• 1st Milan-San Remo - The Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport organized the first Milan-San Remo (“La Primavera”) Classic in 1907.

• Nobel Prize - Rudyard Kipling was awarded England’s first Nobel Prize for Literature.

• Typhoid Mary - Irish-born Mary Mallon was a New York City cook. While unaffected by the typhoid herself, she infected a large number of victims. When the wealthy families she cooked for became ill, the public health department found Mary to be infected with Typhoid.

• Taxi Cabs - The 1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London.

• The Birth of Cubism - Spanish artist Pablo Picasso painted the monumental “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” and gave rise to the art movement called Cubism.

• Finland - The Fins are the 1st European country to give women the right to vote.

• November 13, 1907 - French bicycle maker and engineer Paul Cornu designed, built, and flew the 1st helicopter (a twin rotor craft) while carrying a passenger.

Notable Deaths -
* Tour de France Champion: Rene Pothier (Fra), (1879-1907), died January 5, 1907. He was the 1906 TdF Champion and an extraordinary climber. Sadly he committed suicide after a failed love affair.

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