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Birthday January 28, 1907

• The temperature on January 28, 1907 was between 0.4 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Aleksander Kamiński, Polish author and educator († 1978)
• 1906 » Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician († 1992)
• 1906 » Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete († 1991)
• 1908 » Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » John Thomson, Scottish footballer († 1931)
• 1910 » John Banner, Austrian actor († 1973)