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Birthday March 5, 1907

• The temperature on March 5, 1907 was between -1.4 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (77%). 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.
  • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian († 1984)
• 1905 » László Benedek, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer († 1992)
• 1908 » Fritz Fischer, German historian and author († 1999)
• 1908 » Irving Fiske, American author and playwright († 1990)
• 1908 » Rex Harrison, English actor († 1990)
• 1910 » Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods († 2007)