by Briana & Kristen

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You don't think of 1907 as a year to remember. There weren't many events that happened that were famous. However, many things were founded and invented that we still see today! For example, Pepsi-Cola sales increase when Pepsi established a network of 40 bottling plants. Sears, Roebuck distributes more than 3 million copies of its fall catalog. The University of California and the University of Hawaii are founded. A. P. Halfhill packs the first canned tuna fish at San Pedro, Calif. As you can tell, 1907 was a year of great change.

• One June 7 the S.S. Lusitania, is launched. She will begin her maiden voyage on September 7. The 31,550-ton Lusitania is 790 feet in length overall with four screws, can carry 2,000 passengers and a crew of 600, and is by far the largest liner afloat
• On July 8, the Barnum & Bailey Circus created in 1881 becomes the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus. Albert C. Ringling, 55, and his brothers Otto, 49, Alfred T., 45, Charles, 44, and John, 41, have purchased "The Greatest Show on Earth" and will continue touring it round the country.
• On September 10, Neiman-Marcus opens in Dallas, and its first stocks are practically sold out in 4 weeks. The store was founded by former Atlanta advertising agency president A. L. Neiman, his wife Carrie, and his brother-in-law Herbert Marcus. Carrie Neiman stocked the store with tailored suits, evening gowns, furs, coats, and dresses worth for the women of Dallas.
• On October 1, New York’s Plaza Hotel opens on the Grand Army Plaza, just south of Central Park. It was built on top of a site that was occupied before by the Vanderbilt mansion.
• Rube Goldberg starts work with the New York Evening Journal to begin a 60 year career as a cartoonist. His cartoons depicted complex "inventions" to solve simple problems.
• Eugene Schuller, a French chemist, founded L'Oreal by inventing hair dye.
• J. Murray Spangler invents the first electric vacuum cleaner.  W. H. "Boss" Hoover, bought the patent for  Spangler’s "suction" machine and the Hoover is born.
• Maytag introduces the first wooden tub washing machine.
• Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale is registered as a trademark by John J. McLaughlin. He has eliminated the dark brown color of his Belfast Style Ginger Ale and has also eliminated the sharpness found in other ginger ales. McLaughlin calls his product "the Champagne of Ginger Ales."
• Oklahoma is admitted to the Union as the 46th state.
• Nearly 1.29 million immigrants enter the United States, a new record that will not be surpassed. On April 17, 1907, on Ellis Island, a record was set when 11,747 immigrants arrived.
• Taximeter cabs imported from Paris appear in New York City on May 31 to give the United States its first successors to hansom cabs.
• Bakelite, a type of plastic, was invented by Leo Baekelan.

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