1907

In 1907, Lord Kelvin, who laid the first transatlantic telegraph cables in 1865, died in Scotland. (PROSE: Evolution)

The newspaper the Colchester Evening News was established. (TV: Closing Time)

March

 * 12 - Arthur Hewlett (Kalmar in TV: State of Decay and Kimber in TV: Terror of the Vervoids) was born.

April

 * 16 - Martin Boddey (Walker in TV: The Sea Devils) was born.
 * 19 - Alan Wheatley, who played Temmosus in TV: The Daleks, was born in Tulworth, Surrey, England.

July

 * 8 - Erik Chitty, who played Charles Preslin in TV: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve and Coordinator Engin in TV: The Deadly Assassin, was born in Dover, England.
 * 15 - Edmund Warwick, who would play Darrius in TV: The Keys of Marinus and the Robot Doctor in TV: The Chase and twice stand in for William Hartnell, was born.
 * 25 - Cyril Luckham (the White Guardian in TV: The Ribos Operation and TV: Enlightenment) was born.

August

 * 8 - George Cormack (Dalios in TV: The Time Monster and K'anpo Rimpoche in TV: Planet of the Spiders) was born.

September

 * 26 - Ralph Michael (Balaton in TV: The Pirate Planet) was born.

December

 * 14 - Guy Middleton, who played Colonel Attwood in TV: The Highlanders, was born in Hove, England.