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Birthday October 14, 1907

• The temperature on October 14, 1907 was between 7.9 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • 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.
  • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Hannah Arendt, German-American philosopher and theorist († 1975)
• 1906 » Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian religious leader, founded the Muslim Brotherhood († 1949)
• 1907 » Allan Jones, American actor and singer († 1992)
• 1909 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German racing driver († 1938)
• 1909 » Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer († 1996)
• 1909 » Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander († 2000)