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Birthday November 11, 1907

• The temperature on November 11, 1907 was between 3.5 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • 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.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to 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 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Alger Hiss, American lawyer and convicted spy († 1996)
• 1904 » J. H. C. Whitehead, Indian-American mathematician and academic († 1960)
• 1906 » Brother Theodore, German-American monologuist and comedian († 2001)
• 1907 » Orestis Laskos, Greek director, screenwriter, and poet († 1992)
• 1909 » Piero Scotti, Italian race car driver († 1976)
• 1909 » Robert Ryan, American actor († 1973)