Timeline December 1907

Events in December 1907 6

• 1824 – 1907 William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) Died 17 December 1907, aged 83 Scottish-Irish physicist and engineer who established the absolute temperature scale that bears his name and contributed to thermodynamics and the transatlantic telegraph cable. He served as president of the Royal Society and was the first scientist elevated to the British peerage. He died at his home in Scotland.
• 1829 – 1907 Oscar II The End of the Union The last Swedish king to also be King of Norway. Overseer of the peaceful union dissolution in 1905.
• 1907 Rudyard Kipling awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature First English-language writer to win the prize Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature, cited for his powers of observation, imagination, and narrative skill. He was the first writer in the English language to receive the honor and, at 41, remains its youngest literature laureate. The prize was awarded in Stockholm on 10 December 1907.
• 1907 Great White Fleet departs on world cruise US Navy battleships begin voyage to project American naval power Sixteen battleships of the United States Navy, painted white, departed Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 16 December 1907 on a voyage around the world. President Theodore Roosevelt ordered the cruise to demonstrate American naval strength, particularly to Japan. The fleet returned in February 1909 after visiting ports on six continents.
• 1907 Central American Court of Justice established Washington conference creates regional tribunal to settle disputes Delegates from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica signed conventions in Washington in December 1907 creating the Central American Court of Justice, the first permanent international court. The court, seated in Cartago, Costa Rica, was meant to peacefully resolve disputes among the five republics. It operated until 1918.
• 1907 – 1994 Cab Calloway (1907-1994) Died 18 November 1994, aged 86 Cab Calloway, the jazz bandleader and singer famed for "Minnie the Moocher" and his Cotton Club performances, died in Delaware after suffering a stroke. He was a central figure of the swing era and a major influence on American popular music.