It's been bothering me that all the URLS for twitter this week have the 907 in it, due to my handle. This particular URL stuck out because it has 907 twice.
Besides some info on a 1907 Indian penny, this is what stuck out to me after digging: The event that led to the creation of the Federal Reserve.
The Panic of 1907, also known as the 1907 Bankers' Panic or Knickerbocker Crisis,[1] was a financial crisis that took place in the United States over a three-week period starting in mid-October, when the New York Stock Exchange suddenly fell almost 50% from its peak the previous year. The panic occurred during a time of economic recession, and there were numerous runs affecting banks and trust companies. The 1907 panic eventually spread throughout the nation when many state and local banks and businesses entered bankruptcy. The primary causes of the run included a retraction of market liquidity by a number of New York City banks and a loss of confidence among depositors, exacerbated by unregulated side bets at bucket shops.[2]
The panic was triggered by the failed attempt in October 1907 to corner the market on stock of the United Copper Company. When the bid failed, banks that had lent money to the cornering scheme suffered runs that later spread to affiliated banks and trusts, leading a week later to the downfall of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, New York City's third-largest trust. The collapse of the Knickerbocker spread fear throughout the city's trusts as regional banks withdrew reserves from New York City banks. The panic then extended across the nation as vast numbers of people withdrew deposits from their regional banks, causing the 8th-largest decline in U.S. stock market history.[3]
The panic might have deepened if not for the intervention of financier J. P. Morgan,[4] who pledged large sums of his own money and convinced other New York bankers to do the same to shore up the banking system. That highlighted the limitations of the US Independent Treasury system, which managed the nation's money supply but was unable to inject sufficient liquidity back into the market. By November, the financial contagion had largely ended, only to be replaced by a further crisis due to the heavy borrowing of a large brokerage firm using the stock of Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company (TC&I) as collateral. Collapse of TC&I's stock price was averted by an emergency takeover by Morgan's U.S. Steel Corporation, a move approved by the trust-busting President Theodore Roosevelt. The following year, Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, a leading Republican, established and chaired a commission to investigate the crisis and propose future solutions, which led to the creation of the Federal Reserve System.[5][6]
Nope, not sure. I'm not that old to have been there when it happened so no personal experiential truth (about that) for me. I'm having to trust writings about it.
I assumed the number was sequential and ever-growing, so it would have reached the 907 range based on how busy it has been up to this point, and will stay there based on how many posts and interactions happen while in the 907 range.
15 years previously the numbers were much smaller/many fewer digits and then it was also believed to be a constantly accumulating sequential number. So this probably still holds true now.
Is the twitter URL a comm?
https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1907907951609999523
It's been bothering me that all the URLS for twitter this week have the 907 in it, due to my handle. This particular URL stuck out because it has 907 twice.
Besides some info on a 1907 Indian penny, this is what stuck out to me after digging: The event that led to the creation of the Federal Reserve.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1907
The Panic of 1907, also known as the 1907 Bankers' Panic or Knickerbocker Crisis,[1] was a financial crisis that took place in the United States over a three-week period starting in mid-October, when the New York Stock Exchange suddenly fell almost 50% from its peak the previous year. The panic occurred during a time of economic recession, and there were numerous runs affecting banks and trust companies. The 1907 panic eventually spread throughout the nation when many state and local banks and businesses entered bankruptcy. The primary causes of the run included a retraction of market liquidity by a number of New York City banks and a loss of confidence among depositors, exacerbated by unregulated side bets at bucket shops.[2]
The panic was triggered by the failed attempt in October 1907 to corner the market on stock of the United Copper Company. When the bid failed, banks that had lent money to the cornering scheme suffered runs that later spread to affiliated banks and trusts, leading a week later to the downfall of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, New York City's third-largest trust. The collapse of the Knickerbocker spread fear throughout the city's trusts as regional banks withdrew reserves from New York City banks. The panic then extended across the nation as vast numbers of people withdrew deposits from their regional banks, causing the 8th-largest decline in U.S. stock market history.[3]
The panic might have deepened if not for the intervention of financier J. P. Morgan,[4] who pledged large sums of his own money and convinced other New York bankers to do the same to shore up the banking system. That highlighted the limitations of the US Independent Treasury system, which managed the nation's money supply but was unable to inject sufficient liquidity back into the market. By November, the financial contagion had largely ended, only to be replaced by a further crisis due to the heavy borrowing of a large brokerage firm using the stock of Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company (TC&I) as collateral. Collapse of TC&I's stock price was averted by an emergency takeover by Morgan's U.S. Steel Corporation, a move approved by the trust-busting President Theodore Roosevelt. The following year, Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, a leading Republican, established and chaired a commission to investigate the crisis and propose future solutions, which led to the creation of the Federal Reserve System.[5][6]
Oklahoma became a state in 1907 on November 16.
You sure it wasn't sooner?
OK, OK, take it easy
Nope, not sure. I'm not that old to have been there when it happened so no personal experiential truth (about that) for me. I'm having to trust writings about it.
(I'm a boomer.)
Sauce: https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/oklahoma
Ok you can't make this stuff up. Thanks - this is great.
I said "sooner". You actually said "boomer". Classic.
context: https://www.history.com/articles/why-is-oklahoma-nicknamed-the-sooner-state
907 is Alaska area code.
That's why it's my handle.
Hello! Smiles in Alaskan.. 😂
We're everywhere! There's literally 10's of us.
Howdy!
I assumed the number was sequential and ever-growing, so it would have reached the 907 range based on how busy it has been up to this point, and will stay there based on how many posts and interactions happen while in the 907 range.
15 years previously the numbers were much smaller/many fewer digits and then it was also believed to be a constantly accumulating sequential number. So this probably still holds true now.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/843667/what-is-the-number-in-a-twitter-status-update-url