Timeline November 1907

Events in November 1907 9

• 1829 – 1907 Asaph Hall (1829-1907) Died 22 November 1907, aged 78 American astronomer who discovered the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, in 1877 while working at the US Naval Observatory. He made his discovery using the observatory's newly completed 26-inch refracting telescope. He died in Goodwin, Connecticut.
• 1873 – 1907 Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) Died 1 November 1907, aged 34 French writer and dramatist whose play Ubu Roi scandalized Parisian audiences in 1896 and anticipated absurdist and surrealist theater. He invented pataphysics, a parody of science and philosophy that influenced later avant-garde movements. He died in poverty in Paris.
• 1907 Panic of 1907 Wall Street banking crisis triggers global financial panic A sharp stock market decline and bank runs in New York in October 1907 pushed the US financial system to the brink of collapse. Financier J. P. Morgan organized a group of bankers to shore up failing trust companies and restore confidence. The crisis exposed the lack of a central bank and led directly to the creation of the Federal Reserve System in 1913.
• 1907 The happiest thought A falling man does not feel his own weight Sitting at his desk in Bern, Einstein realised that a person in free fall feels no gravity at all — so gravity and acceleration are locally indistinguishable. This equivalence principle became the seed of general relativity. It took him eight more years to turn it into equations.
• 1907 – 2002 Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) Died 28 January 2002, aged 94 The Swedish author Astrid Lindgren created Pippi Longstocking, the super-strong, unruly girl who first appeared in 1945, along with Emil, the Bullerby children and many other characters. Her books have sold well over 150 million copies and been translated into around 100 languages. She was also a forceful campaigner for children's rights and animal welfare.
• 1907 – 1997 Burgess Meredith (1907-1997) American actor whose career ran from Broadway's Winterset to the Penguin in Batman and Mickey in Rocky.
• 1907 Burgess Meredith born in Cleveland Burgess Meredith is born in Cleveland.
• 1907 Oklahoma admitted as the 46th US state Indian and Oklahoma Territories merge into a single state Oklahoma joined the United States on 16 November 1907, combining Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. Statehood followed decades of land runs and the dissolution of tribal governments under the Dawes Commission. Guthrie served as the first state capital.
• 1907 – 2003 Compay Segundo (1907-2003) Died 13 July 2003, aged 95 Compay Segundo was a Cuban guitarist, singer and composer whose career revived in his late eighties through the Buena Vista Social Club project and Wim Wenders's 1999 film. His best-known composition is 'Chan Chan'.