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Born on Wednesday August 7, 1907
Died on Wednesday August 7, 1907

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 7, 1907 at Delpher


Born on August 7
  • 1901 » Ann Harding, American actress and singer († 1981)
  • 1903 » Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist († 1972)
  • 1904 » Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
  • 1907 » Albert Kotin, Belarusian-American soldier and painter († 1980)
  • 1910 » Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader († 1965)
  • 1911 » István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician († 1979)
  • 1911 » Nicholas Ray, American director and screenwriter († 1979)
  • 1913 » George Van Eps, American guitarist († 1998)
  • 1916 » Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer († 2008)
  • 1918 » C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator († 1985)

Died on August 7

Names that were popular for boys in 1907
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Willem
  6. Pieter
  7. Gerrit
  8. Petrus
  9. Jacobus
  10. Adrianus
  11. Jacob
  12. Wilhelmus
  13. Dirk
  14. Hendrikus
  15. Arie
  16. Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1907
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Anna
  4. Cornelia
  5. Elisabeth
  6. Wilhelmina
  7. Adriana
  8. Catharina
  9. Hendrika
  10. Jacoba
  11. Petronella
  12. Aaltje
  13. Grietje
  14. Geertruida
  15. Neeltje
  16. Helena

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1907
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
  • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
Weather August 7, 1907

The temperature on August 7, 1907 was between 11.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.

Source: KNMI