June 15, 1907 in History

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Events in History


Book releaseHistoric Publication

Researcher George Soper publishes the results of his investigation into recent typhoid outbreaks in the New York area and announces that Mary Mallon [Typhoid Mary] is the likely source of the outbreak

Cook Typhoid Mary
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Typhoid Mary
  • The 2nd Hague Peace Conference meets in an attempt to stop the arms race; Germany resists, but conference does make important rules around the rights of neutral powers

Deaths in History

  • William Le Baron Jenney, American architect (father of skyscraper), dies at 74