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October 27, 1907
On October 27, 1907, fifteen people are killed in Hungary when gendarmes opened fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
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Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when gendarmes opened fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
The Černová massacre was a shooting that took place in Csernova, Kingdom of Hungary on 27 October 1907 in which 15 people were killed and many were wounded after gendarmes fired into a crowd of people gathering for the consecration of the local Catholic church. The shootings sparked protests in European and American press and turned the world's attention to the treatment of minorities in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary.
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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…
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On October 27, 1907
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1907 Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when gendarmes opened fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration. 1907 gendarmes shooting of civilians in Hungary
The Černová massacre was a shooting that took place in Csernova, Kingdom of Hungary on 27 October 1907 in which 15 people were killed and many were wounded after gendarmes fired into a crowd of people gathering for the consecration of the local Catholic church. The shootings sparked protests in European and American press and turned the world's attention to the treatment of minorities in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary.
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- 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.
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