1907 - 1908 (0 years)
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| 1 | 1907 | - 1907—1907:
New Zealand becomes a Dominion
- 1907—1907:
Imperial College, London, is established
- 1907—1907:
First airship flies over London
- 1907—1907:
Lumiere develops a process for colour photography
- 1907—1907:
SA - Asiatic Registration Act passed in Transvaal, Indians oppose it.
- Jul 1907—Jul 1907:
Leo Hendrik Baekeland patents Bakelite, the first plastic invented that held its
shape after being heated
- 1 Aug 1907—1 Aug 1907:
Baden-Powell leads the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island
- 9 Nov 1907—9 Nov 1907:
The Cullinan Diamond presented to Edward VII on his birthday
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| 2 | 1908 | - 1908—1908:
Coal Mines Regulation Act in Britain limits men to an eight hour day
- 1908—1908:
Separate courts for juveniles established in Britain
- 1908—1908:
Lord Baden-Powell starts the Boy Scout movement
- 1908—1908:
SA - Second Asiatic Registration Act passed in Transvaal, beginning of passive resistance campaigns.
- 1 Jul 1908—1 Jul 1908:
SOS became effective as an international signal of distress
- 12 Aug 1908—12 Aug 1908:
First 'Model T' Ford made
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