 )

In 1907 Walter A. Sheaffer patented the Lever filler, using a hinged lever set into the pen barrel which pressed down onto a bar which in turn compressed the rubber sac inside, creating a vacuum to force ink into the pen.

* Dub Taylor ( 1907 – 1994 ), Walter Taylor, Jr., American actor

In 1907, the German scientists Walter von Knebel and Max Rudloff visited Askja to study the caldera.

* Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries: Walter Map from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Volume I, 1907 – 21.

* Walter Rathenau: Industrialist, Banker, Intellectual, And Politician ; Notes And Diaries 1907 – 1922.

108 Jamaican folk songs were published 1907 in Walter Jekyll's Jamaican Song and Story.

However, Victor made numerous recordings with bandmaster Arthur Pryor conducting his own " Pryor's Orchestra " in 1904-06, and Victor staff conductor Walter B. Rogers directing Victor's own " house " orchestras, the Victor Orchestra ( for popular works ) beginning in 1904 and the Victor Concert Orchestra ( for more " classical " literature ) beginning in 1907.

Personally, Walter Benjamin was a boy of fragile health, so, in 1905, the family sent him to Hermann-Lietz-Schule Haubinda, a boarding school in the Thuringian countryside, for two years ; in 1907, returned to Berlin, his schooling resumed at the Kaiser Friedrich School.

Walter Philip Reuther ( September 1, 1907 – May 9, 1970 ) was an American labor union leader, who made the United Automobile Workers a major force not only in the auto industry but also in the Democratic Party in the mid 20th century.

During that time, in 1907, McKay met a man named Walter Jekyll, who became a mentor and an inspiration for him and encouraged McKay to concentrate on his writing.

* T. Wright, The Life of Walter Pater ( 1907 )

The all-time career leader in shutouts is Walter Johnson, who pitched for the Washington Senators from 1907 – 1927.

The second folk revival led to the discovery of many East Anglian folk musicians, including Suffolk melodeon player Oscar Woods, Norfolk singers Sam Larner ( 1878 – 1965 ), Harry Cox ( 1885 – 1971 ) and Walter Pardon ( 1914 – 96 ); Suffolk fiddler Harkie Nesling ( 1890 – 1978 ); Suffolk singer and bargeman Bob Roberts ( 1907 – 82 ), many of whom recorded for Topic Records.

This took her to India where, in 1907, she met her future husband, Walter Evans.

A lawsuit by Walter Temple, Workman's grandson, in 1907 halted the destruction, but the cemetery languished for a decade until Temple, newly enriched with oil revenue from his Montebello ranch, bought the ranch and cemetery.

A second recipe appeared in 1907 in Lowney ’ s Cook Book, by Maria Willet Howard and published by the Walter M. Lowney Company of Boston, Massachusetts.

Murch was born in New York City, New York, the son of Katharine ( née Scott ) and Canadian-born Walter Tandy Murch ( 1907 – 1967 ), a painter.

In 1907, as he was about to leave Tottenham Hotspur, Chapman had recommended Spurs team-mate Walter Bull to his old club Northampton Town, as their new manager.

* Walter Donaldson ( snooker player ) ( 1907 – 1973 ), Scottish professional snooker player