About the day » Wednesday October 23, 1907Calender converter

• Andrew de Kock, Herwijnen (Lingewaal), Gelderland, Nederland († 1997)
• Ambrose J. Depinet, Jackson, Seneca, Ohio († 1991)
• Agnitus Sixtus Elias, Zaandam,Gemeente Zaanstad,North Holland,Netherlands († 1981)
• Adriana Johanna Maria Vijverberg, Monster
• Agnitus Sixtus Jonkheer Elias, Zaandam, N.H († 1981)
• Alvira Maria Pieters, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
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• Anna Petronella Bensdorp, Zoeterwoude Nederland († 2004)
• Abraham Martinus van Bilsen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alvira Maria Pieters, Semarang, Midden-Java (Nederlands Indië) († 1966)

• Bernadina Merkel (77), Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
• Austin Mitchell (13)
• Bene Baar (65), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Annie S. Newhall (52), Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
• Bartholomeus Borgart (77), Den Helder
• Catharina Wilhelmine Petronella Steffen (69), Kediri, NOI
• Barbara Caroline (Babette*) Eckstein (44), Rheine, Matthias-Krankenhaus
• Alberta Worst (66), Meppel
• Arnoldus Johannes Banning (41), Amsterdam
• Bartholomeus Uijterlinde (0), Heerjansdam

• 1904 » Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach († 1995)
• 1905 » Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
• 1905 » Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer († 2003)
• 1905 » Yen Chia-kan, Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China († 1993)
• 1908 » František Douda, Czech shot putter († 1990)
• 1908 » Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1909 » Zellig Harris, American linguist and methodologist († 1992)
• 1910 » Hayden Rorke, American actor († 1987)
• 1910 » Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator († 1993)
• 1911 » Jack Keller, American hurdler († 1978)

• 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
• 1915 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)
• 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
• 1935 » Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)

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

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

• 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.
• April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
• May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
• July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
• September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
• October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
• November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.

The temperature on October 23, 1907 was between 8.6 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.