Database Van Broekhoven » Christine Maria Baksteen (1907-)

Birthday November 15, 1907

• The temperature on November 15, 1907 was between 5.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • 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.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1906 » Curtis LeMay, American general and politician († 1990)
• 1907 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German colonel († 1944)
• 1908 » Carlo Abarth, Italian engineer and businessman, founded Abarth († 1979)
• 1912 » Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic († 2010)