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Birthday June 25, 1907

• The temperature on June 25, 1907 was between 9.2 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 14.2 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Anne Revere, American actress († 1990)
• 1903 » George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic († 1950)
• 1905 » Rupert Wildt, German-American astronomer and academic († 1976)
• 1907 » J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1908 » Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic († 2000)
• 1911 » William Howard Stein, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1980)