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1907
 
   
Collapse of trust companies causes panic and financial crisis in USA      
1907
 
   
The world's first custom-built motor-racing track opens at Brooklands, near Weybridge in Surrey      
1907
 
     
The Transvaal government presents to Edward VII the Cullinan diamond, now part of the British crown jewels        
1907
 
   
The Deutscher Werkbund is founded in Munich as an association of architects, designers and industrialists      
1907
 
    
Frederick Delius completes Brigg Fair, an 'English Rhapsody' for orchestra, first performed in Liverpool in 1908       
Frederick Delius, by Procter, 1929
National Portrait Gallery, London

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1907
 
   
Samuel Simon, working in Manchester, takes out a patent for the use of silk to support a stencil      
1907
 
   
The first International Horse Show takes place in London's Olympia stadium      
1907
 
   
The Harvester Judgement establishes a minimum wage in Australia      
1907
 
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The National Physical Laboratory begins an ongoing and still continuing task, testing for accuracy the meters of taxi cabs See in Google maps   
Testing the accuracy of taxi meters
National Physical Laboratory

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1907
 
    
Swedish playwright August Strindberg publishes The Ghost Sonata, which has its first performance in Stockholm the following year