Dreyer Tree » Wessel Johannes Nicolaas Wessels (1907-)

Birthday July 27, 1907

• The temperature on July 27, 1907 was between 8.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
  • December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist and neurologist († 1999)
• 1906 » Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish author and activist († 2000)
• 1907 » Carl McClellan Hill, American educator and academic administrator († 1995)
• 1907 » Irene Fischer, Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician († 2009)
• 1907 » Ross Alexander, American stage and film actor († 1937)
• 1908 » Joseph Mitchell, American journalist and author († 1996)