Date in year · 1907 · The 1900s
December 21, 1907
On December 21, 1907, the Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
Events
1
Births
0
Deaths
0
Year
1907
1900s
Featured · December 21, 1907
The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
The Chilean Army is the land arm of the Chilean Armed Forces. This 80,000-person army is organized into six divisions, an army aviation brigade and a special operations brigade.
Around 1907
The year in brief
1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1907th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 907th year of the 2nd millennium, the 7th year of the 20th…
What happened
On December 21, 1907
-
1907 The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile. Land-based arm of the Chilean armed forces
The Chilean Army is the land arm of the Chilean Armed Forces. This 80,000-person army is organized into six divisions, an army aviation brigade and a special operations brigade.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1907
- April 17 The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
- August 1 The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
- August 15 Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
- August 17 Pike Place Market, one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opens in Seattle, Washington.
- August 29 The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
- August 3 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
Step through
Nearby
Keep going